Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

British scientists announced Monday they are convinced "beyond reasonable doubt" that a skeleton found during an archaeological dig in Leicester, central England, last August is that of the former king, who was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. The skull shows a wound to the right cheek. It seems like the War of Roses all over again, half a millennium later. After dying in the decisive battle in the war between The House of Lancaster + The House of York (the dead King's house), King Richard III is back for 2013. It sounds like some zombie science fiction movie, but isn't. As we all know, The House of Tudor wound up winning that battle and the king with the famous hunchback fell to his enemies. "My kingdom for a horse!" Shakespeare wrote in one of his most famous works, Richard III. The story didn't end there though as we all thought. Researchers from the University of Leicester in association with the Richard III Society and Leicester City Council began a search for the lost "Grey Friars" cemetery  the claimed final resting spot of King Richard III. He was also the last English King to die in battle. Since August of 2012, the group has been hard at work attempting to uncover the lost cemetery using map regression analysis. Little did they know, they were about to stumble onto the biggest find in probably the last half millennium. Keep reading for the full story.

World's First Bionic Man

World's First Bionic Man (Courtesy BBC) A bionic man, complete with working artificial organs, synthetic blood and functioning limbs has been built by robotics experts. Costing more than £500,000 to build, the human-like machine is on display at the Science Museum in London. Robotics expert Richard Walker, and Prof Alexander Seifalian of University College London, explained to the BBC's John Maguire how aspects of technology for helping physically handicapped people, were brought together for the project. Watch the video after the jump.