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"A look at why different animals play dead. Gary Gerald studies animal movement, so when two female brown snakes in the lab had babies, he wanted to see them in motion. Playing dead is a tactic used to evade predators - but when and why does it really work?"
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Sunday, October 29, 2006
Photo: Mr. Blobby........the Ugliest Fish in the World?
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"A Fathead (genus Psychrolutes) trawled at a depth between 1013 m and 1340 m, on the Norfolk Ridge, north-west of New Zealand, June 2003 (AMS I.42771-001). The scientists and crew on board the RV Tangaroa affectionately called this fish 'Mr Blobby'. Note the parasitic copepod on Mr Blobby's mouth"
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"A Fathead (genus Psychrolutes) trawled at a depth between 1013 m and 1340 m, on the Norfolk Ridge, north-west of New Zealand, June 2003 (AMS I.42771-001). The scientists and crew on board the RV Tangaroa affectionately called this fish 'Mr Blobby'. Note the parasitic copepod on Mr Blobby's mouth"
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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Putting Hydrogen on Ice
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"Researchers looking for better ways to make and store hydrogen have accidentally discovered an entirely new kind of ice."
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"Researchers looking for better ways to make and store hydrogen have accidentally discovered an entirely new kind of ice."
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What your pet is thinking
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"Everyone has stories about their pets intelligence, but now scientists are going a step further. Researchers around the world are providing tantalizing evidence that animals not only learn and remember but that they may also have consciousness - in other words, they may be capable of thinking about their thoughts and knowing that they know."
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"Everyone has stories about their pets intelligence, but now scientists are going a step further. Researchers around the world are providing tantalizing evidence that animals not only learn and remember but that they may also have consciousness - in other words, they may be capable of thinking about their thoughts and knowing that they know."
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Neuropsychology of hypnosis
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"Seed Magazine discusses how researchers are exploring the neuropsychology of hypnosis to understand this curious state of mind."
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"Seed Magazine discusses how researchers are exploring the neuropsychology of hypnosis to understand this curious state of mind."
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Friday, October 27, 2006
Hawaiian Teen Named America's Top Young Scientist
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"A Hawaiian teenager has won a $20,000 scholarship and the title America's Top Young Scientist of the Year in The Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge for students grades 5 through 8. Nolan Kamitaki, 14, entered with a project analyzing the affect arsenic in local soils has had on Big Island school children."
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"A Hawaiian teenager has won a $20,000 scholarship and the title America's Top Young Scientist of the Year in The Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge for students grades 5 through 8. Nolan Kamitaki, 14, entered with a project analyzing the affect arsenic in local soils has had on Big Island school children."
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Bizarre Beasts That Evolution Left Behind
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"This is a gallery of sculptures of extinct creatures. It consists of a shark with a saw-like tooth structure to a 7 foot tall "Terror Bird". The skeleton of one of these "Terror Birds" was recently found as well!"
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"This is a gallery of sculptures of extinct creatures. It consists of a shark with a saw-like tooth structure to a 7 foot tall "Terror Bird". The skeleton of one of these "Terror Birds" was recently found as well!"
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Top 10 dirtiest jobs in science
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"Some of the jobs include: Manure Inspector, Orangutan-Pee Collector, Semen Washer, Carcass Cleaner..."
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"Some of the jobs include: Manure Inspector, Orangutan-Pee Collector, Semen Washer, Carcass Cleaner..."
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Bio-Shirt Monitors Athletes
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"Bio-Shirts, developed by Korea's state-backed Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, were introduced last week at the National Sports Festival. The shirts are designed to monitor various physiological parameters so elite athletes don't push themselves too hard. Several sprinters tried out the Bio-Shirts."
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"Bio-Shirts, developed by Korea's state-backed Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, were introduced last week at the National Sports Festival. The shirts are designed to monitor various physiological parameters so elite athletes don't push themselves too hard. Several sprinters tried out the Bio-Shirts."
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Local Realism, Loopholes, and the God Delusion
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"The recent discussion of reviews of The God Delusion has been interesting and remarkably civil, and I am grateful to the participants for both of those facts. In thinking a bit more about this, I thought of a good and relatively non-controversial analogy to explain the point I've been trying to make about the reviews."
