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What is this White Stuff Buried on Mars?

The robotic shovel aboard the Phoenix Mars Lander has discovered some white material just below the surface of the Red Planet. NASA scientists aren’t exactly sure what it is — Ice? Salt? A buried spaceship?
It’s been three weeks since Phoenix touched ground on Mars’ north pole with the mission of finding clues as to whether or [...]

Study: Old People Love Robots

I’m always looking for a reason to give robots some love (umm.. that came out wrong, but you get the idea). So what better proof that robots should become our masters — I mean, co-inhabitants — than a recent study that finds that old people in nursing homes love robotic dogs?
Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri [...]