Researchers Create Character With Reasoning Abilities Of A Child

This article was not as interesting to me as the test they used:
… To test “Eddie’s” reasoning powers, the group created a demo in Second Life that subjected their theory to a false-belief test.
In a typical real-life version of this test, a child witnesses a series of events in which Person A places an object [...]

Mysterious Craters Seen on Mercury

Craters come in all shapes and sizes, some more bizarre than others. Recent photos of Mercury have revealed two new categories of crater that scientists are puzzling over how to explain.
When NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft flew by the planet Jan. 14 it snapped pictures of several craters with strange dark halos and one crater [...]

Brain-Tweaking Chemical Caused Gulf War Syndrome, Says Study

The controversial disorder known as Gulf War illness may have been caused by chemicals used in pesticides and anti-nerve gas pills.In an article published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of California, San Diego military health researcher Beatrice Golomb reviewed 115 studies on Gulf War illness, also known as [...]

Air Pollution Hinders Brain Processing

Researchers at Zuyd University in the Netherlands have reported that nanoparticles from inhaled air pollution reach the brain and alter the way it processes information.The study is the first to demonstrate this effect.
During the research, the Zuyd University team had 10 participants spend an hour in a closed room with either clean air or diesel [...]

Mysteries of computer from 65BC are solved

A 2,000-year-old mechanical computer salvaged from a Roman shipwreck has astounded scientists who have finally unravelled the secrets of how the sophisticated device works. The machine was lost among cargo in 65BC when the ship carrying it sank in 42m of water off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. By chance, in 1900, [...]

National Science Week: alien life begins at home

 A jelly-like leviathan slowly glides in the black waters. Towards it, surrounded by the faint sparkle of tiny blue and red plankton, swims a torpedo-shaped creature with teeth of frozen crystal, hunting for a meal.

…There are, of course, plenty of mysteries to solve here on Earth - the Prime Minister, for example, wants to know: [...]

Southwest Grounds 41 Planes

Southwest Airlines says it grounded 41 planes last night in the wake of its recent admission that it had missed required inspections of some planes for structural cracks. Spokeswoman Christi Day says the move resulted in some flights being canceled Wednesday, but she doesn’t have a precise figure.
The move comes as Southwest faces a $10.2 [...]

50 people looking for solar image of Mary lose sight

At least 50 people in Kottayam district have reportedly lost their vision after gazing at the sun looking for an image of Virgin Mary.
Though alarmed health authorities have installed a signboard to counter the rumour that a solar image of Virgin Mary appeared to the believers, curious onlookers, including foreign travellers, have been thronging the [...]

Creepy Gnome terrorises town in General Guemes, Salta, Argentina | The Sun

Teenager Jose Alvarez - who filmed the gnome - yesterday told national newspaper El Tribuno that they caught the creature while larking about in their hometown of General Guemes, in the province of Salta, Argentina. He said: “We were chatting about our last fishing trip. It was one [...]

Manta Ray Airship

from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod
The real ones leap out of the water but they don’t really glide much compared to flying fish. Here are some photos of leaping Manta Rays.