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The robotic farmHand was developed at Stanford University's biomimetics lab and incorporates fingertips and an adhesive inspired by acrobatic gecko lizards, which can climb vertical surfaces unaided by liquids or surface tension. (Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab, Stanford University)

Sticky Fingers: Scientists Create Robotic Hand With Gecko Grip

December 17, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Dubbed “farmHand,” the four-fingered robotic manipulator incorporates technology that can be applied to vehicle tires and shoes.
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Analysts said there is healthy crude demand, but the short-term outlook is weakening on growing omicron and inflation worries. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Weekly Oil Data Paints Better Picture Of US Economy

December 16, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Demand for refined petroleum products remains at or near pre-pandemic levels.
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Students discovered an extremely rare insect, Bittacus hageni, during an excursion in the Leipzig Riverside Forest, shown here, in Germany in July. (Lisa Hahn/Zenger)

Science Was Dead Wrong: Bug Declared Extinct For 130 Years Found Alive By Students

December 16, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Mosquito written off as dead was discovered by college students on a forest field trip.
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The founders of Antidote Health believe their digital health maintenance organization will help cure the healthcare access crisis for U.S. citizens earning too much to be eligible for public insurance and too little for adequate private coverage. (Karolina Grabowska/Pexels)

Antidote Health Aims To Cure US Care-Access Crisis

December 16, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Digital health maintenance organization is for U.S. citizens lacking access to public or private coverage.�
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Thinning treatments reduce the risk of wildfire and provide ecological benefits to forests but also generate wood residues that are burnt or left to decay, like this burn pile of underbrush, releasing carbon dioxide. New analysis by the University of California, Berkeley, shows how giving incentives to businesses to convert residues into biofuels and engineered lumber could fund forest thinning treatments while preventing the release of carbon. (Bodie Cabiyo, Courtesy of UC Berkeley)

Market For Small Trees Could Curb Big Wildfires

December 16, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Incentivizing businesses to use wood residue as biofuel and engineered wood building products could fund efforts to save forests.
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D-Fend’s EnforceAir anti-drone ground-level tactical solution. (Courtesy of D-Fend Solutions)

Holy Smoked: Pope Saved As Techs Zap Rogue Drone

December 15, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Defenders intercepted an unidentified drone as it hovered over Pope’s Mass at holy shrine.
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Launched in 2018, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has added to its list of achievements by becoming the first spacecraft to descend into the solar atmosphere and survive the experience. (NASA)

Sun Stroke: Spacecraft Touches The Sun For The First Time

December 15, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe — the fastest man-made object ever — survived the heat of the sun, revealing the start of its mysteries.
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Engineers and scientists working at Kennedy Space Center are seen watching the lift-off of the Apollo 11 rocket vehicle on July 16, 1989. According to a recent study rocket scientists and brain surgeons aren't significantly smarter than the general population. (NASA)

It’s Not Rocket Science: Astro Engineers And Brain Surgeons Aren’t As Smart As We Think

December 15, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Space scientists and neurosurgeons don’t score significantly higher on cognitive tests than the general population.
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Analysts say drivers are beginning to pay slightly less at the pump, a trend they think will continue. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Relief, While Slow, Is Coming For Consumer Gasoline Prices

December 14, 2021 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Even with a bit of a dip lower, prices remain at levels not seen since late 2014.
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia and the University of Manchester helped conduct a 16-year-long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity observing tars known as pulsars. (Max Planck Institute)

VIDEO: Einstein’s Theory Of General Relativity Stands Up To Challenge

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Scientists observed pulsars for 16 years to test Einstein’s theory of general relativity, and E=mc2 still holds up.
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