These robots have had their code changed according to the principles of natural selection. After about 150 generations, this enabled them to collaborate in moving around objects larger than their size, and collecting them in a specific area of their enclosure.
English : These robots have had their code changed according to the principles of natural selection. After about 150 generations, this enabled them to collaborate in moving around objects larger than their size, and collecting them in a specific area of their enclosure.
Rebuilding a Species. The sandy brown Quagga Zebra was hunted to extinction more than 100 years ago. But when scientists learned it was not a unique species but a subspecies of the Plains Zebra, the Quagga Project was started by South African Reinhold Rau to bring the animal back.
English : Rebuilding a Species. The sandy brown Quagga Zebra was hunted to extinction more than 100 years ago. But when scientists learned it was not a unique species but a subspecies of the Plains Zebra, the Quagga Project was started by South African Reinhold Rau to bring the animal back.
Lebanese-born Rima Fakih is the winner of the 2010 Miss USA beauty pageant. She is the first Arab American and Muslim to win the crown, and she has wide support in her adopted hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. While supporters there are cheering for her accomplishment, some have raised concerns that the pageant and provocative pictures of her, released after she won, clash with the conservative values of the Muslim faith. In an interview with VOA, Rima Fakih addressed those concerns as well as her goals as Miss USA as she heads into the Miss Universe contest this summer.
English : Lebanese-born Rima Fakih is the winner of the 2010 Miss USA beauty pageant. She is the first Arab American and Muslim to win the crown, and she has wide support in her adopted hometown of Dearborn, Michigan. While supporters there are cheering for her accomplishment, some have raised concerns that the pageant and provocative pictures of her, released after she won, clash with the conservative values of the Muslim faith. In an interview with VOA, Rima Fakih addressed those concerns as well as her goals as Miss USA as she heads into the Miss Universe contest this summer.
Microstructures arranged according to Origami principles and coated with living cells. Once a plate is detached from the substrate, the cells growing across neighbouring plates pull the structure of a cube together. Scale bar: 50 µm.
English : Microstructures arranged according to Origami principles and coated with living cells. Once a plate is detached from the substrate, the cells growing across neighbouring plates pull the structure of a cube together. Scale bar: 50 µm.
Some species of robber flies show a specific mating behaviour. A male of Dioctria atricapilla makes a special "courtship dance" in front of a female sitting in the grass of a meadow (about 15cm over ground). Filmed near Marburg, Germany.
English : Some species of robber flies show a specific mating behaviour. A male of Dioctria atricapilla makes a special "courtship dance" in front of a female sitting in the grass of a meadow (about 15cm over ground). Filmed near Marburg, Germany.
Hispella testacea in copula. Hispella testacea (syn. Dicladispa testacea) is a Mediterranean species belonging to subfamily Cassidinae of the leaf beetles.
English : Hispella testacea in copula. Hispella testacea (syn. Dicladispa testacea) is a Mediterranean species belonging to subfamily Cassidinae of the leaf beetles.
Missile Milestone - First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat, Universal International Newsreel, 21 July 1960. Polaris missile loaded from truck to sub at Cape Canaveral, missile hatches opened on USS George Washington, missile fired on 20 July 1960, 1100 miles to its target, then 2nd missile fired.
English : Missile Milestone - First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat, Universal International Newsreel, 21 July 1960. Polaris missile loaded from truck to sub at Cape Canaveral, missile hatches opened on USS George Washington, missile fired on 20 July 1960, 1100 miles to its target, then 2nd missile fired.
The round-mouthed snail (Pomatias elegans) is a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae. This species is very common in Southern Europe.
English : The round-mouthed snail (Pomatias elegans) is a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae. This species is very common in Southern Europe.