Sunday, October 26, 2008

Internet Mysteries: How Much File Sharing Traffic Travels the Net? -- Update

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Internet traffic an ordinary day visualised with Arc Map, a 3D software developed by Stephen G. Eick at Bell Laboratories-Lucent technologi...

The Shirt That Sums Up Wikipedia

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Hat Tip Gizmodo .

Catching Up On Sleep

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Can You Catch Up On Lost Sleep? -- Scientific American Let's do some sleep math. You lost two hours of sleep every night last week becau...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

10 Optical Illusions In 2 Minutes

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Stunning Pictures And Photos

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(Photo from Smashing Magazine ) From Smashing Magazine: Photography is a very powerful medium and a very difficult craft. Excellent photos d...

Astronomers Witness Supernova's First Moments

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ONE IN 10,000: Astronomers caught a lucky break when a pair of supernovae exploded in spiral galaxy NGC 2770 within a few weeks of each othe...

The History Of Hangovers

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(Photo from The New York Times ) A Few Too Many -- The New Yorker Is there any hope for the hung over? Of the miseries regularly inflicted ...

Leg Up

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Oscar Pistorius of South Africa (L) chases Martyn Rooney of Great Britain. (Photo from Slate ) From Slate: The emerging supremacy of artific...

What Happens To Your Web Stuff When You Die?

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Will your photos and websites live on after you've gone? (Image from Techradar.com ) From TechRadar.com: Ensure your profiles and pics s...

Planets Thought Dead Might Be Habitable

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(Image From National Geographic ) From Live Science: Astronomers have long talked about a "habitable zone" around a star as being ...

Scientists Fixing Hubble Contend With Antiquated Computers

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This full-size mock up of the Hubble Space Telescope's computer system, is where NASA astronauts train before going up to work on the te...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Out of Thin Air: How Money is Really Made

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Newer bills cary security threads, color-shifting ink and watermarks. None of that insures the money will grow, however. For that, you need ...

Drought Resistance Is The Goal, But Methods Differ

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Jacqueline Heard directs Monsanto's program for drought-tolerant crops at its research center in Mystic, Connecticut. (Wendy Carlson for...

Computer Circuit Built From Brain Cells

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Image Is From Reading Eagle From New Scientist Tech: For all its sophistication and power, your brain is built from unreliable components – ...

Giant Spider Eating A Bird Caught On Camera

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From The Telegraph: Photographs of a giant spider eating a bird in an Australian garden have stunned wildlife experts. The pictures show the...

New Earthbound Telescopes Will Be Hundreds of Times Sharper Than Hubble

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Smart Starlight: The Hubble Space Telescope sees a star as a blob (simulated, left), but MROI will be able to see features on the surface. S...

"Gladiator" Tomb Discovered In Rome

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From The CBS: Archaeologists Uncover Mausoleum Belonging To Roman General Who Inspired Oscar-Winning Epic (CBS/AP) The tomb of a rich Roman ...

The World's Top 10 Worst Pollution Problems

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From Scientific American: From the residue of mining to untreated sewage, the world is grappling with a host of environmental problems. The ...

Science On The 'Fringe'

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From Live Science: FRINGE takes viewers on a wild ride using sciences that traditionally lie on the "fringe" of mainstream science...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

Brain Starts To Slow Down At 40

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From The Telegraph: Life does not begin at 40 - it just slows down. According to the latest research, our brain is fastest at 39 and afterwa...