Friday, April 26, 2013 - 1:18pm
The face of the robopocalypse is a squishy mass of tiny little cubes that have learned how to run.
evolution stories
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 3:37pm
Make up your mind, appendix! Studies show that the organ, often more trouble than it's worth, has evolved independently in mammals over and over again.
Friday, February 17, 2012 - 10:55am
Though we're used to characters in our movies having accents (see: Babe — yeah, that was a good one), most of us don't consider it much in living creatures. Vocal prowess and everything that comes with it seems like a human thing, but it turns out that goats have accents the same way Englishmen (et. al.) do.
Friday, January 27, 2012 - 9:59am
Call it suspicious, but this Chinese boy is being paraded around the Internet as the next-step in human evolution. With strange blue eyes that "glow green" when light hits them and the so-called ability to see in the dark, is this Chinese boy the real-life version of Richard B. Riddick?
Monday, January 2, 2012 - 10:46am
Kanzi, a bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) has acquired some special skills; he knows how to build a fire and cook his own food. First he learned to collect dry firewood. Now he's worked all the way up to camp chef.
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 1:32pm
We're all familiar with the idea of metallic life forms like sentient robots, but somewhere out there, metallic life may have actually evolved just like organic life has here on Earth. A Scottish research group is out to prove this is possible by creating reproducing and evolving synthetic cells made entirely out of metal.
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 8:59am
Most of the time, when you buy something, you end up getting someone else's idea of what you really want. With custom 3D printing becoming cheaper and more available, the options for customization are endless, and a new service could allow the "evolution" of new products that are perfect for you.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 1:57pm
Apple just unveiled a new iPod Nano, and the new model is the most radical redesign yet. The 6G Nano is about half the size of the previous version, with a multi-touch screen and a clip on the back. The Nano's come a long way since its debut in 2005 — check out the graphic below that summarizes the big changes it's experienced over the years.
Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 8:03am
Just because you're heading out into the wilderness, or to a party at the local teetotaller's house, doesn't mean you have to limit your adult beverage selection to sucking down a six-pack of Bud. The Evolution Mobile Bar looks...
