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

Sunday, June 30, 2013

How Living in Cities Makes You More Creative

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-living-in-cities-makes-you-more-creative

New Theory of the Brain Overturns Past Dogma

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/new-theory-of-the-brain-overturns-past-dogma

Why the Brain is So Well Suited to Celebrity Worship

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-the-brain-is-so-well-suited-to-celebrity-worship

Late Bedtimes and Less Sleep May Lead to Weight Gain in Healthy Adults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130628160840.htm

'First Bionic Eye' Retinal Chip for Blind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130629164628.htm

Eating Right, Exercise May Help Prostate Cancer Patients Reduce Risk of Aggressive Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130629164623.htm

Getting a Good Night's Sleep Is a Nightmare for Many Americans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130629164630.htm

Biomarker Predicts Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence After Tamoxifen Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130629164733.htm

Divorce Early in Childhood Affects Parental Relationships in Adulthood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130629164737.htm

Mimicking Living Cells: Synthesizing Ribosomes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130629164739.htm

Why Google Won't Hire You

http://bigthink.com/praxis/why-google-wont-hire-you

How patent trolls hijacked the building blocks of life

http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/how-patent-trolls-hijacked-the-building-blocks-of-life

Neil deGrasse Tyson (caught on camera): The Universe is Trying to Kill You

http://bigthink.com/big-think-mentor/neil-degrasse-tyson-caught-on-camera-the-universe-is-trying-to-kill-you

Saturday, June 29, 2013

10 Greatest Ideas in the History of Science

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/10-greatest-ideas-in-the-history-of-science

Large-Scale Quantum Chip Validated: Prototype Quantum Optimization Chip Operates as Hoped

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130628131027.htm

Beak-to-Brain Nerve May Help Birds Navigate

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/beak-to-brain-nerve-may-help-bir.html

Large-Scale Quantum Chip Validated: Prototype Quantum Optimization Chip Operates as Hoped

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130628131027.htm

Brain's 'Garbage Truck' May Hold Key to Treating Alzheimer's and Other Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627142402.htm

Latest Ray Comfort Film to ‘Shatter the Faith of the Average Believer in Evolution’

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/29/latest-ray-comfort-film-to-shatter-the-faith-of-the-average-believer-in-evolution/

Friday, June 28, 2013

A 700,000-Year-Old Horse Gets Its Genome Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626142938.htm

Can Home-Culture Images Impair Second-Language Skills?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626143108.htm

Spy games: Inventor of World Wide Web accuses West of hypocrisy

http://rt.com/news/inventor-web-government-hypocrisy-305/

Mouse cloned from drop of blood

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23068423

Breakthrough in Internet Bandwidth: New Fiber Optic Technology Could Ease Internet Congestion, Video Streaming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627142406.htm

Scientists Discover Thriving Colonies of Microbes in Ocean 'Plastisphere'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627142549.htm

Could a Diet High in Fish and Flax Help Prevent Broken Hips?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627151640.htm

Large Dead Zone Forming in the Gulf

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627161358.htm

The Hidden Internet: Exploring The ‘Deep Web’ (Video)

http://chrisinmaryville.net/the-hidden-internet-exploring-the-deep-web.html

How to Convince People to Invest in You

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/3-reasons-why-youre-better-off-with-me

High-Resolution Mapping Technique Uncovers Underlying Circuit Architecture of the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627131841.htm

Prevailing View of How the Brain Is Wired Overturned?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627141724.htm

After Great Dane Success, Cancer Doc Eyes Brain Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627142410.htm

Early Brain Stimulation May Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627161434.htm

Surgeons Report Melanoma Recurs After 10 Years in More Than 6 Percent of Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627161438.htm

Gold Standard Dialysis Procedure May Not Be So Golden for Elderly Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627190329.htm

Protein in Blood Exerts Natural Anti-Cancer Protection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627190331.htm

The Dizzying Journey to a New Cancer Arsen

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6140/1514.full

Inside the Minds of Murderers: Impulsive Murderers Much More Mentally Impaired Than Those Who Kill Strategically

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627131835.htm

Telomere Length Influences Cancer Cell Differentiation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627190657.htm

NASA's Voyager 1 Explores Final Frontier of Our 'Solar Bubble'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627140803.htm

Could Quantum Brain Effects Explain Consciousness?

http://www.livescience.com/37807-brain-is-not-quantum-computer.html?cmpid=527280

Woman's 'Foot Orgasm' Is First Known Case

http://www.livescience.com/37828-foot-orgasm-syndrome-report.html

Chimeric Embryos May Soon Get Their Day in the Sun

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6140/1509.full

Chemists Work to Desalinate the Ocean for Drinking Water, One Nanoliter at a Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627125525.htm

PairASight lets other people in on what you're seeing

http://www.gizmag.com/pairasight-pov-video-glasses/28086/

New cancer treatment beats chemotherapy without the toxic side effects

http://www.gizmag.com/lymphoma-treatment-cancer-ibrutinib/28085/

Can You Really Beat the Heat With a $20, D-I-Y Air Conditioner? (We Give It a Try)

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/27/can-you-really-beat-the-heat-with-a-20-d-i-y-air-conditioner-we-give-it-a-try/

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Age-Related Smelling Loss Significantly Worse in African-Americans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612184038.htm

Sleep Mechanism Identified That Plays Role in Emotional Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612224140.htm

Michael Archer: How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger (video)

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

New To The Cloud: Your House Keys

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/new-to-the-cloud-your-house-keys

A Data Repository For Artificial Body Parts

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-data-repository-for-artificial-body-parts-2

Danish Company Creates 3D Printer Gun-Blocking Software

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/danish-company-creates-3d-printer-gun-blocking-software

Flu Shot Effective Regardless of Circulating Flu Strain, Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625162235.htm

Crabgrass' Secret: The Despised Weed Makes Herbicide to Kill Neighboring Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626113650.htm

How Men and Women Cooperate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626113654.htm

How Throwing Made Us Human

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626142710.htm

DNA Found Outside Genes Plays Largely Unknown, Potentially Vital Roles: Thousands of Previously Unknown RNA Molecules Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626143122.htm

New Brain Imaging Study Provides Support for the Notion of Food Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626153922.htm

A Stepping-Stone for Oxygen On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626153924.htm

Researchers Find Zinc's Crucial Pathway to the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626162822.htm

The Secrets of Ancient Roman Concrete

http://www.history.com/news/the-secrets-of-ancient-roman-concrete

Robot astronaut Kirobo headed for ISS in August

http://www.gizmag.com/kibo-iss-launch-date/28054/

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Three Chinese Astronauts Land After Record-Breaking Spaceflight

http://www.space.com/21720-china-astronauts-land-shenzhou-10.html?cmpid=527263

Laser Guided Codes Advance Single Pixel Terahertz Imaging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625141221.htm

