The OccasioNull

There's just so much strange stuff going on out there is science world that we don't have time to digest it all. Luckily, however, thanks to the wonders of modern thought we can now bring all the latest in abbreviated form. Hooray!


	Electrosticky droid boffin in spider-gecko tech bitchslap A California-based researcher says he has developed "electro-adhesion" tech which will allow robots to crawl up walls and perhaps hang from ceilings with ease. (28 May)

	Mystery deepens as 4th severed foot found Another severed human foot has been discovered washed ashore on Canada's Pacific coast, but police are no closer to solving the gruesome mystery. (28 May)

	Car thief held after stand-off with boars German police pursuing a car thief through a dark forest turned rescuers when the man became cornered by a family of angry wild boar. (28 May)

	Videogames feed your inner cavemen, says report Men now have a proper excuse for spending hours glued to a games console, thanks to new research which has concluded that videogames force blokes to revert to their caveman roots. (28 May)

	Billy SnoMates - Robots go where scientists fear to tread Researchers have designed robots to traverse potentially dangerous ice environments. The 'SnoMotes' work as a team, autonomously collaborating among themselves to cover all the necessary ground to gather assigned scientific measurements. (28 May)

	Buy a car, get a free gun (Not really science but…) A Missouri car dealer said on Thursday sales have soared at his auto and truck business since launching a promotion this week that promises buyers a free handgun or a $250 gas card with every purchase. (23 May)

	Crystal skulls 'are modern fakes' Indy could be chasing fakes in his new film (23 May)

	Calif. Quake Scientists Detail the 'Big One' Scientists create a scenario of what would happen if a big quake hit California. Probably involves many people falling over. (23 May)

	Painters exposed to fertility damaging chemicals Men working as painters and decorators are more likely to have poor semen quality (23 May)

	Man loses lawsuit over fly in bottle of water Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the case of a man who said he lost interest in sex after he found two dead flies in an unopened bottle of drinking water. (23 May)