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Wasps have a good memory for a face
Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14776?DCMP=youtube
Researchers have found that wasps can recognise wasps they've met before even after a busy 10 days apart.
Length: 68
Rating: 4.90 (108 ratings)
Tags: wasps recognition social memory
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New Scientist video round-up - June 20, 2008
See the first ever footage of human ovulation: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/dn14155?DCMP=NLC-youtube
Watch how prototypes of lunar vehicles, spacesuits and robots are being tested and look at the first video of a metal-eating pest: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14175?DCMP=NLC-youtube
Length: 174
Rating: 4.50 (156 ratings)
Tags: lunar vehicle NASA spacesuit ovulation ovary tin metal pest reaction
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New Scientist video round-up - April 25, 2008
Watch a robot-mongoose pair sniff out landmines:
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19826535.900-mongooserobot-duo-sniff-out-landmines-on-the-cheap.html
See robots compete in the RoboCup competition : http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13744-rescue-robots-compete-to-save-dolls-in-distress.html
Length: 212
Rating: 4.60 (58 ratings)
Tags: mongoose robot landmines sniff explosives RoboCup rescue soccer
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Shape-shifting robot forms from magnetic swarm
Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13244-shapeshifting-robot-forms-from-magnetic-swarm.html
See some prototypes of robot swarms created by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.
Length: 73
Rating: 4.40 (527 ratings)
Tags: robot swarm magnetic electric shape shifting Carnegie Mellon
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New Scientist video round-up - July 4, 2008
Watch leaf-cutter ants that can navigate low bridges: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/dn14234?DCMP=youtube
See mites that protect the wasps that carry them and find out about some picturesque computer passwords.
Length: 160
Rating: 5.00 (42 ratings)
Tags: mites ants passwords picture wasps
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Acrobatic geckos steer with their tails
Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13481
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley are finding out that a gecko's tail plays an important role in its movement.
Length: 80
Rating: 4.60 (65 ratings)
Tags: gecko tail steer movement slip glide robot
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