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

Friday, May 31, 2013

Novel Approach to Create Red Blood Cells, Platelets in Vitro

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530153340.htm

Asteroids Provide Sustainable Resource, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530144807.htm

The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole May Be Snacking On Asteroids

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/31/asteroids-its-whats-for-dinner/

How Social Comparisons Cloud Our Thinking

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/how-social-comparisons-cloud-your-thinking

What If Your Physical Body Was Your Password?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/what-if-your-physical-body-was-your-password

Man Plays Guitar During Brain Surgery

http://news.discovery.com/human/health/man-plays-guitar-during-brain-surgery-130531.htm

Science for All

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6136/1032.full

High-Efficiency Zinc-Air Battery Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529154646.htm

New Mathematical Model Links Space-Time Theories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530094633.htm

Water-Rock Reaction May Provide Enough Hydrogen 'Food' to Sustain Life in Ocean's Crust or On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530132541.htm

Why Animals Compare the Present With the Past

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530142003.htm

One of the Moon's Mysteries Solved: Origin of Mascon Basins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530142009.htm

Biologists Take Snapshot of Fleeting Protein Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130530170046.htm

This Concept Electric Motorcycle Recharges In 10 Minutes

http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2013-05/concept-electric-motorcycle-recharges-10-minutes

Omega-3s Help Heal Broken Hearts

http://www.alnmag.com/news/omega-3s-help-heal-broken-hearts

Transparent, Conductive Carbon Nanotube Films

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/305/5688/1273.short

Here’s How to Find Out If It’s a GMO Product

http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/heres-how-to-find-out-if-its-a-gmo-product/

Study Calls Into Question Primary Justification for Vaccines

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/study-disproves-cdcs-primary-justification-vaccination

Floome pocket breathalyzer calls you a cab when you've had enough

http://www.gizmag.com/floome-pocket-breathalyzer/27715/

Mars-Bound Astronauts Could Face Higher Risk of Cancer

http://www.space.com/21359-mars-radiation-manned-mission.html

Using Stem Cells Could Help Cure Type 1 Diabetes

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112860180/juvenile-diabetes-cure-from-adult-stem-cells-and-new-drug-053013/

Hybrid cloud computing will change IT skill sets, claims Morgan Stanley tech chief

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/05/30/hybrid-cloud-computing-will-change-it-skill-sets-claims-morgan-stanley-tech-chief/

First interview with a dead man

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23583-mindscapes-first-interview-with-a-dead-man.html

Mice lacking serotonin swap sexual preferences

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23605

Quantum gravity takes singularity out of black holes

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23611

NASA Radar Reveals Asteroid Has Its Own Moon

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/30/nasa-radar-reveals-asteroid-has-its-own-moon/

Windows 8.1 paints over the problems with Windows 8

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040316/windows-8-1-paints-over-the-problems-with-windows-8.html

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Crowdfunded Asteroid-Hunting Telescope a Hit

http://news.discovery.com/space/asteroids-meteors-meteorites/asteroid-hunting-telescope-catches-public-fancy-and-dollars-130530.htm

Humanoid robots at work in a japanese factory

http://www.taito.fr/humanoid-robots-at-work-in-a-japanese-factory/

Almost human: Lab treats trauma with virtual therapy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22630812

Crowdfunded Asteroid-Hunting Telescope a Hit

http://news.discovery.com/space/asteroids-meteors-meteorites/asteroid-hunting-telescope-catches-public-fancy-and-dollars-130530.htm

Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Pandemic Flu Strains, Including 1918 Flu

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529144242.htm

Illuminati Group Admits they are Nephilim…Sons of Fallen Angels! A Must See Video!

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/30/illuminati-group-admits-they-are-nephilim-sons-of-fallen-angels-a-must-see-video/

Nuking Dangerous Asteroids Might Be the Best Protection, Expert Says

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/30/what-about-the-fallout/

Einstein's 'Spooky Action' Common in Large Quantum Systems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528122433.htm

Just How Secure Is Quantum Cryptography?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528122435.htm

For Pundits, It's Better to Be Confident Than Correct

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528143718.htm

Human Scabs Serve as Inspiration for New Bandage to Speed Healing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529111337.htm

3-D Microelectrodes? Charred Micro-Bunny Sculpture Shows Promise of New Material for 3-D Shaping

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529111341.htm

Despite Safety and Other Concerns, Nuclear Power Saves Lives, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Experts Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529111343.htm

Twitter May Become Less Interactive and More an Advertising Broadcast Medium Like TV or Radio

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529121059.htm

Cosmic Glitch: Astronomers Discover New Phenomenon in Neutron Star

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529130522.htm

'Low Sodium Diet' Key to Old Age for Stars: New Observations Challenge Current Stellar Theories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529133246.htm

Organic Polymers Show Sunny Potential: Groundwork Laid for Block Copolymer Solar Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529154648.htm

More Precision from Less Predictability: A New Quantum Trade-Off

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529191041.htm

Thinking Beyond Memes: The Macrotrends that Matter

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/how-to-spot-macrotrends

Caterpillar Offers New System To Help Combat Driver Fatigue

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/caterpillar-offers-new-system-to-help-combat-driver-fatigue

Helping Schizophrenics Fight The Voices In Their Heads

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/helping-schizophrenics-fight-the-voices-in-their-heads

1, 2, 3, 4, I Declare A Cyberwar

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/1-2-3-4-i-declare-a-cyberwar

Heating And Cooling People Instead Of Buildings

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/heating-and-cooling-people-instead-of-buildings

Hiroshima's Optical Glass House constructed using 6,000 glass bricks

http://www.gizmag.com/optical-glass-house-hiroshima/27712/

Genetically-engineered mosquitoes lose nose for humans

http://www.gizmag.com/mosquito-smell-genetic-engineering/27714/

[NSFW] Realtouch Interactive: Remote sex is no longer a thing of the future (Part 2)

http://www.gizmag.com/realtouch-interactive-remote-sex-teledildonics/27441/

From Trauma to Tau: Researchers Tie Brain Injury to Toxic Form of Protein

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529191045.htm

Hendrik Poinar: Bring back the woolly mammoth!

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

Neuroscientists Discover New Phase of Synaptic Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529144327.htm

Even Shorter Bouts of High-Intensity Exercise Improve Physical Fitness in Inactive Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529190821.htm

At High Speed, on the Road to a Driverless Future

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/30/new-spin-on-the-automatic-automobile/

Mataerial: a 3D printer that seemingly defies gravity

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/28/4371156/mataerial-3d-printing-anti-gravity-object-modeling-aom

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The Future of the Internet “They better brace themselves”

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/29/the-future-of-the-internet-they-better-brace-themselves/

Could There Be Life On Jupiter's Moons?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/could-there-be-life-on-jupiters-moons

Do Black Holes Create New Universes? Q&A With Physicist Lee Smolin

http://www.space.com/21335-black-holes-time-universe-creation.html?cmpid=525406

Over-the-counter body-worn covert video devices (What is unclassified and available to you now?)

