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The Historyscoper's Science and Technology Watch Blog Apr. 2, 2015

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Canadian Cyborg Documents The Reality Behind Today’s Cyborg Tech

http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/31/canadian-cyborg-documents-the-reality-behind-todays-cyborg-tech/

Belly bacteria boss the brain Gut microbes can change neurochemistry and influence behavior

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/333870/title/Belly_bacteria_boss_the_brain

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Hollywood Screenwriters and Scientists: More Than an Artistic Collaboration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828171208.htm

Sutureless Method for Joining Blood Vessels Invented

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828141052.htm

New Method Detects Emerging Sunspots Deep Inside the Sun, Provides Warning of Dangerous Solar Flares

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819141524.htm

Astrophysicists Simulate a Milky Way-Like Galaxy; Supercomputer Experiment Supports Cosmological Model of a 'Cold Dark Matter' Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829131317.htm

In Cell Culture, Like Real Estate, the Neighborhood Matters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828171224.htm

The Brittleness of Aging Bones: More Than Loss of Bone Mass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829114727.htm

Astrophysicists Solve 40-Year-Old Mariner 5 Solar Wind Problem: Turbulence Doesn’t Go With the Flow

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110826085147.htm

Geometry of Sex: How Body Size Could Lead to New Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828210652.htm

Black Death Bacterium Identified: Genetic Analysis of Medieval Plague Skeletons Shows Presence of Yersinia Pestis Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829173751.htm

Bilingual Babies' Vocabulary Linked to Early Brain Differentiation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829070559.htm

Poor Sleep Quality Increases Risk of High Blood Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829164644.htm

Protecting Cells: Evidence Found for a Neuronal Switch to Prevent Neurodegenerative Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110824142842.htm

Mind-Altering Microbes: Probiotic Bacteria May Lessen Anxiety and Depression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829164601.htm

Halfway point for 1,001 genomes quest

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110828/full/477014a.html

Common Cause of All Forms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110821141115.htm

Evangelical Scientists Debate Creation Story

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/23/0324258

Laughter Has Positive Impact On Vascular Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828101806.htm

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Lawrence Solomon: Science getting settled. New, convincing evidence indicates global warming is caused by cosmic rays and the sun — not humans

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/08/26/lawrence-solomon-science-now-settled/

50th anniversary of Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-50th-anniversary-stanley-milgram-obedience.html

Early Embryos Can Correct Genetic Abnormalities During Development, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705071546.htm

Feeding the Five Thousand -- Or Was It Three? Researchers Claim Most Crowd Estimations Are Unreliable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110824191733.htm

Exotic Galaxy Reveals Tantalizing Tale

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825135156.htm

Uncovering the Spread of Deadly Cancer: New Imaging Device Enables Scientists to See Tumor Cells Traveling in the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110826111227.htm

Life Expectancy Success Story

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825202411.htm

Breakthrough in Genetics of Fibroids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825141623.htm

New Score Can Tell Doctors How Long Cancer Patients Have Left to Live

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825193101.htm

Cars Could Run On Recycled Newspaper, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825105024.htm

T-Cell Discovery Holds Promise for Organ Transplant and Immunodeficiency Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823104942.htm

Could New Drug Cure Nearly Any Viral Infection? Technology Shows Promise Against Common Cold, Influenza and Other Ailments, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110826134012.htm

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Black Death study lets rats off the hook

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/642821-black-death-study-lets-rats-off-the-hook

No bones about it: Eating dried plums helps prevent fractures and osteoporosis

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-bones-dried-plums-fractures-osteoporosis.html

Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-eradicating-dangerous-bacteria-permanent.html

Plesiosaurs Did Not Lay Eggs!

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/plesiosaurs-did-not-lay-eggs.html

Thanks for the Immunity DNA, Neanderthals

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39943

Why are we Running out of Drugs?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39942

The Psychology of Signs

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39941

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Apple's Next Innovation: Wireless Charging

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39912

Sony execes believe emotion-reading games possible in 10 years

http://www.gamergaia.com/home/gaming-news/45-industrial/1778-sony-executives-believe-emotion-reading-games-possible-in-10-years.html

Space Elevator by 2040? Enthusiasts keep the dream alive By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/399.html

Nanoscale superclusters that mirror living systems

http://www.kurzweilai.net/nanoscale-superclusters-that-mirror-living-systems

Sexual satisfaction tied to overall 'successful aging' as reported by women age 60 to 89

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-sexual-satisfaction-tied-successful-aging.html

Scientists Who Cloned Dolly the Sheep Plan to Clone Endangered Scottish Wildcats Using Eggs From Spayed Pets

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-08/scientists-who-cloned-dolly-sheep-plan-clone-wildcats-using-eggs-spayed-pets

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Parasite Uses the Power of Attraction to Trick Rats Into Becoming Cat Food

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819141519.htm

New Piece to the Puzzle of Brain Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819092421.htm

Under-Reported Greenhouse Gas Statistics? Sketchy Emission Reports Revealed by Swiss Measurements

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818132150.htm

Coronary Calcium Beats C-Reactive Protein for Predicting Heart Attack and Stroke Risk, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818190555.htm

Growth of Cities Endangers Global Environment, According to New Analysis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819155428.htm

Spoilt Food Soon a Thing of the Past?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819081912.htm

Four-Year-Olds Know That Being Right Is Not Enough

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818154351.htm

Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs Can Reduce the Risk of Stroke, but Sometimes Should Be Avoided, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819092427.htm

Filling Without Drilling: Pain-Free Way of Tackling Dental Decay Reverses Acid Damage and Re-Builds Teeth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823115402.htm

A Cloud over Ownership Online services set content free from the physical world's constraints—including those that have defined the very idea of possession.

