Monday, September 22, 2008

New Test Shows If You Are A Shopaholic

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From Live Science: A new shopaholic test could tell if you should you leave your credit card at home when heading out to the mall. The test ...

Super Atoms

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This superatom of aluminum and hydrogen is surprisingly stable. Small, But Super -- Science News These 'atoms' can't leap tall b...

Return Of The ’70s Weirdos

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From Newsweek: That photo of 11 weirdos in '70s clothes you may have seen on the Internet really is the original Microsoft team, snapped...

Late Nights And Disease

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From Science News: It took only one night of too little sleep to change blood levels of an inflammation-causing protein in women volunteers ...

Strongest Material Ever Tested

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From Technology Review: Graphene, praised for its electrical properties, has been proven the strongest known material. Materials scientists ...
Sunday, September 21, 2008

Earth At Night

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Cities At Night, An Orbital Tour Around The World

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Migraine Science

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Why Migraines Strike -- Scientific American Biologists finally are unraveling the medical mysteries of migraine, from aura to pain For the m...

Cancer Stem Cells -- The Root Of All Evil?

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From The Economist: Cancer may be caused by stem cells gone bad. If that proves to be correct, it should revolutionise treatment MUCH of med...

Could Life Evolve On The Internet?

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From Wired: If principles of life are universal, could life emerge on the internet? I posed the question to evolutionary dynamicist Martin N...

Explosion From Edge of Universe Seen

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From Space.com: An explosion originating near the edge of the universe has been seen by an orbiting NASA telescope. The burst of gamma rays ...
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Emergence Of Agriculture In Prehistory Took Much Longer, Genetic Evidence Suggests

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A new mathematical model shows how plant agriculture actually began much earlier than first thought. It also shows that useful gene types co...

Astrophysicists 'Weigh' Galaxy's Most Massive Star

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From Science Daily: ScienceDaily (Sep. 21, 2008) — Theoretical models of stellar formation propose the existence of very massive stars that ...
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Who Discovered The Telescope?

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Controversy Over Telescope Origin -- BBC Science New evidence suggests the telescope may have been invented in Spain, not the Netherlands or...

Futurologist Predicts The Trends That Will Shape The Next 50 Years

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From The Telegraph: What's going out and what's coming in? 2010 Going out: • Letter writing • The idea of 'normal' weather ...
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Where Is Human Evolution Heading?

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From U.S. News And World Report: The race's DNA is changing faster than ever; what it means for our descendants If you judge the progres...

Why Presents Become Less Exciting As You Get Older

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From The Independent: The reason children tear open their Christmas presents in a frenzy of dawn excitement while grandparents leave theirs ...

Meet Wilma: The Face Of Neanderthal Woman Revealed For The First Time

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From The Daily Mail Online: Artists and scientists have created the first model of a Neanderthal based in part on ancient DNA evidence. She ...

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Broke Down Last Week -- An Investigation By AP Broke The Story For The Public To Know

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Transformer Glitch Shuts Down Biggest Atom Smasher -- AP GENEVA (AP) — The world's largest particle collider malfunctioned within hours ...

CERN: Damage To New Collider Forces 2-Month Halt

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In this file photo dated May 31, 2007, part of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is seen in its tunnel at the CERN (European Center for Nuclea...