Tentacle robot can bend through pipes and unscrew bolts
A soft, tubular robot can bend, twist, expand and contract when exposed to different intensities of light
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Strange ‘magic islands’ on Saturn’s moon Titan may be porous icebergs
Titan’s methane seas have ephemeral “magic islands” that have baffled scientists for years. They may be made of odd, porous…
Watch a robot with living muscles walk through water
A tiny, biohybrid robot moves by contracting lab-grown muscle tissue in its legs – but it needs help to stand…
AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium
Researchers used AI to design a new material that they used to build a working battery – it requires up…
Mars rover found a rock with possible signs of ancient life
The Perseverance rover has found some of the most promising hints of ancient Martian life yet, but we can’t know…
World’s oldest cheese found on 3500-year-old Chinese mummies
DNA and protein analysis has identified a white substance smeared on mummies in China as a kind of kefir cheese,…
Secrets of velvet ant’s venom explain what makes its sting so painful
A velvet ant sting is like “hot oil spilling over your hand” – now, scientists have identified molecules in its…
Most warming this century may be due to air pollution cuts
Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that…
AI beats goalkeepers at predicting which way penalty taker will shoot
By analysing videos of penalty kicks, a deep learning model was able to predict whether a shot would go to…
Ancient tools on Sulawesi may be clue to origins of ‘hobbit’ hominins
The Indonesian island of Sulawesi was a likely stepping stone for ancient hominins to reach nearby Flores, the home of…