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"The recent discussion of reviews of The God Delusion has been interesting and remarkably civil, and I am grateful to the participants for both of those facts. In thinking a bit more about this, I thought of a good and relatively non-controversial analogy to explain the point I've been trying to make about the reviews."
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Underwater sound breaks the surface
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"Low frequency sound can travel almost unimpeded from water into air, claims a theoretical physicist in the US. The results are in stark contrast to the conventional view that the underwater world is largely silent to those above water and could have important implications for marine biology, climatology and geophysics"
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"Low frequency sound can travel almost unimpeded from water into air, claims a theoretical physicist in the US. The results are in stark contrast to the conventional view that the underwater world is largely silent to those above water and could have important implications for marine biology, climatology and geophysics"
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
New evidence of early horse domestication
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"Soil from a Copper Age site in northern Kazakhstan has yielded new evidence for domesticated horses up to 5,600 years ago. The discovery, consisting of phosphorus-enriched soils inside what appear to be the remains of horse corrals beside pit houses, matches what would be expected from Earth once enriched by horse manure."
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"Soil from a Copper Age site in northern Kazakhstan has yielded new evidence for domesticated horses up to 5,600 years ago. The discovery, consisting of phosphorus-enriched soils inside what appear to be the remains of horse corrals beside pit houses, matches what would be expected from Earth once enriched by horse manure."
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How the emotional parts of our brains can be manipulated
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"Psychologists have demonstrated this in the laboratory, time and time again. It's known as the Ultimatum Game, and its counterintuitive findings are part of a broad new understanding of how the human brain and mind work"
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"Psychologists have demonstrated this in the laboratory, time and time again. It's known as the Ultimatum Game, and its counterintuitive findings are part of a broad new understanding of how the human brain and mind work"
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50 Interesting Science Facts
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"If you knew that 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment, this might not be the list for. For the rest us, this can be an interesting read."
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"If you knew that 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment, this might not be the list for. For the rest us, this can be an interesting read."
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Ultraviolet Light Reveals Secrets of Nanoscale Electronic Materials
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"An international team of scientists has used a novel technique to measure, for the first time, the precise conditions at which certain ultrathin materials spontaneously become electrically polarized"
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"An international team of scientists has used a novel technique to measure, for the first time, the precise conditions at which certain ultrathin materials spontaneously become electrically polarized"
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Monday, October 23, 2006
A new acceleration additive for making 'ice that burns'
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"Japanese scientists are reporting discovery of an additive that can speed up the formation of methane hydrates. Those strange substances have sparked excitement about their potential as a new energy resource and a deep freeze to store greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide."
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"Japanese scientists are reporting discovery of an additive that can speed up the formation of methane hydrates. Those strange substances have sparked excitement about their potential as a new energy resource and a deep freeze to store greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide."
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Microwave-oven gun
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"You can do a lot of damage with a directed beam of microwave energy. It can destroy electronics by inducing high voltages in chips and wires (just as metal objects spark if left in a microwave oven). Such a beam could also burn a person's skin, or even detonate improvised explosive devices by exciting unstable chemicals."
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"You can do a lot of damage with a directed beam of microwave energy. It can destroy electronics by inducing high voltages in chips and wires (just as metal objects spark if left in a microwave oven). Such a beam could also burn a person's skin, or even detonate improvised explosive devices by exciting unstable chemicals."
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Secrets of Greatness - What it takes to be great
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"Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work."
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"Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work."
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Sunday, October 22, 2006
Two Bacteria Remain Living Despite the Absence of Genes
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"By all accounts, they shouldn't exist. But two bacteria are beating the odds, living despite the absence of genes considered to be essential for life. Scientists are still not entirely sure how these bacteria and the insects that house them continue to survive."
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"By all accounts, they shouldn't exist. But two bacteria are beating the odds, living despite the absence of genes considered to be essential for life. Scientists are still not entirely sure how these bacteria and the insects that house them continue to survive."
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Biologists want to drop the word 'cloning'
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"Don't say cloning, say somatic cell nuclear transfer. That at least is the view of biologists who want the term to be used instead of "therapeutic cloning" to describe the technique that produces cloned embryos from which stem cells can then be isolated. This, they argue, will help to distinguish it from attempts to clone a human being."
