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THE SECRET LIFE OF SCIENTISTS

This Web only NOVA series on PBS highlights two science and engineering stars every month.  Learn about back-flipping inventors to biochemist beauty queens to artissts and athletes and musicians and more!

To see this month's episode go to: 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife/

VIDEOS:  Robots at Cornell University Are Self-Replicating and Repairing

See video of the self-replicating repairing robot as well as other cool robots -- dancing, playing the violin, wrestling and more!  Also learn cutting-edge robot uses such as assistance for surgeons.  How many other uses for robots can you think of? Did you know that the LEGO Mindstorm robot kits are put together by robots?

To see more: 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4476811361193228548#docid=-649615777795387304

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=8391829

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4732534&page=1

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=9097053

NASA Space Telescope Discovers Largest Ring Around Saturn

October 7, 2009 - NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn — by far the largest of the giant planet’s many rings.

To read more: 

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/features/spitzer/saturnRing/

On Alien World, It Rains Rocks

October 1, 2009 -- On Earth, strange things, including frogs and fish, sometimes fall from the sky, but on a distant extrasolar planet, the weather could be even weirder: When a front moves in, small rocks rain down on the surface, a new study suggests.

To read more: 

http://www.livescience.com/space/091001-rock-rain.html

Nissan engineers reel in schools of fish as inspiration for 'Eporo' robots that can avoid collisions

October 1, 2009 -- There's something fishy going on at Nissan.

Hoping to create safer cars, engineers with the Japanese automobile company studied the movements of schools of fish and developed robots to mimic their nimble motions.

To read more: 

http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/10/01/2009-10-01_japanese_engineers_reel_in_robot_fish.html#ixzz0SiMUVMU

Wanted: Home Computers to Join in Research on Artificial Life

September 28, 2009 -- Having trouble discovering extraterrestrial life? Then you might consider evolving your own.

To read more: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/science/29grid.html?_r=1&ref=science

High School Student Develops Chemical Detecting Robot

September 25, 2009 -- "Wow! You made THAT with Legos!"

 To read more: 

http://www.livescience.com/technology/090925-bts-autonomous-robot.html

Water Molecules Found On the Moon

September 24, 2009 --Using instruments on three separate spacecraft, scientists have discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the Moon.

To read more: 

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/24sep_moonwater.htm?list11108

Humanoid Robot Nao Wants to Be Friends

September 22, 2009 -- Aldebaran Robotics is showcasing the skills of its pint-size humanoid robot Nao ahead of its planned mass market release in about a year.

To read more: 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10358431-1.html

Surprises Found in Saturn's Rings

September 21, 2009 -- Stunning new views of Saturn from a NASA spacecraft have revealed odd formations in the planet's trademark rings, including ripples as tall as the Rocky Mountains.

To read more: 

http://news.aol.com/article/cassini-spacecraft-finds-surprises-in/682038

Urban Hopper Robot Can Leap Over 25-Foot Walls

September 17, 2009

To read (and watch!) more: 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10355669-1.html

Space Shocks Rookie Astronauts' Senses

September 5, 2009 --  Pilot Kevin Ford says he wasn't prepared for smell of space.

To read more: 

http://news.aol.com/article/astronaut-kevin-ford-shocked-by-smell/657641?icid=main/htmlws-main

The Coldest Calmest Place on Earth Found

September 1, 2009 -- The search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth - a place where no human is thought to have ever set foot.

To read more: 

http://news.aol.com/article/ridge-a-coldest-driest-calmest-place-on/651155?icid

Astronomers on Verge of Finding Earth's Twin

(June 24, 2008)  Planet hunters say it's just a matter of time before they lasso Earth's twin, which almost surely is hiding somewhere in our star-studded galaxy.

To read more: 

http://www.livescience.com/space/080624-st-planet-tally.html

 But first things first.