Flu Shot Effective Regardless of Circulating Flu Strain, Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625162235.htm

Man implants magnet in his ear for use as wireless headphone

http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/man-implants-magnet-in-his-ear-for-use-as-wireless-headphone

Why Warp Drives Aren't Just Science Fiction

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18427-warp-drives-wormholes-ftl.html

DFKI's robot ape to colonize the Moon?

http://www.gizmag.com/dfki-robot-chimp-moon-space/28044/

VEPS sensor detects signs of traumatic brain injury before it's too late

http://www.gizmag.com/veps-traumatic-brain-injury-rapid-diagnosis/28042/

New Theory: Emotions Arise Through the Integration of Perceptual and Cognitive Information

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625073819.htm

First-Ever Therapeutic Offers Hope for Improving Blood Transfusions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625120937.htm

Researchers Strike Gold With Nanotech Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625192547.htm

'Nuclear Pasta' in Neutron Stars: New Type of Matter Found

http://www.space.com/21722-nuclear-pasta-neutron-stars-matter.html?cmpid=527263

Utensil Color, Shape, Size Affect Food Flavor

http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/utensil-color-shape-size-affect-food-flavor-130625.htm

Video Game Tech Used to Steer Cockroaches On Autopilot

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625121233.htm

High-Octane Bacteria Could Ease Pain at the Pump: Engineered E. Coli Mass-Produce Key Precursor to Potent Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625121331.htm

Solar Cell Record: Conversion-Efficiency Record for a Two-Junction Solar Cell Measured Under One-Sun Illumination

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625141210.htm

Human and Canine Lymphomas Share Molecular Similarities, First Large-Scale Comparison Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130625140935.htm

Student to Pay $675K for Sharing 30 Songs on the Internet

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/student-pay-675k-sharing-30-songs-internet

Targeted Viral Therapy Destroys Breast Cancer Stem Cells in Preclinical Experiments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624111008.htm

New 'Biowire' Technology Matures Human Heart by Mimicking Fetal Heartrate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624133127.htm

An Expansive Physical Setting Increases a Person's Likelihood of Dishonest Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624133145.htm

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Two Mutations Triggered an Evolutionary Leap 500 Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624152617.htm

Can You 3D-Print Your Dream Home?

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18390-can-you-3d-print-your-dream-home.html

DHA found to reduce aggression and violent behavior in young men: Research

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/136819-2013-06-21-dha-found-to-reduce-aggression-and-violent-behavior-in-young.htm

Want People To Look Hotter? Get Your Brain Zapped

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/want-everyone-around-you-seem-better-looking-just-get-your-brain-zapped

Search for ETs: discovery could happen in 1-3 decades, experts say By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/495.html

Caesar The Robot Can See And Hear You | Video

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18281-caesar-the-robot-can-see-and-hear-you-video.html

Gem Genesis Decoded

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/06/gem-genesis-decoded.html

Brain Cancer: Hunger for Amino Acids Makes It More Aggressive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624132800.htm

Molecule That Reduces Fats in Blood Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624141342.htm

'Nerdy' Mold Needs Breaking to Recruit Women Into Computer Science

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624141414.htm

'Don't touch my junk DNA!' says gene signal sequence

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0625/Don-t-touch-my-junk-DNA!-says-gene-signal-sequence

Four habitable planets orbiting three tiny suns? New first in planet-hunting.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0625/Four-habitable-planets-orbiting-three-tiny-suns-New-first-in-planet-hunting

These Plants Do Math

http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-plants-arithmetic-calculation-2013-6

Storing data in individual molecules

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/storing-data-in-individual-molecules.html

The AK-47 vs. AR-15: Which Is the Better Rifle?

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/25/the-ak-47-vs-ar-15-which-is-the-better-rifle/

Basic income versus the robots

http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/2013/06/basic-income-versus-robots

In Hawaii, as on Mars, Lava Tubes Hide Secrets Beneath the Surface

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/06/25/in-hawaii-as-on-mars-lava-tubes-hide-secrets-beneath-the-surface/

Monday, June 24, 2013

Antidepressants 'could be risk to unborn babies'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23005367

Startpage Protects Your Privacy!

https://startpage.com/

Face it: Monogamy is unnatural

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/21/opinion/laslocky-monogamy-marriage/index.html

Privacy services companies stand up against Big Brother

http://rt.com/news/privacy-services-companies-boom-142/

Supreme Court rules generic-drug makers can´t be sued over defects

http://www.lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=741341

Low-Income Uninsured U.S. Adults Less Likely to Have Chronic Conditions Compared With Medicaid Enrollees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130623144930.htm

Sugar Solution Makes Tissues See-Through

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130623144947.htm

Getting to Grips With Migraine: Researchers Identify Some of the Biological Roots of Migraine from Large-Scale Genome Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130623144952.htm

The Genome's 3-D Structure Shapes How Genes Are Expressed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130623145058.htm

iFetch allows a dog to play fetch on its own

http://www.gizmag.com/ifetch-automatic-fetch-dog/28022/

Nissan unveils the world's fastest electric racer at Le Mans

http://www.gizmag.com/nissan-zeod-rc-worlds-fastest-electric-racer/28018/

Using Tor and other means to hide your location piques NSA's interest in you

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/06/24/using-tor-and-other-means-to-hide-your-location-piques-nsas-interest-in-you/

Insane Cases of Genetic Engineering

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/06/24/insane-cases-of-genetic-engineering/

Sunday, June 23, 2013

How Did a Third Radiation Belt Appear in the Earth's Upper Atmosphere?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620162840.htm

Building Operating System Provides Brain for Smarter Cities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621095330.htm

New Method 700 Times Faster Than the Norm for Magnifying Digital Images

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621095512.htm

Two-Dimensional Atomically-Flat Transistors Show Promise for Next Generation Green Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621095713.htm

Beyond Silicon: Transistors Without Semiconductors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621121015.htm

Scientists Solve Riddle of Strangely Behaving Magnetic Material

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621121018.htm

Oddest Couple Share 250 Million Year Old Burrow

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130622154602.htm

Alzheimer's Disease Protein Controls Movement in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621132645.htm

Are Dogs 'Kids?': Owner-Dog Relationships Share Striking Similarities to Parent-Child Relationships

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621095502.htm

Solitary Mutation Destroys Key 'Window' of Brain Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621095320.htm

Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Requirement for Brain Development: Brain Requires Thalamic Input as Well as Genetics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621095328.htm

Changes in Cell Shape May Lead to Metastasis, Not the Other Way Around

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130621141658.htm

Why 3D-Printed Houses Matter

http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/why-3d-printed-houses-matter

Welcome to the Era of Cognitive Computing

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/welcome-to-the-era-of-cognitive-computing

Friday, June 21, 2013

The Problem with the Neuroscience Backlash

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/06/the-problem-with-the-neuroscience-backlash.html

