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

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Virus Kills Melanoma in Animal Model

http://www.alnmag.com/news/virus-kills-melanoma-animal-model

Mental health: On the spectrum

http://www.nature.com/news/mental-health-on-the-spectrum-1.12842

Scientists Are Trying to Get Supermarket Tomatoes’ Flavor to Catch Up

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=scientists-trying-get-supermarket-tomatoes-flavor-catch-up

Potential diabetes breakthrough Harvard researchers discover hormone that spurs beta cell production; research boosted by federal funding

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/04/potential-diabetes-breakthrough/

Carbon Nanotube Sensor Detects Glucose in Saliva

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514456/carbon-nanotube-sensor-detects-glucose-in-saliva/

Big & Small House proves less really can mean more

http://www.gizmag.com/big-small-house/27299/

Herschel space telescope shuts down

http://www.gizmag.com/herschel-space-observatory/27310/

SSC completes engine testing on Tuatara supercar, teases 1,700 hp

http://www.gizmag.com/ssc-teases-1700-hp/27276/

Smart dust computers are no bigger than a snowflake

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829146.400-smart-dust-computers-are-no-bigger-than-a-snowflake.html

How Ray Kurzweil Will Help Google Make the Ultimate AI Brain

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/04/understanding-human-mind.html

Spanish region saves a fortune by moving to open source Linux for 40,000 government PCs

http://news.techeye.net/software/spanish-region-saves-a-fortune-by-moving-to-open-source

Ten Responses to the Technological Unemployment Problem

http://declineofscarcity.com/?p=2790

Mediterranean Diet Linked to Preserving Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130429164635.htm

Cat and Mouse: One Gene Is Necessary for Mice to Avoid Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130429154115.htm

Lab-quality microscope now mounts onto most Apple iOS devices

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57581990-1/lab-quality-microscope-now-mounts-onto-most-apple-ios-devices/

The Times and Troubles of the Scientific Method (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8wi0QnYN6s

Virgin's passenger spaceship completes first rocket test flight

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/29/us-space-virgingroup-idUSBRE93S0X520130429

IBM building most powerful computer in history to unravel origin of the universe

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2012/04/03/ibm-building-most-powerful-computer-in-history-to-unravel-origin-of-the-universe/

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Can Neuroscience Conquer Obesity?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/can-neuroscience-conquer-obesity

Will Neuroscience Conquer Art?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/will-neuroscience-conquer-art-2

Attention Baby Boomers: Get Screened for Hepatitis C

http://www.laprogressive.com/texas-goes-blue/

Movement of Pyrrole Molecules Defy 'Classical' Physics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130426115449.htm

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Why Do We Have to Be Shocked Into Being Motivated to Lead?

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/neil-degrasse-tyson-why-do-we-have-to-be-shocked-into-being-motivated-to-lead

Coelacanth Genome Mapped

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/04/coelacanth-genome-mapped.html

It’s Not a Lack of Technology That’s Keeping Trains From Going Driverless

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/04/why-arent-trains-autonomous/

How Do You Puke Without Gravity? (Video)

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/133431-2013-04-27-how-do-you-puke-without-gravity-video.htm

A New Computer Screen Reaches Out to Touch You

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514261/a-new-computer-screen-reaches-out-to-touch-you/

How Giant Concrete Balls Could Make Wind Power More Efficient

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/133451-2013-04-27-how-giant-concrete-balls-could-make-wind-power-more-efficient.htm

Largest Current Study Of AIDS Vaccine Shut Down Because It Doesn't Work

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/largest-current-study-aids-vaccine-shut-down-because-it-doesnt-work

Crazy scientists develop implantable microchip that supposedly induces appetite suppression

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/27/crazy-scientists-develop-implantable-microchip-that-supposedly-induces-appetite-suppression/

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Racing Car With Electric Drive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130426073718.ht

Astronomer Studies Far-Off Worlds Through 'Characterization by Proxy'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130426114641.htm

We tried to weaponize the weather

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/27/we_tried_to_weaponize_the_weather/

Hitting 'Reset' in Protein Synthesis Restores Myelination: Suggests New Treatment for Misfolded Protein Diseases Such as Alzheimer's

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130426135037.htm

Computer Scientists Suggest New Spin On Origins Of Evolvability

http://www.eurasiareview.com/27042013-computer-scientists-suggest-new-spin-on-origins-of-evolvability/

Scientists Officially Link Processed Foods to Autoimmune Disease

http://energyfanatics.com/2013/04/25/scientists-officially-link-processed-foods-autoimmune-disease

Friday, April 26, 2013

Nanowires Grown On Graphene Have Surprising Structure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423135847.htm

Virtual, Squishy Creatures Evolve to Run Using Evolutionary Algorithms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423135843.htm

With Wave of the Hand, Researchers Create Touch-Based Interfaces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130425132808.htm

'Taxels' Convert Mechanical Motion to Electronic Signals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130425142247.htm

Einstein's Gravity Theory Passes Toughest Test Yet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130425142250.htm

Keeping Beverages Cool in Summer: I''s Not Just the Heat, It's the Humidity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130425142441.htm

Tracking Gunfire With a Smartphone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130425213800.htm

Body Size Conveyed by Voice Determines Vocal Attractiveness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424185157.htm

Clenching Right Fist May Give Better Grip On Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424185159.htm

Nasal Lining Used to Breach Blood/Brain Barrier

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424185207.htm

Gut Bacteria Byproduct Predicts Heart Attack and Stroke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424185211.htm

Rethinking Early Atmospheric Oxygen: Possibility of More Dynamic Biological Oxygen Cycle On Early Earth Than Previously Supposed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424185213.htm

Scientists Detect 'Dark Lightning' Energy Burst Linked to Visible Lightning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424210319.htm

Stem-cell 'symphony' creates patterns in feathers

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23439-stemcell-symphony-creates-patterns-in-feathers.html

What Happened When One Man Pinged the Whole Internet

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514066/what-happened-when-one-man-pinged-the-whole-internet/

In pictures: Top ten green buildings in the US

http://www.gizmag.com/aia-top-ten-green-buildings-2013/27215/

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Atheist Professor Jerry Coyne Fiddles While the Darwinian Palace Burns

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/04/25/atheist-professor-jerry-coyne-fiddles-while-the-darwinian-palace-burns/

Light Bursts out of a Flying Mirror

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423134142.htm

New Research Findings Open Door to Zinc-Oxide-Based UV Lasers, LED Devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423110815.htm

Cause of LED Efficiency Droop Finally Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423102328.htm

Humans Feel Empathy for Robots: fMRI Scans Show Similar Brain Function When Robots Are Treated the Same as Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423091111.htm

Atrophy in Key Region of Brain Associated With Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423091107.htm

Universality of Circular Polarization in Star And Planet-Forming Regions: Implications for the Origin of Homochirality of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423090924.htm

Sporting Events: Clear Your Memory to Pick a Winner

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130422154923.htm

Lazy Eye Disorder Treated With Video Game Tetris

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130422122953.htm

Using Black Holes to Measure the Universe's Rate of Expansion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130422123040.htm

FlipperBot: Sea Turtles and Flipper-Driven Robot Reveal Principles of Moving On Sand and Other Granular Media

