A six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time.
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Using tiny brushes and chisels, workers picking at a big greenish-black rock in the basement of North Dakota’s state museum are meticulously uncovering something amazing: a nearly complete dinosaur, skin and all.
A brain surgeon used a £30 DIY drill to carry out a successful operation on a fully conscious patient.
Henry Marsh, 58, used a Bosch cordless drill because he did not have his normal equipment on him.
Israeli secret agents are writing blogs about their lives in a bid to boost recruitment.
Shin Beth, Israel’s equivalent of MI5, is allowing four agents to write blogs about their daily routines.
A German pensioner is suing a hospital after she checked in for an operation on her leg – and woke up to find she had been given a new anus.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country’s first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth. This clinical trial procedure received approval for a limited number of patients by UC San Diego’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) which oversees clinical research.
If you think it’s impossible to have sex while you sleep, think again, according to a new study.
There are at least 11 different sex-related sleep disorders, collectively referred to as “sexsomnia” or “sleepsex,” that affect people who are otherwise psychologically healthy—causing them to unknowingly engage in various sexual activities during the night.
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Millions of swarming honey bees are on the loose after a truck carrying crates of the insects flipped over on a California highway.
The California Highway Patrol says 8-to-12 million bees escaped Sunday from the crates in which they were stored and swarmed over an area of Highway 99 and stung officers, firefighters and tow truck drivers trying to clear the accident. View full article »
A woman claims to have undergone a complete “personality transplant” after receiving a new kidney.
Cheryl Johnson, 37, from Preston, Lancs, says she has changed completely since receiving the organ in May.
