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In this Hubble portrait, the giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020) are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located 163,000 light-years away. The image is nicknamed the "Cosmic Reef," because it resembles an undersea world. (Photo: Wikimedia/NASA)

Do you think of Earth as an advanced technological civilization? On the Kardashev Scale, planetary systems like Earth hardly register.

The Kardashev Scale: Sizing Up Planetary Power

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Barking Trains Protect Death Wish Japanese Sika Deer

You're starving. There's nothing in the fridge. Most people would go back to bed. Not The Real Life Guys, a trio of German engineers, who jump into their bathtub drone and banish their hunger pangs with a sandwich from the local bakery.

Fancy a sandwich? Hop into a flying bathtub drone with The Real Life Guys

Pasadena based Miso Robotics have created Flippy, a super smart burger flipping robot, which could herald a new era in fast food automation.

Fast food automation and the rise of the burger flipping robot

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Stray dogs in Thailand could get the chance to protect local communities by being fitted with smart vests. (Photo: Wikimedia/Ravi Gill)

The Real Life PAW Patrol Saving The Streets Of Bangkok

Liam Robinson

An ad agency in Thailand wants to equip stray dogs with “smart vests” and turn them into the guardian watchdogs of Bangkok.

Mark Zuckerberg and Darth Vader Collect Harvard Degrees

Ana Sabo

Mark Zuckerbeg, the 33-year-old Facebook CEO, recently returned to Harvard, to receive an honorary doctor of … Read more

The record breaking Lego wind turbine took 600 hours to build and used over 146,000 Lego bricks. (Photo: Lego)

Everything is Awesome as Lego break record for Lego wind turbine

John McKenzie

A group of Lego boffins have taken renewable energy to another level by building … Read more

The robird drone will keep Edmonton airport safe by mimicking a raptor and scaring the absolute bejesus out of other birds (Photo: Clearflight Solutions)

Robird drone swoops in to protect airport

Jade Emmons

We’ve got a new hero flying our skies, Robird, and it’s taken inspiration from … Read more

Amazing Stories for Curious Minds

The Kardashev Scale: Sizing Up Planetary Power

Barking Trains Protect Death Wish Japanese Sika Deer

Fancy a sandwich? Hop into a flying bathtub drone with The Real Life Guys

Fast food automation and the rise of the burger flipping robot

The Real Life PAW Patrol Saving The Streets Of Bangkok

Mark Zuckerberg and Darth Vader Collect Harvard Degrees

Everything is Awesome as Lego break record for Lego wind turbine

Robird drone swoops in to protect airport

Amazing Stories for Curious Minds

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