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A robot for your car鈥檚 dashboard Meet AIDA, a sleek robot head on a jointed neck designed to help you become a better driver. By making use of facial expressions and body language the robot can give directions and warnings with far greater subtlety and sensitivity than today鈥檚 dumb gadgets
TECH
Ultimate jukebox is next step in net music Music streaming services are booming 鈥� but none is comprehensive. A new service tries to achieve the dream of being able to play any song you request by scouring streaming services for you, as well as grabbing music from blogs and the hard drives of other users
GALLERY
Dazzling computer graphics Cutting-edge ideas from a Tokyo conference 鈥� from smart building blocks you can stack into a 3D screen of your own design, to a desktop printer that can recreate an object鈥檚 reflectivity as well as its colour
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Fellatio keeps male fruit bats keen Female short-nosed fruit bats have been seen performing fellatio on their partners during copulation. Although the tactic appears to have the effect of prolonging mating, it isn鈥檛 known what the bats gain from it
GALLERY
The most endangered species More species than ever are facing extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List. See some of the most seriously threatened, including the Kihansi spray toad and a damselfly called 鈥渢he giant jewel鈥�
EARTH
Atmospheric tides trigger landslides at night Some landslides slip more at night than during the day 鈥� and it seems to be down to tiny changes in atmospheric pressure