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"Don't say cloning, say somatic cell nuclear transfer. That at least is the view of biologists who want the term to be used instead of "therapeutic cloning" to describe the technique that produces cloned embryos from which stem cells can then be isolated. This, they argue, will help to distinguish it from attempts to clone a human being."
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Saturday, October 21, 2006
Scientist Sets Backpack Down, Finds Dinosaur
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"It sounds like an exaggeration, but apparently you can't set a backpack down in southern Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument without finding a dinosaur. That's exactly what led a scientist to the discovery of a skull of a horned dinosaur that roamed the area 80 million years ago."
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"It sounds like an exaggeration, but apparently you can't set a backpack down in southern Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument without finding a dinosaur. That's exactly what led a scientist to the discovery of a skull of a horned dinosaur that roamed the area 80 million years ago."
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Friday, October 20, 2006
Scientists Spot Brain's Self-Defense 'Switch'
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"U.S. researchers say they've spotted a protein that switches on the brain's natural antioxidant defense system."
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"U.S. researchers say they've spotted a protein that switches on the brain's natural antioxidant defense system."
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Gravity Measurements Confirm Greenland's Glaciers Precipitous Meltdown
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"Of late, the enormous glaciers that flowdown to the sea from the interior of Greenland have been picking up speed. In the last few years, enough ice has come off the northern landmass to sustain the average flow of the Colorado River for six years or fill Lake Mead three times over or cover the state of Maryland in 10 feet of water."
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"Of late, the enormous glaciers that flowdown to the sea from the interior of Greenland have been picking up speed. In the last few years, enough ice has come off the northern landmass to sustain the average flow of the Colorado River for six years or fill Lake Mead three times over or cover the state of Maryland in 10 feet of water."
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Bacteria Found Nearly 2 Miles Underground
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"Scientists found a gold mine of bacteria almost two miles beneath the Earth?s surface."
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"Scientists found a gold mine of bacteria almost two miles beneath the Earth?s surface."
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Monday, October 16, 2006
Why is spider silk so strong?
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"The different silks have unique physical properties such as strength, toughness and elasticity, but all are very strong compared to other natural and synthetic materials. Dragline silk combines toughness and strength to an extraordinary degree. A dragline strand is several times stronger than steel, on a weight-for-weight basis,"
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"The different silks have unique physical properties such as strength, toughness and elasticity, but all are very strong compared to other natural and synthetic materials. Dragline silk combines toughness and strength to an extraordinary degree. A dragline strand is several times stronger than steel, on a weight-for-weight basis,"
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Mysterious catamaran spotted near Ilwaco, WA
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"Someone snapped some photos of a catamaran docked near Ilwaco, WA. The crew looked like civilians but would not discuss the boat or its origin. Anyone see a boat like this before?"
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"Someone snapped some photos of a catamaran docked near Ilwaco, WA. The crew looked like civilians but would not discuss the boat or its origin. Anyone see a boat like this before?"
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Gravity Trains: Take a 42 minute ride from Hawaii to New York
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"In the 17th century, Robert Hooke showed that if the technology could be developed to bore deep holes through the Earth, a vehicle with sufficiently reduced friction could use such a tunnel to travel to another point anywhere on the on Earth within 45 minutes, regardless of distance. Even more amazingly, the vehicle would require negligible fuel."
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"In the 17th century, Robert Hooke showed that if the technology could be developed to bore deep holes through the Earth, a vehicle with sufficiently reduced friction could use such a tunnel to travel to another point anywhere on the on Earth within 45 minutes, regardless of distance. Even more amazingly, the vehicle would require negligible fuel."
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Zooming Out in Time
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"How can we detect and understand oncoming crises in time to avert them?Sometimes we must zoom out: expand our perspective and find similar situations in the distant past.A good example is climate change. What can a few degrees of warming do?To answer this, we need to know some history:how the Earth's climate has changed over the last 65m years"
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"How can we detect and understand oncoming crises in time to avert them?Sometimes we must zoom out: expand our perspective and find similar situations in the distant past.A good example is climate change. What can a few degrees of warming do?To answer this, we need to know some history:how the Earth's climate has changed over the last 65m years"
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Sunday, October 15, 2006
New diesel fuel may mean cleaner air, shift in cars
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"Cleaner diesel fuel goes widely on sale in the United States this week under new standards that could be a big boost for air quality and may encourage the use of more diesel-powered cars in the US market."
