Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The Brain Speaks: Scientists Decode Words From Brain Signals

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This photo shows two kinds of electrodes sitting atop a severely epileptic patient's brain after part of his skull was removed temporari...

NASA Team To Trapped Miners: No Alcohol Or Cigarettes

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Workers stand next to a special drill, the Xtrata 950, which will dig an escape hole for the miners who are trapped underground in a copper ...

The Shark Soup Massacre And How To Stop It

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From New Scientist: Sharks attacking humans is big news; humans attacking sharks, not so much. Conservation photographers Paul Hilton and Al...

Scientists Invent A Tractor Beam

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In "Stak Trek," Federation starships relied upon tractor beams to hold and tow other vessels. Scientists may not be there yet, but...

Airborne Laser Weapon Fails to Take Down Dummy Nuke In Critical 100-Mile Test Shot

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The Airborne Laser Test Bed Missile Defense Agency From Popular Science: The Missile Defense Agency’s Airborne Laser Test Bed (ALTB) – for...

Hubble Spots Ghostly Space Spiral

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From Discovery News: When I first saw this ghostly Hubble Space Telescope image, I assumed that faint blurry spiral was a lens flare or some...

Mystery Of Google Doodles Answered: 'Google Instant'

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From CBS News: The big tease of the last few days is over: Google earlier today announced a search enhancement called Google Instant. Google...

Are We Closer To A 'Theory Of Everything'?

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From The BBC: The physicists' ultimate dream is the search for a "theory of everything", a unifying explanation that can make ...

Evolution Of The Star Trek Warp Drive Effect

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Two Asteroids To Pass By Earth Wednesday

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Two small asteroids in unrelated orbits will pass within the moon's distance of Earth on Wed. Both should be observable with moderate-si...

The Boss Is Robotic, And Rolling Up Behind You

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Dr. John Whapham, using a robot, discussed care with a patient at Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago. Sally Ryan for The New York...

Can We Spot Volcanoes On Alien Worlds? Astronomers Say Yes

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This artist's conception shows an extremely volcanic moon orbiting a gas giant planet in another star system. New research suggests that...

New Details On How The Brain Responds To Fear

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From Live Science: Some ostensibly important politician once said, "The only thing we have to fear...is that a mad scientist will learn...

Apple iPod Touch (4th Gen. With Camera)

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From PC Magazine: Apple's fourth-generation iPod touch finally gets a camera for HD video recording, and still-photo capture. Plus a sec...

How Websites Make You Spill Your Secrets

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Image: Owning up: Volunteers were more likely to divulge personal information to a less-official-looking website (top), than to an official...

Are We Living In A Designer Universe?

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The argument over whether the universe has a creator, and who that might be, is among the oldest in human history. Photo: WALES NEWS SERVIC...

Google TV To Launch This Year

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Doubts remain about the ease of integrating content for computers with that for TV sets – will remote controls be better than a mouse? From ...

Boeing's Billion Dollar Gamble

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Boeing has taken 847 orders for the Dreamliner, worth nearly $150 billion, which makes the 787 the most successful new aircraft in Boeing...

Money Can Buy You Happiness – Up To A Point

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From New Scientist: CAN money buy you happiness? The answer, it appears, depends on what you mean by "happiness". High earners are...

How To Make The Perfect French Fry

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adria.richards/Flickr From Popular Mechanics: For fare that looks so effortlessly prepared by millions of restaurant chains and festivals al...