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38391/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-24

What Kind of Force Is Gravity?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39895

Uncivilization Festival Contemplates the Apocalypse

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39894

Mars' Soil Suitable for Life

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39892

A Small Step for a Robot, A Great Leap for Space Travel?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39869

Toward Fusion Energy

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39888

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Robotic arm and claw sculpted entirely from ShapeLock

http://hackaday.com/2011/08/19/robotic-arm-and-claw-sculpted-entirely-from-shapelock/

Record Companies Lose in Cloud-Music Ruling

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39863

Web Surfing At Work Can Boost Productivity

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/22/1529249

Earth Ejecta Could Seed Life On Europa

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/22/1256246

Antarctica's Ice Flow Fully Mapped For the First Time

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/22/0340240

EU Central Court Could Validate Software Patents

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/22/2115224

Large Weight Gains Most Likely for Men After Divorce, Women After Marriage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110822091916.htm

Stretchable lighting

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=22479.php

Confirmation That Vitamin D Acts as a Protective Agent Against the Advance of Colon Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110816083745.htm

Monday, August 22, 2011

Team Claims It Has Found Oldest Fossils

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/science/earth/22fossil.html

Glenn Beck is exploiting Israel Israel has much to lose from Glenn Beck's "Restoring Courage" rally in Jerusalem.

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/08/20118218753702798.html

Advanced Electrodes for Better Li-Ion Batteries

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38395/?p1=A3

The Evolution of Motorola’s Wireless Technology The company that Google plans to buy has demonstrated many “firsts” throughout the past century.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38382/?p1=MstRcnt

Italian doctor may have found surprisingly simple cure for Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.gizmag.com/ccsvi-multiple-sclerosis-ms-cure-zamboni/13447/

Keynes and Space Aliens

http://mises.org/daily/5559/Keynes-and-Space-Aliens

AES crypto broken by 'groundbreaking' attack. Faster than simply brute-forcing

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/19/aes_crypto_attack/

Ten Most Ridiculous Tech Lawsuits of the 21st Century

http://www.pcworld.com/article/237744/ten_most_ridiculous_tech_lawsuits_of_the_21st_century.html

Saturday, August 20, 2011

First Kangaroo Genome Sequence Reveals Possible Gene Responsible for Characteristic Hop

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/642728-first-kangaroo-genome-sequence-reveals-possible-gene-responsible-for-characteristic-hop

'Vinoculars' could be twitchers' delight Twitchers and sports fans keen to record that split-second moment could soon have their prayers answered.

http://www.source.ly/10HFX#.TlBa1F162So

Education Leaders Call for Radical Transformation in Graduate Biomedical Curriculum

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818132133.htm

Molecular Scientists Develop Color-Changing Stress Sensor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818190655.htm

Powerful X-Rays Enable Development of Successful Treatment for Melanoma and Other Life-Threatening Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818142838.htm

Boys Reach Sexual Maturity Younger and Younger: Phase Between Being Physically but Not Socially Adult Is Getting Longer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818101714.htm

Powerful X-Rays Enable Development of Successful Treatment for Melanoma and Other Life-Threatening Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818142838.htm

Giant Space Blob Glows from Within: Primordial Cloud of Hydrogen Is Centrally Powered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817130957.htm

African Crested Rat Applies Deadly Poison

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/african-crested-rat-applies-deadly.html

Antimatter belt surrounds Earth

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/antimatter-belt-surrounds-earth.html

Introducing the 'Antimagnet'

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/introducing-antimagnet.html

Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations, say scientists

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/aug/18/aliens-destroy-humanity-protect-civilisations

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Gemini-Scout Robot Likely to Reach Trapped Miners Ahead of Rescuers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110816133105.htm

New Drug Aids Gout Patients Not Helped by Standard Treatments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110816162258.htm

Oldest Evidence of Nails in Modern Primates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815162427.htm

Fat and Healthy? Study Finds Slim Isn't Always Superior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815095034.htm

It's a Small World, After All: Earth Is Not Expanding, NASA Research Confirms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817120527.htm

Most Primitive Living Eel Discovered: Creating a New Species, Genus and Family of Animal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817120233.htm

Greenhouse Gases: The Measurement Challenge

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817120218.htm

Getting Inside the Mind (and Up the Nose) of Our Ancient Ancestors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817135351.htm

Nature Reaches for the High-Hanging Fruit: Tools of Paleontology Shed New Light On Diversity of Natural Plant Chemicals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110816171739.htm

Maternal Fat Has Negative Impact On Embryo Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817175914.htm

Teen With Rare Condition Could Die From Brushing Hair

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/08/18/teen-with-rare-condition-could-die-from-brushing-hair/

Sniffer Dogs Can Be Used to Detect Lung Cancer, Research Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817194548.htm