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130423211711.htm

Battery and Memory Device in One

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424081052.htm

New Matter-Antimatter Difference Observed in LHCb Experiment at CERN

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424094512.htm

Material Loss Protects Teeth Against Fatigue Failure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424185059.htm

The New Technology of Light

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/the-new-technology-of-light

What is Holding Back 3-D Printing?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/what-is-holding-back-3-d-printing

How to Build a Deflector Shield for Deep Space Travel

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-to-build-a-deflector-shield-for-deep-space-travel

Diamond Crystals Could Create a Quantum Computer Internet

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/diamond-crystals-could-create-a-quantum-computer-internet

Tart cherries linked to reduced risk of stroke

http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201304/tart-cherries-linked-reduced-risk-stroke

A Library Of Every Drug That Could Ever Exist

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/scientists-build-library-all-possible-drug-compounds-could-exist

Brain Cells Will Control The Power Plants Of The Future

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/brain-cells-will-control-power-plants-future

Psychopaths Are Not Neurally Equipped to Have Concern for Others

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424161108.htm

Worm therapy: Why parasites may be good for you

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130422-feeling-ill-swallow-a-parasite

Drinking One 12-Ounce Sugar-Sweetened Soft Drink a Day Can Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes by 22 Percent, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130424185205.htm

Lumbia assesses and helps treat lower back pain

http://www.gizmag.com/lumbia-back-pain-belt/27226/

BlabDroid robots want to interact with us humans

http://www.gizmag.com/blabdroid-robot/27207/

BBC Predictions for Next Fifty Years

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/04/bbc-predictions-for-next-fifty-years.html

Super Towers?

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/04/super-towers.html

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Human Rights Watch Seeks To Ban Killer Robots

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/human-rights-watch-seeks-to-ban-killer-robots

Tiny Surgical Tools Perform Biopsies

http://www.alnmag.com/news/tiny-surgical-tools-perform-biopsies

Mom's Anxiety May Suppress Baby's Immune System

http://www.livescience.com/28966-mom-anxiety-suppress-baby-immune-system.html

SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High

http://www.universetoday.com/101627/spacex-grasshopper-flies-high/

How to Build an Artificial Womb

http://io9.com/how-to-build-an-artificial-womb-476464703

Grape intake may protect against metabolic syndrome-related organ damage

http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201304/grape-intake-may-protect-against-metabolic-syndrome-related

Gut Microbe Makes Diesel Biofuel

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=gut-microbe-makes-diesel-biofuel

The Biggest Limitation on Human Thought: Certainty

http://bigthink.com/60-second-reads/the-biggest-limitation-on-human-thought-certainty

Evolution Isn't Neat. Why Your Brain is a Freaking Mess.

http://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/evolution-isnt-neat-why-your-brain-is-a-freaking-mess

Stephen Hawking and Amateur Philosopher Syndrome (APS)

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/jack-kerwick/stephen-hawking-and-amateur-philosopher-syndrome-aps/

Shrinking Proton Conforms to New Theory

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/04/shrinking-proton-conforms-to-new-theory.html

Is traveling back in time impossible? Experts say maybe not

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130424

IEET Audience Certain About a Cure for Dementia Soon

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/poll20130421

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Move Over, QWERTY: Here Comes KALQ

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/move-over-qwerty-here-comes-kalq

Researchers: Berries Boost Brain Function

http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/newswidget/blueberries-strawberries-brain-health-polyphenolics/2013/04/22/id/500731

Internet Archaeology: Behold the Most Hilarious Abandoned Websites

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/04/websites-stuck-in-time

A Brief Social Science Methodology Primer – Renowned Harvard Economists Please Take Note

http://www.social-europe.eu/2013/04/a-brief-social-science-methodology-primer-renowned-harvard-economists-please-take-note/

Stem Cell Transplant Restores Memory, Learning in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130421151613.htm

Monday, April 22, 2013

Scientist Steven Eaton jailed for falsifying drug test results

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22186220

Hiring As Science, Thanks To Big Data

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/hiring-as-science-thanks-to-big-data

Noninvasive Gene Therapy Restores Neurons in Rats

http://www.alnmag.com/news/noninvasive-gene-therapy-restores-neurons-rats

Mice play guinea pigs in cancer treatment

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/04/21/2545282/mice-play-guinea-pigs-in-cancer.html

“How can the brain understand itself?”

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/22/how_can_the_brain_understand_itself/

New process could allow any plant to serve as a food source

http://www.gizmag.com/cellulose-starch-food-plants/27175/

Discovery May Help Prevent HIV: Insights Into Eliminating Reservoirs of HIV-1

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130417164630.htm

Photons Run out of Loopholes: Quantum World Really Is in Conflict With Our Everyday Experience

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130415124910.htm

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Men and Women Have the Same Emotions, Behave the Same

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/men-and-women-have-the-same-emotions-behave-the-same

Brain Puzzle: What is Perception?

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/brain-puzzle-what-is-perception

Sex in Space Could Be Out of this World ... Or Not

http://www.space.com/20718-sex-childbirth-space-mars-mission.html

LED-equipped wakeboards light up waves from sunrise to sunset

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132915-2013-04-21-led-equipped-wakeboards-light-up-waves-from-sunrise-to-sunset.htm

Dinosaur Species Discovered in Madagascar: 'Lonely Small Bandit,' History's Missing Link

http://www.designntrend.com/articles/3900/20130419/dinosaur-species-discovered-madagascar-lonely-small-bandit-missing-link.htm

Mathematical Models Out-Perform Doctors in Predicting Cancer Patients' Responses to Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130420110651.htm

Revolutionary New Device Joins World of Smart Electronics: New Flexible, Transparent, Photosensitive Device

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130419121116.htm

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Fame Shortens People's Lives, Says New Study

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/fame-shortens-peoples-lives-says-new-study

What Women Look for in Sexual Partners

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/what-women-look-for-in-sexual-partners

Muscle Repair After Injury Helped by Fat-Forming Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130419171649.htm

Technique Unlocks Design Principles of Quantum Biology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130419120954.htm

Research Harnesses Solar-Powered Proteins to Filter Harmful Antibiotics from Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130419121112.htm

Freedom of Assembly: Scientists See Nanoparticles Form Larger Structures in Real Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130419171645.htm

New Research Holds Promise for Treatments for a Range of Women's Health Issues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130418162308.htm

Topical Use of Arthritis Drug Provides Relief for Dry Eye Disease, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130418162310.htm

High-Salt Diet and Ulcer Bug Combine to Increase Risk of Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130418162314.htm

Andres Lozano: Parkinson's, depression and the switch that might turn them off (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/andres_lozano_parkinson_s_depression_and_the_switch_that_might_turn_them_off.html

Friday, April 19, 2013

We Don't Sleep Like We Used To

http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/we-dont-sleep-like-we-used-to

Why do babies calm down when they are carried?

http://www.riken.go.jp/en/pr/press/2013/20130419_2/

Stem Cell Senescence Drives Aging, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130418124340.htm

Nanoparticles Found in Everyday Items Can Inhibit Fat Storage: Gold Nanoparticles Accelerate Aging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130418162138.htm

