Life's Little Mysteries Entertainment Archives
Watch This Squid's Skin Cells Dance To Cypress Hill
October 04, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Each chromatophore has tiny muscles along the cell that can contract to reveal the brown, red or yellow pigment underneath.
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Artificial Jellyfish Made From Rat Heart [Video]
September 30, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Scientists dubbed the synthetic creature a medusoid.
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Self-Propelled Underwater Wheelchair
September 30, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Swimming floats add buoyancy to the standard National Health Service-issued wheelchair.
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Japanese Scientists Grow Human Liver on Mouse [Video]
September 27, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Researchers from Yokohama City University developed stem cells into percussor liver cells.
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Bizarre Things in our Milky Way [Video]
September 26, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
This zoom sequence starts in the constellation of Sagittarius and shows us vast dust clouds, star clusters that shine and swirling gas rings.
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Who is Sunita Williams?
September 25, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Williams applied for the NASA astronaut corps and began her training in August 1998.
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Clever Bird Goes Fishing: Bird Uses Bread To Catch Fish
September 21, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The abundance of bread crumbs means more fish will be around.
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What Would it be Like to Fly in Space? [Video]
September 18, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Created from data released by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the video shows tiny dots which are galaxies over billions of years.
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Western Scrub Jays Gather Around Dead Jays for Noisy "Funerals"
September 16, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
A jay that finds a dead body will screech loudly to summon others.
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How Planet Mars May Have Lost its Atmosphere [Video]
September 14, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
According to the video, one of ways Mars may have lost its atmosphere is through a process called sputtering.
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Archaeologists May Have Found Skeleton of King Richard III
September 12, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
A barbed iron arrowhead was also found between vertebrae of the skeleton's upper back.
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Oldest Arthropods Found Preserved in Amber [Image]
September 12, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The amber droplets, most between 2-6 millimeters long, were found buried in the Dolomite Alps of northeastern Italy.
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Pack Mule Robot Can Carry Gear for Soldiers [Video]
September 12, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The robots can reach speeds of 5 mph over rough terrain.
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Winning Image: Soft Corals and Scalefin Anthias
September 11, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Soft corals are spiny reef-builders that do not produce calcium structure
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Marine Whelk Dads Babysit for Dads [Video]
September 11, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Researchers at UC Davis conducted a DNA analysis that found most whelk carry about 24 percent or less of their own offspring on their back.
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DARPA's Cheetah Robot Keeps Getting Faster [Video]
September 08, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
It beat its previous record of 18 mph with a 28.3 mph sprint on the treadmill.
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New DNA Test Maps Ethnic Ancestry [Video]
September 08, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The results reflect inherited physical changes that probably occurs from all the previous generations.
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Cockroaches Turned into Cyborgs [Video]
September 08, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
A microcontroller is wired to the cockroach's antennae.
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Foot-and-a-Half Long Earthworm Found in China [Video]
September 07, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The man who found the earthworm in his home plans to keep it as a pet.
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Stone Age Peoples Made Figurines of Rams for Luck [Image]
September 06, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The figurines are estimated to be 9,000 to 9,500 years old.
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Flexible Snake-Arm Robot With Laser Helps in Dangerous Situations
September 05, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The laser equipped snake-arm robot is able to cut access holes in metal to get where it needs to go.
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Hug a Teddy, Check Your Pulse [Video]
September 04, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
HugBot is a large robot that puts the squeeze on you for about five seconds to measure your pulse.
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Neil Armstrong Describes What the Sky Looks Like From the Moon [Video]
August 31, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The first man on the moon recounts his view of the heavens from the lunar surface in this rare interview with the BBC.
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Video: Whirlwind Tour of All 2299 Kepler Planets
August 30, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The planets are drawn to scale with accurate orbital patterns.
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Video: Inflatable Robotic Arm Can Pick up Any Small Object
August 29, 2012, by LifesLittleMysteries.com, staff
The inflatable arm can easily be inflated with an on-board pump and deflated when needed.
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