Running robot tops 6.8 miles per hour

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/094935-2011-08-17-running-robot-tops-6-8-miles-per-hour.htm

As Cities Grow, Innovation Follows

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39789

Towing Icebergs for Drinking Water

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39786

New Computer Chips Mimic the Brain

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39794

Smelly socks could help curb malaria

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/08/17/120994/smelly-socks-could-help-curb-malaria.html

Bosses condemn 'useless' degrees which leave graduates unemployable because they lack basic skills


Bosses condemn 'useless' degrees which leave graduates unemployable because they lack basic skills Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2026858/Bosses-condemn-useless-degrees-leave-graduates-lacking-basic-skills.html

Armageddon? Scientists Plan Mission To Blow Up An Asteroid ‘Hurtling Towards Earth’

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2011/08/18/armageddon-scientists-plan-mission-to-blow-up-an-asteroid-hurtling-towards-earth/

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

A Supergene Paints Wings for Surviving Biological War

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/science/16butterfly.html

Set a bug to kill a bug Engineered bacteria attack lethal infection with its own weapons.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110816/full/news.2011.483.html

Every Hour of TV You Watch May Shorten Your Lifespan By 22 Minutes [STUDY]

http://mashable.com/2011/08/17/tv-lifespan-study/

How to Win an Argument With a Vegetarian

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39744

The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book!

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39689

Rashba gets hotter and more pronounced

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/46894

Cadillac will make a plug-in electric car, the ELR

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/08/cadillac-converj-electric-car-elr-confirmed/1

Moon 200 million years younger than thought: report

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/moon-200-million-years-younger-than-thought-report-20110818-1iyuw.html

Paypal Founder Helping Build Artificial Island Nations

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/16/2032236

Possibility of Temporarily Reversing Aging in the Immune System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110816111921.htm

Human Cells Used to Make Replacement Anal Sphincters in Mice: MedlinePlus

http://olddogg.com/Health/human-cells-used-to-make-replacement-anal-sphincters-in-mice-medlineplus/

Fossil shows huge mouth evolution

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/642661-fossil-shows-huge-mouth-evolution

Should we be Better Prepared for Asteroids?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39782

Car-Free Communities Not Catching On

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39773

Russia Offering Space Hotel

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39780

New species of dinosaur-era eel wriggles into history books as a 'living fossil'

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/08/new-dpw-head-mohammed-nuru-has-history-sexism-racism-accusations

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Mothers Have a Stronger Tendency to Mimic Their Daughters' Consumption Behavior Than Vice Versa

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725091718.htm

World's Largest Sheep Is an International Traveler

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110722112102.htm

Antibiotic Appears More Effective Than Cranberry Capsules for Preventing Urinary Tract Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725162517.htm

One Tiny Electron Could Be Key to Future Drugs That Repair Sunburn


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725152856.htm

Adding a Stent During Minimally Invasive Surgery to Repair Aneurysms Prevents Recurrence, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726132407.htm

Heavy Metal Hardens Battle: Body Armor Hindered Medieval Warriors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719194352.htm

One in Six Fast-Food Customers Cut Calories After US Food Labeling System Introduction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726213458.htm

Non-Coding RNA Has Role in Inherited Neurological Disorder, and Maybe Other Brain Diseases Too

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621131332.htm

New Study Sheds Light On Role of Genetics in Recovering from Eating Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726163504.htm

Hubble Constant: A New Way to Measure the Expansion of the Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726101719.htm

How the Modular Structure of Proteins Permits Evolution to Move Forward

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190059.htm

Researchers Identify Genetic Mutations Associated With Diseases of the Esophagus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726163443.htm

Seeing the Wood for the Trees: New Study Shows Sheep in Tree-Ring Records

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726213447.htm

Eliminating Protein in Specific Brain Cells Blocks Nicotine Reward

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190111.htm

Biological Interface Using Piezotronics: Nanowires Allow Electrical Signals to Be Produced from Mechanical Actions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726101735.htm

4 Dirty Secrets Hiding In Your Tuna Can Tuna may be one of the most popular seafood products in the U.S. but there are four important things you should know before popping open that can.

http://www.alternet.org/story/152025/4_dirty_secrets_hiding_in_your_tuna_can

Bye-bye to use-by dates: A magic ingredient that could keep food (and wine) fresh for years

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2025912/Bisin-Magic-ingredient-food-wine-fresh-years.html

Lifespan Calculator

http://media.nmfn.com/tnetwork/lifespan/

Research Reveals Genetic Link to Human Intelligence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811215420.htm

E. Coli, Salmonella May Lurk in Unwashable Places in Produce

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815152049.htm

Biologists Confirm Sunflower Domesticated in Eastern North America

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815162344.htm

New Device Exposes Explosive Vapors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815113609.htm

Monday, August 15, 2011

More Airship Development Underway

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/more-airship-development-underway.html

Phase Space

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/phase-space.html

Crop Circles 'Created Using GPS,Lasers,Microwaves'

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/crop-circles-created-using.html

Rebecca MacKinnon: Political activism needed to protect the Internet

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/08/rebecca-mackinnon-political-activism-needed-to-protect-the-internet/