Solar Cell Could Dramatically Improve Energy Harvest

http://www.livescience.com/28845-solar-cell-improves-efficiency.html

Iron Man 3 in Smell-O-Vision: 4DX hits Japanese theaters

http://www.gizmag.com/iron-man-3-4dx/27143/

EuropaCity: Paris's BIG green little brother

http://www.gizmag.com/europacity-big/27114/

Sandwichbike wooden bicycle arrives flat-packed in a cardboard box

http://www.gizmag.com/sandwichbike-flat-packed-wooden-bicycle/27151/

Bioscope plays digital movies in relative time

http://www.gizmag.com/bioscope-movie-player/27142/

Next-generation Very Light Car architecture takes center stage

http://www.gizmag.com/edison2-new-very-light-car-architecture/27089/

It’s Time for Next Phase in Search for Alien Life, Scientists Say

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/19/its-time-for-next-phase-in-search-for-alien-life-scientists-say/

Scientists to crunch crisp craving mystery

http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20130415-49099.html

NASA’s Kepler telescope discovers three new planets in ‘habitable zone’

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/18/nasas-kepler-telescope-discovers-three-new-planets-in-habitable-zone/

Tiny wireless LED activates neurons to release dopamine

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/18/tiny-wireless-led-activates-neurons-to-release-dopamine/

Thursday, April 18, 2013

An Alternative To Surgical Staples, Inspired By A Parasite

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/an-alternative-to-surgical-staples-inspired-by-a-parasite

Researchers Identify and Block Protein That Interferes With Appetite-Suppressing Hormone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130417185906.htm

Spayed or Neutered Dogs Live Longer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130417185904.htm

Detecting Autism from Brain Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130417185539.htm

Scientists Pinpoint Brain's Area for Numeral Recognition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416180022.htm

Quantum Computing Taps Nucleus of Single Atom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130417131807.htm

A New Twist for Quantum Systems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130417131823.htm

Hydrogen Sulfide Greatly Enhances Plant Growth: Key Ingredient in Mass Extinctions Could Boost Food, Biofuel Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130417185531.htm

Super-Nanotubes: 'Remarkable' Spray-On Coating Combines Carbon Nanotubes With Ceramic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130417185908.htm

FDA Bars Generic Versions of Painkiller OxyContin

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324485004578427130649260130.html

Andres Lozano: Parkinson's, depression and the switch that might turn them off (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/andres_lozano_parkinson_s_depression_and_the_switch_that_might_turn_them_off.html

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Powerpot Turns Heat and Water Into Electricity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416114124.htm

Cheaper Natural Gas-Powered Cars On the Horizon?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416114127.htm

For the Very First Time, Two Spacecraft Will Fly in Formation With Millimeter Precision

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416114208.htm

Building a Better Capacitor With Custom Nanorods

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416121738.htm

Softening Steel Problem Expands Computer Model Applications

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416144620.htm

Strange New Bursts of Gamma Rays Point to a New Way to Destroy a Star

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416144743.htm

Small in Size, Big On Power: New Microbatteries the Most Powerful Yet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416151929.htm

. Plasma Device Could Revolutionize Energy Generation and Storage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416151931.htm

Researchers Create Novel Optical Fibers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416171628.htm

'Survival of the Fittest' Now Applies to Computers: Surprising Similarities Found Between Genetic and Computer Codes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130416171631.htm

Could Life Be Older Than Earth Itself?

http://news.yahoo.com/could-life-older-earth-itself-175255318.html

3 Ways to Disagree With Someone (Only One Way is Recommended)

http://bigthink.com/60-second-reads/3-ways-to-disagree-with-someone-only-one-way-is-recommended

Reading the Face: The Importance of Social Intelligence

http://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/reading-the-face-the-importance-of-social-intelligence

Rat Brain 'GPS' Maps Routes to Rewards

http://www.alnmag.com/news/rat-brain-gps-maps-routes-rewards

Making Large Numbers of Stem Cells Requires Only One Ingredient

http://www.alnmag.com/news/making-large-numbers-stem-cells-requires-only-one-ingredient

Roaches, Mosquitoes, and Birds: The Coming Micro-Drone Revolution

http://www.rightsidenews.com/2013041632356/us/homeland-security/roaches-mosquitoes-and-birds-the-coming-micro-drone-revolution.html

New type of solar structure cools buildings in full sunlight

http://scienceblog.com/62418/new-type-of-solar-structure-cools-buildings-in-full-sunlight/

3 Reasons Why Your IT Job Is Safe From the Cloud

http://blog.sherweb.com/3-reasons-why-your-it-job-is-safe-from-the-cloud/

PowerWINDows aims to rethink the wind turbine

http://www.gizmag.com/powerwindows-eco-friendly-wind-turbine/26995/

“Rapid Deployment Module” shelter assembles in 25 minutes, no tools required

http://www.gizmag.com/rapid-deployment-module/27077/

3D print your own headphones, right down to the audio jack

http://www.gizmag.com/karich-3d-printed-headphones/27093/

DIMOVE WAVEpro works your body – if you can manage to stand on it

http://www.gizmag.com/dimove-wavepro-works-your-body/27082/

Hang on tight – Outrider USA's electric recumbent trikes can go up to 40 mph

http://www.gizmag.com/outrider-electric-recumbent-tricycles/27105/

Smack Attack puts a drum kit on the steering wheel to make gridlock more fun

http://www.gizmag.com/smack-attack-steering-wheel-drums/27104/

Tiny new LEDs can be injected into the brain

http://www.gizmag.com/injectable-leds/27107/

New Citation X rolls out of the hangar to claim world's fastest business jet crown

http://www.gizmag.com/cessna-production-new-citation-x/27109/

Blandito – a burrito in furniture form

http://www.gizmag.com/blandito-shapable-furniture/27100/

Reconfigurable QWERTY Sofa concept could hold the key to a nice lie down

http://www.gizmag.com/qwerty-sofa-concept-zoloft/27081/

World's largest optical telescope gets construction approval

http://www.gizmag.com/tmt-construction/27083/

Velkess flywheel technology promises cleaner, more efficient energy storage

http://www.gizmag.com/velkess-flywheel-technology-large-scale-energy-storage/27088/

Rat Grows Human Ear, Shows Promise For Regenerative Medicine

http://www.singularityweblog.com/rat-grows-human-ear-promise-for-regenerative-medicine/

Following a Western Style Diet May Lead to Greater Risk of Premature Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130415124542.htm

Brain Development Is Guided by Junk DNA That Isn't Really Junk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130415172010.htm

Medical Researchers Implant Telescope for Macular Degeneration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130415151446.htm

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Makes Stunning Leap Toward Private Spaceflight

http://www.space.com/20694-spaceshiptwo-virgin-galactic-test-flight.html?cmpid=520728

This is your brain on music

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/15/health/brain-music-research/index.html

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Cholesterol Increases Risk of Alzheimer's and Heart Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130415182507.htm

Mathematics Provides a Shortcut to Timely, Cost-Effective Interventions for HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130415172312.htm

Multitasking Runners Can Read On a Treadmill Using New System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130415172312.htm

Plant Protein Shape Puzzle Solved by Molecular 3-D Model

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130415182505.htm

Photons test quantum paradox Contextuality theorem could improve secure communication.

http://www.nature.com/news/photons-test-quantum-paradox-1.12808

Mammoth remains discovered in Mexico

http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/16/mammoth-remains-discovered-in-mexico/

Gooey Suits Help Teensy Critters Survive Space Conditions

http://www.livescience.com/28723-how-critters-survive-space.html

Linked smartphones catch the action from all angles

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829125.500-linked-smartphones-catch-the-action-from-all-angles.html

A Robot Helps To Put Together An IKEA Table

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-04/watch-robot-help-make-ikea-table

The First App-Controlled Bionic Hand

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-04/first-app-controlled-bionic-hand

10 Years After Matrix Trilogy, Agent Smith Stars In GE Ad

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132602-2013-04-16-10-years-after-matrix-trilogy-agent-smith-stars-in-ge.htm

Coral-repairing robots take a step closer to reality

http://www.gizmag.com/coralbot-kickstarter/27090/

Could Wood Feed the World?

