Saturday, January 24, 2009

What Do Women Want?

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Photo: Ryan McGinley/Team Gallery From The New York Times: Meredith Chivers is a creator of bonobo pornography. She is a 36-year-old psychol...
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Why Did Humans Migrate To The Americas?

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From nps.org From Live Science: The Americas were the last (well, second-to-last if you count Antarctica) continents to be inhabited by earl...

What Happens When Satellites Fall

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Artist Interpretation of a GPS satellite . Source: image courtesy of NASA From Yahoo News/Space.com: The recent trials of an out-of-control ...
Friday, January 23, 2009

The Plot To Kill Google

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From Wired: When Google's lawyers entered the smooth marble hallways of the Department of Justice on the morning of October 17, they had...

Ouch! Can You Really Break Your Penis?

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BANANA FRACTURE: There is a medical condition called penile fracture, which refers to tearing of tissue inside the penis. Image of banana si...

No More Tourist Space Flights

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Russia will stop offering space tourism flights as astronauts from Europe, Canada and Japan are eager to start scientific research on the st...

Antarctic Warming? Part 2 - A Letter From A Meteorologist On The Ground In Antarctica

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Ross Hays with Antarctica's Mount Erebus volcano in the background From Watts Up With That? This letter below, reprinted with permission...

Biomass-Burning 'Behind Asian Brown Clouds'

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The pollution consists of pollutants from woodfires, cars and factories. ( AFP: Frederic J Brown ) From SciDev.net: [NEW DELHI] Burning biom...

Scientists Unlock Possible Aging Secret In Genetically Altered Fruit Fly

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Using fruit flies, Brown University researchers have identified a cellular mechanism that could someday help fight the aging process. (Credi...

F.D.A. Approves A Stem Cell Trial

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Photo: Geron’s trial with embryonic stem cells will involve people with severe spinal injuries, and will mostly test the therapy’s safety. ...

How Cobras Spit With Perfect Accuracy

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Spitting cobra takes aim at a human face. Credit: Frank Luerweg/University of Bonn. From Live Science: Spitting cobras don't truly spit ...

Going To Ground The Breakdown -- A Short Circuit On A Large Scale

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From Popular Science: Here's a vivid example of an electrical short circuit in a beautiful natural setting. In brief, a short circuit oc...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Mating Game Is A Waiting Game

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From Live Science: How long do you wait before having sex with a new sweetie? Three dates? 10? A new study suggests that both males and fema...

Did You Know A Solar Flare Can Make Your Toilet Stop Working?

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Auroras over Blair, Nebraska, during a geomagnetic storm in May 2005. Photo credit: Mike Hollingshead/Spaceweather.com. From NASA: That'...

Do Naked Singularities Break the Rules of Physics?

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Image: Kenn brown Mondolithic Studios From Scientific American: The black hole has a troublesome sibling, the naked singularity. Physicists ...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Dark Matter Filaments Stoked Star Birth In Early Galaxies

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From The New Scientist: Tendrils of dark matter channelled gas deep into the hearts of some of the universe's earliest galaxies, a new c...

Spring Is Arriving 'Two Days Earlier Than Half A Century Ago' As Global Temperatures Rise

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From Daily Mail Online: Spring is arriving earlier than it was half a century ago, a definitive new study has shown. After analysing tempera...

First Americans Arrived As Two Separate Migrations, According To New Genetic Evidence

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Bering Strait. After the Last Glacial Maximum some 15,000 to 17,000 years ago, one group entered North America from Beringia following the i...

From George Washington To Barack Obama: All 44 US Presidents

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It’s Official: La Niña Is Back

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(Click the Image to Enlarge) From Watts Up With That?: UPDATE: There’s some question about NCEP’s communications intent with this paper. Whi...