Driverless Car Drives 175 Miles on Busy Chinese Expressway, No GPS Necessary

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/094817-2011-08-15-driverless-car-drives-175-miles-on-busy-chinese-expressway-no.htm

Military's Maple-Seed-Inspired Drone, Plus More to Come at UAV Show Next Week

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/094816-2011-08-15-militarys-maple-seed-inspired-drone-plus-more-to-come-at.htm

Patents an Airbag System To Protect Future Dropped Gadgets

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/094818-2011-08-15-patents-an-airbag-system-to-protect-future-dropped-gadgets.htm

Dutch PlantLab Revolutionizes Farming: No Sunlight, No Windows, Less Water, Better Food

http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/14/dutch-plantlab-revolutionizes-farming-no-sunlight-no-windows-less-water-better-food/

Micromultinationals Will Run the World

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39737

Astronaut Photographs Perseid Meteor — From Space

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/14/2113235

Search the World's Smartphone Photos

http://search.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/14/1347219

Cutting Edge Tech Slated For Next Mars Rover

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/14/1846200

Which Company Is the Largest?

http://apple.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/14/1626240

Bing More Effective Than Google?

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/14/0419213

CERN Physicist Says Dark Matter May Be an Illusion

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/14/0011207

What's the Carbon Footprint of Bicycling?

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/14/1326247

The Death of Booting Up

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/14/0110200

Homosexual zebra finches form long-term bond

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14479670

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Drug Shown to Improve Sight for Patients With Inherited Blindness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725202243.htm

Retinal Cells Thoughts to Be the Same Are Not, Biologist Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725152931.htm

Eat, Prey, Rain: New Model of Dynamics of Clouds and Rain Is Based On a Predator-Prey Population Model

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725091726.htm

Rare Coupling of Magnetic and Electric Properties in a Single Material: New Multiferroic Mechanism Could Lead to Next-Generation Memory and Sensing Devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725123657.htm

How to Tell Real Whiskey from Fake, Faster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725123709.htm

Exercise Has Numerous Beneficial Effects On Brain Health and Cognition, Review Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725132656.htm

Battle of the Microbes: Pseudomonas Breaches Cell Walls of Rival Bacteria Without Hurting Itself

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142129.htm

Wiedemann-Franz Law: Physicists Break 150-Year-Old Empirical Laws of Physics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720103517.htm

Resistance Training Can Help Smokers Kick the Habit, According to Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809101617.htm

Rats Control Appetite for Poison: How Rodents Survive Arms Race With Toxic Plants They Eat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809092110.htm

Low Vitamin D Linked to Earlier First Menstruation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811094844.htm

Darkest Known Exoplanet: Alien World Is Blacker Than Coal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811105115.htm

New Anti-Censorship Scheme Could Make It Impossible to Block Individual Web Sites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810133023.htm

Lasers Stimulate Stem Cells and Reduce Heart Scarring After Heart Attack, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811083820.htm

Arctic Ice Melt Could Pause for Several Years, Then Resume Again

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811113956.htm

Google algorithm change history

http://www.seomoz.org/google-algorithm-change

Think Fast: The Neural Circuitry of Reaction Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810132839.htm

Paper Money Worldwide Contains Bisphenol A

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810093800.htm

Can Blaming Others Make People Sick?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809104259.htm

Quantum Computers? Physicists 'Entangle' Two Atoms Using Microwaves for the First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810132850.htm

Antioxidant Spices, Like Turmeric and Cinnamon, Reduce Negative Effects of High-Fat Meal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810101607.htm

Carbon Sink: Up-And-Coming Forests Replacing Aging Forests of Upper Great Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810085542.htm

Spoiler Alert: Stories Are Not Spoiled by 'Spoilers'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810093735.htm

Early Evidence Suggests That TB Jab Could Help Fight Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810085504.htm

Route for Eliciting HIV-Neutralizing Antibodies Mapped

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811142812.htm

Most Common Bladder Cancer Tumor Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811151321.htm

Steering a Beam of 'Virtual Particles' to Manipulate Ultra-Small-Scale Particles in Real Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811100951.htm

Less Salt, Less Strokes, Says New Research

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811201521.htm

Wikipedia Gender Biases Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811162831.htm

Scientists Discover How Molecular Motors Go Into 'Energy Save Mode'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811151318.htm

Researchers Decode Workings of Mysterious, but Critical TB Drug

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811151329.htm

Eating Protein Throughout the Day Preserves Muscle and Physical Function in Dieting Postmenopausal Women, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810153710.htm

Escaping Gravity's Clutches: Information Could Escape from Black Holes After All, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810215342.htm

Red Meat Linked to Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810132854.htm

Why Vertebrate Intestines Are So Predictably Loopy: Gut Coils With Help from Its Elastic Neighbor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810133021.htm

Contrary to Earlier Findings, Excess Body Fat in Elderly Decreases Life Expectancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811151325.htm

Flatworms Provide New Insight Into Organ Regeneration and the Evolution of Mammalian Kidneys

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810085544.htm

Dual-Action Protein Better Restricts Blood Vessel Formation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811162839.htm

ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science breakthroughs -- updated daily Science News Share Blog Cite Print Bookmark Email Smart Skin: Electronics That Stick and Stretch Like a Temporary Tattoo