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/04/could-wood-feed-the-world.html

Jobs, humans, and machines: Implications for society

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130416

Florida battles slimy invasion by giant snails

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/14/us-usa-florida-snails-idUSBRE93D05620130414

Monday, April 15, 2013

Graphene Vanadium Ribbons for Powerful Batteries

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/04/graphene-vanadium-ribbons-for-powerful.html

Obama’s BRAIN gets hammered Telling neuroscientists to stop criticizing a big government research project is not how science should be done

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/15/obamas_brain_gets_hammered/

Memory Effect Now Also Found in Lithium-Ion Batteries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130414193213.htm

Better Batteries from Waste Sulfur

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130414193441.htm

Paralyzed Monkey Controls Arm Via Brain

http://www.livescience.com/28671-paralyzed-monkey-controls-arm-with-brain.html

Human Gene Patentability Case Heads To Supreme Court

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/14/human-gene-supreme-court_n_3081399.html

Bugatti sets world convertible speed record

http://www.gizmag.com/bugatti-convertible-speed-record/27036/

Green Ray announces most efficient LED light available, Philips demos prototype better still

http://www.gizmag.com/green-ray-philips-most-efficient-leds/27046/

SmartWallit keeps track of your wallet and phone

http://www.gizmag.com/smartwallit-track-wallet-phone/27035/

One-atom-thick germanium sheets could replace silicon in semiconductors

http://www.gizmag.com/germanane-germanium-semiconductor/27053/

"Pass IT On For Good" USB card helps repurpose old computers

http://www.gizmag.com/pass-it-on-for-good/27057/

Time Traveler watch uses landmarks to tell the time

http://www.gizmag.com/time-traveler-watch/27001/

Russian space enthusiasts may have found lost Soviet Mars lander

http://www.gizmag.com/russian-mars-3-lander/27056/

Microsoft smartwatch reportedly in the works

http://www.gizmag.com/microsoft-smartwatch/27065/

boomBOTTLE: a rugged wireless speaker for outdoors types

http://www.gizmag.com/boombottle-wireless-speaker/27032/

Electrical Pulse Treatment Pokes Holes in Hard-To-Treat Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130414121148.htm

Nanosponges Soak Up Toxins Released by Bacterial Infections and Venom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130414193435.htm

Icy Therapy Spot Treats Cancer in the Lung

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130414121146.htm

Lab-made rat kidneys raise hopes for dialysis patients

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/15/lab-made-rat-kidneys-raise-hopes-for-dialysis-patients/

Can Science Eliminate the Need to Sleep?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/can-science-eliminate-the-need-to-sleep

Here’s Russia’s Badass Next-Generation Stealth Strategic Bomber

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/04/15/heres-russias-badass-next-generation-stealth-strategic-bomber/

The rise of robot wars: Google chief warns armed drones will soon be in the hands of terrorists and miniature models could be used to spy on neighbors

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/04/15/the-rise-of-robot-wars-google-chief-warns-armed-drones-will-soon-be-in-the-hands-of-terrorists-and-miniature-models-could-be-used-to-spy-on-neighbors/

Saturday, April 13, 2013

CHILD BIRTH ORGASM : Best Kept Secret of Labor? | SEXUAL CONTENT | ABC News 20/20 (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jxB9mnKYr4M#

Coding boot camps promise to launch tech careers

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/12/coding_boot_camps_promise_to_launch_tech_careers_2_ap/

New Device Could Cut Costs On Household Products, Pharmaceuticals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130412143752.htm

Compact Multipurpose Scooter for Crowded Megacities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130412143812.htm

Meet The Two-Ton Robotic Mantis: A Hexapod You Can Ride In

http://singularityhub.com/2013/04/13/meet-the-two-ton-robotic-mantis-a-hexadpod-you-can-ride-in/

Huge attack on WordPress sites could spawn never-before-seen super botnet

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/13/huge-attack-on-wordpress-sites-could-spawn-never-before-seen-super-botnet/

Liquid On Liquid Goes Solid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130410131135.htm

Blame It On the Rain (from Saturn's Rings): More Charged Water Particles Fall Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130411075454.htm

Innovative Self-Cooling, Thermoelectric System Consumes No Electricity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130411075454.htm

Restoring Paretic Hand Function Via an Artificial Neural Connection Bridging Spinal Cord Injury

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130411075653.htm

Molecular 'Superglue' Based On Flesh-Eating Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130411105822.htm

You can't knock this robot over no matter how hard you shove it

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132346-2013-04-12-you-cant-knock-this-robot-over-no-matter-how-hard.htm

10 Innovations in Hydropower

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/10-hydropower-innovations.htm

Sounds can Help Strengthen Memory during Sleep

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1341/20130412/sounds-help-strengthen-memory-during-sleep.htm

Self-Medication in Animals Much More Widespread Than Believed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130411142716.htm

NASA's Asteroid Initiative Benefits From Rich History

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid_initiative.html

Friday, April 12, 2013

Black Hole Caught Snacking on 'Super Jupiter' Planet

http://www.space.com/20580-black-hole-eats-giant-planet.html?cmpid=520725

Ants Lead the Way on Earthquake Prediction

http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/4360-ants-sense-earthquakes.html

Mysterious Sundial May Be Secret to Viking Navigation

http://www.livescience.com/28625-viking-sundial-used-for-latitude.html?cmpid=520694

Google Lets You Manage Your Digital Life From Beyond the Grave

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/04/google-helps-you-control-your-digital-life-once-youre-worm-food/

Our closest ape-like ancestor went back to the trees

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23376-our-closest-apelike-ancestor-went-back-to-the-trees.html

Undercover filming of CAIR-sponsored strategy session at Missouri Muslim Capitol Day 4/10/13

http://www.barenakedislam.com/2013/04/12/undercover-filming-of-cair-sponsored-strategy-session-at-missouri-muslim-capitol-day-41013/

Researcher: Hackers could start abusing electric car chargers to cripple the grid

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2033826/hackers-could-start-abusing-electric-car-chargers-to-cripple-the-grid-researcher-says.html

Bose-Einstein condensates evaluated for communicating among quantum computers

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2013/04/bose-einstein-condensates-evaluated-communicating-among-quantum-computers

Wider lithium battery use strains technology - experts

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/us-usa-batteries-technology-idUSBRE93A0SQ20130412