Women's Facial Features Can Determine Length of Relationship

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620214010.htm

Total Amount of Exercise Important, Not Frequency, Research Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620132406.htm

Thirdhand Smoke Causes DNA Damage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620132459.htm

How a Mutated Protein Outwits Evolution and Fuels Leukemia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620142852.htm

Bigbrain: An Ultra-High Resolution 3-D Roadmap of the Human Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620142928.htm

Light and Nanoprobes Detect Early Signs of Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620162846.htm

Hong Kong Skyscrapers Appear to Fall in Real-World Illusion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620162848.htm

Harvard's insect-sized HAMR robots bug out

http://www.gizmag.com/harvard-insect-sized-hamr-robots/27998/

Snail Trail Reveals Ancient Human Migration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620084633.htm

'Forrest Gump' Mice Show Too Much of a Good Thing, Can Be Bad

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620111232.htm

Uncovering Quantum Secret in Photosynthesis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620142932.htm

Study of Insect Bacteria Reveals Genetic Secrets of Symbiosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620142954.htm

The Red Queen Was Right: Life Must Continually Evolve to Avoid Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620142934.ht

Factors That Influence Spinach Contamination Pre-Harvest Determined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620162842.htm

Does Cloning Produce Better Embryonic Stem Cells?

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6139/1390.full

Itsy Bitsy Bikini Bad for Woman? (video)

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/21/the-godly-truth-about-bikinis-the-shocking-truth/

Microsoft ready to cough up (potentially big!) bounty bucks for bugs

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/06/21/microsoft-ready-to-cough-up-potentially-big-bounty-bucks-for-bugs/

My Brain, Life, Future - Dick Pelletier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130621

Human organs ‘could be grown in animals within a year’

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/06/21/human-organs-could-be-grown-in-animals-within-a-year/

Thursday, June 20, 2013

The Jobs of the Knowledge Economy Are Not What You Think

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/the-jobs-of-the-knowledge-economy-are-not-what-you-think

What Do Memories Look Like?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619122123.htm

Researchers Discover Immunity Mechanism: Platelets Patrolling the Bloodstream

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619101646.htm

Altered Brain Structure in Pathological Narcissism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619101434.htm

We’ll be uploading our entire MINDS to computers by 2045 and our bodies will be replaced by machines within 90 years, Google expert claims

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/20/well-be-uploading-our-entire-minds-to-computers-by-2045-and-our-bodies-will-be-replaced-by-machines-within-90-years-google-expert-claims/

3D-Printed Microbattery Could Power Tomorrow's Electronics

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18386-3d-printed-battery-powers-tiny-electronics.html

Flu Vaccine Protects Millions

http://news.discovery.com/human/health/flu-vaccine-protects-millions-130619.htm

Taikonaut Teaches Science on China's Space Station

http://news.discovery.com/space/taikonaut-teaches-science-on-chinas-space-station-130620.htm

First Known Four-Quark Particle Pops Up In Japanese Collider

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/four-quark-particle-pops-japanese-collider

Carbon Nanotube Harpoon Catches Individual Brain-Cell Signals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619195129.htm

Drug Shows Surprising Efficacy as Treatment for Chronic Leukemia, Mantle Cell Lymphoma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619195217.htm

Scientists Identify Emotions Based On Brain Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619195137.htm

Outlook Is Grim for Mammals and Birds as Human Population Grows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619102601.htm

Was Prehistoric Rock Art Strategically Placed to Reveal a Cosmological Puzzle?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619122129.htm

New Details About H7N9 Influenza Infections That Suddenly Appeared in China

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619164847.htm

Scientists Date Prehistoric Bacterial Invasion Still Present in Today's Plant and Animal Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619164804.htm

Tokyoflash's new watch tells the time and your blood alcohol level

http://www.gizmag.com/tokyoflash-kisai-intoxicated-watch-with-breathalyzer/27990/

EADS unveils its vision for the future of aviation

http://www.gizmag.com/eads-concepts-paris/27979/

A Homely Rodent May Hold Cancer-Fighting Clues

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/science/a-homely-rodent-may-hold-cancer-fighting-clues.html

Practical New Approach to Holographic Video Could Also Enable 2-D Displays With Higher Resolution and Lower Power Consumption

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619132450.htm

Beetles, housefly larvae open new frontier in animal feed sector

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-feed-insects-idUSBRE95I0WC20130619

A Battery Made of Wood?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130619195221.htm

Silver makes antibiotics thousands of times more effective

http://www.nature.com/news/silver-makes-antibiotics-thousands-of-times-more-effective-1.13232

Tough Love: Male Spiders Die for Sex

http://www.livescience.com/37536-spiders-die-for-sex.html?cmpid=527276

Advantages of an Internet Phone Line

http://dollarinsiders.com/advantages-of-an-internet-phone-line/

Privacy officials from six nations want answers about Google Glass

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/06/20/privacy-officials-from-six-nations-want-answers-about-google-glass/

Skynet rising: Google acquires 512-qubit quantum computer; NSA surveillance to be turned over to AI machines

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/20/skynet-rising-google-acquires-512-qubit-quantum-computer-nsa-surveillance-to-be-turned-over-to-ai-machines/

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

China Readying 1st Moon Rover for Launch This Year

http://www.space.com/21618-china-moon-rover-launch-2013.html

Uniquely Shaped Enzyme Amazes Chemists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617104517.htm

Intelligent Glasses Designed for Professors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617104515.htm

Cheetah-Cub: A Robot That Runs Like a Cat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617104608.htm

Four Microphones and a Computer Algorithm Are Enough to Produce a 3-D Model of a Simple, Convex Room

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617160856.htm

A Microphone That Listens With Light: Microphones Have Hyper-Acute Hearing and a Sense of Direction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618101616.htm

Which Qubit My Dear? New Method to Distinguish Between Neighboring Quantum Bits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618101738.htm

Academics Earn Street Cred With TED Talks but No Points from Peers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618141447.htm

Study Finds the Sweet Spot -- And the Screw-Ups -- That Make or Break Environmental Collective Actions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617160858.htm

Aspirin May Fight Cancer by Slowing DNA Damage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618101151.htm

IQ Link to Baby's Weight Gain in First Month

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618101141.htm

Whooping Cough Has Lifelong Health Impact, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618101612.htm

Storytelling Program Helps Change Medical Students' Perspectives On Dementia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618113846.htm

It's the Way You Tell Em': Study Discovers How the Brain Controls Accents and Impersonations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618113854.htm

Timing of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation May Affect How Bone Adapts to Exercise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618125028.htm

Getting Enough Sleep Could Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618131848.htm

Fiber-Optic Pen Helps See Inside Brains of Children With Learning Disabilities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618131852.htm

Chemical Probe Confirms That Body Makes Its Own Rotten Egg Gas, H2S, to Benefit Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130618131854.htm

