About a year ago, in a synthetic biology class at London's Royal College of Art, 24-year-old Marguerite Humeau learned about the work of Japanese researcher Hideyuki Sawada.
You might have seen his work in a recent viral video: a creepy, dismembered mouth "singing" a Japanese lullaby. That mouth has been called the most mechanically accurate talking robot, with real moving lips, a windpipe that flexes and expands, and even lungs — a pressurized air tank. Read More...
Last words: The Clark County, Nevada school district is fighting to get the suicide notes of 13-year-old Hailee Lamberth released
A Nevada school district is fighting to have a student's suicide notes released to the public, but the girl's parents say the letters will only cause more damage to the younger brother and classmates that the 13-year-old left behind.
Hailee Lamberth, 13, committed suicide in late 2013, and her parents Jason and Jennifer are currently in the middle of a lawsuit with the local school district, claiming their daughter's life could have been saved if administrators followed state law and informed them that she was being bullied. Read More...
US news This article is more than 1 month oldNew election ordered in Louisiana sheriffs race won by one voteThis article is more than 1 month oldDemocrat Henry Whitehorn’s win over Republican John Nickelson in the Caddo parish invalid due to illicitly cast ballots, says judge
A Democratic politician who recently won a Louisiana sheriff’s election over a Republican candidate by a single vote has been ordered to run the race again after a judge determined that a handful of illicitly cast ballots muddied up the results. Read More...