Fossils show 'weird' chimp-human traits

http://www.skynews.com.au/eco/article.aspx?id=863036

Radio Signals Disrupted as Biggest Solar Flare of the Year Hits Earth

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132320-2013-04-12-radio-signals-disrupted-as-biggest-solar-flare-of-the-year.htm

Hacking an Airplane With Only an Android Phone

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-12/hacking-an-airplane-with-only-an-android-phone

US Army Begins Testing Monster Laser Truck That Can Shoot Down Anything, Including Missiles

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/12/us-army-begins-testing-monster-laser-truck-that-can-shoot-down-anything-including-missiles/

Women better off without bras: French study

http://www.thelocal.fr/page/view/breasts-better-off-without-bras-french-study

DARPA develops non-GPS navigation chip

http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-timu-gps/27039/

Twitter Music app set to launch

http://www.gizmag.com/twitter-music/27041/

Synthetic Biology Explained

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rD5uNAMbDaQ#

Hawking: Mankind has 1,000 years to escape Earth

http://rt.com/news/earth-hawking-mankind-escape-702/

Young Children Have Grammar and Chimpanzees Don't

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130410131327.htm

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Building A Better Keyboard For The Touchscreen Age

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/building-a-better-keyboard-for-the-touchscreen-age

Designers Create A Prototypical "Star Trek" Computer System

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/designers-create-a-prototypical-star-trek-computer-system

Scientists find new key ingredient for anti-malaria drug

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/10/scientists-find-new-key-ingredient-for-anti-malaria-drug/

Students set sights on human-powered submarine speed record

http://www.gizmag.com/warwick-human-powered-submarine/26927/pictures#4

World's largest solar-powered boat returns to the oceans in the name of science

http://www.gizmag.com/turanor-planetsolar-atlantic-science/26946/

Student-Built Car Gets 3,587 MPG in Competition

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/04/3587-mpg-student-car/

3-D Printer Makes Customized Cookies

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132207-2013-04-11-3-d-printer-makes-customized-cookies.htm

Early Dinosaur Embryos Found in China

http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/dinosaur-organic-remains-and-embryos-found-130410.htm

Bicycle Reflectors Detect Bioterrorism

http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/bicycl-reflectors-detect-bioterrorism-130410.htm

Twist in dark matter tale hints at shadow Milky Way

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132213-2013-04-11-twist-in-dark-matter-tale-hints-at-shadow-milky-way.htm

Deep Magma Imaging

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/04/deep-magma-imaging.html

Telomerase is Fully Mapped

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/04/telomerase-is-fully-mapped.html

Reactions to Obama's Science Budget

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/reactions-to-obamas-science-budg.html

You Built What?!: A Tractor For The Apocalypse

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132149-2013-04-10-you-built-what-a-tractor-for-the-apocalypse.htm

Scientists pinpoint what pain looks like in the brain

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132167-2013-04-10-scientists-pinpoint-what-pain-looks-like-in-the-brain.htm

Scientists create 3D-printed copy of living rat's skeleton

http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-rat-skeleton/27016/

PC shipments in Q1 steepest decline ever

http://www.gizmag.com/pc-shipments-q1-2013/27017/

Researchers turn gray matter transparent to shed light on the brain’s secrets

http://www.gizmag.com/clarity-transparent-brain/27024/

British "test tube baby" pioneer Robert Edwards dies

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/10/us-ivf-edwards-idUSBRE9390IE20130410

Naturally-Occurring Substance Proves Effective Against Deadly Skin Cancer in Test Tube and Mice Studies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130410154627.htm

Scientists Use Nature Against Nature to Develop an Antibiotic With Reduced Resistance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130410201828.htm

Another Reason To Go to Work on an Egg – It Could Lower Your Blood Pressure

http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/eggs-lower-blood-pressure.html

No Regrets: Close That Menu and Enjoy Your Meal More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409131215.htm

The "Wow! signal" of the terrestrial genetic code

http://gencodesignal.org/

Cloud Computing Is Getting Cheaper, The Beauty Of Competition

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/04/10/cloud-computing-is-getting-cheaper-the-beauty-of-competition/

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Cry Me a River of Possibility: Scientists Design New Adaptive Material Inspired by Tears

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408085127.htm

Sweet Success: Catalyzing More Sugars from Biomass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408103342.htm

Technique Finds Software Bugs in Surgical Robots and Helps Developers Fix Flaws, Ensure Safety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408103334.htm

Computer Scientists Develop Video Game That Teaches How to Program in Java

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408142638.htm

Global Solar Photovoltaic Industry Is Likely Now a Net Energy Producer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408152947.htm

Nanotechnology Imaging Breakthrough

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409131802.htm

System Provides Clear Brain Scans of Awake, Unrestrained Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409131917.htm

Major Depression: Great Success With Pacemaker Electrodes, Small Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409105913.htm

One-Two Punch Could Be Key in Treating Blindness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409110008.htm

Hangover Remedy Examined: Yak-A-Mein Soup, A.k.a., ‘Old Sober’

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409155818.htm

Advancing Secure Communications: A Better Single-Photon Emitter for Quantum Cryptography

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409145056.htm

There Is No Single Sexy Chin, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409145102.htm

Iranian scientist claims to have invented time machine

http://iranaware.com/2013/04/10/iranian-scientist-claims-to-have-invented-time-machine/

We Need an Einstein for the 21st Century

http://bigthink.com/60-second-reads/we-need-an-einstein-for-the-21st-century

This Magical Electricity-Creating Fabric Will Soon Be Everywhere

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132114-2013-04-10-this-magical-electricity-creating-fabric-will-soon-be-everywhere.htm

Elasmosaurus Identified?

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/04/elasmosaurus-identified.html

Biggest Spaceflight Conference of 2013 Launches in Colorado

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/131978-2013-04-08-biggest-spaceflight-conference-of-2013-launches-in-colorado.htm

Dino-Killing Asteroid Sparked Global Firestorm

http://www.livescience.com/28582-asteroid-extinction-firestorm.html?cmpid=520693

Weird Twitter: The Oral History

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/weird-twitter-the-oral-history

Copper Surfaces Reduce the Rate of Health Care-Acquired Infections in the ICU

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409110014.htm

Meditating Before Lecture Leads to Better Grades

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130409131811.htm

Google’s Super-Speed Internet Heads for Austin, Texas

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132084-2013-04-09-googles-super-speed-internet-heads-for-austin-texas.htm?From=News

Building A Better Bed Bug Trap

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132086-2013-04-09-building-a-better-bed-bug-trap.htm

Laser Camera Makes 3-D Photos Of Objects A Kilometer Away

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132089-2013-04-09-laser-camera-makes-3-d-photos-of-objects-a-kilometer.htm

Scientists Discover Evidence Of Dark Lightning

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132088-2013-04-09-scientists-discover-evidence-of-dark-lightning.htm

Quantum Space Network Between Earth and ISS --"10,000 Times the Speed of Light"

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2013/04/quantum-space-network-between-earth-and-the-iss-10000-times-the-speed-of-light-1.html

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

New 'Transient Electronics' Disappear When No Longer Needed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408122310.htm

As Aereo threatens to alter TV landscape, major networks promise a fight

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132038-2013-04-09-as-aereo-threatens-to-alter-tv-landscape-major-networks-promise.htm

Non Random Order in Genetic Code?

