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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sonic Disruptions Create Artificial Black Hole

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None More Black : Erlenmeyer fask. Check. Beaker. Check. Black hole. Ummm... courtesy of Wikimedia Commons From Popsci.com: After 30 years o...

Can Microsoft's Bing Really Challenge Google?

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From Times Online: Bing will start to take on the mighty Google in the battle for web search supremacy this week; UK version a 'Beta tes...

How A Solar System 'Wobble' Could Make The Earth Crash Into Mars... But Don't Worry, It Won't Happen For 3 Billion Years

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Scientists have discovered that small rocky planets like Earth are far less stable than the gas giants From The Daily Mail: A wobble in the ...

What Really Prompts The Dog's 'Guilty Look'

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From Science Daily: ScienceDaily (June 14, 2009) — What dog owner has not come home to a broken vase or other valuable items and a guilty-lo...

Marijuana Damages DNA and May Cause Cancer

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From Live Science: A lot of studies have shown marijuana is not good for you. It can fry the brain and contribute to psychosis. The latest o...

The Evolution of House Cats

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From Scientific American: Genetic and archaeological findings hint that wildcats became house cats earlier--and in a different place--than p...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Microsoft To Give Away Anti-Virus

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From The BBC: Microsoft is poised to start giving away security software. The company is reportedly trialling free anti-virus software inter...

Gravity Mysteries: What Is Gravity?

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Image: We tend to think of gravity as a force that affects objects, but Einstein showed it was something else entirely (Image: Alex Telfer ...

Early Rocks To Reveal Their Ages

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From BBC: A new technique has been helping scientists piece together how the Earth's continents were arranged 2.5 billion years ago. The...

Leak Halts Shuttle Launching

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There would be no countdown to launch after NASA delayed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour due to a hydrogen gas leak. Stan Honda/Ag...

Red Wine Compound Resveratrol Demonstrates Significant Health Benefits

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Low to moderate drinking -- especially of red wine -- appears to reduce all causes of mortality. (Credit: iStockphoto) From Science Daily: S...

Genetic Difference Found in Wild vs. Tame Animals

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From Live Science: A study of nasty and nice lab rats has scientists on the verge of knowing the genes that separate wild animals like lions...

Mind-Reading Tech May Not Be Far Off

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Brain Browsing: ChrisDag (CC Licensed) From Popsci.com: At the World Science Festival this week, indications that brain scanners may soon ...

Get Ready! Facebook To Offer Personalised URLs From Tomorrow

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg got his personalised URL ahead of the rush tomorrow From The Daily Mail: Facebook users will soon be able ...
Friday, June 12, 2009

Search For ET Just Got Easier: Effective Way To Search Atmospheres Of Planets For Signs Of Life

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An artist's concept of the sunlight glowing through the Earth's thin atmosphere and reaching an observer on the Moon during a lunar ...
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Global Biosphere Images Reveal Changes in Plant Growth

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The 2008 global biosphere. Chlorophyll concentration in blue, vegetation index in green. Credit: NASA/Rob Simmon/Jesse Allen. From Live Scie...

The Inside Story Of The Conficker Worm

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The Conficker worm has seized control of millions of computers in just a few months (Image: Carsten Müller / stock.xchng) From New Science:...

Large Hadron Collider To Start Again, But Costs Rise In Race To Discover 'God Particle'

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From The Telegraph: The Large Hadron Collider is to be run flat out throughout the year in order to make up for lost time and to beat an Ame...

Launching Saturday: Shuttle Endeavour Headed For Space Station

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Space Shuttle Endeavour landing From Yahoo News/Space.com: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Seven astronauts are set to blast off on the space shuttle...

Wired Science News for Your Neurons Scientists Create a Form of Pre-Life

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From Wired Science: A self-assembling molecule synthesized in a laboratory may resemble the earliest form of information-carrying biological...
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