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Read our feature on the Rubik's cube: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/mg19926681.800?DCMP=youtube A student at Florida Institute of Technology shows how a robot can solve a Rubik's cube using software called Cube Explorer. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: Rubik's cube robot solve Added: August 19, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14542?DCMP=youtube Researchers are trying to make virtual crowds more realistic by analysing common methods currently used by animators. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: clones animation crowds realistic Added: August 15, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14532 These stunningly accurate animations are created by modelling every muscle and tendon of the hand Footage courtesy Shinjiro Sueda/University of British Columbia http://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/sensorimotor/projects/hands_sig08/ Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: animation medicine surgery CGI science newscientistvideo newscientist siggraph siggraph2008 Added: August 14, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19926696.100 This robot steers clear of obstacles thanks to a pile of rat brain cells. Footage courtesy Reading University Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: robots robotics electronics science newscientist mechanics gadget engineering newscientistvideo brain neuroscience Added: August 13, 2008

Watch a new robotic arm powered by gyroscopes: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14490?DCMP=youtube See the new Olympic Swimming Center in Beijing that was inspired by soap bubbles and footage of the hottest water on Earth: http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14456?DCMP=youtube Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: hottest water Earth critical robotic arm gyroscope Olympic swimming pool bubbles Added: August 8, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14497 Stretchy rubber circuits could give robots soft and sensitive skins to make them safer around humans, says Japanese researchers. Footage courtesy of Takao Someya, Tokyo University Stills courtesy Science/AAAS Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: robots robotics electronics science newscientist mechanics gadget engineering newscientistvideo Added: August 8, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14490?DCMP=youtube A new robotic arm is powered by gyroscopes instead of conventional motors to counter the effects of minimal gravity and friction in space. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: gyroscope robotic arm space robot motor Added: August 8, 2008

Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14483?DCMP=youtube Find out how eclipses were viewed and interpreted in ancient times and what happened if an astronomer didn't predict an eclipse correctly. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: eclipse history China astronomer Added: August 6, 2008

Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14483?DCMP=youtube New Scientist reporter Phil McKenna covers the eclipse on 1 August 2008 from China. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: eclipse China 2008 August Gobi desert Added: August 6, 2008

Read more: http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14469?DCMP=youtube A new census has counted twice as many gorillas in the Congo compared to previous estimates. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: gorilla Congo population census endangered Added: August 6, 2008

Read more: http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14456?DCMP=youtube A team of scientists has discovered water hotter than 407 C - the hottest ever found in nature. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: hottest water Earth supercritical critical point gas liquid Added: August 4, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14459?DCMP=youtube Researchers have discovered a new form of synaesthesia and are using an animation to diagnose it. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: synaesthesia sound motion animation moving dots Added: August 4, 2008

Watch randy male fish that don't like competition from other males: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14438?DCMP=youtube Find out about a new robot that can optimally position limbs in an MRI scanner to get the best images of tissues: See how bee foraging patterns could help the police track down serial killers: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14423?DCMP=youtube Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: science vodcast bees serial killer MRI scanner angle robot fish mating male competition Added: August 1, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14452?DCMP=youtube A new robot can position a person's injured limb at an optimal angle to get the most detailed view of tissues in an MRI scanner. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: mri scanner image 3D limb arm leg robot position magic angle Added: August 1, 2008

Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14435?DCMP=youtube A new simulation shows the most complete picture of early star formation to date. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: simulation Big Bang first stars universe Added: August 1, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14438?DCMP=youtube Male molly fish pursue wallflowers and appear to be less interested in sex when other males are around. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: male molly fish mating sex competition Added: July 31, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/2008/07/could-world-see-its-first-practical.html?DCMP=youtube Harrison Martin, 16-year-old son of inventor Glenn Martin, pilots a jet pack at an air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It is powered by a water-cooled, piston engine, similar to a car's, which drives the large downward-facing fans on either side of the pilot. Flaps at the bottom of the fans are used to direct air and steer the pack. For the safety of onlookers, two men kept the pack a few feet above the ground (Courtesy of Rachel Courtland) Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: jet pack Added: July 29, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14423?DCMP=youtube A bee's foraging patterns are helping to predict where serial killers live based on the area where they've committed crimes. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: bee serial killer nest foraging area bumblebee police algorithm Added: July 29, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14411?DCMP=youtube Biologists are finding that tree shrews convert a lot of the alcohol they consume into a compound they expel into their hair. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: tree shrew alcohol human consume hair expel tolerance drinking fermented fruit Added: July 28, 2008

Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14400?DCMP=youtube NASA reseachers have found out what sequence of events creates the Northern Lights. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: Northern Lights aurora magnetic field Earth Added: July 25, 2008

See a mechanical tongue that can mimic human speech: http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19926666.500?DCMP=youtube Find out about the sequence of events that causes the Northern Lights: http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14400?DCMP=youtube Watch a simulation of magma rising below the Earth's crust: http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19926665.000?DCMP=youtube Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: mechanical tongue artificial speech recognition aurora Northern Lights magma rising crust mushroom shape Added: July 25, 2008

Read more: http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19926665.000?DCMP=youtube A new simulation shows that magma rising under the surface of a volcano may not be mushroom-shaped. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: magma mushroom rise volcano Added: July 23, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19926666.400?DCMP=youtube A new robot with wheels has also been designed to jump over obstacles. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: jumping robot wheels roll bottles Added: July 23, 2008

Read more: http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/mg19926666.500?DCMP=youtube Researchers have created an artificial tongue to help them find out more about how a mouth produces sounds. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: tongue mouth artificial sound speech recognition Added: July 23, 2008

Read more: http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg19926661.100?DCMP=youtube The Rocket Racing league will race rocket-powered planes for the first time on August 1st. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: rocket racing planes race Added: July 23, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/dn14312?DCMP=youtube Bioethicist Tom Shakespeare talks about why reason doesn't tell a good story. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: tom shakespeare bioethics reason Added: July 23, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/dn14312?DCMP=youtube Neuroscientist Chris Frith talks about how we don't really use reason. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: neuroscientist brain Chris Frith reason Added: July 23, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/dn14312?DCMP=youtube Linguist Noam Chomsky talks about reason and exaggerated claims. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: linguist language Noam Chomsky reason Added: July 23, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/dn14312?DCMP=youtube Artist Keith Tyson talks about why reason needs creativity and intuition. Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: artist art Keith Tyson reason creativity intuition Added: July 23, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/dn14312?DCMP=youtube Penrose talks about when we need to sidestep reason Author: newscientistvideo Keywords: Roger Penrose mathematician math reason Added: July 23, 2008