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"Cleaner diesel fuel goes widely on sale in the United States this week under new standards that could be a big boost for air quality and may encourage the use of more diesel-powered cars in the US market."
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Mathematical
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"The method relies on asking questions in pairs and analysing the relationship between the answers in a so-called Bayesian approach ? which assumes that the answers are interlinked. The first question queries the individual."
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"The method relies on asking questions in pairs and analysing the relationship between the answers in a so-called Bayesian approach ? which assumes that the answers are interlinked. The first question queries the individual."
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Scientists make atomic clock breakthrough
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"University of Nevada, Reno researchers Andrei Derevianko, Kyle Beloy, and Ulyana Safronova sat down six months ago and began work on a calculation that will help the world keep better time."
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"University of Nevada, Reno researchers Andrei Derevianko, Kyle Beloy, and Ulyana Safronova sat down six months ago and began work on a calculation that will help the world keep better time."
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Saturday, October 14, 2006
Antimatter and matter combine in chemical reaction - RUN!
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"Mixing antimatter and matter usually has predictably violent consequences ? the two annihilate one another in a fierce burst of energy. But physicists in Geneva have found a new way to make the two combine, at least briefly, into a single substance. This exceptionally unstable stuff, made of protons and antiprotons, is called protonium."
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"Mixing antimatter and matter usually has predictably violent consequences ? the two annihilate one another in a fierce burst of energy. But physicists in Geneva have found a new way to make the two combine, at least briefly, into a single substance. This exceptionally unstable stuff, made of protons and antiprotons, is called protonium."
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Friday, October 13, 2006
New method edges closer to holy grail of modern chemistry
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"University of Chicago chemist David Mazziotti has developed a new method for determining the behavior of electrons in atoms and molecules, a key ingredient in predicting chemical properties and reactions."
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"University of Chicago chemist David Mazziotti has developed a new method for determining the behavior of electrons in atoms and molecules, a key ingredient in predicting chemical properties and reactions."
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
Particle decay may point to New Physics
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"A tiny flaw has caught the attention of physicists: the Standard Model predicts that the B meson mixing phase should be measured at nearly the same result using two different classes of decay modes. However, observations of the two different decay modes gave very different values, resulting in a large discrepancy."
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"A tiny flaw has caught the attention of physicists: the Standard Model predicts that the B meson mixing phase should be measured at nearly the same result using two different classes of decay modes. However, observations of the two different decay modes gave very different values, resulting in a large discrepancy."
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The future isn’t what it used to be - The Practical Futurist
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"Some predictions about the future remain forever etched in history: Lord Kelvin?s 1895 declaration that ?Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible? or Digital Equipment Corp. head Ken Olson?s 1977 statement that ?There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.?"
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"Some predictions about the future remain forever etched in history: Lord Kelvin?s 1895 declaration that ?Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible? or Digital Equipment Corp. head Ken Olson?s 1977 statement that ?There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.?"
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Study: Lasik safer than contact lenses
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"Researchers have said contact lens users are more likely than Lasik surgery patients to develop complications leading to further vision loss."
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"Researchers have said contact lens users are more likely than Lasik surgery patients to develop complications leading to further vision loss."
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The Book of Origins: A special extract
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"Parking meters date back to 1932. Newspapers were read in ancient Rome. The first e-mail was sent in 1971, and coffee was enjoyed by Ethiopians more than a thousand years ago. Everything had to begin somewhere, and the truth about the origins of what surrounds us is a lot stranger than we might imagine."
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"Parking meters date back to 1932. Newspapers were read in ancient Rome. The first e-mail was sent in 1971, and coffee was enjoyed by Ethiopians more than a thousand years ago. Everything had to begin somewhere, and the truth about the origins of what surrounds us is a lot stranger than we might imagine."
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First Antimatter Chemistry
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"The Athena collaboration, an experimental group working at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, has measured chemical reactions involving antiprotonic hydrogen, a bound object consisting of a negatively charged antiproton paired with a positively charged proton."
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"The Athena collaboration, an experimental group working at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, has measured chemical reactions involving antiprotonic hydrogen, a bound object consisting of a negatively charged antiproton paired with a positively charged proton."
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Lost city 'could rewrite history'
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"BBC news reports on the finding of a lost city underwater in the Gulf of Cambay off the western coast of India that could be over 9,000 years old. Related links: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE02Df02.html, http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/khambat/khambat01.htm."
