Self-Healing Robots

"Soft Self-Healing Materials for Robots That Cannot Be Destroyed"

As the article notes, "It'll take more than having its fingers chopped off to stop this robot hand". I see no possible way anything could go wrong with this.

Real-Life Moon Base?

"The Silicon Valley Heavyweights Who Want to Settle the Moon"

Fake Keyboard For Cats

Brilliant idea: "This heated fake keyboard was designed to fool your cat".

More info: Patent 10398125, issued September 3, 2019.

IKEA Hide And Seek

"Police called to Scottish IKEA after thousands sign up for hide and seek"

Instant Boston Accent

Video: "Actor Learns a Boston Accent in 6 Hours"

Exoplanet With Water

"Water found for first time on potentially habitable planet".

The big question is whether the planet will be inhabited with intelligent aliens who happen to look a lot like the actor population of greater LA area with bad makeup.

Science Of Cardiac Arrest

"The heart-stopping reality of cardiac arrest"

Burger Rankings

Clever way to display hamburger rankings along 8 different axes.

Special Baseball Mud

"Mud Maker: The Man Behind MLB's Essential Secret Sauce"

D&D Pickup Lines

"50 Dungeons & Dragons Pickup Lines"

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Dinosaur Treasure Trove

"There's probably enough dinosaur material here to keep a thousand palaeontologists happy for a thousand years"

No Wind Was Good That Day

"Falklands War: The Time British and Argentine Aircraft Carriers Nearly Fought to the Death"

Genes For Left-Handedness?

"Scientists have identified the genes linked to left-handedness"

Vinyl >> CD Sales

"Vinyl Is Poised to Outsell CDs For the First Time Since 1986"

Very Very Cold

"Racing toward Absolute Zero"

New Yorkers Losing Airpods

"New Yorkers Losing So Many AirPods in Subway Tracks That MTA is Considering a PSA to Warn Commuters"

New Perspective On Gymnastics

"Mesmerizing video of a gymnast's high bar routine where he remains stationary while the apparatus moves around him". (Via Kottke.)

Self-Citing Scientists

"Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in new database"

Self-Sculpting Robot

"Robot Made of Clay Can Sculpt Its Own Body"

Magnetic Mouse

"This New Logitech Mouse Has a Magnetic Wheel That Feels Like Magic". (Via H.R.)

Breakfasts Around The World

"Around the World in 380 Breakfasts"

Censor-Proof Messaging

"Hong Kong Protestors Using Mesh Messaging App China Can't Block: Usage Up 3685%". (Via H.R.)

More Noises From Our Machines

"Why Washing Machines Are Learning to Play the Harp"

Welding Ceramics

"Ceramics enter a new era with laser-welded joints". (Via H.R.)

Side Stitches

"When you get a stitch in your side, what's really going on?"

Short answer: We don't really know, although there are a few plausible theories. And at least there's a fancy medical term, "exercise-related transient abdominal pain", or ETAP.