Sunday, June 7, 2009

Obama's Climate Guru: Paint Your Roof White!

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Houses with white roofs, like these in Greece, would be able to reflect light back through the atmosphere, according to Steven Chu, the US S...

5 Myths About Women's Bodies

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From Live Science: Historically research has focused on men, but in recent years, women have been getting increased attention. (Don't bl...

Geography And History Shape Genetic Differences In Humans

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Global allele frequencies and haplotype patterns at three genes with signals of positive selection. (Credit: Coop G, Pickrell JK, Novembre J...

Is Solar Power Dead In The Water?

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From The Washington Post: Congress's rush to embrace solar power is having some unintended consequences. It will turn over a large chunk...

Berners-Lee: We No Longer Fully Understand The Web -- A Commentary

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Image: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, says its size and power over society have become so great that we no longer fully co...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

How to Clean House: Top 10 Dirt-Dispelling Tips

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(Photograph by Zach Desart) From Popular Mechanics: Chances are you own a shop vacuum, and maybe a pressure washer. These tools—plus a few m...

Bing Is Pretty, But Is it Any Good?

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From Popsci.com: The Grouse takes a chance on Microsoft's Google-killer Heard of Bing yet? If not, you soon will. Backed by a reported $...

Long Distance Space Travel Leaves You Short, Fat And Ugly, Claim Scientists

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Image: Making long space journeys, like those envisaged in the future, will not be good for your looks or figure, claim scientists who belie...

Cloned Species:

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Recipe for a Resurrection From National Geographic: Bringing extinct species back to life is no longer considered science fiction. But is it...

Email 17 Great Historical Moments Ruined by Modern Technology

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From Cracked: Back in the days before the internet, if a man wanted to learn something, he had to open a newspaper. If he needed to kill Ger...

Scientists Trace Laughter Back 16million Years... By Tickling Apes

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Amusing research: By analysing the reactions produced by gently tickling ape feet, palms, necks and armpits, Dr Davila Ross has concluded th...

Ancient Creatures Survived Arctic Winters

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From Live Science: Flowering plants and hippo-like creatures once thrived in the Arctic, where the tundra and polar bears now prevail. New r...

Meet The Real 40-Year-Old Virgins

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From New Scientist: Contrary to Hollywood notions, the 40-year-old virgin is not an awkward yet funny and endearing electronics salesman pla...
Friday, June 5, 2009

High Population Density Triggers Cultural Explosions

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New research suggests that increasing population density, rather than boosts in human brain power, appears to have catalyzed the emergence o...

PICTURES: New Cloud Type Discovered?

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From National Geographic: An "asperatus" cloud rolls over New Zealand's South Island in an undated picture. This apparently ne...

How Antarctica Got Its Ice

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The large glaciated valley of Nant Francon, Snowdonia. This valley is similar in relative dimensions (though smaller in size) to the main gl...

Diving Robots Could Recover Air France 447's Black Box

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From Popular Mechanics: As details of the telemetry sent by Air France 447 in its final minutes become known, deep-sea technology experts ar...

Do Dinosaurs Still Exist?

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Conan Doyle's "Lost World," near Angel Falls in the jungles of Venezuela, in a 2007 photo. It was his visit to this area that ...

Lost In Space: The Science Of Battlestar Galactica

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From New Scientist: Sci-fi TV show Battlestar Galactica has been much praised for its gritty realism – despite being the story of space-born...

NASA Goddard Study Suggests Solar Variation Plays A Role In Our Current Climate

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From Watts Up With That: NASA Study Acknowledges Solar Cycle, Not Man, Responsible for Past Warming Report indicates solar cycle has been im...