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/135444-2013-05-29-over-the-counter-body-worn-covert-video-devices-what-is.htm

Women may “evolve” out of menopause, says scientist

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/29/women_may_evolve_out_of_menopause_says_scientist/

Sputnik Engineering builds solar-powered solar factory

http://www.gizmag.com/100-percent-renewable-office-and-production-building-burckhardt--partner/27683/

Replacing food: An engineer's approach to body fuel

http://www.gizmag.com/soylent-future-of-food/27684/

Meystyle launches off-the-wall LED wallpaper

http://www.gizmag.com/meystyle-led-wallpaper/27671/

Stanford's flying fish glider bests ordinary jumping robots

http://www.gizmag.com/flying-fish-glider/27690/

Lumigrids – the LED projector that keeps cyclists out of potholes

http://www.gizmag.com/lumigrids-led-projector/27691/

Cornell develops beer-pouring robot that anticipates people's actions

http://www.gizmag.com/anticipatory-robot/27692/

Soft robots could benefit from new light-controlled hydrogel

http://www.gizmag.com/hydrogel-light-controlled/27698/

Iron Man meets Star Trek: Space diving suit in development

http://www.gizmag.com/space-diving-iron-man-suit/27659/

Mammoth find: Preserved Ice Age giant found with flowing blood in Siberia

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/29/mammoth-find-preserved-ice-age-giant-found-with-flowing-blood-in-siberia/

Striking Green-Eyed Butterfly Discovered in the United States

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528122510.htm

Men, Women Lie About Sex to Match Gender Expectations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528122319.htm

Changing Gut Bacteria Through Diet Affects Brain Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528180900.htm

How Do Plants Grow Toward the Light? Scientists Explain Mechanism Behind Phototropism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528105946.htm

New 1-Step Process for Designer Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130528100238.htm

How Oral Sex or Having Sex Without a Condom Can Be Good For Women's Health

http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/11641/20120821/semen-antidepressant-condom-women-evolution-reproduction.htm

Attention, Ladies: Semen Is An Antidepressant Vaginal exposure to semen elevates women's mood.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/all-about-sex/201101/attention-ladies-semen-is-antidepressant

The New Xbox One Will be a “Monitoring Device Under the Guise of a Gaming Console”

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/05/29/the-new-xbox-one-will-be-a-monitoring-device-under-the-guise-of-a-gaming-console/

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

We Get Happier as We Age

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/we-get-happier-as-we-age-2

Pill that Stokes Female Sexual Desire Shows Early Promise

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/pill-that-stokes-female-sexual-desire-shows-early-promise

Understanding the Past and Predicting the Future by Looking Across Space and Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130525143731.htm

New Analysis Yields Improvements in a Classic 3-D Imaging Technique

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130525144032.htm

Why Google's Idea to Get Technology 'Out of the Way' Is Short-Sighted

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maggie-jackson/google-technology-attention_b_3340306.html

Infant tooth reveals Neanderthal breastfeeding habits

http://www.nature.com/news/infant-tooth-reveals-neanderthal-breastfeeding-habits-1.13047

Antarctic Polar Icecap Is 33.6 Million Years Old

http://www.eurasiareview.com/28052013-antarctic-polar-icecap-is-33-6-million-years-old/

Death Highest in Heart Failure Patients Admitted in January, On Friday, and Overnight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130525143854.htm

Nanotechnology in sports equipment: The game changer

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=30661.php

Company pioneering new types of material for 3-D printer 'ink'

http://phys.org/news/2013-05-company-material-d-printer-ink.html

NASDAQ | Google and NASA make quantum leap with new computer

http://www.kurzweilai.net/nasdaq-google-and-nasa-make-quantum-leap-with-new-computer

NASA Asks: Could 3-D-printed Food Fuel a Mission to Mars?

http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/35437nasa-asks-could-3-d-printed-food-fuel-a-mission-to-mars

Formula for Turning Cement Into 'Metal'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130527153703.htm

ASMR – free, intensely pleasurable relaxation for a lucky few

http://www.gizmag.com/asmr-free-tingles-relaxation-youtube-asmrtists/27667/

78,000 Apply for A One-Way Ticket to Colonize Mars

http://singularityhub.com/2013/05/28/78000-apply-for-a-one-way-ticket-to-colonize-mars/

Spin Zone: Physicists Get 1st Look at Strange Quantum Magnetism

http://www.livescience.com/34665-physicists-observe-quantum-magnetism.html

Synthetic biology

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130528

Rats have a double view of the world

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130527100530.htm

Meta-Analysis: Bug and Weed Killers, Solvents May Increase Risk of Parkinson's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130527231708.htm

Even Farm Animal Diversity Is Declining as Accelerating Species Loss Threatens Humanity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130527100624.htm

Time Travel – Fact or Fiction?

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/27/time-travel-fact-or-fiction/

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Researcher teleports with a kitten

http://sciencenordic.com/researcher-teleports-kitten

Robot App Store's growing pains Developer moves from apps to education market

http://www.sfchronicle.com/technology/dotcommentary/article/Robot-App-Store-s-growing-pains-4548863.php?t=d7c18c057d47b02379

Ultrashort Laser Pulses Squeezed Out of Graphene

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ultrashort-laser-pulses-graphene

Five Energy Companies Disrupting the Status Quo

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2013/05/26/five-energy-companies-disrupting-the-status-quo/

3D Printer Launching to Space Station in 2014

http://www.space.com/20658-3d-printer-international-space-station-2014.html

Concrete Canvas Shelters '09

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/135249-2013-05-25-concrete-canvas-shelters-09.htm

Trip to Space With Leonardo DiCaprio Sells at Auction for $1.5 million

http://www.space.com/21299-virgin-galactic-leonardo-dicaprio-spaceflight.html

Destination Moon: Private Spaceflight Companies Eye Lunar Bases

http://www.space.com/21289-private-manned-moon-missions-nasa.html

NASA Inspects Ion Engine Prototype For Asteroid-Hauling Rocket

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/asteroid-hauling-rocket-may-be-ion-propelled

Cloned Human Embryo Study Comes Under Fire

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/cloned-human-embryo-paper-comes-under-fire

Expanding Agriculture in Amazon is ‘No-win’ scenario

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/05/expanding-agriculture-in-amazon-is-no.html

Challenging The Public’s View Of Gender And Science

http://www.eurasiareview.com/26052013-challenging-the-publics-view-of-gender-and-science/

Saturday, May 25, 2013

In 2022: ESA plans a mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa to search for life but the moon harbors many perils

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/25/in-2022-esa-plans-a-mission-to-jupiters-moon-europa-to-search-for-life-but-the-moon-harbors-many-perils/

Active or 'Extremely Active' Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted for 2013

