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Humans have empathy for robots, new study shows

Researchers in Germany found that humans feel for the machines no matter what form they come in: terminator, droid or dinosaur-shaped.
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German scientists have found that people have just as much empathy for robots as they do for people. (Fabio Muzzi/AFP/Getty Images)
Humans have empathy for robots, a new study has shown.
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1200-year-old tree blown down by wind in Wales

The 1200-year-old tree in north Wales was hit with 55 mph winds on Thursday morning and toppled over.
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Pontfadog, the little Welsh hamlet where the great oak tree stood. (Wikipedia/Wikimedia commons)
The oldest oak tree in Britain, the Pontfadog Oak, was uprooted by wind last week.
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Fundawear: Vibrating underwear by Durex let's you get frisky from afar (VIDEO)

Durex Australia has come up with electronic underwear and bras that vibrate when a user activates them via a smartphone app.
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Durex has come up with vibrating underwear controlled by a smartphone app for sex-starved couples doing long-distance. (Youtube/Screengrab)
Durex has come up with vibrating electronic underwear that can be controlled by your partner via smartphone app.
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Arkansas State Rep. Nate Bell apologizes for 'cowering Boston liberals' AR-15 tweet

Responses to Bell's AR-15 comment were swift, fierce and sometimes funny.
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Arkansas State Rep. Nate Bell apologized this afternoon for his tweet that 'Boston Liberals' probably wished they had an AR-15 about now. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)
An Arkansas State representative Nate Bell created a stir this morning when he suggested Bostonian liberals are probably praying for AR-15s right about now.
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Chris Hadfield wrings out a wet cloth and the whole world watches (VIDEO)

Commander Chris Hadfield is becoming a social media legend with his pictures of the world from the ISS and his engagement with audiences across the globe answering questions about space.
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Commander of the International Space Station Chris Hadfield shows the universe how to wring out a wet cloth in space. (Youtube/Screengrab)
Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield, demonstrated this week how to wring out a wet cloth in space.
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Existential dread? Tylenol might help

Canadian scientists discovered that acetaminophen, the key ingredient in Tylenol, can reduce feelings of fear, anxiety and "existential dread."
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Researchers found that Tylenol may actually reduce the existential dread we feel after watching David Lynch movies. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Researchers have found that good ol' Tylenol could have stopped the birth of French existentialism as we know it.
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Man who punched horse at soccer match says sorry to the horse

Barry Rogerson, 45, was arrested after punching a police horse during a riot after a Tyne-Wear derby soccer match in northern England.
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Barry Rogerson, 45, punches a police horse during a riot after a soccer game in northern England this week. Rogerson says he regrets what he did. (Youtube/Screengrab)
A British man who punched a horse in the throat this week says he loves animals and that what he did was "stupid."
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Message in a bottle from Canada lands on Croatia beach 28 years later

It had been at sea for 28 years before it was discovered by a kite surfer cleaning the beach.
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A surfer found a letter in a bottle from one lover to another washed up on a Croatian beach. It had been sent from Nova Scotia, Canada, thousands of miles away 28 years ago. (Facebook/Facebook)
Croatian surfers found a message in a bottle on a beach recently with a note all the way from Canada.
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Unsurprising study finds that Heavy Metal listeners more anxious, depressed

Researchers found through a survey of college students that those who listened to heavy rock and metal had significantly higher levels of mental stress.
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A new study has shown what most people knew all along - listeners to heavy metal and its sub-genres are more depressed than others. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Heavy Metal enthusiasts tend to be more anxious and depressed than others.
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Pets play a central role in household bacterial life, study says

Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder found, among other things, that parents share much more bacteria with their dogs than with their kids.
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A new study shows that dogs are far more involved in the bacterial life of the household than once thought. (Rosie Hallam/Getty Images)
It turns out that we share more bacteria with our pets than once thought.
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