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'Grinch Bots' Beating Consumers to Popular Holiday Gifts
Popular toys and electronics may be harder to get this holiday season thanks to automated software dubbed “Grinch bots” beating consumers to online sales and special offers on the much sought-after items.
Subscription Auto Services Drive Changes In Vehicle Ownership
Each vehicle includes a mileage limit, maintenance, insurance, roadside assistance and registration. Customers can swap vehicles as frequently as their plan allows.
Uncooked Flour May Have E. Coli
As the holidays approach and cookie-making is in high gear, we are bombarded with reminders to not consume raw cookie dough — or flour?
Robotic Table Debuts at the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition
Making its debut at the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition is a robotic table capable of moving objects along its surface.
Air Pollution Negates Health Benefits of a Long Walk
A study conducted by researchers from Duke University and Imperial College London found that people age 60 and older walking on polluted main streets saw fewer, if any, of the benefits walking would have on the heart and lungs.
Seaweed May Be Key to Environmentally-friendly Sunscreen
In the lab, scientists determined that MAAs — like the MAAs produced by organisms dwelling in sunny, shallow waters — effectively absorbed damaging rays from the sun and protected the skin cells against UVR damage.
Doctor-Created, 3D-Printed Euthanasia Machine
Philip Nitschke, better known as Australia's “Dr. Death,” has created a machine meant to help suicidal persons achieve a painless death.
Instagram Will Hide Selfies with Animals for Fear of Contributing to Animal Abuse
Popular photo-sharing platform Instagram will be hiding pictures that travelers take posing with animals such as sloths and koala bears from its site in an effort to combat animal abuse.
Healthy Eating Better for the Environment, Study
The incentive to eat healthy is now two-fold thanks to a recent study determining that healthy eating is also linked to reducing one’s environmental impact.
Superfast Broadband Flies in to Welsh Village
The 20 homes in Pontfadog, Wales, are now connected to the world via broadband, thanks to a creative use of drone technology.
Text Messages Reach 25th Birthday
Sending text messages has become so commonplace that it is easy to forget that the text message hasn’t always been a part of our daily lives. This week the text message turns 25 years old.
Campaign to Ban Glitter Gains Momentum in the UK
UK scientists are gaining an unexpected ally in their quest to ban glitter -- a network of daycare providers.
Beer in Space: Budweiser Aims to be the First Beer on Mars
Budweiser is committed to making their beer the first beer on Mars. The brewery has confirmed upcoming experiments on the International Space Station with plants to send and study barley—the key ingredient in their beer—into space in early December.
When Kings Preferred Aluminum To Gold
In the mid-1800s aluminum was a precious metal on par with silver and gold. Proof of this can be found in the apex of the Washington monument, the formal "silver-ware" of the Second French Empire and assorted high-end 19th-century jewelry. This in spite of the fact that aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust. Why?
Drones More Damaging Than Bird Strikes, According to Study
With close calls between drones and airplanes on the rise, a new study by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed that drone collisions cause more damage to planes than collisions with similarly-sized birds.
Watch: Crops and Solar PV Can Be Paired at One Location
A southwest orientation and extra distance between the five-meter-high rows of bifacial glass PV modules helped expose the crops to uniform solar radiation.
Toronto to Test Smart Traffic Signals to Ease Congestion
The new signals adjust traffic signals independently to respond to real-time traffic patterns. They can also synchronize with other smart signals in the vicinity to ease congestion.
Budweiser Lauching Barley into Space
Budweiser will be launching barley into space to be tested at the International Space Station (ISS) in early December.
Investigating the Purity of Ground Beef
Using a laser-equipped spectrometer, researchers from the University of British Columbia have developed a method for determining the purity of ground beef.
Preventing Errors on Food Labels
Food labeling errors have fast become both a costly and brand-damaging issue for food manufacturers. In fact, labeling issues are among the main reasons for food recalls in the first place.