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524144951.htm

Students Perform Well Regardless of Reading Print or Digital Books

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524160710.htm

Cosmic Swirly Straws: Galaxies Fed by Funnels of Fuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524154813.htm

New Microsphere-Based Methods for Detecting HIV Antibodies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524104044.htm

New Coating Method Accelerates Bonding With Bone Three Times Faster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524103457.htm

Observation of Skyrmions (Magnetic Vortex Structures) in a Ferromagnet With Centrosymmetry

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524103459.htm

Researchers Design Photobioreactor to Produce Biofuel from Algae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524104158.htm

Detection of the Cosmic Gamma Ray Horizon: Measures All the Light in the Universe Since the Big Bang

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524104644.htm

Research Effort Deep Underground Could Sort out Cosmic-Scale Mysteries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524134308.htm

Facial-Recognition Technology Proves Its Mettle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524142549.htm

Promising Strategy to Help Vaccines Outsmart HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130524122012.htm

Advanced Biological Computer Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523180318.htm

Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake (video)

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

End of Eating Food - Dick Pelletier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130525

Area Student Arrested For Making A “Tornado in a Bottle”

http://girlsjustwannahaveguns.com/2013/05/area-student-arrested-for-making-a-tornado-in-a-bottle/

Friday, May 24, 2013

Toxic shock syndrome can't hide from fluorescent medical dressing

http://www.gizmag.com/medical-dressing-toxic-shock-syndrome/27632/

Mataerial 3D printer builds gravity-defying structures directly onto walls

http://www.gizmag.com/mataerial-3d-printer/27642/

Full-scale X-Wing replica touches down as world's largest Lego model

http://www.gizmag.com/x-wing-lego-largest/27643/

A Quantum Simulator for Magnetic Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523143639.htm

Student science experiment finds plants won't grow near Wi-Fi router

http://www.mnn.com/health/healthy-spaces/blogs/student-science-experiment-finds-plants-wont-grow-near-wi-fi-router

How to Make Money Without a Job

http://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/budgeting/make-money-without-job.htm

How the Elite Plan to Live Forever

http://www.secretsofthefed.com/how-the-elite-plan-to-live-forever/

Material That Sorts Molecules by Shape Could Lower the Price of Gas

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/515066/material-that-sorts-molecules-by-shape-could-lower-the-price-of-gas/

Next-Generation Consumer 3-D Printer Arrives, but a Lawsuit Looms

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/515071/next-generation-consumer-3-d-printer-arrives-but-a-lawsuit-looms/

Wireless bio-absorbable circuits could kill bacteria

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130524-zapping-bacteria-the-wireless-way

Revising Darwin’s Sinking-Island Theory

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/05/revising-darwins-sinking-island-theory.html

Solving a semiconductor riddle

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/solving-a-semiconductor-riddle-0524.html

Cold-Loving Bacteria Offer Clues for Life on Mars

http://www.space.com/21295-coldest-temperature-bacteria-found-in-permafrost.html

Balance is key to making quantum-dot solar cells work

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/balance-key-to-making-quantum-dot-solar-cells-work-0524.html

Cockroaches evolving to avoid poisonous baits

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/cockroaches-evolving-to-avoid-poisonous-baits/

Viruses help keep people disease-free

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21578359-viruses-help-keep-people-disease-free-virus-shield

Tomatoes: The World's Favorite Fruit, Only Better-Tasting and Longer-Lasting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523143547.htm

Depression Linked to Telomere Enzyme, Aging, Chronic Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523004558.htm

What the Smallest Infectious Agents Reveal About Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523004605.htm

Breakthrough On Huntington's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523082927.htm

Boosting Body's Natural Flu Killers as Way to Offset Virus Mutation Problem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523083046.htm

Pay Attention: How We Focus and Concentrate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523093319.htm

Regenerating Spinal Cord Fibers May Be Treatment for Stroke-Related Disabilities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523101814.htm

Motion Quotient: IQ Predicted by Ability to Filter Visual Motion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523143130.htm

Drug Reverses Alzheimer's Disease Deficits in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523143541.htm

Biophysicists Measure Mechanism That Determines Fate of Living Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523143735.htm

Cinnamon Compound Has Potential Ability to Prevent Alzheimer's

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523143737.htm

Technique to Detect Breast Cancer in Urine Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523180316.htm

It's Not Your Imagination: Memory Gets Muddled at Menopause

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523181344.htm

Engineers Devise New Way to Produce Clean Hydrogen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130521153938.htm

Drawing Closer to Alzheimer’s Magic Bullet? Drugs Found to Both Prevent and Treat Alzheimer's Disease in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130521153940.htm

Itch protein may hold key to cure for skin conditions

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23586-itch-protein-may-hold-key-to-cure-for-skin-conditions.html

Cold fusion reactor independently verified, has 10,000 times the energy density of gas

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/156393-cold-fusion-reactor-independently-verified-has-10000-times-the-energy-density-of-gas

California judge cites “Star Trek,” stuns copyright trolls

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/24/judge_slams_copyright_trollers_with_sanctions_order_star_trek_quotes_partner/

SAP to hire hundreds of autistic IT experts

http://www.thelocal.de/jobs/?site=tlse&AID=49819

Google Compute Engine: Too Little, Too Late?

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/05/22/google-compute-engine-too-little-too-late/

Thursday, May 23, 2013

To Succeed, You Need to Play with Some Degree of Abandon

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/to-succeed-you-need-to-play-with-some-degree-of-abandon

Our Viral Inheritance

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6134/820.full

A Floating Lab Explores the Fringes of Science and Gastronomy

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6134/809.full

Going Green: U.S. Equipped to Grow Serious Amounts of Pond Scum for Fuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130521140916.htm

Better Understanding of Water's Freezing Behavior at Nanoscale

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130521152429.htm

Big Data, for Better or Worse: 90% of World's Data Generated Over Last Two Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522085217.htm

New Technique May Open Up an Era of Atomic-Scale Semiconductor Devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522112032.htm

Plasmonics: A Wave Without Diffraction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522131024.htm

Fragile Mega-Galaxy Is Missing Link in History of Cosmos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522131156.htm

Making Chaos Visible: As Chaos Celebrates Its 50th Birthday, Biophysicist Christian Herbst Develops a New Method to Visualize It

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522131200.htm

Innovation Could Bring Flexible Solar Cells, Transistors, Displays

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522142032.htm

Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares Explained: The Culprit Is Turbulence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522160303.htm

Fungus Among Us! Body's Microbes Mapped

http://www.livescience.com/34589-fungus-on-human-body-mapped.html

How to build a Mars colony that lasts – forever

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23542

The Story Behind Hairspray

http://www.stylelist.com/view/the-story-behind-hairspray/

Tiger's Basketball-sized Hairball Removed By Surgeons (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/tigers-basketballsized-ha_n_3322726.html

