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Stories · 2

  1. Cyberbees Score MIT Prize

    Science · Science · · posted by timothy · from the to-avoid-the-sting dept. · 157 comments
    DeAshcroft writes "The Boston Globe has a nice story on the winner of this year's Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. 125 infrared-communicating 4.5-inch swarming bee-like robots. Businessweek even covered this one here. Next year's prize may go to the creator of 4.5-inch long swarming cockroaches."

  2. Space Fungus Eating Mir (Really)

    Science · Space · · posted by Hemos · from the the-plague-attacks dept. · 285 comments
    dublin writes: "The Boston Globe has a good article about how Mir is being eaten alive by virulent fungi. The fungi, which are found both inside and outside the aging space station, are rampant to the point that a cosmonaut has said, "There were areas you wouldn't want to stick your hand in." NASA reports that some of these fungi can attack and weaken plastics and even metals. "