Scientists at the University of the West of England have designed a robot that does not require batteries or electricity to power itself, because it generates energy by catching and eating houseflies.
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Because of widespread availability of raw materials for chemical terrorism, many experts believe the odds for a chemical attack are relatively high, compared with biological or nuclear terrorism.
The new economic era will require that millions of people earning around the national average, $17 an hour, shoulder more responsibility and risk on the way to financial security, economists say.
One day after the U.S. Agriculture Department announced that concern over mad cow disease should no longer keep the border closed to live cattle from Canada, the Ottawa government revealed yesterday that it has detected another suspected case in a dairy cow.
Eating fast food more than twice a week has strong links with weight gain and insulin resistance, a US study shows.
The BBC’s Sue Nelson investigates claims that wild animals, who escaped the impact of the quake, may have a sixth sense.
Cornerback Fred Smoot, whose contract expires at the end of the season, says he is no longer optimistic that he will stay with the Redskins.
If this is true, the Redskins front office is making another one of their extremely stupid decisions.
Pregnant women who smoke face a higher risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy — a condition known as gestational diabetes — according to a new study.
In Hawaii, the proportion of cases of gonorrhea that are resistant to treatment with the antibiotic Cipro increased nearly sevenfold between 1997 and 2000, new findings show.
Contrary to popular belief, the thousands of rotting corpses do not pose the main threat. Sewage-contaminated water is the main risk factor in the spread of deadly diseases like cholera, malaria and dengue fever. Diseases are spread by contaminated water, drinking water and water used to clean food. The first symptom of [...]
Clinton Portis’ agent says the Washington running back has been more than generous'' with former teammate Ifeanyi Ohalete, who claims Portis owes him $20,000 of the $40,000 promised when Ohalete gave Portis his No. 26 jersey.We have a position on that that is different from theirs,” said Drew Rosenhaus, Portis’ agent.
Why can’t underachieving, overpaid Clinton Portis just shut up and pay the money? He should pay Redskins’ fans who had to suffer through his lousy performance this season. The Redskins could have saved millions of dollars and had similar or better results from the running game if they would have stuck with Trung Canidate or Rock Cartwright.
In August 2003, Joe was laid off for the second time in two years. Within two weeks, his wife also lost her job in another round of layoffs, leaving the family with one daughter in college and no steady income.
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Thousands of armchair sky watchers are pairing computers and consumer-grade meteorological equipment to share their observations of local conditions online.
STARTING a weather station for yourself or for an online group is a matter of finding the right instruments, the right computer software and a site where you can post your data.
The two U.S. and Russian astronauts on the International Space Station had to rely on a candy-laden diet for five weeks because their predecessors raided the pantry.
More than 19 months after a mad cow scare closed U.S. borders to Canadian cattle, the United States said Wednesday it will allow limited imports beginning in March.
Myriad technical obstacles could face terrorists who try to manufacture biological weapons, problems that would confound even skilled scientists who tried to help them, biological warfare experts say.
More people could be killed by disease after the Asian tsunami by the disaster itself, a health expert warns.
A rare break in rough Bering Sea weather is allowing officials to gain a better sense of damage from a large spill in the Aleutian Islands.
Russia’s cash-strapped space agency said on Tuesday it would stop giving U.S. astronauts free rides into orbit in the future.