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"BBC news reports on the finding of a lost city underwater in the Gulf of Cambay off the western coast of India that could be over 9,000 years old. Related links: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EE02Df02.html, http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/khambat/khambat01.htm."
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Einstein's High School Diploma - PICTURE
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"contrary to the urban legend, Einstein did well in school. Here's a picture of his high school diploma .. and yes this is authentic."
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"contrary to the urban legend, Einstein did well in school. Here's a picture of his high school diploma .. and yes this is authentic."
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Father of the Nuclear Bomb: Robert Oppenheimer
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"J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 ? February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist, best known for his role as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, the World War II effort to develop the first nuclear weapons, at the secret Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico."
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"J. Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 ? February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist, best known for his role as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, the World War II effort to develop the first nuclear weapons, at the secret Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico."
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Gone for Decades, Jaguars Steal Back to the Southwest
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"Using the same clandestine routes as drug smugglers, male jaguars are crossing into the United States from Mexico. Four of the elusive cats have been photographed in the last decade, one as recently as last February, in the formidable, rugged mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico."
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"Using the same clandestine routes as drug smugglers, male jaguars are crossing into the United States from Mexico. Four of the elusive cats have been photographed in the last decade, one as recently as last February, in the formidable, rugged mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico."
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Yahoo! To Beam Message to Aliens From Mexican Pyramid
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"Mexico's Teotihuacan, once the center of a sprawling pre-Hispanic empire, is set to become the launch pad for an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life. Starting on Tuesday, enthusiasts from around the world will have a chance to submit text, images, video and sounds that reflect human nature to be included in the message."
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"Mexico's Teotihuacan, once the center of a sprawling pre-Hispanic empire, is set to become the launch pad for an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life. Starting on Tuesday, enthusiasts from around the world will have a chance to submit text, images, video and sounds that reflect human nature to be included in the message."
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Monday, October 09, 2006
Why the Frogs Are Dying
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"Climate change is no longer merely a matter of numbers from a computer model. With startling swiftness, it is reordering the natural world."
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"Climate change is no longer merely a matter of numbers from a computer model. With startling swiftness, it is reordering the natural world."
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Did you know that the matter in your body is billions of years old?
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"According to most astrophysicists, all the matter found in the universe today -- including the matter in people, plants, animals, the earth, stars, and galaxies -- was created at the very first moment of time, thought to be about 13 billion years ago."
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"According to most astrophysicists, all the matter found in the universe today -- including the matter in people, plants, animals, the earth, stars, and galaxies -- was created at the very first moment of time, thought to be about 13 billion years ago."
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Saturday, October 07, 2006
Iran's ancient relic: The
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"All visitors to the Zagros mountains have seen the historical `Hercules statue' and have written materials to describe this ancient artwork. Carved out of a boulder, Western archeologists and tourists who have visited the monument believe that the relic dates back to 153 BC,"
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"All visitors to the Zagros mountains have seen the historical `Hercules statue' and have written materials to describe this ancient artwork. Carved out of a boulder, Western archeologists and tourists who have visited the monument believe that the relic dates back to 153 BC,"
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Hungry Critters Attack NYC Ships
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"The city's waterfront is getting cleaner, and bothersome river critters not seen in hundreds of years are once again attacking wooden ships and piers."
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"The city's waterfront is getting cleaner, and bothersome river critters not seen in hundreds of years are once again attacking wooden ships and piers."
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Why say no to free money? It's neuro-economics, stupid
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"Studies show how the brain lets the emotions override common sense when reaching some tough decisions. Our correspondent reports on the 'ultimatum game'"
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"Studies show how the brain lets the emotions override common sense when reaching some tough decisions. Our correspondent reports on the 'ultimatum game'"
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Researchers in Mexico Discover Sculpture
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"Researchers said Thursday they have unearthed what may be one of the earliest calendar entries in Meso-America, massive stone sculpture that suggests women held important status roles in pre-Hispanic culture."
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"Researchers said Thursday they have unearthed what may be one of the earliest calendar entries in Meso-America, massive stone sculpture that suggests women held important status roles in pre-Hispanic culture."