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110811142809.htm

Hydrogen made by enzyme is faster and cheaper

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14494972

Two slices of bacon a day increases diabetes threat by 50%

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2024603/Diabetes-threat-slices-bacon-day-increased-50.html

China’s New Lucrative Business: Dead Babies Turn into Stamina Booster Pills

http://sanfrancisco.ibtimes.com/articles/193371/20110805/china-dead-baby-pill-stamina-booster-cannibal-placenta.htm

Animal's genetic code redesigned By Roland Pease

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14492948

Atlantic cod survive without 'vital' immune genes, say scientists

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/aug/10/atlantic-cod-immune-genes

Friday, August 12, 2011

Facebook Researcher Predicts Your Next Facebook Friend

http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/11/0054253

Human Brain Is Sensitive To Light In Ears

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/11/1942204

Terrorist Target Mexican Nanotechnology Professors

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/10/2349225

China Catches Up With Google's Driverless Car

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/11/2122216

Iron Man-like Exoskeleton Nears Production

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/11/1538255

Google Patents Telling Time

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/11/1858244

Cancer Cured By HIV

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/11/1458205

PC Designer Says PC "Going the Way of the Vacuum Tube"

http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/11/0339224

New Air Force Jet Concept: Like a Prius, But With Lasers

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/094597-2011-08-11-new-air-force-jet-concept-like-a-prius-but-with.htm

Hit the Hills and Highways on Hungary's $35,000 Hybrid Hyperbike

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/094600-2011-08-11-hit-the-hills-and-highways-on-hungarys-35-000-hybrid.htm

SETI to resume hunt for extraterrestrial life following successful fundraiser

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/094606-2011-08-11-seti-to-resume-hunt-for-extraterrestrial-life-following-successful-fundraiser.htm

Spiraling Self-Sufficient Eco Skyscraper Provides Water, Food, and Energy for Noida, India

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/08/11/spiraling-self-sufficient-eco-skyscraper-provides-water-food-and-energy-for-noida-india/

Spiraling Self-Sufficient Eco Skyscraper Provides Water, Food, and Energy for Noida, India

http://volumatrixgroup.com/2011/08/11/spiraling-self-sufficient-eco-skyscraper-provides-water-food-and-energy-for-noida-india/

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Nanoscale Secret to Stronger Alloys: Scientists Find Nanoparticle Size Is Readily Controlled to Make Stronger Aluminum Alloys

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110807143841.htm

Stress Protection: How Blue-Green Algae Hoard Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801094249.htm

How Yeast Chromosomes Avoid the Bad Breaks


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110807143907.htm

Why Plant 'Clones' Aren't Identical

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804212931.htm

B-Cell Discovery Suggests Why Women Suffer More Autoimmune Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804133606.htm

Solar Energy: Smart Energy Management Systems Help Store Power for Later Use

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802085823.htm

Human Influence On the 21st Century Climate: One Possible Future for the Atmosphere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805135343.htm

Dealing With the Cyberworld's Dark Side

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110806203525.htm

Did Past Climate Change Encourage Tree-Killing Fungi?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805163547.htm

$1.5 Billion Star Trek Theme Park Coming To Jordan

http://idle.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/09/1356222

World's First Cybernetic Athlete To Compete

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/09/0118202

Microsoft Demonstrates Practical Homomorphic Computing


http://it.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/09/0159225

Is the Dream of Biofuels Over?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39671

Solar Plants That Work Without Sun

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39670

Hang out at the Water Cooler, Live Longer: Getting Along With Co-Workers Can Significantly Increase Your Lifespan, Says Researcher

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804133604.htm

Like Superman's X-Ray Vision, New Microscope Reveals Nanoscale Details

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808154130.htm

Technique to Stimulate Heart Cells May Lead to Light-Controlled Pacemakers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808161124.htm

Chimpanzees Are Spontaneously Generous After All, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808152220.htm

Age and Severity of Heart Failure Associated With Impairment in Verbal Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808161134.htm

Even Science Nobel Laureates Find Acceptance Isn't a Given, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110806203543.htm

'Endurance Gene' for Olympic-Level Athletes: Genetic Basis for Muscle Endurance Discovered in Animal Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110718121555.htm

Deep Brain Stimulation Effects May Last for 10 Years in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808161132.htm

Polar Dinosaur Tracks Open New Trail to Past

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809104301.htm

A Protein May Help Treat Obesity, Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809132228.htm

Hybrid Solar System Makes Rooftop Hydrogen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809132232.htm

Sleep-Disordered Breathing May Increase Risk of Cognitive Impairment, Dementia Among Older Women

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809161957.htm

Leaky Heart Valves: First in Vitro Study of Tricuspid Valve Mechanics Uncovers Causes for Leakage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809101611.htm

Antibiotic Useful for Localized Treatment of Bone Wear

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809092038.htm

Young Black Patients On Kidney Dialysis Do Much Worse -- Not Better -- Than White Counterparts, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809162007.htm

Study of Abalone Yields New Insights Into Sexual Reproduction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804093152.htm

Flaxseed May Be Effective in Protecting Against Harmful Effects of Radiation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809111821.htm

Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Lion Adorning Citadel Gate Complex in Turkey