Study: Aspirin May Stave Off Accumulation of Cancer-Causing Mutations

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/study-aspirin-may-stave-off-accumulation-of-cancer-causing-mutations/81248499/

China ‘Hair Stockings’ May Help Scare Off ‘Perverts,’ Everyone

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/19/but-honey-im-just-protecting-myself/

Britain prepared to develop ‘killer robots’, minister says

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/19/britain-prepared-to-develop-killer-robots-minister-says/

Possible Treatment for One of the Main Symptoms of Premature Aging Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617111257.htm

Ailing NASA Telescope Spots 503 New Alien Planet Candidates

http://www.space.com/21570-nasa-kepler-alien-planet-candidates.html

Sunflowers Do the Math

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/scienceshot-sunflowers-do-the-ma.html?ref=hp

Red-Meat Eaters Increase Risk of Diabetes With More Portions

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-17/red-meat-eaters-increase-risk-of-diabetes-with-more-portions.html

Texas becomes first US state to ban warrantless email snooping

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/06/19/texas-becomes-first-us-state-to-ban-warrantless-email-snooping/

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Which Came First, Life or Earth?

http://bigthink.com/devil-in-the-data/which-came-first-life-or-earth

El Al Tests Anti-Missile Defense System for Passenger Aircraft (VIDEO)

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/06/18/el-al-tests-missile-defense-system-for-passenger-aircraft-video/

Artificial Bone: Designing Synthetic Materials and Quickly Turning the Design Into Reality With 3-D Printing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617122359.htm

Medical Assessment in the Blink of an Eye

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617122500.htm

Is There an Invisible Tug-Of-War Behind Bad Hearts and Power Outages?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617122409.htm

Medical Researchers Design Variant of Main Painkiller Receptor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614230415.htm

When It Comes to Mammals, How Big Is Too Big?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130616210700.htm

High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy Contributes to Offspring's Increased Weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617142033.htm

Testosterone Improves Verbal Learning and Memory in Postmenopausal Women

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617142043.htm

Testosterone Therapy May Help Improve Pain in Men With Low Testosterone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617142047.htm

Scientists successfully breed tiny blue frog that’s so poisonous it can kill TEN men

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/18/scientists-successfully-breed-tiny-blue-frog-thats-so-poisonous-it-can-kill-ten-men/

New Drug Reverses Loss of Brain Connections in Alzheimer's

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617160849.htm

Scientists explore ways to transform hostility into peaceful thoughts By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/494.html

Space Weather and the Deadly EMP

http://www.rightsidenews.com/2013061732724/us/homeland-security/space-weather-and-the-deadly-emp.html

Growing blood forming cells in petri dish

http://in.news.yahoo.com/growing-blood-forming-cells-petri-dish-082614101.html

Must See Photo: Wild Dolphin Jump Spin Anomaly

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/18/amazing-dolphin-anomaly/

Monday, June 17, 2013

The Supermaterial That Could Make Plastic Obsolete Is… Mushrooms?

http://news-beacon-ireland.info/?p=13282

How to Power the Growing Planet without Destroying It

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-to-power-the-growing-planet-without-destroying-it

How Will the World Care for Its Rapidly Aging Population?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-will-the-world-care-for-its-rapidly-aging-population

Europe, America to collide, say geologists

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0617/Europe-America-to-collide-say-geologists

Google launches Internet-beaming balloons

http://www.suntimes.com/business/20793393-420/google-launches-internet-beaming-balloons.html

Japanese robots make a stink about bad breath, body odor

http://www.gizmag.com/japanese-robots-bad-breath-body-odor/27944/

7 Powerful Ways To Maintain Your Privacy and Integrity Online

http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/powerful-ways-to-maintain-privacy.html

Body-double: lifelike android demoed at Global Futures conference

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/17/body-double-lifelike-android-demoed-at-global-futures-conference/

What color is Tuesday? Exploring synesthesia - Richard E. Cytowic

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-color-is-tuesday-exploring-synesthesia-richard-e-cytowic

Cosmography of the Local Universe – a 3D video map of the known Universe

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/16/cosmography-of-the-local-universe-a-3d-video-map-of-the-known-universe/

Sunday, June 16, 2013

From the Mouths of Babes: Toddlers' Speech Is Far More Advanced Than Previously Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614082516.htm

Osteoporosis Drug Stops Growth of Breast Cancer Cells, Even in Resistant Tumors, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130615152341.htm

Teaching Complete Evolutionary Stories Increases Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130615152417.htm

Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine

http://www.heraldextra.com/business/russian-tycoon-wants-to-move-mind-to-machine/article_81a05d99-7e48-5490-a863-8abba42a12b3.html

Unleashing Superman's Super-strength in Human DNA

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/superman

First Major Study of Suicide Motivations to Advance Prevention

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613092348.htm

Saturday, June 15, 2013

A Beautiful Timelapse Video Of A Rotating Thunderstorm In Texas

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/136409-2013-06-14-a-beautiful-timelapse-video-of-a-rotating-thunderstorm-in-texas.htm

Can You Feel Me Now? New Array Measures Vibrations Across Skin, May Help Engineers Design Tactile Displays

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614082649.htm

Predicting Collective Online Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614100753.htm

Mystery of X-Ray Light from Black Holes Solved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614140504.htm

B vitamins slow progression of Alzheimer’s: Study

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/15/b-vitamins-slow-progression-of-alzheimers-study/

Scientists Explode the Myth About Running Injuries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614100821.htm

New Findings Regarding DNA Damage Checkpoint Mechanism in Oxidative Stress

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614125640.htm

Memory-Boosting Chemical Identified in Mice: Cell Biologists Find Molecule Targets a Key Biological Pathway

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614164858.htm

Sugar Overload Can Damage Heart

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614165135.htm

Why Finnish babies sleep in cardboard boxes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22751415

Tatooine-Like Alien Planets Could Host Life

http://www.space.com/21543-habitable-alien-planets-binary-stars.html?cmpid=527258

Why Extroverts Like Parties and Introverts Avoid Crowds

http://www.livescience.com/37427-extroverts-have-different-brain-processes.html?cmpid=527274

World's Largest Solar Sail to Launch in November 2014

http://www.space.com/21556-sunjammer-solar-sail-launch-2014.html?cmpid=527258

Can air-cooled jackets beat the UAE heat? Dubai's DED is testing it out

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/can-air-cooled-jackets-beat-the-uae-heat-dubais-ded-is-testing-it-out

