Tag: EXPERIMENTS

Researchers at Aberystwyth University in Wales have developed a robot that is being heralded as the first machine to have discovered new scientific knowledge independently of a human operator. Named Adam, the device has already identified the role of several genes in yeast cells, and has the ability to plan further experiments to test its own hypotheses. Ross King, from the university's computer ...

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio have developed a breed of "super mice." These new mice are able to run 20 yards a minutes, for five hours, without stopping. They even have a metabolism that we're sure is the envy of all the chubby mice out there. They'll eat 60 percent more food than the average mouse, but weigh about half as much. They're ...

We may always think of scientists as serious guys doing the tough work to better our world. Curing diseases, building artificial body parts, developing stronger metals, but not all scientific endeavors are as productive. How much acid does it take to kill an elephant? Apparently 297 milligrams (about 3,000 times a normal human dose)does the trick. Ever wonder if pressure and anxiety causes a ...