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809104309.htm

Connecting the Dots: Dental Medicine Team Describes How Enamel Forms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808152223.htm

Why the Human Heart Can't Regenerate Itself

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809092102.htm

Curry Spice Could Offer Treatment Hope for Tendinitis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809083455.htm

Molecular Pathway That Leads to Inflammation in Asthma Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808152238.htm

When Atoms Are Surfing On Optical Waves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809083247.htm

Schizophrenia Study Finds Cognitive Deficits Significantly Impair Decision-Making Capacity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809111828.htm

DNA Building Blocks Can Be Made in Space, NASA Evidence Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808220659.htm

'Good' Prion-Like Proteins Boost Immune Response, Scientists Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110808170054.htm

Pentagon’s Mach 20 Missile Ready for Ultimate Test

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/08/pentagons-mach-20-missile/

Search for 'intelligence genes' frustrates scientists; 1,000 genes have small effects on IQ

http://www.ktuu.com/sns-ap-smartgenes,0,7650007.story

The 6 Biggest Dick Moves in the History of Science By Cole Gamble

http://www.cracked.com/article_17460_the-6-biggest-dick-moves-in-history-science.html

Honey ant queens share a throne By Ella Davies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14417917

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Need to feed could have driven single cells to evolve into colonies

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/642514-need-to-feed-could-have-driven-single-cells-to-evolve-into-colonies

Dolphins Offer Insight Into Rapid Wound Healing

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/dolphins-offer-insight-into-rapid-wound.html

Start-Up Claims Immortality For Data With 'Stone-Like' Disc

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/08/2222208

The Fate of the First Known Black Hole

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/08/2149256

Automated systems set to steal teaching, healthcare, governing jobs Experts believe this could be the final straw driving society towards a work-free life By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/397.html

Designer molecules open new manufacturing route for materials scientists

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=22330.php

Dust Bunnies A new study reveals their source!


http://www.macroevolution.net/dust-bunnies.html

Monkey Business: The All-Time Smartest Apes

http://www.livescience.com/15417-10-smart-pop-culture-apes.html

'Hobbit' just a deformed human?

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110808/full/news.2011.466.html

Female mosquitoes tricked by spermless males

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110808/full/news.2011.467.html

This Is Streaming Today

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39655

Seven Creepy Experiments That Could Teach Us So Much (If They Weren’t So Wrong)

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/07/ff_swr

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Female Sexual Stimulation in the Brain

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39629

What Shapes a Bone? Diet and Genetics Dictate Adult Jaw Shape

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805135351.htm

Potential New Eye Tumor Treatment Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804170041.htm

Sea Lampreys Fear the Smell of Death: Repellant Could Be Key to Better Controlling Destructive Invasive Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805163544.htm

Mindless Eating: Losing Weight Without Thinking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805163541.htm

The Mathematics of Lawn Mowing

http://ask.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/06/0127201

Army Gives Robo Jeeps a Go

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/06/2048239

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Robot That Can Learn, Think And Act By Itself (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC2TTslf_YM

Females Can Place Limits On Evolution of Attractive Features in Males, Research Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804170039.htm

Human-Made Fat May Limit Damage to Heart Attack Victims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805135756.htm

ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science breakthroughs -- updated daily Science News Share Blog Cite Print Bookmark Email New Field of Hydrothermal Vents Discovered Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804081856.htm

Small Molecules Hit It Big: New Therapeutic Approaches Against Viruses, Bacteria, and Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805082951.htm

Spotting Weaknesses in Solid Wood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804081607.htm

Neuroscientists Identify How the Brain Remembers What Happens and When

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804141701.htm

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Launches to Jupiter

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805132541.htm

Innate Cells Shown to Form Immunological 'Memory' and Protect Against Viral Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804180306.htm

Mars' Northern Polar Regions in Transition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110805082955.htm

Better Desalination Technology Key to Solving World's Water Shortage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804141752.htm

Molecular Mechanisms Offer Hope for New Pain Treatments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804123913.htm

Tools to Imagine the Forest of the Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804081731.htm

Treatment Intervention for Former Child Soldiers in Uganda Associated With Reducing Symptoms of PTSD

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802162325.htm

Surprising Condition Occurs in Lungs After an Invasion of Mold, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804124702.htm

Soft Spheres Settle in Somewhat Surprising Structure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110724135556.htm

Predicting Spinal Disc Degeneration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804180304.htm

Physicists Show That Quantum Ignorance Is Hard to Expose

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110731170028.htm

Are Pet Owners Healthier and Happier? Maybe Not

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802180825.htm

Fossils of Forest Rodents Found in Highland Desert

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804105854.htm

Researchers Find Way to Help Donor Adult Blood Stem Cells Overcome Transplant Rejection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804124644.htm

Artificial Lung Device: Feasibility of Lung Transplants Demonstrated

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804133600.htm

One Box of Girl Scout Cookies Worth $15 Billion: Lab Shows Troop How Any Carbon Source Can Become Valuable Graphene

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804105903.htm

Harnessing the Power of Positive Thoughts and Emotions to Treat Depression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803123646.htm

First Opal-Like Crystals Discovered in Meteorite

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803102846.htm

Cells Die So Defensive Organs Can Live

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804081848.htm

Water Flowing On Mars, NASA Spacecraft Data Suggest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804142118.htm

