Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Role Of Social Media In Today's Revolutions

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A student-run Facebook page shows an image depicting the Tunisian national flag smeared in red on a computer screen, 11 Jan 2011. Photo Reut...

Australia's Honeybees To Be Devastated By The Asian Bee

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Asian honeybees (right) might be much smaller than European honeybees (left), but they are much quicker, and can often get past the European...

Japan's Geminoid Robot Is Uncomfortably Realistic

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Japan's New Goateed Geminoid Robot Is Uncomfortably Realistic -- Popular Science The latest Geminoid robot is one of the most realistic,...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Lung Cancer Rates Double In Women Over 60 Since The 1970s

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Lung cancer in a woman Photo: Alamy Lung Cancer Rates Double In Women Over 60 Since 1970s -- The Telegraph Lung cancer rates for retired wom...

Could 'Supermoon' Next Week's 'Supermoon' Disrupt Earth's Weather?

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Earth will be at its closest point - some 221,567 miles away - to the moon in 19 years on March 19. Some fear the 'lunar perigee' wi...

Using Google Earth To Find Ancient Tombs In The Saudi Desert

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Google Earth maps showed 1,977 structures built of basalt stone from the surrounding lava field in Jeddah, including various pendants, or ci...

We Should Learn To Speak To Dolphins Before Talking To Aliens

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To Talk With Aliens, Learn to Speak With Dolphins -- Wired Science The Kepler Space Telescope announced a new bonanza of distant planets thi...

Reverse Engineering The Brain

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RUBI the robot tutor interacting with children in San Diego. RUBI is an acronym for Robot Using Bayesian Inference. Credit: University of Ca...

3 Unique Tours Through U.S. Nuclear History

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A modified Minuteman booster vehicle, successfully launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base. U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Raymond Geoffroy Fr...

Japan To Develop Their Own Stealth Fighter

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The F-22 Raptor The U.S. has refused to sell Japan its F-22, so the island nation is building its own stealth fighter jet. USAF Japan Announ...

Does Anyone Want A Pre-Owned Shuttle?

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The space shuttle Discovery on its 39th and final flight. NASA/Getty Images Who Wants A Pre-Owned Shuttle? Everyone. -- New York Times Condi...

A Global Katrina Sun Storm

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The Sun is waking up from a quiet period and is likely to throw a lot more 'space weather' at the Earth, according to the Government...

With A Send-Off From Captain Kirk

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Photo: Send-off: Actor William Shatner, who played Captain James T Kirk in the original Star Trek TV series and films, today paid tribute t...

Space: Battle Los Angeles: Could Aliens Attack?

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From Discovery News : In the new movie Battle: Los Angeles, mankind fights off an alien invasion. But could a race of intergalactic beings r...

Any Truth To Britain's Real X-Files?

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UFO Reports: Any Truth to Britain's Real X-Files? -- ABC News U.K. Government Releases Thousands of Secret Documents on UFOs, Paranormal...

Is India An Emerging Scientific Superpower

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(Image: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty) India: The Story Of An Emerging Scientific Superpower -- New Scientist Why are Indians such a bunch of geeks?...

Hawaii Volcano Erupts

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Hawaii Volcano Shoots Lava 65 Feet In Air -- CBS News New vent opens on Kilauea, 1 of world's most active volcanoes; Hikers told to stay...

Longest Golf Drive On Record

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Why Has The Longest Golf Drive Record Not Been Broken? -- BBC The record for the longest golf drive has stood unbeaten for 35 years and was ...

New 'Frozen Smoke' May Improve Robotic Surgery, Energy Storage

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UCF associate professor Lei Zhai worked with fellow professors Saiful Khondaker, Sudipta Seal and Quanfang Chen. (Credit: Jason Greene) Nano...

Are We Witnessing The 6th Great Mass Extinction?

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Will 75 percent of Earth's species go the way of the dodo? CREDIT: Dreamstime Humans On Verge Of Causing 6th Great Mass Extinction -- Li...