Friday, June 14, 2013

Want to Learn How to Think? Read Fiction

http://www.psmag.com/blogs/news-blog/reading-literature-opens-minds-60021/

A Human Right to Science

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6138/1291.full

Exbury Egg: The floating off-grid workspace and home

http://www.gizmag.com/exbury-egg/27895/

Yo Sushi's "flying waiter" serves your meal via quadcopter

http://www.gizmag.com/yo-sushi-itray-quadcopter/27910/

Power Pocket prototype uses body heat to charge a smartphone

http://www.gizmag.com/power-pocket-charger/27914/

Brazilian researchers develop cheap portable pesticide biosensor

http://www.gizmag.com/pesticide-biosensor-brazil/27912/

Prefab houses could soon be taped together

http://www.gizmag.com/prefabricated-homes-adhesive-tape/27915/

Glowing eels may help save human lives

http://www.gizmag.com/glowing-eel-protein-bilirubin-liver/27916/

Special coating could allow electronic implants to detect organ rejection

http://www.gizmag.com/silicon-biosensor-coating/27917/

Carnegie Mellon robot hunts for life in one of the deadest places on Earth

http://www.gizmag.com/zoe-atacama-robot-mars/27881/

Volvo's electric roads concept points to battery-free EV

http://www.gizmag.com/volvo-electric-road/27913/

Alien Planet Discovery a Puzzle –Accepted Theory Says “It Can’t Exist”

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/14/alien-planet-discovery-a-puzzle-accepted-theory-says-it-cant-exist/

Helping to Restore Balance After Inner Ear Disorder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613104137.htm

New Molecular-Level Understanding of the Brain's Recovery After Stroke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613104420.htm

Study Points to Role of Nervous System in Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613111944.htm

Programming Blood Forming Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613124309.htm

Genetics of Dyslexia and Language Impairment Unraveled

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613124318.htm

Odors from Human Skin Cells Can Be Used to Identify Melanoma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613153321.htm

Universal Paid Sick Leave Reduces Spread of Flu

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613161831.htm

Major Hurdle Cleared to Diabetes Transplants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613161833.htm

World Population Could Be Nearly 11 Billion by 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613111942.htm

Dangerous Strains of E. Coli May Linger Longer in Water Than Benign Counterparts, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613133618.htm

Gustatory Tug-Of-War Key to Whether Salty Foods Taste Good

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613142634.htm

Medieval Leprosy Genomes Shed Light On Disease's History

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613142653.htm

How Diving Mammals Evolved Underwater Endurance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613142812.htm

Putting Flesh On the Bones of Ancient Fish: Synchrotron X-Rays Reconstruct Soft Tissue On 380-Million-Year-Old Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613142825.htm

Context Crucial When It Comes to Mutations in Genetic Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613142829.htm

Nanoparticle Opens the Door to Clean-Energy Alternatives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130613142831.htm

CDC: 'Nearly 50% of U.S. Adults Will Develop at Least One Mental Illness'

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/cdc-nearly-50-us-adults-will-develop-least-one-mental-illness

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Nano-Thermometer Enables First Atomic-Scale Heat Transfer Measurements

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612133044.htm

Molecular 'Sieves' Harness Ultraviolet Irradiation for Greener Power Generation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612093641.htm

Global Quantum Networks Based On Optical Fibers: Scientists Quantum Mechanically Couple Atoms to Glass Fiber Cables

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612093552.htm

Luminous Bacterial Proteins Detect Chemicals in Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612101859.htm

Filmmaking Magic With Polymers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612133147.htm

Breakthrough Allows Fast, Reliable Pathogen Identification

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612133359.htm

New Quantum Dot Technique Combines Best of Optical and Electron Microscopy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612173336.htm

Silicon-Based Nanoparticles Could Make LEDs Cheaper, Greener to Produce

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612224143.htm

What your brain won’t let you see New research reaffirms our minds are riddled with unconscious biases and stereotypes

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/13/what_your_mind_wont_let_you_see_partner/

New Camera Sensor Could Eliminate The Need For A Flash

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/new-camera-sensor-could-eliminate-the-need-for-a-flash

A Smartphone Breath Sensor That Quickly Detects Serious Disease

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-smartphone-breath-sensor-that-quickly-detects-serious-disease

Dad's Life Stress Exposure Leaves Mark On Sperm, Can Affect Offspring Brain Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612132656.htm

Grandma's Experiences Leave a Mark on Your Genes

http://discovermagazine.com/2013/may/13-grandmas-experiences-leave-epigenetic-mark-on-your-genes

Stem Cells In Fingernails Are The Key To Regrowing Amputated Finger Tips

http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/16460/20130612/fingernail-stem-cells-amputated-finger-tips-limb-regeneration-bone-regrowth-wnt-proteins.htm

Discovery of New Material State Counterintuitive to Laws of Physics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612224230.htm

Easy and Effective Therapy to Restore Sight: Engineered Virus Will Improve Gene Therapy for Blinding Eye Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130612144831.htm

iRobot Ava 500 autonomous telepresence robot is designed for chatting

http://www.gizmag.com/irobot-ava-500/27865/

Piezo-resistive fibers enable "blood pressure watch" with continuous monitoring

http://www.gizmag.com/blood-pressure-watch/27908/

UltraRope could make kilometer-high elevators possible

http://www.gizmag.com/ultrarope-kilometer-high-elevators/27902/

How to Build a Bicycle Generator

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2012/11/09/how-to-build-a-bicycle-generator/

Internet giants call for transparency in government surveillance requests

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/06/13/internet-giants-call-for-transparency-in-government-surveillance-requests/

Darpa Robotics Challenge: the search for the perfect robot soldier

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/06/13/darpa-robotics-challenge-the-search-for-the-perfect-robot-soldier/

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Aircraft Carriers Could Manufacture Weapons on the Go

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/12/advancement-in-technology/

Clip-Air project envisages modular aircraft you can board at a railway station

http://www.gizmag.com/clip-air-modular-aircraft-epfl/27861/

Dear Gliese 526: Hello From The People Of Earth

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/dear-gliese-526-hello-from-the-people-of-earth

Dark Matter May Not Be That Mysterious After All

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/dark-matter-may-not-be-that-mysterious-after-all

Molecular nanotech: So long, scarcity, hello healthier, longer lives Dick Pelletier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130611

Cloud Computing User Privacy in Serious Need of Reform, Scholars Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611154414.ht

Exposure to Air Transforms Gold Alloys Into Catalytic Nanostructures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611161905.htm

Chimpanzees may finally gain full government protection

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/12/chimpanzees_may_finally_gain_full_government_protection_partner/

Self-Fertilizing Plants Contribute to Their Own Demise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610095148.htm

Modern Humans Did Not Settle in Asia Before Eruption of Sumatra Volcano 74,000 Years Ago, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611084105.htm

Intelligent Door Seal Prevents Poor Air Quality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611084110.htm

Fractal Patterns Spontaneously Emerge During Bacterial Cell Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611084115.htm

How to Stop a Trunk and Start a Tail? The Leg Has the Key

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611084203.htm

Sudden Allergies: When a Summer Cold Is Much More

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611111511.htm

Why Fruit Ripens and Spoils: Thousands of Plant Genes Activated by Ethylene Gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611143311.htm