Hospitals Profit When Patients Develop Bloodstream Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522141841.htm

Children of Married Parents Less Likely to Be Obese

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522142026.htm

Small, Speedy Plant-Eater Extends Knowledge of Dinosaur Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522142028.htm

Migraine and Depression Together May Be Linked With Brain Size

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522163919.htm

Pinpointing How Nature's Benefits Link to Human Well-Being

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522180317.htm

UGE replaces 4K wind turbine with mysterious mid-range VisionAIR

http://www.gizmag.com/uge-visionair-wind-turbine/27609/

Strawscraper concept calls for a wind energy-harvesting toupee

http://www.gizmag.com/strawscraper-piezoelectric-fiber-concept/27626/

IBM's Watson gets a job in customer service

http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-watson-customer-service/27597/

Acrobatic XRL robot takes cliffs and valleys in its stride

http://www.gizmag.com/xrl-robot-jumping-kodlab-upenn/27539/

Stem-cell treatment restores sight to blind man

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23568

Are You a Nacho, a Tomato or a String Bean? New Research Reveals the 7 Different Shapes of Modern Man

http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/7-shapes-of-modern-man.html

Insects, from Delicacy to Tool against Hunger

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/insects-from-delicacy-to-tool-against-hunger/

Brain Can Be Trained in Compassion, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522160352.htm

Slowing the Aging Process -- Only With Antibiotics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522131120.htm

Fish Oil May Help the Heart Beat Mental Stress

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522111951.htm

How Immune System Peacefully Co-Exists With 'Good' Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522130951.htm

'Boys Will Be Boys' in U.S., but Not in Asia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522180319.htm

Baby's Life Saved With Groundbreaking 3-D Printed Device That Restored His Breathing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130522180102.htm

Mystery of Moon’s Magnetic Field Deepens

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/05/23/mystery-of-moons-magnetic-field-deepens/

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard!

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

College Graduate, Your Skills Are Increasingly In Demand

http://bigthink.com/60-second-reads/college-graduate-your-skills-are-increasingly-in-demand

Buzz Aldrin's Out of This World Martian Technologies

http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/buzz-aldrins-out-of-this-world-martian-technologies

How Kindle Promotes Bad Book-Reading Hygiene

 
http://bigthink.com/harpys-review/how-kindle-promotes-bad-book-reading-hygiene

Following the Flavor

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6134/808.full

Warp Speed, Scotty? Star Trek's FTL Drive May Actually Work

http://www.space.com/21140-star-trek-warp-drive-possible.html

Black box software: a problem for science that extends to big data

http://gigaom.com/2013/05/16/black-box-software-a-problem-for-science-that-extends-to-big-data-2/

Proposed New Toothbrush Could Secrete Caffeine During Brushing Process

http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1112850872/toothbrush-may-one-day-deliver-a-jolt-of-caffeine-051913/

50 Billion Reasons to Support Ethanol

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/05/19/50-billion-reasons-to-support-ethanol.aspx?source=ihpsitcag0000002&lidx=1#828874

Sergey Brin: Why Google Glass?

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

Why Don't We Have Fusion Power?

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/next-generation/why-dont-we-have-fusion-power-15480435

U.S. Has Depleted Two Lake Eries' Worth Of Groundwater Since 1900

http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2013-05/us-depleted-two-lake-eries-worth-underground-water-1900-study-finds

Oklahoma Students Design Drones That Can Fly Into Tornadoes

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/tornado-research-drone-concepts-study-storms-keep-pilots-safe

Russia Is Building Robots To 'Neutralize' Terrorists

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/russia-building-robots-will-neutralize-terrorists

Petcube lets you play with your pet, wherever you are

http://www.gizmag.com/petcube-laser-pet-play/27603/

Flexible, wearable sensor promises new era in heart monitoring

http://www.gizmag.com/micro-sensor-heart-monitoring/27555/

Satellite captures amazing 6,000-mile-long panorama from orbit

http://www.gizmag.com/ldcm-6000-mile-long-panorama-orbit/27573/

Why Banking Needs Quantum Physics

http://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/why-banking-needs-quantum-physics

How Too Many Trees Can Be A Bad Thing

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-too-many-trees-can-be-a-bad-thing

Bringing More Pond Scum Into The Energy Game

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/bringing-more-pond-scum-into-the-energy-game

Using Gold Nanoparticles To Fight Ovarian Cancer

http://www.eurasiareview.com/21052013-using-gold-nanoparticles-to-fight-ovarian-cancer/

Teen Invents Supercharger Ten Times More Powerful Than Conventional Batteries

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1999/20130519/teen-invents-supercharger-ten-times-more-powerful-conventional-batteries-captures.htm

Hypersonic Weapons Could Hit Battlefield by 2025

http://www.space.com/21089-hypersonic-weapons-air-force.html

A nanotechnology use for grapefruits in improving drug delivery

http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=30595.php

Can Any Buildings Survive Tornados?

http://www.livescience.com/34574-oklahoma-tornado-storm-shelter.html

The Phosphorous Atom Quantum Computing Machine

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/515286/the-phosphorous-atom-quantum-computing-machine/

All-Natural 3D Printers: Salt and Wood Can Be Used

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18129-all-natural-3d-printers-salt-and-wood-can-be-used.html

3 Robots That Want To Save Your Life

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/3-robots-want-save-your-life

To Spark Buyers for Electric Cars, Drop the Price to Nearly $0

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323982704578453123010639156.html

NASA Funds 3D Pizza Printer

http://www.space.com/21250-nasa-3d-food-printer-pizza.html

Reducing Caloric Intake Delays Nerve Cell Loss

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130521193952.htm

The Most Absurd Religious War in Geek History is in the News Today

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/05/most-absurd-religious-war-geek-history-news-today

11 Governments Are Meeting in Peru to Figure Out How They Can Control the Internet

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/05/22/11-governments-are-meeting-in-peru-to-figure-out-how-they-can-control-the-internet/

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Beautiful 'Flowers' Self-Assemble in a Beaker

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516142218.htm

Iron-Platinum Alloys Could Be New-Generation Hard Drives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520163902.htm

Human-Like Opponents Lead to More Aggression in Video Game Players

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520163904.htm

Earth's Iron Core Is Surprisingly Weak

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520095404.htm

mmune Protein Could Stop Diabetes in Its Tracks, Discovery Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520104932.htm

Link Between Childhood ADHD and Obesity Revealed in First Long-Term Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520113925.htm

Fossil Brain Teaser: New Study Reveals Patterns of Dinosaur Brain Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520114017.htm

Slow Earthquakes: It's All in the Rock Mechanics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520114021.htm

Do Men's and Women's Hearts Burn Fuel Differently?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520133552.htm

Not Just Blowing in the Wind: Compressing Air for Renewable Energy Storage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520142823.htm