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/04/non-random-order-in-genetic-code.html

Mavericks Invent Future Internet Where Cisco Is Meaningless

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/nicira/2/

Tech Titans Plot to Reprogram Internet of the Future

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/opendaylight-cisco-microsoft/

How Google Glass Will Change Porn

http://www.technewsdaily.com/17654-google-glass-change-porn.html

The Science Of Sports Fandom

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/science-sports-fandom

The 10 Coolest Machines From The 2013 Sea-Air-Space Expo

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-04/10-coolest-machines-sea-air-space-exposition-13

4 Things You Need To Know About The Future Of Defense Technology

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-04/4-things-you-need-know-about-future-us-defense

New Giant Tarantula Discovered in Sri Lanka

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/new-giant-tarantula

Are Women Having Too Many C-Sections in the United States?

http://io9.com/5986209/are-women-having-too-many-c+sections-in-the-united-states

Most of Mars' Atmosphere Is Lost in Space

http://www.space.com/20560-mars-atmosphere-lost-curiosity-rover.html

Hermit Crab Species Found Alive for First Time

http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/4344-hermit-crab-photos.html

South Africa debuts single dose AIDS treatment drug

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/09/south_africa_debuts_single_dose_aids_treatment_drug/

Mars rover's search for signs of life may come up dry Scientists say lake muds unlikely to have created mountain at the heart of Curiosity's mission.

http://www.nature.com/news/mars-rover-s-search-for-signs-of-life-may-come-up-dry-1.12721

Entangled photons beat noise through teamwork 'Quantum illumination' proof lights the way to improving quantum encryption and radar.

http://www.nature.com/news/entangled-photons-beat-noise-through-teamwork-1.12744

Monarch butterflies navigate with compass but no map

http://www.nature.com/news/monarch-butterflies-navigate-with-compass-but-no-map-1.12756

Genetic 'kill switch' eradicates female silkworms for a better crop

http://www.nature.com/news/genetic-kill-switch-eradicates-female-silkworms-for-a-better-crop-1.12747

Bigger not always better for penis size Study reveals diminishing returns in attractiveness of larger-than-average genitalia.

http://www.nature.com/news/bigger-not-always-better-for-penis-size-1.12770

Non-Invasive Brain-to-Brain Interface (BBI): Establishing Functional Links between Two Brains

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0060410

Taser’s On-Body Cameras Could Make Cops Self-Policing

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132022-2013-04-08-tasers-on-body-cameras-could-make-cops-self-policing.htm

Watch Navy’s New Laser Cannon, Mounted on a Ship, Kill a Drone

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/132000-2013-04-08-watch-navys-new-laser-cannon-mounted-on-a-ship-kill.htm

Monday, April 8, 2013

Why Does this Fish Have Gin-Clear Blood?

http://www.livescience.com/28504-ocellated-icefish-clear-blood.html?cmpid=520691

Motor Skills Research Nets Good News for Middle-Aged

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130405184626.htm

First Trial to Investigate Magic Mushrooms as a Treatment for Depression Delayed by UK and EU Regulations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407090832.htm

Lift Weights to Lower Blood Sugar? White Muscle Helps Keep Blood Glucose Levels Under Control

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407132914.htm

Ready for Debut: Fruit-Juice-Infused Chocolate With 50 Percent Less Fat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407132920.htm

Brain's Stress Circuits Undergo Profound Learning Early in Life, Scientists Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407133314.htm

How Communities Effectively Punish Antisocial Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407144507.htm

Widely Used Filtering Material Adds Arsenic to Beers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407183550.htm

Higher Mercury Levels in Humans Associated With Increased Risk for Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407211547.htm

How Our Bodies Interact With Our Minds in Response to Fear and Other Emotions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407211558.htm

Zapping away cocaine addiction with laser light

http://www.gizmag.com/laser-brain-cocaine-addiction/26951/

Squid beak-inspired material could find use in medical implants

http://www.gizmag.com/squid-beak-implant-material/26961/

Bracelet uses social network to protect civil rights activists

http://www.gizmag.com/bracelet-uses-social-network-to-protect-civil-rights-activists/26954/

Simpler, cheaper way to make liquid methanol fuel using CO2 and sunlight

http://www.gizmag.com/photochemical-photosynthesis-uta-co2-methanol/26766/

Closing the gap to improve the capacity of existing fiber optic networks

http://www.gizmag.com/cudos-fiber-optic-network-capacity/26969/

Device Keeps Human Liver Alive Outside Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407150104.htm

Communicating the Science of the '6x°C Egg'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407183535.htm

Microalgae Produce More Oil Faster for Energy, Food or Products

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407211542.htm

NASA Taps the Power of Zombie Stars in Two-In-One Instrument

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130408035333.htm

Reducing Waste of Food: A Key Element in Feeding Billions More People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407183539.htm

Do Cells in the Blood, Heart and Lungs Smell the Food We Eat?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407183542.htm

New Link Between Heart Disease and Red Meat: New Understanding of Cardiovascular Health Benefits of Vegan, Vegetarian Diets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130407133320.htm

Curiosity Gale-Crater Mission Finds Mars’ Atmosphere Depleted But Still Active

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/08/curiosity-gale-crater-mission-finds-mars-atmosphere-depleted-but-still-active/

Meet your future enemy: Pentagon developing humanoid Terminator robots that will soon carry weapons

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/08/meet-your-future-enemy-pentagon-developing-humanoid-terminator-robots-that-will-soon-carry-weapons/

Zoo to build power plant that uses panda poop to produce electricity

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/05/zoo-to-build-power-plant-that-uses-panda-poop-to-produce-electricity/

Salt-based solar thermal power plant takes shape in Nevada

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/131894-2013-04-07-salt-based-solar-thermal-power-plant-takes-shape-in-nevada.htm

Electric Car Battery that charges off grid

http://www.off-grid.net/2013/04/04/electric-car-battery-that-charges-off-grid/

Online translation on the rise, changing lives

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/2013/04/06/online-translation-the-rise-changing-lives/sUv7xB49lfqUOFw5DFaIYN/story.html

Sunday, April 7, 2013

The Human Mind IS a Quantum Entanglement Device - by T.L. Winslow (TLW)

http://historyscopers-newagewatch.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-human-mind-is-quantum-entanglement.html

Why We Apologize

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-we-apologize

How Stem Cells Could Permanently Solve the Obesity Crisis

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-stem-cells-could-permanently-solve-the-obesity-crisis

Interspecies Telepathy: Human Thoughts Make Animals Move

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/interspecies-telepathy-human-thought-makes-animals-move

Alas, Brain-Training Games Do Not Work

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/alas-brain-training-games-do-not-work

The Singularity: Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors

http://bigthink.com/econ201/the-singularity-beyond-the-smoke-and-mirrors

Scientists Need to Throw Out Ideas Like Yesterday's Newspaper

http://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/scientists-need-to-throw-out-ideas-like-yesterdays-newspaper

Three Reasons to Reverse-Engineer the Brain

http://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/three-reasons-to-reverse-engineer-the-brain

Listening to the Big Bang -- In High Fidelity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404170154.htm

Chemistry: Elusive Mechanism of Widely Used Click Reaction Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404142419.htm