Marks On Martian Dunes May Be Tracks of Dry-Ice Sleds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611145103.htm

Caregiving Dads Treated Disrespectfully at Work, New Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611130955.htm

Moon Radiation Findings May Reduce Health Risks to Astronauts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611144325.htm

Chlamydia Protein Has an Odd Structure, Scientists Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611144323.htm

First Comprehensive and Prospective Characterization of a Genetic Subtype of Autism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611154035.htm

New Details of Natural Anticancer Mechanism Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611154044.htm

Bacterium That Causes Gum Disease Packs a One-Two Punch to the Jaw

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611154417.htm

Video Gamers Really Do See More: Gamers Capture More Information Faster for Visual Decision-Making

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611161943.htm

Google files patent to let you unlock your phone by grimacing at it

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/06/12/google-files-patent-to-let-you-unlock-your-phone-by-grimacing-at-it/

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Unfrozen Mystery: H2O Reveals a New Secret

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610152133.htm

Shape of Nanoparticles Points the Way Toward More Targeted Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610152138.htm

The Diabetes 'Breathalyzer'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610133125.htm

Pendulum Swings Back On 350-Year-Old Mathematical Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610133127.htm

A Rather Complex Complex: Brain Scans Reveal Internal Conflict During Jung's Word Association Test

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610133131.htm

Testing Artificial Photosynthesis: Fully Integrated Microfluidic Test-Bed for Solar-Driven Electrochemical Energy Conversion Systems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610133242.htm

2-D Electronics Take a Step Forward: Semiconducting Films for Atom-Thick Circuits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610133135.htm

Scientists Discover New Family of Quasicrystals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610133238.htm

Early Exposure to Bisphenol A Might Damage the Enamel of Teeth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610133246.htm

Brain Circuits Link Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior and Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610152002.htm

Biotech Crops Vs. Pests: Successes and Failures from the First Billion Acres

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610152127.htm

Low Diastolic Blood Pressure May Be Associated With Brain Atrophy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610192547.htm

Bridge Species Drive Tropical Engine of Biodiversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610192550.htm

From Hot Springs to HIV, Same Protein Complexes Are Hijacked to Promote Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610192614.htm

A Path to Lower-Risk Painkillers: Newly-Discovered Drug Target Paves Way for Alternatives to Morphine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610192553.htm

Genetic Research Clarifies Link Between Hypertension and Vitamin D Deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610192638.htm

Alzheimer's and Low Blood Sugar in Diabetes May Trigger a Vicious Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610192837.htm

Martian Clay Contains Chemical Implicated in the Origin of Life, Astrobiologists Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610220132.htm

New Layer of Human Eye Found

http://news.discovery.com/human/health/new-layer-of-human-eye-found-130611.htm

A Real Life Giant! Worlds Tallest Man!

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/11/a-real-life-giant-worlds-tallest-man/

‘Plastic wood’ is no green guarantee Researchers question benefits of tropical-wood substitute.

http://www.nature.com/news/plastic-wood-is-no-green-guarantee-1.13129

How the chicken lost its penis Molecules that signal cell death quash nascent rooster genitals

http://www.nature.com/news/how-the-chicken-lost-its-penis-1.13152

Life on Saturn's moon? How a mountain gave clues to a subsurface sea.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0611/Life-on-Saturn-s-moon-How-a-mountain-gave-clues-to-a-subsurface-sea

Mitochondrial Medicine

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/06/mitochondrial-medicine.html

Schizophrenic Brains Not Fooled by Optical Illusion

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/schizoillusion

Lightweight Galaxy Is the Smallest Ever Found

http://www.space.com/21500-smallest-dwarf-galaxy-found.html

MRI detects early damage to chemotherapy child hearts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22814996

Lifespan-Extending Drug Given Late in Life Reverses Age-Related Heart Disease in Mice: Rapamycin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610132843.htm

Men With Prostate Cancer Should Eat Healthy Vegetable Fats, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610192948.htm

Genetic Research Clarifies Link Between Hypertension and Vitamin D Deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610192638.htm

What Are Lagrange Points?

http://www.universetoday.com/102785/what-are-lagrange-points/

Monday, June 10, 2013

Andrew McAfee: What will future jobs look like? (video)

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

Google search results are #FIVE times safer than Bing search results

https://plus.google.com/102778563580121606331/posts/DXMp88qc2Up

New Cause of Life-Threatening Disease Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130608204501.htm

How Do You Feed Nine Billion People?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130609195713.htm

This 'invisibility cloak' could conceal satellites — or hide your kids

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/10/invisible-kids-hmm-tempting/

Watch for the comeback of Gamma Delphinid meteors after 83 years

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/10/meteor-and-comet-tracking/

Obama's worst nightmare, new ISP designed from its inception to shield its customers from survei

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2258717/pg1

Nanotechnology explores the secret life of knots

http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=30825.php

Reinvented Wheel Is A Square

http://www.popsci.com/entertainment-amp-gaming/article/2013-06/square-wheels-roll-kickstarter

Scavenger Cells Linked to Regeneration

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/06/scavenger-cells-linked-to-regeneration.html

Microbe Can Reproduce at -15C

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/06/microbe-can-reproduce-at-15c.html

Robo Bird

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/06/robo-bird.html

China Reveals First Space-Based Quantum Communications Experiment

http://www.popsci.com/entertainment-amp-gaming/article/2013-06/square-wheels-roll-kickstarter

Mind-controlled quadcopter flies using imaginary fists

http://www.gizmag.com/university-minnesota-mind-control-uav/27798/

Glowing polymer detects explosives

http://www.gizmag.com/glowing-polymer-explosives/27847/

Segway-like robots designed to help firefighters and save lives

http://www.gizmag.com/firefighting-robot-ffr/27849/

Internet-connected street sign literally Points you in the right direction

http://www.gizmag.com/points-internet-connected-street-sign/27837/

All-solid lithium-sulfur battery stores four times the energy of lithium-ions

http://www.gizmag.com/lithium-sulfur-battery/27834/

DARPA challenges virtual robots before the real ones step in

http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-virtual-robotics-challenge-preview/27845/

"Houston, we don't have a problem" – Zero-gravity 3D printing heads for space

http://www.gizmag.com/3d-print-iss/27777/

500 Billion –A Universe of Galaxies: Some Older than Milky Way

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/10/500-billion-a-universe-of-galaxies-some-older-than-milky-way/

Inhalation Therapy for Lung Cancer Shows Promise in Rutgers Study

http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/special-content/spring-2013/june-2013/inhalation-therapy-f-20130607

10 Awesome New Inventions You'll Never Hear About

http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/5-awesome-new-inventions-youll-never-hear-about.htm

Insecticide-resistant ant species could wreak havoc on U.S. ecology

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/10/insecticide-resistant-ant-species-could-wreak-havoc-on-u-s-ecology/

