Smart rubber promises self-mending products Smart rubber promises self-mending products
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A new type of rubber can heal itself after being cut
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Business TV Amanda\ Business TV Amanda's Hottest YouTube 500 - newscientistvideo
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Amanda and Andie review the top channels and videos on YouTube and give business advice on why they are so popular

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Ian Rowe discusses how technology shaped the 2008 election Ian Rowe discusses how technology shaped the 2008 election
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Ian Rowe of MTV discusses how technology affected the 2008 presidential election

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Modular robot reassembles when kicked apart Modular robot reassembles when kicked apart
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Read more: http://technology.ne wscientist.com/chann el/tech/mg19826531.2 00-shapeshifting-rob ots-take-form.html A robot developed by roboticists at the University of Pennsylvania is made of modules that can recognise each other.

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New Scientist video round-up - October 10, 2008 New Scientist video round-up - October 10, 2008
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Read more: http://www.newscient ist.com/ Carbon material gives more grip than gecko feet. Deepest-living fishes caught on camera for the first time. Digital zebrafish embryo provides the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate.

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World\ World's deepest living fish
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Deepest-living fish caught on camera for the first time

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New Scientist video round-up - October 03, 2008 New Scientist video round-up - October 03, 2008
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See a fruit fly undergo a driving simulation, a car powered entirely by steam, and find out what makes birds sing faster.

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Geckos inspire experimental adhesive Geckos inspire experimental adhesive
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Shaking cellphones reveal what\ Shaking cellphones reveal what's inside
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Cellphone users can shake their phone to feel and hear how full their battery or message inbox is - as if it were a liquid fuel tank.
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Asian elephant does arithmetic Asian elephant does arithmetic
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A cunning Asian elephant bests a science reporter at a simple counting game.

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Driving simulator for fruit flies Driving simulator for fruit flies
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Read more: http://www.newscient ist.com/article/mg20 026765.900 Discover how the common fruit fly can control a laboratory robot at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

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Singing to females makes male birds\ Singing to females makes male birds' brains happy
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Evidence that the reward areas of the male finch brain are stimulated by singing to females

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Virtual hand gets under the skin Virtual hand gets under the skin
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These stunningly accurate animations are created by modelling every muscle and tendon of the hand
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Rubber conductor offers robots a stretchy skin Rubber conductor offers robots a stretchy skin
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Stretchy rubber circuits could give robots soft and sensitive skins to make them safer around humans, says Japanese researchers.
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Robot with a rat brain Robot with a rat brain
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This robot steers clear of obstacles thanks to a pile of rat brain cells.
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