Life's Little Mysteries Entertainment Archives
Winning Image: Colorful Nudibranch
August 28, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The mollusks are known for their striking colors and shapes.
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Learn to Cook with Virtual Food [Video]
August 27, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a system that simulates cooking the perfect steak.
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Video: Technology Turns Hand Drawn Images Into Interactive 3D Images
August 26, 2012, Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor
Cybernoids plans to improve the technology so it can also be used to transform 2D drawings into 360 degree animated 3D images.
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Wall of Wind Simulates Cat-5 Hurricane [Video]
August 26, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The structure was created to better understand wind power during a major hurricane.
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Scientists Use Jellyfish Bioluminescence to Track Brain Cells[Video]
August 24, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Scientists say the imaging technique is being used to find out how proteins are directed to one of the two types of compartments inside the neuron.
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Video: How to Blow Up an Asteroid
August 23, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Scientists are currently figuring out a way to land on, or at least touch an asteroid and find out more about these mineral-rich space rocks.
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Amazing Microscopic Image Captured of a Snowflake
August 22, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
These shapes emerge when microscopic cloud droplets freeze into tiny crystals.
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Video: Robot Chefs in Chinese Noodle Bars
August 21, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Chef Cui the robot shaves noodles as fast as a human.
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Video: Disney Develops New Way to Animate Human Faces
August 20, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The automatic process starts by scanning 3D facial expressions from a human subject.
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Video: Robotic Hand Designed to Disarm Bombs
August 20, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Researchers have developed a robotic hand that can be used to disarm explosive devices.
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Video: Giant Panda Gives Birth to Rare Twin Cubs
August 20, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
A giant panda gave birth to twin cubs at the Wolong Giant Panda Wild Breeding Center in southwest China recently.
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Image: Ancient Americans Drank Black Beverage That Made Them Vomit
August 17, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
This highly - caffeinated drink is a dark tea made from the roasted leaves of the Yaupon holly.
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Video: Hypersonic X-51 Waverider
August 16, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Plane designer Boeing says the aircraft is made to use the propulsion and heat from its own shockwave to fly.
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Video: 17.7 Foot Python Breaks Size Records
August 15, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The discovery of the creature indicates that snakes are able to survive for a very long time without many natural predators in the Everglades.
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Video: Mesh Robot Moves Like Earthworm
August 13, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The robot, called Meshworm, is made from wire made from nickel and titanium.
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Video: Visual System Can Identify Pastries in Seconds
August 13, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The system, developed by Brain Corporation in Tokyo, can be used for faster checkouts.
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5 Human Test Subjects Stand Under an Atomic Blast [Video]
August 13, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The test was of a 2 kiloton MB-1 nuclear air-to-air rocket launched from an F-89 Scorpion interceptor.
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Video: Army Sends LEMV Airship on First Flight
August 13, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The skin is made from Vectran, Kevlar and Mylar.
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Video: Custom-Made NECA Portal Gun
August 10, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The majority of the outside parts were 3D printed from models made directly from the game.
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Video: Octopus Squid Leaves Glowing Arms Behind as Escape Tactic
August 09, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The unusual defensive strategy is used by the foot-long Octopoteuthis deletron.
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Meet Zeno: The Robotic Boy
August 08, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The robot can walk, talk and make expressive faces.
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Video: Small Agri-Cube Hydroponic Unit Can Produce 10,000 Vegetables Per Year
August 07, 2012, by LifesLittleMysteries.com, staff
Designed by the Japanese company Daiwa House, the parking space-sized unit can grow leafy green, radishes and small turnips.
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Video: Male Weedy Sea Dragon at Monterey Bay Aquarium Has Babies
August 07, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Male sea dragons carry and hatch the babies.
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Video: New Spider Named after David Attenborough
August 06, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
It is a type of goblin spider found only on Horn Island off northern Queensland.
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How Water Behaves in Space [Video]
August 06, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The water is held together as a bubble by its own hydrogen bonds.
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