Building Better Blood Vessels Could Advance Tissue Engineering

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404151954.htm

Scientists to Jupiter's Moon Io: Your Volcanoes Are in the Wrong Place

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404170227.htm

Asteroid and Moon Landing Technology Demonstrated

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130405064241.htm

Dead Star Warps Light of Companion Red Star, Astronomers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130405094732.htm

Researchers Identify Edema Inhibitor: Substance That Can Prevent the Accumulation of Fluid in Body Tissue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130405104814.htm

Material Turns 'Schizophrenic' On Way to Superconductivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130405104818.htm

Huge Disparities in Hypertension Seen Across U.S. Counties

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130405184623.htm

The New Scientific Revolution With Robert Sheldrake

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/04/the-new-scientific-revolution-with.html

Reading Meta DNA Code

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/04/reading-meta-dna-code.html

Don’t Buy an Electric Car

http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2013/04/05/dont-buy-electric-car/

Space Tourism

http://www.germantownnow.com/blogs/communityblogs/201342951.html

B.C. firm’s superfast quantum computer upgrade attracts Lockheed Martin

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/131882-2013-04-06-b-c-firms-superfast-quantum-computer-upgrade-attracts-lockheed-martin.htm

Hubble spies most distant star explosion ever

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/04/06/farthest-star-explosion-yet-revealed-by-hubble/

The difference between people and machine will blur as we trek through the decades ahead. Dick Pelletier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130406

From touch displays to the Surface: A brief history of touchscreen technology

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/07/passing_gas_a_modern_scientific_history/

Passing gas: A modern scientific history

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/07/passing_gas_a_modern_scientific_history/

Neuroscience needs its Einstein

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/06/neuroscience_needs_its_einstein/

Jay Silver: How to control a computer with a banana

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/05/tech/innovation/jay-silver-makey/index.html

Saturday, April 6, 2013

3 Ways the Magic Wand of 3D Printing Will Go Mainstream

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/3-ways-the-magic-wand-of-3d-printing-will-go-mainstream

Soon, Fast Food Could Turn Healthy

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/soon-fast-food-could-turn-healthy

How We Literally Worry Ourselves Sick

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-we-literally-worry-ourselves-sick

Breathprint: The New Fingerprint

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/breathprint-the-new-fingerprint

President Obama wants NASA to grab an asteroid, send astronauts to study it

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/president-obama-to-direct-nasa-to-grab-an-asteroid-send-astronauts/2013/04/05/02aa0a60-9e2a-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html

Tiny Nuclear Reactions Inside Compact Fluorescent Bulbs?

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/131860-2013-04-05-tiny-nuclear-reactions-inside-compact-fluorescent-bulbs.htm

Friday, April 5, 2013

Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud: First Detection of X-Ray Emission from Young Stars With Masses Similar to Our Sun Outside Our Milky Way Galaxy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403104250.htm

Ionic Thrusters Generate Efficient Propulsion in Air

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403122013.htm

Search for Dark Matter: Experiment Measures Antimatter Excess in Cosmic Ray Flux

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403115313.htm

Shape from Sound: New Methods to Probe the Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403131359.htm

A Giant Step Toward Miniaturization: Nanotechnology Transforms Molecular Beams Into Functional Nano-Devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403154422.htm

Quantum Tricks Drive Magnetic Switching Into the Fast Lane

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403200312.htm

Breakthrough Cancer-Killing Treatment Has No Side-Effects in Mice: New Chemistry May Cure Human Cancers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403131354.htm

Astronomers Anticipate 100 Billion Earth-Like Planets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403131315.htm

Chimps: Ability to 'Think About Thinking' Not Limited to Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130403141442.htm

DARPA developing robotic arms that can complete tasks on their own

http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-autonomous-robotic-arms/26944/

Detroit Electric reveals the SP:01, claiming the fastest electric sports car in the world

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/05/detroit-electric-reveals-the-sp01-claiming-the-fastest-electric-sports-car-in-the-world/

UK Gov’t Given Go-Ahead For ‘Three-Parent’ Genetically Altered Embryos

http://vineoflife.net/2013/04/05/uk-govt-given-go-ahead-for-three-parent-genetically-altered-embryos/

Physicists Nudge Electrons, Move Toward Crazy-Fast Computers

http://www.technewsdaily.com/17606-magnetic-switching-enables-faster-computers.html

Warp Factor A NASA scientist claims to be on the verge of faster-than-light travel: is he for real?

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/warp-factor

This Material Will Power the Future — If Somebody Can Profit From It

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/04/tracking-graphenes-move-from-science-project-to-money-machine/

How to Build a Dream-Reading Machine

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6128/21.full

Rocket Powered by Nuclear Fusion Could Send Humans to Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404135202.htm

Weapons by Which Bacteria Fight Each Other Revealed: Could Lead to New Antibacterial Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404122420.htm

Walking Can Lower Risk of Heart-Related Conditions as Much as Running

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404170225.htm

Scientists Print 3D Materials Resembling Biological Tissues

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/scientists-print-3d-materials-resembling-biological-tissues/81248183/

Report Details Government’s Ability to Analyze Massive Aerial Surveillance Video Streams

http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-free-speech-national-security/report-details-governments-ability-analyze

Freedom from Work and Social Evolution - ZDAY 2013 Los Angeles (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIc-c8iv-iY

Zapping the brain with magnets could cure cocaine addiction

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/04/05/zapping-the-brain-with-magnets-could-cure-cocaine-addiction/

Red arcs over Europe: Astronomers capture bizarre phenomenon caused by magnetic storms for first time

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/04/05/red-arcs-over-europe-astronomers-capture-bizarre-phenomenon-caused-by-magnetic-storms-for-first-time/

Researchers Develop Herbal Method to Remove Fluoride from Drinking Water

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/04/05/researchers-develop-herbal-method-to-remove-fluoride-from-drinking-water/

Thursday, April 4, 2013

First Fully 3D Printed Building May Take Shape This Year

http://singularityhub.com/2013/04/04/first-fully-3d-printed-building-may-take-shape-this-year/

The Deadly Important Insights of Big Data

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/the-deadly-important-insights-of-big-data

A Helmet That Uses Ultrasound To Help Firefighters "See"

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-helmet-that-uses-ultrasound-to-help-firefighters-see

To Go With Those 3D Printers, Affordable 3D Scanners

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/to-go-with-those-3d-printers-affordable-3d-scanners

This Point-And-Shoot May Be The Smallest Ever Created

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/this-point-and-shoot-may-be-the-smallest-ever-created

Staying Ahead Of Counterfeiters, With A Butterfly's Help

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/staying-ahead-of-counterfeiters-with-a-butterflys-help

Anti-Rape" Undergarment To Hit Shelves In India

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/anti-rape-undergarment-to-hit-shelves-in-india

Upstart Company Wants to Deliver Your Stuff to the Moon

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/moon-express-profile/

Detroit Electric Unveils Its $135,000 Battery-Powered Sports Car

http://www.businessinsider.com/detroit-electric-unveils-135000-battery-powered-sports-car-2013-4

These Cake-Feasting Robot Eyes Could Kill the Barcode

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/04/barcode-killer/

Robots, Deep-Sea Sensors Help Pentagon Futurists Hunt Subs

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/04/darpa-subs/

Seen From Space: Curiosity’s Abandoned Parachute Still Flapping in the Wind on Mars

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/curiosity-parachute-from-space/

Device Finds Stray Cancer Cells in Patients’ Blood

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/513136/device-finds-stray-cancer-cells-in-patients-blood/

A Doctor's Profession Will Resemble That Of An Electrician's In The Future

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/131686-2013-04-04-a-doctors-profession-will-resemble-that-of-an-electricians-in.htm

A Glimpse Inside the Dreaming Mind Scientists use a computer model to predict dream imagery from MRI scans.