Non-Wetting Fabric That Drains Sweat Invented

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520163634.htm

How Bilinguals Switch Between Languages

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520163859.htm

3-D Printing Could Revolutionize U.S. Navy

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18127-3d-printing-could-revolutionize-navy.html

More Proof That Cord Cutting May Be On The Rise

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/more-proof-that-cord-cutting-may-be-on-the-rise

In This "Great Reset," What Jobs Will Remain?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/in-this-great-reset-what-jobs-will-remain

Low-End 3D Printed Gun Created

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/low-end-3d-printed-gun-created

Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-05-19/honeybees-trained-in-croatia-to-find-land-mines

Missing Parts? Salamander Regeneration Secret Revealed

http://www.livescience.com/34513-how-salamanders-regenerate-lost-limbs.html

The Mammoth's Lament: How Cosmic Impact Sparked Devastating Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520185524.htm

Protein Study Suggests Drug Side Effects Are Inevitable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520163605.htm

Compound in Mediterranean Diet Makes Cancer Cells 'Mortal'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520154303.htm

Why penguins cannot fly

http://www.nature.com/news/why-penguins-cannot-fly-1.13024

Pathogen genome tracks Irish potato famine back to its roots

http://www.nature.com/news/pathogen-genome-tracks-irish-potato-famine-back-to-its-roots-1.13021

Echolocation: Blind People Have the Potential to Use Their 'Inner Bat' to Locate Objects, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520094844.htm

Christie's putting 1950s vintage Cygan robot under the hammer

http://www.gizmag.com/cygan-robot-auction/27588/

Breakup of Physician, Drug Company Relationship Could Improve Health Care, Cut Cost

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130520133749.htm

Tel Aviv To Be The World’s First ‘Digitalized’ City

http://www.israelifrontline.com/2013/05/tel-aviv-to-be-worlds-first-digitalize

Green Gold: Cornstarch Makes Mining Less Toxic

http://news.discovery.com/earth/green-gold-cornstarch-makes-mining-less-toxic-130516.htm

Before Tumblr, Founder Made Mom Proud. He Quit School

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/technology/david-karp-quit-school-to-get-serious-about-start-ups.html

Sunshine vitamin 'may treat asthma'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22570859

Malaria parasite lures mosquito to human odour

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22544145

Victorian Era Brits Were Smarter Than Us

http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/victorian-era-brits-were-smarter-than-us-130517.htm

Stem Cell Advance: Human Thymus Tissue Grown In Mice

http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/15614/20130516/stem-cell-advance-human-thymus-tissue-autoimmune-disease.htm

Is our universe merely one of billions? Evidence of the existence of 'multiverse' revealed for the first time by cosmic map

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2326869/Is-universe-merely-billions-Evidence-existence-multiverse-revealed-time-cosmic-map.html

New weapon in the terror tool kit? Encryption software blocks all eavesdropping

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/new-weapon-terror-tool-kit-encryption-software-blo/

Monday, May 20, 2013

Osteoarthritis Progression Halted in Mice

http://www.alnmag.com/news/osteoarthritis-progression-halted-mice

Pam Warhurst: How we can eat our landscapes

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

Self-driving car technology takes top prize at Intel science fair

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/self-driving-car-technology-takes-top-prize-at-intel-science-fair/

How Electric Spacecraft Could Fly NASA to Mars

http://www.space.com/21199-space-electric-propulsion-engines.html

Seattle Man Hovers Drone Over A Family’s House For ‘Research’

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/20/seattle-man-hovers-drone-over-a-familys-house-for-research/

New Spectre Of Cloned Babies: Scientists Create Embryos In Lab That ‘Could Grow To Full Term’

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/20/new-spectre-of-cloned-babies-scientists-create-embryos-in-lab-that-could-grow-to-full-term/

Individuals Who Drink Heavily and Smoke May Show 'Early Aging' of the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130518153444.htm

Now We Know Why Old Scizophrenia Medicine Works On Antibiotics-Resistant Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130518153742.htm

Yahoo Tumblr Deal Is Officially Announced: Marissa Mayer 'Promises Not To Screw It Up'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/yahoo-tumblr-deal_n_3305953.html

Attacking MRSA With Metals from Antibacterial Clays

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130518153744.htm

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Top Exoplanets for Alien Life: Photos

http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/cowboys-aliens-exoplanets-110729.htm

What We Think Martians Look Like: Photos

ttp://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/what-we-think-martians-look-like-130318.htm

How Loneliness Can Harm Your Health

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-loneliness-can-harm-your-health

The Game That Builds a Peaceful Habit of Mind

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/can-games-save-the-world

New Bionic Human Ear Works Better than Natural Ear

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/new-bionic-ear-works-better-than-natural-human-ear

How City Living Is Changing Human Biology

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-city-living-is-changing-human-biology

Digital Roundworms and the Approaching Singularity

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/digital-roundworms-and-the-approaching-singularity

New Study Recommends Using Active Videogaming ('exergaming') to Improve Children's Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130517085817.htm

Temple Grandin on DSM-5: “Sounds like diagnosis by committee”

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/18/temple_grandin_on_dsm_5_sounds_like_diagnosis_by_committee/

Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Death With Progressive Coronary Artery Calcium Buildup

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130502142657.htm

What Everybody Got Wrong About Tesla

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-everybody-got-wrong-about-tesla.html

Protein Promotes Cell Death

http://biology.about.com/b/2013/05/18/protein-promotes-cell-death.htm

Google's FRAND-zero patent license for VP8 threatens to divide Web and FOSS communities

http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/05/googles-frand-zero-patent-license-for.html

Nanotube Supply Glut Claims First Victim

http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/carbon-nanotube-supply-glut-claims-its-first-victim

Why Do Top Athletes Suddenly Develop “the Yips”—a Tendency to Choke under Pressure?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-top-athletes-suddenly-develop-yips-choke-under-pressure

Dermal implants means strapless watch

http://hackaday.com/2013/05/18/dermal-implants-means-strapless-watch/

Female sperm

http://quigleyscabinet.blogspot.com/2013/05/female-sperm.html

Blue Brain Project: the human brain on a super computer (part 1)

http://futuristablog.com/blue-brain-project-the-human-brain-on-a-super-computer-part-1/

Skydiving Is Never 'Plane Sailing'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130517085718.htm

Agriculture in China Predates Domesticated Rice: Discovery of Ancient Diet Shatters Conventional Ideas of How Agriculture Emerged

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130517085734.htm

Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130517120939.htm

Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20 (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/meg_jay_why_30_is_not_the_new_20.html

Robot bartender creates crowd-sourced cocktails

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/16/tech/innovation/robot-bartender-mit-google-makr-shakr/index.html

NASA: Meteor slams into Moon, causes explosion visible to naked eye on Earth

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/18/nasa-meteor-slams-into-moon-causes-explosion-visible-to-naked-eye-on-earth/

