Extending a Hand, Hoping a Tentacle Might Shake It
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James Cameron's newest film is a grandiose hybrid of undersea documentary and outer-space fantasy.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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The confectioner's not showing signs of turning around just yet.
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A simple question yields a surprising answer.
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An anthropologist looks into the roots of the open-hand shrug gesture and finds they run deep.
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Now hereÂs something that just happened to catch our eye.
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The humble handshake - cornerstone of civilized behavior, ancient gesture of greeting among friends and strangers alike â-s in trouble.
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WASHINGTON -- Claudia Mitchell's thought-controlled artificial hand did what natural fingers are prone to do: It lost its grip, letting a bottle of water tumble to the ground.
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Surgeons may soon be able to practise tricky operations using a virtual scalpel on a virtual body.
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WASHINGTON: When extra terrestrials want to tell their fellow beings, back on their mother planets, what earthlings are like, chances are that they will be visiting the nearest post office rather than rushing to the neighbourhood phone booth, as a new
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In some ways, they are still fumbling  about in the dark, except now at least there's a flashlight on  hand.
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An untethered, autonomous robot rummaging around a geothermal sinkhole may herald the future of deep ocean -- and deep space -- robotics. By Emmet Cole.
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This is the time of year when, in the lengthening shadows of afternoon, the air grows still and mysterious around here. An aura of secrecy and duplicity replaces that friendly banter among serious fisherpeople. Down the long strand of beach, shadowy figures keep to themselves, never showing whatever success they may be enjoying.
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RICHMOND, Va. - A flying mammal with freakishly large ears is looking for its place in the sun.
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UK and Swiss scientists find a way to trigger an out-of-body experience in healthy volunteers.
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Tycho:  The comic is about toes.  Also, bamboo.  Technically it's about the interaction between toes and bamboo.
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Researchers are studying the spinal cord of the eel-like sea lamprey in hopes that a machine based on its structure could someday enable paralyzed people to regain control of their legs. By Karen Lurie.