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/513326/scientists-use-mri-to-glimpse-the-dreaming-mind/

Navy Wants Lasers on Marines’ Trucks to Shoot Down Drones

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/03/marine-laser-drones

9 Amazing Benefits of Coffee

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristin-kirkpatrick-ms-rd-ld/coffee-health-benefits_b_2962490.html

A Million Smartphones Will Drive Biggest Heart Health Study in History

http://singularityhub.com/2013/04/03/a-million-smartphones-will-drive-biggest-heart-health-study-in-history/

BP Selling Its Entire U.S. Wind Power Business; Will Focus on Oil and Gas for Future Growth

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/bp-selling-its-entire-us-wind-power-business-will-focus-oil-and-gas-future-growth

Cyclic Heating Doubles Thermoelectric Efficiency

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/04/cyclic-heating-doubles-thermoelectric.html

Orang Pendak Sighting

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/04/orang-pendak-sighting.html

Fighting Listeria and Other Food-Borne Illnesses With Nanobiotechnology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402124326.htm

Robots to take over jobs in human service industry, increasing the percentage of unemployed Americans

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/04/04/robots-to-take-over-jobs-in-human-service-industry-increasing-the-percentage-of-unemployed-americans/

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

BRAIN Initiative Launched to Unlock Mysteries of Human Mind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402145803.htm

Few Effective, Evidence-Based Interventions to Prevent Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Review Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402150157.htm

Total Buzz Kill: Metals in Flowers May Play Role in Bumblebee Decline

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402152432.htm

Research Examines Ancient Puebloans and the Myth of Maize

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402152434.htm

Decreased Melatonin Secretion Associated With Higher Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402162420.htm

Heart Failure Doesn't Discriminate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402163247.htm

White Blood Cell Enzyme Contributes to Inflammation and Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402163250.htm

New Genetic Evidence Suggests a Continuum Among Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402182454.htm

Feeling Hungry May Protect the Brain Against Alzheimer's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402182457.htm

Pedestrians at Serious Risk When Drivers Are 'Permitted' to Turn Left

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402182631.htm

HIV Self-Testing: The Key to Controlling the Global Epidemic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402182638.htm

Speaking a Tonal Language (Such as Cantonese) Primes the Brain for Musical Training

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402182640.htm

How a Neurotransmitter Acts to Coordinate a Compound Movement Through Two Different Receptors in C. Elegans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402182642.htm

An Inside Look at Carnivorous Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402182653.htm

Watching Fluid Flow at Nanometer Scales: Tiny Nanowires Can Lift Liquids as Effectively as Tubes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130401121511.htm

Plastic Film Is the Future of 3-D On-The-Go

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402090718.htm

Bioglass Helping to Mend Bones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402091648.htm

3-D Scaffolds a New Tool to Fight Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402124815.htm

New Insights On How Spiral Galaxies Get Their Arms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402124821.htm

Seismic Hazards: Seismic Simulation Code Speeds Up

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402144525.htm

Craters On the Moon: Pre-Existing Mineralogy May Survive Lunar Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402150155.htm

Interactive Textbook Offers New Resource for Chemists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402171107.htm

Can Synthetic Biology Save Wildlife? From Re-Creating Extinct Species to the Risk of Genetically Modified Super-Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402182502.htm

Telerobotic System Designed to Treat Bladder Cancer Better

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130402182636.htm

These Are Immune Cells Grown In Space

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/these-are-immune-cells-grown-space

Deep-Space Engines

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/131584-2013-04-02-deep-space-engines.htm

“Farmscrapers” could turn future cities green

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/03/farmscrapers_could_turn_future_cities_green_partner/

The Future is Uncertain. It's Time to Start Asking the Right Questions.

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/the-future-is-uncertain-its-time-to-start-asking-the-right-questions

Scientists Discover New Way To Get Hydrogen From Plants

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/scientists-discover-new-way-to-get-hydrogen-from-plants

How A Scavenger's Slime Could Replace Lycra And Spandex

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-a-scavengers-slime-could-replace-lycra-and-spandex

Destination Moon: Russia to Launch New Wave of Lunar Robots

http://www.space.com/20461-russia-moon-robots-missions.html

Dark Matter Possibly Found by $2 Billion Space Station Experiment

http://www.space.com/20490-dark-matter-discovery-space-experiment.html

Rutile Reveals History

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/04/rutile-reveals-history.html

Flow Batteries Advancing

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/04/flow-batteries-advancing.html

iPad: A Magical and Revolutionary Guide - Free eBook

http://gizmag.tradepub.com/free/w_make27/prgm.cgi

Life-size equine simulator helps identify leading cause of horse death

http://www.gizmag.com/horse-simulator/26888/

GIGS.2.GO "disposable" paper USB drive

http://www.gizmag.com/gigs2go-paper-usb-drive/26890/

B9Creator personal 3D printer bests its competition

http://www.gizmag.com/b9creator-personal-3d-printer/26895/

Apple patent reveals futuristic iPhone with wrap-around AMOLED display

http://www.gizmag.com/apple-patent-wrap-around-display-iphone/26898/

EWICON bladeless wind turbine generates electricity using charged water droplets

http://www.gizmag.com/ewicon-bladeless-wind-turbine/26907/

Mantis – a two ton turbo diesel hexapod you can drive

http://www.gizmag.com/mantis-hexapod-robot/26891/

Welcome to the Mind-Bending World of Cloud-on-Cloud Computing

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/04/02/welcome-to-the-mind-bending-world-of-cloud-on-cloud-computing/

Cloud Seen As Next Frontier For Jobs And Educational Opportunities

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/04/02/cloud-seen-as-next-frontier-for-jobs-and-educational-opportunities/

Cloud Computing Now Made Simpler With 5-3-2 Principle

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/04/02/cloud-computing-now-made-simpler-with-5-3-2-principle/

Sanjay Dastoor: A skateboard, with a boost

http://www.ted.com/talks/sanjay_dastoor_a_skateboard_with_a_boost.html

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Research Deciphers HIV Attack Plan: How AIDS Virus Grooms Its Assault Team

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130401132056.htm

Electroencephalography (EEG) Underused Investigative Tool in Hospitals, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130401131849.htm

Crucial Step in Human DNA Replication Observed for the First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130401151039.htm

All Water Pills Not Equally Effective Against Heart Failure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130401161426.htm

Tests to Predict Heart Problems and Stroke May Be More Useful Predictor of Memory Loss Than Dementia Tests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130401181317.htm

Clinical Trial Finds Improvement in Cognitive Function, but No Difference Between Groups After Physical, Mental Activity in Older Adults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130401181319.htm

Light May Recast Copper as Chemical Industry 'Holy Grail'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130328142358.htm