Accident Protection Device for Small Cars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725123551.htm

Researchers Develop Fully Cooked Food-Aid Product

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804105852.htm

Have We Met Before? Scientists Show Why the Brain Has the Answer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804093148.htm

DNA Strands That Select Nanotubes Are First Step to a Practical 'Quantum Wire'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803102903.htm

Drinking Just One Measure of Spirits Increases the Risk of Acute Pancreatitis, Study Finds; But Wine and Beer Do Not Appear to Have the Same Effect

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804093143.htm

An Advance Toward an 'Electronic Nose' Urine Test for TB

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803102849.htm

A Wise Man's Treatment for Arthritis: Frankincense?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621121316.htm

What Steers Vampire Bats to Blood: Heat-Detecting Molecules On Noses Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803133513.htm

Gold Nanoparticles Used to Diagnose Flu in Minutes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803162224.htm

Human Hearts Respond Differently Than Mouse Hearts to Two Cardiovascular Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803174755.htm

'Watermark Ink' Device Identifies Unknown Liquids Instantly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110803153056.htm

Mindful Eating: Researchers Are Making Every Bite Count

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802113738.htm

Engineers Solve Longstanding Problem in Photonic Chip Technology: Findings Help Pave Way for Next Generation of Computer Chips

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804141714.htm

Scientists Map Genes for Common Form of Brain Cancer; Findings Reveal Cause of the Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804141712.htm

Designing Diamond Circuits for Extreme Environments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804141759.htm

Targeting Innate Immunity in Malaria: Novel DNA Sensing Pathway Linked to Increased Susceptibility to Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804170043.htm

Theft Protection Developed for Virtual Machines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804081737.htm

Studies Shed Light On Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Infection Risk in Hospitals and Elementary Schools

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110804133441.htm

Can Scientists Improve the Taste of Healthy Foods?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39618

Sperm Made From Stem Cells

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39617

What Do We Know About Alzheimer's?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39616

Google's Self Driving Car Crashes

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/05/2250249

Why Some People Don't Have Fingerprints

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/05/1722231

The History of Invisible Ink

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/05/1239233

Friday, August 5, 2011

Rare Earth Deposit Discovered In US

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/04/1857220

FAA Taking a Look At News Corp's Use of Drone

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/03/2227248

Is Free Software Ready For E-publishing?

http://ask.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/04/137258

London Could Soon Get Free Wi-Fi Everywhere

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/04/0120258

NASA Announces Discovery of Salty Water On Mars ... Maybe

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/04/1929249

The Story Behind Recent Patent Reform

http://politics.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/04/1755209

A Sensor-Packed Shipping Container That Folds Flat in 30 Seconds

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/094265-2011-08-04-a-sensor-packed-shipping-container-that-folds-flat-in-30.htm

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Giant fungus discovered in China By Matt Walker

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14294283

Social Engineering - 10% Of The People Control The Other 90% Should You Blame Yourself for What Your Children Do? By Ted Twietmeyer

http://www.rense.com/general94/soctc.htm

Half of European men share King Tut's DNA

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/half-european-men-share-king-tuts-dna-175837549.html

Swede arrested for building nuclear reactor

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/02/1242234

Mysterious Object Found In Seabed

http://idle.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/02/197239

Escaping Infinite Loops

http://developers.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/02/2031215

Measuring Broadband America Report Released

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/02/1826203

DARPA Developing Video Parser

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/02/2115241

6 Creepy New Weapons the Police and Military Use To Subdue Unarmed People

http://www.blacklistednews.com/6_Creepy_New_Weapons_the_Police_and_Military_Use_To_Subdue_Unarmed_People/15014/0/0/0/Y/M.html

T Rex of the Sea in Manitoba

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/t-rex-of-sea-in-manitoba.html

Egg White Burn Dressing Protocol

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/egg-white-burn-dressing-protocol.html

Thye Physical Soul

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/thye-physical-soul.html

Hispanic Family Terrorized By Immigration Agents

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/hispanic-family-terrorized_n_916474.html

There's a 20% Chance We're All Sims.

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39548

Saudis Set to Build Kingdom Tower, Soon to be The World's Tallest Building

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/gallery-saudis-burj-beating-kingdom-tower-soon-be-worlds-tallest-building

Nissan Rolls Out a System that Lets Your Electric Car Serve as a Backup Battery for Your House

http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2011-08/nissan-rolls-out-system-lets-leaf-serve-backup-battery-japanese-households

The Man Who Would Stop Time Feature Bill Andrews has spent two decades unlocking the molecular mechanisms of aging. His mission: to extend the human life span to 150 years--or die trying

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-07/man-who-would-stop-time

Bear chemical brings heart hope A synthesised compound also found in bear bile may help the recovery of some people who have had a heart attack.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14364862

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Colon Cleansing Has No Benefit but Many Side Effects Including Vomiting and Death, Doctors Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801122948.htm

Artificial Nanoparticles Influence Heart Rate and Rhythm, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801105648.htm

Mechanism of Sculpting the Plasma Membrane of Intestinal Cells Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801094312.htm

New Research Might Help People Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801160229.htm