Scientists Map Process by Which Brain Cells Form Long-Term Memories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130609195704.htm

How Three Guys Rebuilt the Foundation of Facebook

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/06/facebook-hhvm-saga/

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Scientists capture footage of giant deep-sea fish off Gulf of Mexico in first of its kind HD video

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/09/scientists-capture-footage-of-giant-deep-sea-fish-off-gulf-of-mexico-in-first-of-its-kind-hd-video/

Why Your Brain Loves Music

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-your-brain-loves-music

When Not Trusting Your Gut Can Lead to Bad Decisions

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/when-not-trusting-your-gut-can-lead-to-bad-decisions

How to navigate the Internet around PRISM Google and YouTube may be under NSA surveillance, but you can still surf the web without Big Brother watching

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/09/can_you_use_the_internet_without_prism_partner/

Automated systems: incredible world will soon be ours to enjoy Dick Pelletier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130609

Large-Scale Biodiversity Is Vital to Maintain Ecosystem Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130607160335.htm

Cement Glass

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/06/cement-glass.html

How the U.S. Uses Technology to Mine More Data More Quickly

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/us/revelations-give-look-at-spy-agencys-wider-reach.html

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Can an Ecstasy Pill Treat PTSD?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/can-an-ecstasy-pill-treat-ptsd

For a Better Night's Sleep, Should Couples Sleep in Different Beds?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/for-a-better-nights-sleep-should-couples-sleep-in-different-beds

After Google Glass, the Internet on a Contact Lens

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/after-google-glass-the-internet-on-a-contact-lens

Daily Coffee Prevents Disease, Helps You Live Longer

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/daily-coffee-prevents-disease-helps-you-live-longer

How to test Weinstein's provocative theory of everything

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23632

New Framework for Understanding the Energetics of Ionic Liquids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130607160333.htm

World’s fastest comp: China unveils new top-ranking supercomputer

http://rt.com/news/china-fastest-supercomputer-milkyway2-379/

The Operating Room of the Future - InSightec - Dr. Kobi Vortman Technion Alumnus

http://www.youtube.com/embed/IfJemqkby_0?rel=0

Common Genetic Disease Linked to Father's Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130607131014.htm

Bone Tumor Found In 120,000-Year-Old Neandertal Rib

http://www.eurasiareview.com/08062013-bone-tumor-found-in-120000-year-old-neandertal-rib/

Police admit they're 'stumped' by mystery car thefts

http://www.today.com/news/police-admit-theyre-stumped-mystery-car-thefts-6C10169993

The CIA Invests in Robotic Writers for Media Releases

http://allthingsd.com/20130605/the-c-i-a-invests-in-narrative-science-and-its-automated-writers/

Envisioning A Future Of Custom-Grown Meat

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-06/envisioning-future-custom-grown-meat

Sweet Art: 3-D Printed Sugar Lattices Could Be the Future of Iron Chef

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/06/sugar-lab-prints-sweet-sculptures/#slideid-150671

Laws of Physics Say Quantum Cryptography Is Unhackable. It’s Not

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/06/quantum-cryptography-hack/

HiveBio is Working to Become Seattle's First Community Biology Lab (Video)

http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/05/06/1813251/hivebio-is-working-to-become-seattles-first-community-biology-lab-video

Friday, June 7, 2013

Speed Kills - The Fastest Punch in the World (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtNAqK_V-lg

Expert fears jellyfish could take over oceans

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/07/jellyfish-could-wipeout-an-entire-foodchain/

China's Next Manned Spaceflight Enters Final Prep Phase

http://www.space.com/21471-china-shenzhou-10-launch-prep.html

How does Elon Musk's Hyperloop work?

http://www.gizmag.com/how-does-elon-musk-hyperloop-work/27757/

Promising Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606141038.htm

Quantum Teleportation Between Atomic Systems Over Long Distances

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606140844.htm

Spooky Action Put to Order: Different Types of 'Entanglement' Classified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606154710.htm

Passwords That Only Your Unconscious Mind Remembers

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/passwords-that-only-your-unconscious-mind-remembers

How The Human Face Might Look In 100,000 Years

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/07/google-glass-to-change-the-way-we-wear-our-faces/

It's Time to Tackle Insterstellar Spaceflight, Experts Say

http://www.space.com/21452-interstellar-spaceflight-starship-congress.html

How Brain Circuits Can Become Miswired During Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606155128.htm

Russian Bees Coming To Rescue Of US Hives

http://www.eurasiareview.com/07062013-russian-bees-coming-to-rescue-of-us-hives/

Metabolic Model of E. Coli Reveals How Bacterial Growth Responds to Temperature Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606154702.htm

Three-Billion-Year-Old Microfossils Include Plankton

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606155123.htm

Earthquake Acoustics Can Indicate If a Massive Tsunami Is Imminent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606155132.htm

Soy Sauce Overdose Sends Man into Coma

http://news.discovery.com/human/health/soy-sauce-sends-man-into-coma-130607.htm

Do Religious Restrictions Force Doctors to Commit Malpractice?

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tarico20130607

BBC iScience Nanotechnology

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

Google Reader shutdown spawned by changes in how we consume news

http://www.slashgear.com/google-reader-shutdown-spawned-by-changes-in-how-we-consume-news-06285258/

Synthetic Biology Should We Be Afraid?

http://farmwars.info/?p=10808

NASA shows off whole year of solar flares in one photo

http://www.slashgear.com/nasa-shows-off-whole-year-of-solar-flares-in-one-photo-06285275/

Surgeons Implant Bioengineered Vein: Kidney Dialysis Patient First in U.S. to Receive Lab-Grown Blood Vessel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606110026.htm

'Dust Trap' Around Young Star Solves Long-Standing Planet Formation Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606140527.htm

MRI Study: Breastfeeding Boosts Babies' Brain Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606141048.htm

How The Cloud Is Empowering Developing Nations

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/06/05/how-the-cloud-is-empowering-developing-nations/

Thursday, June 6, 2013

The Fight Against Genome Parasites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604094524.htm

Psychology: Electric Shock Experiment (Milgram Experiment) HD (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b7YFtiE5EA#

Mental Block: Professor Discovers Way to Alter Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604134251.htm

Gestures Create A New Type Of Universal Remote Control

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/gestures-create-a-new-type-of-universal-remote-control

Tagging Bank Robbers With DNA Fog

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/tagging-bank-robbers-with-dna-fog

Multiple Sclerosis: Phase 1 Trial Safely Resets Patients' Immune Systems, Reduces Attack On Myelin Protein

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605144312.htm

Aligning Values With Employer Can Lead to Promotion, Suggests New Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605132900.htm

Animals and Humans: A False Divide?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605133712.htm

First Evidence That the Genome Can Adapt to Temperature Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605144039.htm

