This Week In The Future, December 31-January 1, 2013Baarbarian
In the future, a robot still won't be able to eat like a panda.
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- How Birds Learn To Sing
- This Robot Vomits So You Won't Have To
- Giant Panda Genome Holds Recipe For Powerful Antibiotic
- FYI: Why Do We Crave Greasy Food When We're Hung Over?
And don't forget to check out our other favorite stories of the week:
- 21 Emotions For Which There Are No English Words [Infographic]
- Skip Out On The Elks Lodge, Die In A Traffic Accident
- On DARPA's 2013 Wish List: Extreme Diving, Portable Brain Reading, And Gravity Vision
- Crazy Weight-Loss Schemes Through The Ages
- For The First Time, Astronomers See Giant Planets Helping Their Star Grow
- Why Everything You Read About Your Health Is Wrong
- The Goods: January 2013's Hottest Gadgets
- NASA Considers Tugging An Asteroid Into Orbit Around The Moon
- Gorillas, Watermelons and Sperm: The Greatest Genomes Sequenced In 2012
- 10 Of The Best Home-Improvement Innovations Of 2012
- The Most Mind-Blowing 3-D Printed Objects Of 2012
- Does Pot Use Cause Psychosis, Or Does Psychosis Cause Pot Use?
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