Monday, March 29, 2010

Biblical Plagues Really Happened Say Scientists

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From The Telegraph: The Biblical plagues that devastated Ancient Egypt in the Old Testament were the result of global warming and a volcanic...

Scientists Discover Moral Compass In The Brain Which Can Be Controlled By Magnets

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Image: The moral compass, technically named the right temporo-parietal junction, lies just behind the right ear in the brain From The Daily...

1 In 10 Chinese Adults Is Diabetic, Study Finds

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From StlToday.com/AP: After working overtime to catch up to life in the West, China now faces a whole new problem: the world's biggest d...

Prolonged Climatic Stress Main Reason for Mass Extinction 65 Million Years Ago, Paleontologist Says

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According to new research from a German paleontologist, long-term climate fluctuations -- not a giant meteorite impact -- were likely the ma...

Mysterious Whale Die-Off Is Largest On Record

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From Live Science: Mass death among baby right whales has experts scrambling to figure out the puzzle behind the largest great whale die-off...

Overeating Junk Food Similar To Drug Addiction

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Over indulging your sweet tooth could decrease the reward response in your brain. Credit: Wikimedia From Cosmos: PARIS: Whether their addict...

Nuclear Disarmament Hinges On Missile Defence Dispute

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Image from vrroom.naa.gov.au. From New Scientist: After almost a year of negotiation, the US and Russia have finally settled on a plan to fu...

Pyramid Of Mystery Pharaoh Possibly Located

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A photograph taken from the area immediately south of the Unas pyramid, visible in the foreground. Giulio Magli From Discovery News: The lo...

Rumor: 'iAd' Mobile Ad Platform Is Apple's Next Big Thing

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(Credit: Gizmodo) From CNET: MediaPost reports that Apple's next next big thing, after iPads invade the world next weekend, will be iAd,...

Door to Afterlife From Ancient Egyptian Tomb Found

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Photo from Supreme Council of Antiquities From ABC News: Archaeologists unearth door to the afterlife from ancient Egyptian minister's t...

Gulf Stream 'Is Not Slowing Down'

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From The BBC: The Gulf Stream does not appear to be slowing down, say US scientists who have used satellites to monitor tell-tale changes in...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Autonomous Submarinebot Heads Down on Deepest-Ever Undersea Search For Undiscovered Life

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Autosub6000 via The Register From The Popular Science: While some scientists resort to undersea drilling to find...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Pollution From Asia Circles Globe At Stratospheric Heights

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Factories line the shores of the lower Yangtze River in China. Heavy pollution tied to China's rapid industrial growth has produced poor...

Exorbitant Fees Offered to Human Egg Donors, Study Finds

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Sperm is implanted into an egg in the process of artificial insemination. Credit: Dreamstime. From Live Science: Fertility companies are pay...

How Much Big Tech Companies Have In The Bank

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From Royal Pingdom: Have you ever wondered how much money Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Yahoo, Amazon and other tech giants have in the ban...

Orbital Upkeep: International Space Station Home Improvement

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From The Popular Mechanics: During a recent NASA and Russian Flight Readiness Review (FRR), engineers described some problems afflicting the...

A New Picture Of The X-47B

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X-47B Northrop Grumman Boot Process Complete, Awaiting Command -- Popular Science Northrop Grumman has released a new photo of their carri...

Hubble Confirms Cosmic Acceleration With Weak Lensing

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This image shows a smoothed reconstruction of the total (mostly dark) matter distribution in the COSMOS field, created from data taken by th...

Dawn Of The Anthropocene Epoch? Earth Has Entered New Age of Geological Time, Experts Say

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Scientists contend that recent human activity, including stunning population growth, sprawling megacities and increased use of fossil fuels,...

Saturday: Lights Off Worldwide for Earth Hour

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The Golden Gate Bridge after lights out, during Earth Hour 2008 in San Fransisco, Calif. Credit: © John Storey / WWF-US From Live Science: C...