Friday, May 17, 2013

Tube of toothpaste inspires researchers to develop efficient solar panels

http://www.ecochunk.com/6774/2013/03/09/tube-of-toothpaste-inspires-researchers-to-develop-efficient-solar-panels/

Mirror Mirror On The Wall: How Did My Day Go?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-how-did-my-day-go

Woman Who Lost Limbs to Flesh-Eating Bacteria Gets New Hands

http://on.aol.com/video/woman-who-lost-limbs-to-flesh-eating-bacteria-gets-new-hand-517783793

WATCH: Learning To Read Someone Else's Mind

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-saxe/ted-talk-read-each-others-minds_b_3288383.html

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Associated With Increased Kidney Stone Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515174407.htm

Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting: First Fully Integrated Artificial Photosynthesis Nanosystem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516142654.htm

Gene Involved in Neurodegeneration Keeps Clock Running: Scientists Identify Another Gene Important to Morning Wake-Up Call

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516142658.htm

Bach to the Blues, Our Emotions Match Music to Colors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516151256.htm

Brain Makes Call On Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516161655.htm

Topography of Eastern Seaboard Muddles Ancient Sea Level Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516182028.htm

Breakthrough for IVF? Selecting the Most Promising Embryos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516215421.htm

Carbon in a Twirl: The Science Behind a Self-Assembled Nano-Carbon Helix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516105513.htm

3-D Modeling Technology Offers Groundbreaking Solution for Engineers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516105610.htm

Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Take the Color out of Thin Films

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516105614.htm

Weather On the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516105621.htm

Fast and Painless Way to Better Mental Arithmetic? Yes, There Might Actually Be a Way

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516123912.htm

New Insights Into How Materials Transfer Heat Could Lead to Improved Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516105653.htm

Engineers Monitor Heart Health Using Paper-Thin Flexible 'Skin'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516105702.htm

New Method Proposed for Detecting Gravitational Waves from Ends of Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516161739.htm

NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves Into Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516165946.htm

Stacking 2-D Materials Produces Surprising Results

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516182025.htm

World's Smallest Liquid Droplets Ever Made in the Lab, Experiment Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516200641.htm

Elio Motors highlights its $7,000, 84-mpg 3-wheeled car

http://www.gizmag.com/elio-motors-84-mpg-three-wheeler/27454/

A Cure for Blood Cancer on the Horizon

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/17/a-cure-for-blood-cancer-on-the-horizon/

Nasa buys into 'quantum' computer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22554494

How to hack an electric car-charging station

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/05/17/how-to-hack-an-electric-car-charging-station/

Accelerated Aging in Children: Promising Treatment for Progeria Within Reach

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516142543.htm

Fishing for Memories: How Long-Term Memories Are Processed to Guide Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516123914.htm

How Cloud Computing Will Save Hollywood

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/05/16/how-cloud-computing-will-save-hollywood/

Glowing plants to light the streets at night - coming soon

http://www.islandcrisis.net/glowing-plants-light-streets-night/

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Court reverses Yahoo ruling for $2.75 billion Mexican Yellow Pages breach of contract, reduces damages to $172,500

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/16/court-grants-yahoos-appeal-and-reverses-ruling-for-2-7-billion-mexican-yellow-pages-breach-of-contract/

Real-Time Video Analysis At An Affordable Price

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/real-time-video-analysis-at-an-affordable-price

Handheld Version Of Military "Pain Ray" Being Developed

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/handheld-version-of-military-pain-ray-being-developed

The 10 Best Cars For The American Family

http://247wallst.com/2013/05/16/the-ten-best-cars-for-the-american-family/

Man Dead For 40 Minutes Brought Back To Life With New CPR Technique

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/16/man-dead-for-40-minutes-brought-back-to-life/

Thank you Google for the new homework assignment: Hangouts vs. Chat

http://www.zdnet.com/thank-you-google-for-the-new-homework-assignment-hangouts-vs-chat-7000015505/

Discoveries In Nano-Technology Give Biocompatible Dental Fillings Greater Longevity

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2012/11/28/discoveries-in-nano-technology-give-biocompatible-dental-fillings-greater-longevity/

Supreme Court Backs Patents on Seeds (‘Self-Replicating’ Technology)

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/scotus-self-replicating-patents/

Watching TV Makes Your Brain Cells Go Nuts

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-your-brain-reacts-to-watching-tv-2013-5

Airware, A Startup That's Helping Bring Drones To The Masses, Just Raised $10.7 Million

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/134665-2013-05-15-airware-a-startup-thats-helping-bring-drones-to-the-masses.htm

Oldest Water on Earth Found Deep Underground

http://www.livescience.com/32028-oldest-water-found-underground.html

Long-Term Use of Prescription Painkillers for Back Pain Linked to Erectile Dysfunction in Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515094923.htm

Novel Brain Training Device to Reconnect Brain and Paralyzed Limb After Stroke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515124841.htm

First Direct Proof of Hofstadter Butterfly Fractal Observed in Moiré Superlattices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515131554.htm

Oldest Evidence of Split Between Old World Monkeys and Apes: Primate Fossils Are 25 Million Years Old

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515131556.htm

Evolution Shapes New Rules for Ant Behavior, Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515131602.htm

Physicists Let Magnetic Dipoles Interact On the Nanoscale for the First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515151548.htm

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug May Reduce Exercise Benefits for Obese Adults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515151945.htm

Brain Rewires Itself After Damage or Injury, Life Scientists Discover

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515165027.htm

Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515165053.htm

H1N1 Discovered in Marine Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130515174402.htm

Got eyes? Help find gravitational lenses!

http://www.gizmag.com/space-warps-citizen-scientists-gravitational-lens/27507/

New Highly Accurate Smart Gun Decides When to Shoot

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/new-highly-accurate-smart-gun-decides-when-shoot

The LulzSec hackers who boasted they were "Gods" await their sentence

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/05/16/lulzsec-hackers-wait-sentence/

NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts On Mars

http://www.eurasiareview.com/15052013-nasa-probe-counts-space-rock-impacts-on-mars/

How Premarital Sex Rewires the Brain

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/15/how-premarital-sex-rewires-the-brain/

Women's Immune Systems Remain Younger for Longer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130514213056.htm

Scientists create human stem cells through cloning

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/us-science-stemcells-idUSBRE94E0V220130515

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Why You Should Skip Sanitizer, Just Wash Hands

http://news.discovery.com/human/health/skip-sanitizer-hand-wash-130514.htm

OpenWorm Can Unleash Artificial Lifeforms

http://news.discovery.com/tech/apps/openworm-can-unleash-artificial-lifeforms-130514.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Hot off the Grill: Test Tube Burger

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/14/hot-off-the-grill-test-tube-burger/

Brain, Interrupted

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/opinion/sunday/a-focus-on-distraction.html