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Friday, October 06, 2006
Frustrated US scientists push for pro-science President
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"Frustrated by their government's position on the environment, climate change and stem cell research, a group of US scientists have decided to take matters into their own hands and actively promote the election of a president in 2008 who is more receptive to science."
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"Frustrated by their government's position on the environment, climate change and stem cell research, a group of US scientists have decided to take matters into their own hands and actively promote the election of a president in 2008 who is more receptive to science."
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Making Water From Thin Air
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"Supplying troops with potable water is a logistical nightmare in the parched Iraqi desert. But a new technology that creates water literally from air might solve the problem, and save billions of dollars in the process."
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"Supplying troops with potable water is a logistical nightmare in the parched Iraqi desert. But a new technology that creates water literally from air might solve the problem, and save billions of dollars in the process."
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Magnificent flying machines
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"Pentavista Digital Imaging has a fantastic gallery of early flying machines, some dating back to 1856."
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"Pentavista Digital Imaging has a fantastic gallery of early flying machines, some dating back to 1856."
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Thursday, October 05, 2006
Car running on water
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"This inventor was later killed in 1998 obviously? b/c certain people didnt want the invention to go mainstream."
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"This inventor was later killed in 1998 obviously? b/c certain people didnt want the invention to go mainstream."
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Miracles You’ll See In The Next Fifty Years (printed in Feb, 1950)
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"This is a pretty fun article that does a pretty mediocre job of predicting the future. Must have been those damn labor-unions that held everything back. My favorite prediction is that used underwear will be recycled into candy."
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"This is a pretty fun article that does a pretty mediocre job of predicting the future. Must have been those damn labor-unions that held everything back. My favorite prediction is that used underwear will be recycled into candy."
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Remains of ancient reptile are found
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"Researchers on Thursday announced the discovery of the remains of a short-necked plesiosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile the size of a bus, that they believe is the first complete skeleton ever found."
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"Researchers on Thursday announced the discovery of the remains of a short-necked plesiosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile the size of a bus, that they believe is the first complete skeleton ever found."
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Pop vs Soda
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"Submit whether you say Pop, Soda, Coke, or other, and see where else in the US they are said"
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"Submit whether you say Pop, Soda, Coke, or other, and see where else in the US they are said"
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Marijuana's Key Ingredient Might Fight Alzheimer's
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"The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping of malformed proteins that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's than any currently approved drugs prescribed for the treatment of the disease."
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"The active ingredient of marijuana could be considerably better at suppressing the abnormal clumping of malformed proteins that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's than any currently approved drugs prescribed for the treatment of the disease."
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
The Axis of Diesel
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"Mercedes, GM, even Honda, is betting on a new breed of green diesels. The goal? To leave hybrids in the dust."
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"Mercedes, GM, even Honda, is betting on a new breed of green diesels. The goal? To leave hybrids in the dust."
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First Teleportation Between Light and Matter
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"At long last researchers have teleported the information stored in a beam of light into a cloud of atoms, which is about as close to getting beamed up by Scotty as we're likely to come in the foreseeable future."
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"At long last researchers have teleported the information stored in a beam of light into a cloud of atoms, which is about as close to getting beamed up by Scotty as we're likely to come in the foreseeable future."
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Hole in Kentucky will help predict quakes
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"Workers in Kentucky are drilling a 2,000-foot hole that will become the deepest seismic observatory in the Midwest."
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"Workers in Kentucky are drilling a 2,000-foot hole that will become the deepest seismic observatory in the Midwest."
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Monday, October 02, 2006
New drug boosts bird flu survival in animals
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"A drug being developed to fight bird flu and seasonal flu helps animals to survive H5N1 avian flu infection, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Saturday."
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"A drug being developed to fight bird flu and seasonal flu helps animals to survive H5N1 avian flu infection, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Saturday."
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Sunday, October 01, 2006
Physicists discover structure of a brain cell same as the entire universe
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"Side-by-Side Comarison Photos: One is only micrometers wide. The other is billions of light-years across. One shows neurons in a mouse brain. The other is a simulated image of the Universe. Together they suggest the surprisingly similar patters found in vastly different natural phenomena."
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"Side-by-Side Comarison Photos: One is only micrometers wide. The other is billions of light-years across. One shows neurons in a mouse brain. The other is a simulated image of the Universe. Together they suggest the surprisingly similar patters found in vastly different natural phenomena."
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