A small robot has scaled a 1,739-foot (530-meter) high cliff of the Grand Canyon in a demonstration of the power of the world's longest-lasting battery. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. 's 6. 69-inch (17-centimeter) Evolta, the same name as the Panasonic brand AA alkaline battery it used, climbed the cliff on Saturday in six hours and 46 minutes using a rope. The robot, which is made of plastic and carbon, used its hands and legs to pull itself up the rope.

While Canada reviews the use of Tasers arising from the death of a Polish migrant zapped by a stun gun at the Vancouver airport, two Colorado men tried to settle a parking lot argument using Tasers. Harvey Epstein, co-owner of Mamacitas restaurant and Casey Dane, a supervisor with Colorado Security Services, hit each other with Taser guns over an argument after Dane clamped the wheel of a vehicle parked behind the Epstein's eatery.

While Canada reviews the use of Tasers arising from the death of a Polish migrant zapped at the Vancouver Airport, two Colorado men tried to settle a parking lot argument using the electric stun guns. Harvey Epstein, co-owner of Mamacitas restaurant and Casey Dane, supervisor at the Colorado Security Services, hit each other with Taser guns over an argument that Dane clamped on the wheel of a vehicle parked behind the Epstein's eatery.

Air France is investigating a pilot who narrowly avoided a near miss at 33,000 feet after allegedly "showing off" his control of the aircraft to a boy in the cockpit. "The pilot made a sharp turn to the left, without warning, and then back again, obviously showing the French boy how he flew his plane," passenger Shaun Robinson told the Times of London. "I could see the boy. He shook hands with the pilot. He had a big smile on his face when he came out. Moments later the pilot threw his plane into a steep climb. "

Albert Hofmann, the inventor of the mind-altering drug LSD, died Tuesday at the age of 102. Hofmann was a Swiss chemist who discovered lysergic acid diethylamide-25 by accident in 1938 while studying the medicinal ingredients in plants. One April day in 1938 a bit of LSD seeped onto his finger. That's when he discovered the psychedelic effects of the drug.