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Squid May Help Make Soldiers Invisible

For decades, military scientists have tried to figure out the best way to make things disappear, or at least hide them very well. Members of the U.S. Army's First Earth Battalion hoped to bend physics and render themselves invisible, when they weren't trying to kill goats by staring at them. The British Ministry of...

Paul the Psychic Octopus Mourned Far and Wide Across Twitter

(Oct. 26) -- Forget the "fail whale." Today on Twitter, the untimely death of a different sea creature is causing all the buzz. Paul the Octopus, the psychic sea creature who captivated the world with his flawless streak of 2010 World Cup predictions, died Monday night. Paul made a name for himself during the World Cup...

Paul the Octopus Has Died

It's with a heavy heart that I bring you the latest on one of the most prescient cephalopods the world has known: Paul the Octopus is dead. Paul became an international star in July, when the world learned of his prowess for correctly predicting soccer World Cup matches. He was on the money with all eight games he picked,...

Paul the Psychic Octopus Attacked by Ahmadinejad

(July 27) -- Perhaps the Iranian president picked Germany to win the World Cup? Last week, at a national youth conference held in Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took aim at Paul the "Psychic" Octopus, the seemingly clairvoyant, German-based cephalopod who accurately predicted the outcome of eight matches of the 2010 FIFA...

Psychic Octopus: There's an App for That

(July 16) -- Paul the Psychic Octopus may be leaving the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, for the Madrid Zoo, but more importantly, he could also be headed right into your iPhone. Yes, the cephalopod soothsayer who became a media sensation during the World Cup by correctly predicting Germany's seven victories and...