Boy Genius Diagnosed With Autism Has IQ Higher than Einstein

http://worldtruth.tv/boy-genius-diagnosed-with-autism-has-iq-higher-than-einstein/

The Man Behind the Google Brain: Andrew Ng and the Quest for the New AI

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/neuro-artificial-intelligence/

10 Best Recent Dinosaur Discoveries

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/dinosaurs

Use These Secret NSA Google Search Tips to Become Your Own Spy Agency

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/nsa-manual-on-hacking-internet

Organ, tissue replacement could end aging by mid-2020s - Dick Pelletier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130514

Turn your old pizza box into an 01LAMP desk lamp

http://www.gizmag.com/01lamp-fattelo/27483/

Miami monument concepts provide today's fix of bonkers architecture

http://www.gizmag.com/miami-monument-competition/27485/

Hyundai develops small welding robot to tackle big jobs

http://www.gizmag.com/hyundai-shipbuilding-welding-robot/27496/

Panasonic to distribute 100,000 solar lantern/chargers to the developing world

http://www.gizmag.com/panasonic-solar-lantern/27493/

Samsung 5G development "several hundred times faster" than LTE

http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-5g/27480/

The Philosophical Data Scientist: SapientNitro's Stewart Pratt Q&A: Exec Recognizes The Limits Of Big Data

http://adage.com/article/datadriven-marketing/philosophical-data-scientist-sapientnitro-s-stewart-pratt/241400/

Malaria hope: Bacteria that make mosquitoes resistant

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22462487

Commercial quantum computer leaves PC in the dust

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23519

Passenger plane flies 800 kilometres without a pilot

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23521?cmpid=NLC

New Method of Finding Planets Scores Its First Discovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130513152840.htm

Solar Panels as Inexpensive as Paint?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130513103657.htm

Reversing Paralysis With a Restorative Gel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130513123339.htm

Science Of Beauty: 4 Physical Traits That Help Define Female Facial Attractiveness (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/science-of-beauty-traits-female-attractiveness-video_n_3246594.html

Monday, May 13, 2013

Sense of Touch Reproduced Through Prosthetic Hand

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509163844.htm

Moon and Earth Have Common Water Source

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509142054.htm

Heady Mathematics: Describing Popping Bubbles in a Foam

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509142100.htm

New Magnetic Graphene May Revolutionize Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510075506.htm

Flawed Diamonds Promise Sensory Perfection: Electron Spin Extended for Incredibly Tiny Magnetic Detectors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510102109.htm

Our Algorithms Can Predict Future Disasters — Now What?

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/newitz-disasters/

The Algorithm That Automatically Detects Polyps in Images from Camera Pills

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514786/the-algorithm-that-automatically-detects-polyps-in-images-from-camera-pills/

Making New Elements

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/making-new-elements

Time Crystals

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/05/time-crystals.html

Alligators Inspire New Way for Growing Teeth

http://news.discovery.com/animals/alligators-inspire-new-way-for-people-to-regrow-teeth-130513.htm

Ingestible, Implantable, Or Intimate Contact: How Will You Take Your Microscale Body Sensors?

http://singularityhub.com/2013/05/13/ingestible-implantable-or-intimate-contact-how-will-you-take-your-microscale-body-sensors/

Detroit’s RoboCop statue is almost complete

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/13/detroits_robocop_statue_is_almost_complete/

Why all babies say “mama” It's one of language's few universal words, for reasons that have nothing to do with maternal love

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/13/why_all_babies_say_mama_partner/

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Want Scientifically Literate Children? Get Out of Their Way (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIEJjpVlZu0

3D-Printed Gun Makes It Through Transportation Security Undetected

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/13/3d-printed-gun-makes-it-through-transportation-security-undetected/

Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Human Ancestors Hunting and Scavenging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510124441.htm

Revealing Hidden Fungal Species Using DNA: The Importance of Recognizing Cryptic Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510124550.htm

Study Supports Alternative Model for Personality Disorders in Upcoming DSM-5

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510124554.htm

Perfectly Doped Quantum Dots Yield 'Colors to Dye For'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510124556.htm

Possible Reason for Cholesterol-Drug Side Effects Such as Memory Loss

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510150143.htm

Carbon Dioxide at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory Reaches New Milestone: Tops 400 Parts Per Million

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510180610.htm

New 3-D Technology to Treat Atrial Fibrillation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130511194906.htm

Better Dyes for Imaging Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130512105523.htm

Carnivorous Plant Throws out 'Junk' DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130512140559.htm

Nano-Breakthrough: Solving the Case of the Herringbone Crystal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130512141206.htm

Four New Genetic Risk Factors for Testicular Cancer Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130512141208.htm

Non-Inherited Mutations Account for Many Heart Defects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130512141210.htm

Graphene Joins the Race to Redefine the Ampere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130512141212.htm

Hubble Tells a Tale of Galactic Collisions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130512145356.htm

'Junk' DNA Mystery Solved: It's Not Needed

http://www.livescience.com/31939-junk-dna-mystery-solved.html

Preparing to Live in That Unknown Country: The Future

http://www.economonitor.com/blog/2013/05/preparing-to-live-in-that-unknown-country-the-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preparing-to-live-in-that-unknown-country-the-future

Make your own invisibility cloak with a 3D printer

http://www.gizmag.com/invisibility-cloak-plastic-3d-printed/27433/

Space Oddity: Commander Chris Hadfield covers David Bowie in space

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/13/commander-chris-hadfield-space-oddity

Canada Sells Out Science

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/05/13/canada_and_science_nrc_will_now_only_do_science_that_promotes_economic_gain.html

Invasion of the Slugs; Halted by Worms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130512201613.htm

10 Ways to Ease Ankylosing Spondylitis Pain

http://www.everydayhealth.com/ankylosing-spondylitis-pictures/ways-to-ease-ankylosing-spondylitis-pain.aspx?xid=aol_eh-pain_7_20130506_&aolcat=ESO#/slide-1

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Scientists Find A Possible Cure For Gray Hair

http://www.businessinsider.com/potential-cure-for-gray-hair-2013-5

Abu Dhabi Airport Has Installed Some Bizarre-Looking Sleep Pods

http://www.businessinsider.com/abu-dhabi-airport-gosleep-pods-2013-5

'Space Hackers' Take On Citizen Science for Suborbital Spaceflight

http://www.space.com/20995-space-hackers-spaceflight-science.html

A Short History of Everyone's Favorite Real-Life X-Wing Fighter

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/the-x-15-rocket-plane-reusable-space-shuttle-boosters-1966/

Open Source Is Better Than the Closed Stuff (Until You Hit 1 Million Lines)

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/coverity-report/

5 Lessons Learned By A Guy Who Quit The Internet For A Year

http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-miller-quit-the-internet-lessons-learned-2013-5

Startup Taps Quantum Encryption for Cybersecurity

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514586/startup-taps-quantum-encryption-for-cybersecurity/

Why It’s Okay that Tesla Makes Cars for Rich People

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514601/why-its-okay-that-tesla-makes-cars-for-rich-people/

NASA Chief Urges Congress to Fund Private Astronaut Taxis

http://www.space.com/20965-nasa-congress-commercial-crew-funding.html

Sun Unleashes Spectacular Solar Eruption

http://www.space.com/20973-amazing-solar-eruption-sun-photo.html

Was the Discovery of Higgs Boson Actually the World’s Most Successful Experiment in the Power of Conscious Intention?