Electronic Stimulation Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Safe, Effective, New Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605144316.htm

New Microfluidic Method Expands Toolbox for Nanoparticle Manipulation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605144324.htm

Resistivity Switch Is Window to Role of Magnetism in Iron-Based Superconductors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605144431.htm

Scientists Discover How HIV Kills Immune Cells; Findings Have Implications for HIV Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605144435.htm

Metal-Free Catalyst Outperforms Platinum in Fuel Cell

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605111518.htm

Young Star Suggests Our Sun Was a Feisty Toddler

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605133600.htm

Black Holes Abundant Among the Earliest Stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605190711.htm

Atoms' Quantum Spin Controlled in Odd Chilled Gas

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18274-atoms-quantum-spin-controlled.html

Scanadu Builds a $149 Personal Tricorder for Non-Trekkies

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/06/scanadu-scout/

Inconsistency In The Big Bang Theory Resolved

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/scientists-solve-inconsistency-big-bang-theory

Defending an Open, Global, Secure, and Resilient Internet

http://www.cfr.org/national-security-and-defense/defending-open-global-secure-resilient-internet/p30876

Your Tax Dollars at Work: $588,160 To Study Why Bird Penis' Are Shrinking?

http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2013/06/your-tax-dollars-at-work-588160-to.html

Floating by at 311mph: Japanese 'Maglev' bullet train undergoes its first successful test run

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2335785/Floating-311mph-Japanese-Maglev-bullet-train-undergoes-successful-test-run.html

The Economic Cost of Obesity

http://academicearth.org/electives/the-economic-cost-of-obesity/

Malnutrition Still Killing Three Million Children Under Five

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/malnutrition-still-killing-three-million-children-under-five/

Gut Bacteria Play Key Role in Vaccination

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605185931.ht

When Angry, Talk: Describing Emotional Situations Alters Heart Rate, Cardiac Output

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605190142.htm

Most Popular Baby Names from Last Decade Decoded

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605190203.htm

Samsung wins Apple patent case The ruling means a halt to all imports and sales on several AT&T-sold models of iPhones

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/05/samsung_wins_apple_patent_case_partner/

History: The path to the quantum atom

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v498/n7452/full/498027a.html

'Belief in Science' Increases in Stressful Situations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605144424.htm

Scientists Unexpectedly Discover Stress-Resistant Stem Cells in Fat Tissue Removed During Liposuction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605185929.htm

Nontoxic Cancer Therapy Proves Effective Against Metastatic Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605190158.htm

Regulators Discover a Hidden Viral Gene in Commercial GMO Crops

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/regulators-discover-hidden-viral-gene-commercial-gmo-crops

Temporal cloak erases data from history

http://www.nature.com/news/temporal-cloak-erases-data-from-history-1.13141

New fossil of early primate relative, shows our distant cousin was cute, tiny and quite hyper

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-fossil-of-early-primate-relative-shows-our-distant-cousin-was-cute-tiny-and-quite-hyper/2013/06/05/af1fbcf4-cdfa-11e2-8573-3baeea6a2647_story.html

My year of living open source

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/04/opinion/sam-muirhead-year-open-source/index.html

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Connecticut Senate passes bill writing Wright Brothers out of history

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/05/connecticut-senate-passes-bill-writing-wright-brothers-out-of-history/

Formula-feeding linked to metabolic stress and increased risk of later disease

http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=223&content_id=CNBP_032894&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=09cad133-b8e4-44c0-ae89-f85d0f90a872

The Intensity of Land Use Doubled in the 20th Century

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604094519.htm

Metamaterials: Leading Light Waves Astray

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604094605.htm

Innate Immunity: When DNA Is out of Place

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604094608.htm

Scientists Create Novel Silicon Electrodes That Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604094703.htm

Anatomy Determines How Lizards Attract Partners and Repel Rivals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604114003.htm

Roman Seawater Concrete Holds the Secret to Cutting Carbon Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604135409.htm

Cognitive Ability Differences Among the Elderly Explained

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604135416.htm

Behold the 9-Day Fresh Strawberry: New Approach to Slowing Rot Doubles Berry Shelf Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604135418.htm

Tiny Airplanes and Subs Could Be Next Hurricane Hunters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604153339.htm

Life-Producing Phosphorus Carried to Earth by Meteorites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130604153520.htm

Scientist Craig Venter creates life for first time in laboratory sparking debate about 'playing god'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/7745868/Scientist-Craig-Venter-creates-life-for-first-time-in-laboratory-sparking-debate-about-playing-god.html

Robots and worms join forces to spin silk pavilion

http://www.gizmag.com/silk-pavilion/27785/

NASA: Noteworthy Hole in the Sun

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/05/nasa-noteworthy-hole-in-the-sun/

Mock Mars Mission Will Test Stresses of Red Planet Living

http://www.space.com/21392-mock-mars-mission-arctic.html

Space Storm Could Black Out US East Coast for Two Years – Experts Say

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/05/space-storm-could-black-out-us-east-coast-for-two-years-expert/

Tiny Helicopter Piloted By Human Thoughts

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/05/a-wifi-brain-mind-control/

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Are humans getting smarter? As our capacity for abstract thinking grows, so too have our IQ scores

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/03/are_humans_getting_smarter_partner/

Caffeine Withdrawal is Now A “Mental Disorder”

http://vineoflife.net/2013/06/04/caffeine-withdrawal-is-now-a-mental-disorder/

Solar System's Milky Way Neighborhood Gets More Respect

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603163619.htm

Rare Stellar Alignment Offers Opportunity to Hunt for Planets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603183208.htm

This BMW-designed PC tower will make you the envy of any LAN party

http://www.gizmag.com/bmw-m8-gaming-pc-tower/27760/

Italian scientists fight back on animal testing

http://www.nature.com/news/italian-scientists-fight-back-on-animal-testing-1.13116

Chemical forensics confirm French wine had early roots Ancient jars hold residue of 2,500-year-old vintage.

http://www.nature.com/news/chemical-forensics-confirm-french-wine-had-early-roots-1.13119

Meeting Online Leads to Happier, More Enduring Marriages

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603163751.htm

Enzyme from Wood-Eating Gribble Could Help Turn Waste Into Biofuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603164156.htm

Chimpanzees Have Five Universal Personality Dimensions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603135521.htm

A Grassy Trend in Human Ancestors' Diets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603163749.htm

New Kind of Antibiotic May Be More Effective at Fighting Tuberculosis, Anthrax, and Other Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603163809.htm

Michael Douglas says cunnilingus gives you cancer – but is he right?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/jun/02/michael-douglas-oral-sex-cancer-facts

Blood Vessels in the Eye Linked With IQ, Cognitive Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603135533.htm

New Way Fish Camouflage Themselves in the Ocean: Manipulating How Light Reflects Off Skin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130603142315.htm