Sugar Doesn't Melt -- It Decomposes, Scientists Demonstrate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725123549.htm

High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Smoking and Obesity in Middle Age May Shrink Brain, Damage Thinking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801161407.htm

Researchers 'Genetically Fingerprinting' E. Coli from Watersheds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801160310.htm

In the Battle to Relieve Back Aches, Researchers Create Bioengineered Spinal Disc Implants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801160152.htm

The Last Great Wilderness: Human Impact On the Deep Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801171300.htm

Some Exercise Is Better Than None: More Is Better to Reduce Heart Disease Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801161414.htm

Nobel Prize Winner’s Unfinished Symphony

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801111526.htm

New Brain Imaging Research Reveals Why Autistic Individuals Confuse Pronouns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801122956.htm

Oxygen Molecules Found in Nearby Star-Forming Cloud

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801121904.htm

Greenhouse Gas Impact of Hydroelectric Reservoirs Downgraded

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801134733.htm

New Composite Material May Restore Damaged Soft Tissue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801132537.htm

Novel Analysis Sheds New Light On the Mechanisms of Brain Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801132533.htm

Cold Electrons to Aid Better Design of Drugs and Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801095109.htm

Helping Children Learn to Understand Numbers: It's All in the Way We Speak to Them

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801122954.htm

Manipulating Light at Will: Research Could Help Replace Electronic Components With Optical Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801105659.htm

Nicotine Can Protect the Brain from Parkinson's Disease, Research Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801111738.htm

ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science breakthroughs -- updated daily Science News Share Blog Cite Print Bookmark Email In the Pursuit of Dangerous Clumps: Customized Surfaces Help Reveal the Causes of Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728095928.htm

Scientists Reveal Mechanism Behind 'Oncogene Addiction' in Acute Leukemia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110731221447.htm

'Wonder Material' Graphene Tapped for Electronic Memory Devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175551.htm

Physics Could Be Behind the Secrets of Crop-Circle Artists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110731221443.htm

Chemists Transform Acids Into Bases: Research Offers Vast Family of New Catalysts for Use in Drug Discovery, Biotechnology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728144721.htm

Omega-3 Reduces Anxiety and Inflammation in Healthy Students, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713121313.htm

Without Competition, Island Frogs Evolve Rapidly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110727164711.htm

Novel Gene Associated With Asthma in African-Americans Confirmed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110731165946.htm

New Duck-Billed Dinosaur Gives Scientists Clues to Evolution of Head Ornamentation and Provinciality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142357.htm

Evolution of Human Generosity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725162523.htm

Scientists Build Battery in a Nanowire: Hybrid Energy Storage Device Is as Small as It Can Possibly Get

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175607.htm

Gum Disease Can Increase the Time It Takes to Become Pregnant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705071548.htm

Pathogens and Insecticides: A Lethal Cocktail for Honeybees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725091434.htm

Evolution in the Back Yard: Census of 750,000 Banded Snails Leads to Surprising Results

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110427171511.htm

Treating Obesity Via Brain Glucose Sensing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190057.htm

Hot Couture: Army Wants Smart Shirt That Adapts to Weather

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/08/hot-couture/

Age Related Memory Loss Reversable

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/age-related-memory-loss-reversable.html

Underwater Treadmill Improves Mobility in Spinal Injuries

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/underwater-treadmill-improves-mobility.html

Foxconn Has a Million Workers, Plans a Million Robots

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/foxconn-chinese-computer-giant-plans-million-robots-years/story?id=14204282

Is Computer Progress at an End?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39558

Anonymous and LulzSec: Modern Robin Hoods?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39557

How Dangerous Is Facebook's Facial Recognition Software?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39556

Into the Swiss abyss Russian submersible MIR dives into Lake Geneva.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110729/full/news.2011.445.html

US Court upholds Myriad's breast cancer gene patents

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/07/us_court_upholds_myriad_patent.html

Atacama's ALMA prepares to study the Universe

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/07/atacamas_alma_prepares_to_stud.html

How many research papers are freely available?

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/08/how_many_research_papers_are_f.html

Bush's science advisor John Marburger dies, aged 70

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/08/bushs_science_advisor_john_mar_1.html

Medical advances predicted for next 20 years will lower health costs By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/396.html

Study Reveals Easier Way to Say No to Junk Food

http://www.livescience.com/15303-thinking-healthier-food-choices.html

Here’s How U.S. Spies Will Find You Through Your Pics

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/spies-find-you-through-pics/

IQ level tied to choice of internet browser

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-iq-tied-choice-internet-browser.html

Month in Space slide show

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43900155/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1

Are your genes somebody else's property? A federal court ruled on Friday that companies could hold patents for human genes. Here's what the fuss is about By Peter Finocchiaro

http://www.salon.com/technology/intellectual_property/index.html?story=/news/feature/2011/08/01/gene_patents

Dragonfly drones and cyborg moths: Tiny flying robots set to be the future of spying and rescue missions

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2020750/Dragonfly-drones-cyborg-moths-Tiny-flying-robots-set-future-spying-rescue-missions.html

Particle Accelerators Full of Spin and Fury, Signifying Something

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/science/space/02particle.html

Call of the Thylacine: Protect the Wild

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/02/science/02creatures.html