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2012/11/27/was-the-discovery-of-higgs-boson-actually-the-worlds-most-successful-experiment-in-the-power-of-conscious-intention/

How the Human Brain Became Hardwired to Tell Stories

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-the-human-brain-became-hardwired-to-tell-stories

Human Intelligence Stems From a Single Algorithm

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/human-intelligence-stems-from-a-single-algorithm

British teenager wins $100,000 US technology fellowship

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/22479007

'Power Plants': How to Harvest Electricity Directly from Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509104358.htm

Time-Lapse GIFs Show Earth Transforming Over 25 Years

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/time-lapse-gifs-show-earth-transform-25-years

Burning Liquid Hydrogen For Fuel, Navy Drone Flies For 48 Hours Straight

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/burning-liquid-hydrogen-fuel-navy-drone-flies-48-hours

Nothing to Sniff at: An Electronic Nose for Vintners?

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18021-electronic-nose-for-vintners.html

Untethered Biopsy Microtool Tested

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/05/untethered-biopsy-microtool-tested.html

Back pain Antibiotics could cure 40% of chronic back pain patients

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/07/antibiotics-cure-back-pain-patients

Stunning Time-Lapse Shows Changes in Earth’s Surface Over 30 Years

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/10/stunning-time-lapse-shows-changes-in-earths-surface-over-30-years/

What’s going on around Andromeda? Curious structure puzzles scientists.

http://news-beacon-ireland.info/?p=13060

NEW "CONNECTED UNIVERSE" THEORY OFFERS ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION OF GRAVITY AND THE SOURCE OF MASS

http://resonance.is/explore/quantum-gravity-and-the-holographic-mass-trailer-and-press-release/

21st Century Masters Create Their Own Fields

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/move-over-mozart-21st-century-masters-create-their-own-fields

The Psychology of Nothing: Phantom Symptoms

http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/the-psychology-of-nothing-phantom-symptoms

Embodied Cognition and Design: A New Approach and Vocabulary

http://bigthink.com/insights-of-genius/embodied-cognition-and-design-a-new-approach-and-vocabulary

Must-See Video of High Frequency Robot Trading

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/must-see-video-of-high-frequency-robot-trading

Author uncovers surprising secrets of female sexuality, including monogamy and fantasies

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/what_women_want_qRO8pvoSKeFcqrPSftoi6N

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Bizarre Bone Worms Emit Acid to Feast On Whale Skeletons: Bone-Melting Substance Drills Opening for Worms to Access Nutrients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501091900.htm

Fizzle by Eric Peters

http://lewrockwell.com/peters-e/peters-e326.html

Florida scientifically engineers insects to fight incurable citrus disease

http://rt.com/usa/florida-citrus-disease-huanglongbing-108/

The International Space Station Goes Linux and RunRev goes open source On the ISS, Linux is in and XP is out and open source is the way of the future

http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2013/051013-backspin.html

How Individuality Develops: Experience Leads to Growth of New Brain Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130509142050.htm

EcoAlert: CO2 Exceeds 400 ppm for 1st Time in Recorded History

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/11/ecoalert-co2-exceeds-400-ppm-for-1st-time-in-recorded-history/

Cocaine Vaccine Passes Key Testing Hurdle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510150141.htm

Brain Diseases Affecting More People and Starting Earlier Than Ever Before

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510075502.htm

Do Markets Erode Moral Values? People Ignore Their Own Moral Standards When Acting as Market Participants, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130510124501.htm

3,000 mph at 60,000 feet: Experimental Air Force aircraft goes hypersonic

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/3/3000-mph-60000-feet-experimental-air-force-aircraf/

Past, Present and Future: Cloud Computing in Three Minutes

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/05/02/past-present-and-future-cloud-computing-in-three-minutes/

Pat Gelsinger: ‘Cloud computing is the fifth wave, firms must ride it or be swept away’

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/05/07/pat-gelsinger-cloud-computing-is-the-fifth-wave-firms-must-ride-it-or-be-swept-away/

Human takeover by machines may be closer than we think

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/05/09/human-takeover-by-machines-may-be-closer-than-we-think/

Feds sound the alarm, warn plastic 3-D guns violate international arms laws

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/10/feds-sound-alarm-warn-plastic-3d-guns-violate-inte/

Thursday, May 2, 2013

4K TV promises to be four times clearer than high-def

http://vineoflife.net/2013/05/02/4k-tv-promises-to-be-four-times-clearer-than-high-def/

Breast-Milk Protein May Help Defeat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

http://www.livescience.com/29251-breast-milk-protein-may-help-defeat-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria.html

Printable Robots Could Help Millions Cheaply

http://www.livescience.com/29214-printable-robots-could-help-millions-cheaply-video.html

Cold Fusion: A Story of Suppressed Technology

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=htgV7fNO-2k

Search for E.T. Should Extend Beyond 'Alien Earths,' Astronomer Says

http://www.space.com/20940-alien-life-search-earth-twins.html

Scientists 3-D Print A Bionic Ear With Help From A High School kid

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/scientists-3-d-print-bionic-ear-could-actually-enhance-your-hearing

Some Cancers 'Poison the Soil' to Block Metastasis

http://www.alnmag.com/news/some-cancers-poison-soil-block-metastasis

A Plastic Protector That Could Finally Make Mobile 3D Popular

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-plastic-protector-that-could-finally-make-mobile-3d-popular

Brain Region May Hold Key to Aging

http://www.einstein.yu.edu/news/releases/894/brain-region-may-hold-key-to-aging/

America hates science A student scientist is arrested for experimenting with Drano. No wonder we're falling behind the rest of the world

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/02/america_hates_science_partner/

Undoing aging: Aubrey de Grey at TEDxDanubia 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qMAwnA5WvLc

Kuerig brand single-cup coffee brewing machines (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHDRT6JQ5Hw&feature=fvwp&NR=1

Assisted suicide 'supported' by religious Britons

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22362736

Fasting may help those with diabetes, heart disease

http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?NewsID=19316

New Biofuel Possibility in Horse Gut Fungus

http://www.livescience.com/29252-horse-gut-fungus-biofuel-nsf-ria.html

Cancers Share Gene Patterns, Studies Affirm

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/health/dna-research-points-to-new-insight-into-cancers.html

6 Home Remedies for Acid Reflux

http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/acid-reflux-home-remedies.html