For better or worse, some scientists seem dead set on infusing humanoid robots with more lifelike qualities. They’ve already experimented with stretching lab-grown human skin over robot faces and with a synthetic hydrogel skin that lets robots really “feel” burns and cuts. Now, a team of engineers at the University of Pennsylvania wants to dig
Australian police called in to investigate a body found in a suitcase have concluded that the “victim” was in fact a lifelike doll. The suitcase was discovered by two men on the side of a road near the small village of Oallen, about 230km (143 miles) south-west of Sydney. On Monday, police announced a murder
