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Finally, there's a crowdfunding campaign for people who want to watch giant robots fight to the death.

Megabots, Inc., a Boston-based company, is building a huge, human-operated "battle bot" for an upcoming robot duel.

Although genetically modified organisms (GMOs) themselves don't appear to have ill effects on human health, some researchers argue that the herbicides used on these crops are an overlooked health threat.

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Vomiting creates a fine spray of airborne virus particles, a vomit device proves.

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a "vomiting device" to study the transmission of norovirus -- the dreaded stomach bug that causes diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and stomach pain.

Atmospheric CO2 can be turned into carbon nanofibres for high-tech uses a method that may also hold promise for profitable carbon capture

Two of the four NASA space shuttles on display in US museums have had their water tanks removed for possible use in a storage system for the ISS

Islamic climate call Islamic leaders from 20 countries are calling for the world's 1.6 billion Muslims to act on climate change, and for governments to phase out fossil fuels by 2050. The declaration was adopted at the I...

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Some planets orbit their stars right around the star's equator, while others go at wonky angles - and it's all down to the star's size

Two of the four NASA space shuttles on display in US museums have had their water storage tanks removed to help form part of a storage system for the ISS

The possible discovery of a boson at the Large Hadron Collider suggests a restoration of symmetry between two simple things: left and right

Central Asia's glaciers, which supply water to one of the planet's largest irrigated areas, are melting fast, highlighting a worrying global trend in ice loss

A device called MediPen is said to contain hemp oil imbued with 20 per cent cannabidiol - the compound thought to be responsible for weed's health benefits

Grim find of 26 mutilated bodies in Germany is earliest evidence of mass torture, challenging the view of rural harmony among early Europeans

A metal under pressure has broken the record for the warmest superconductor yet - it could work at Antarctic temperatures rather than those found in the depths of space

The need to hop fast in open habitats seems to have driven the evolution of unusual habit of using their tail as a fifth leg in some of Australia's iconic marsupials

Crop sprays that turn off pest genes without altering the plant's genome could be the first in a new generation of pesticides that circumvent GM regulations

Electric shock training and surgery are starting to pay off for the teams fighting to save one of the world's largest birds

Historical data on how plants move over the course of the day seems to show that they line up with the position of the moon

One theory behind the blasts in the port of Tianjin is that the warehouse where it originated was storing chemicals that caught fire on contact with water