Robots continue to grow in their importance amongst law enforcement, military use, medical research and care, space exploration and entertainment, among other tasks. Robots recently in the news include Russia's decades-old Lunokhod rovers - recently photographed from Lunar orbit, the naming of "Curiosity", NASA's next Mars rover, and a robotic dental patient, designed for realistic training. Collected here are a handful of relatively recent photographs of robots around the world - and the solar system. [Previously, 1, 2]. (33 photos total)
It takes a few minutes to load, but the wait is worth it. Use your mouse button to 'grab' the image and move it around. Use the wheel on your mouse to zoom in (there is a zoom in the lower left as well). Thanks To Keith at BagOfNothing
Given the right circumstances, would you torture and ultimately kill another person at the request of others? Not someone that is threatening you or your family, just a stranger that someone asks you to torture. Would you do it?
In a 1961 experiment a French psychologist found that two-thirds of the test subjects were willing to administer a fatal shock.
Well, that was 1961. Surely our 'enlightened' society would be less likely to perform such a heinous act. Click the image above to read the article and learn if your peers are more or less likely to torture and kill.
In Haiti, the survivors of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck about two and a half months ago continue to struggle, with a few signs of hope as international assistance is beginning to make measurable progress, some international debt is being forgiven, and some businesses and institutions start to come back to life. In a country still mourning the loss of a now-estimated 230,000 citizens (on par with the 2004 Indian Ocean quake), over one million people remain housed in makeshift tent cities, uncertain about their future or security. According to a recent draft summary of the Haitian government's damage and needs assessment, the country will need $11.5 billion to rebuild. Collected here are a handful of recent photographs from Haiti, a country still in need. (40 photos total)
