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

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

ZeroAccess malware revisited - new version yet more devious

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/07/31/zeroaccess-malware-revisited-new-version-yet-more-devious/

Iraq Brings Back The Garden Of Eden

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/iraq-brings-back-the-garden-of-eden

Natural chemical boosts organ regeneration

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23960-natural-chemical-boosts-organ-regeneration.html

One Technology That Is Already Changing the Future Of Energy

http://bigthink.com/flash-foresight/one-technology-that-is-already-changing-the-future-of-energy

Genetic engineering may be the only thing that can save the world’s oranges

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/genetic-engineering-may-only-thing-save-world-oranges-220153045.html

Potent Compound Kills Prostate Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130730091012.htm

Exercise May Be the Best Medicine for Alzheimer's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130730123249.htm

Europe's "biggest battery" to regulate UK renewable energy

http://www.gizmag.com/europes-biggest-battery/28496/

Kickstarting disaster: When crowdfunding backfires

http://www.gizmag.com/kickstater-disaster/28514/

Ford engineer 3d prints haptic gear shift using open-source electronics

http://www.gizmag.com/haptic-feedback-shift-knob/28505/

Bharathi Antarctic research station built from shipping containers

http://www.gizmag.com/bharathi-research-base/2849

Silk brain implants could stop epilepsy from progressing

http://www.gizmag.com/silk-epilepsy-implants/28520/

Full-size remote control cars – coming soon to a road near you?

http://www.gizmag.com/remote-control-cars/28521/

Silver bonding technique could provide a simple way of producing smart fabrics

http://www.gizmag.com/silver-bonding-samrt-fabrics/28522/

Sintercore creates first commercial 3D printed metallic firearm component

http://www.gizmag.com/sintercore-auxetik-3d-printed-muzzle-brake-inconel/28489/

Sony's head-mounted 3D video display gives surgeons an inside view

http://www.gizmag.com/sony-surgical-headset/28512/

Scientists make "Impossible Material" ... by accident

http://www.gizmag.com/upsalite-impossible-material/28393/

Beam Me Up, Scotty! Would Teleporting Humans Into Space Be Possible?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130730091152.htm

Repairing Bad Memories

http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/515981/repairing-bad-memories/

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Shiny new teeth concocted from mice and human urine

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23957-shiny-new-teeth-concocted-from-mice-and-human-urine.html

Farm 432: The handy kitchen appliance that breeds fly larva for protein

http://www.gizmag.com/farm-432-fly-larva-food/28509/

Evolution of Diverse Sex-Determining Mechanisms in Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729161524.htm

Evolution of Monogamy in Humans the Result of Infanticide Risk, New Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729161558.htm

Hot Flashes? Thank Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729161948.htm

Human Cells Respond in Healthy, Unhealthy Ways to Different Kinds of Happiness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729161952.htm

Monogamy Evolved as a Mating Strategy: New Research Indicates That Social Monogamy Evolved as a Result of Competition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729172244.htm

Two 6,000-Year-Old 'Halls of the Dead' Unearthed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729231437.htm

Computer Scientists Develop 'Mathematical Jigsaw Puzzles' to Encrypt Software

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729161946.htm

Capturing Black Hole Spin Could Further Understanding of Galaxy Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729231440.htm

The Father Of All Patent Trolls

http://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesleadershipforum/2013/07/30/the-father-of-all-patent-trolls/

China’s cordgrass plan is ‘overkill’ Experts say Shanghai sea wall will cripple wetland habitat.

http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-cordgrass-plan-is-overkill-1.13437

Doubt cast over tiny stem cells Studies refute the existence of very small embryonic-like cells endorsed by the Vatican.

http://www.nature.com/news/doubt-cast-over-tiny-stem-cells-1.13435

Stellar winds in galactic nurseries stifle star birth

http://www.nature.com/news/stellar-winds-in-galactic-nurseries-stifle-star-birth-1.13442

Polarization detected in Big Bang's echo

http://www.nature.com/news/polarization-detected-in-big-bang-s-echo-1.13441

Mystery of Earth's radiation belts solved Van Allen belts accelerate their own particles rather than just trapping them.

http://www.nature.com/news/mystery-of-earth-s-radiation-belts-solved-1.13452

Gastric bypass makes gut burn sugar faster Diabetic rats control blood glucose better after weight-loss surgery.

http://www.nature.com/news/gastric-bypass-makes-gut-burn-sugar-faster-1.13451

Quantum boost for artificial intelligence Quantum computers able to learn could attack larger sets of data than classical computers.

http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-boost-for-artificial-intelligence-1.13453

Conflicting studies rekindle monogamy debate Two simulations reach opposing conclusions about why monogamy evolved in primates.

http://www.nature.com/news/conflicting-studies-rekindle-monogamy-debate-1.13462

Be Happy: Your Genes May Thank You for It

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729192548.htm

Breastfeeding Duration Appears Associated With Intelligence Later in Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130729231601.htm

Dell’s potential savior, a $100 Android computer the size of a USB stick, now shipping to testers

http://bgr.com/2013/07/29/dell-project-ophelia-release-date/

Enhanced post-humans face Star Trek-like future By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/500.html

Monday, July 29, 2013

The End is Near - Another Spreadsheet says we are doomed - Author suggests preparing for Lord of the Flies

http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/07/the-end-if-near-another-spreadsheet.html

Scientists Discover What’s Killing The Bees And It’s Worse Than You Thought

http://www.adguk-blog.com/2013/07/scientists-discover-whats-killing-bees.html

Incredible Technology: How to Explore Jupiter's Moon Europa

http://www.space.com/22146-robotic-exploration-europa-incredible-tech.html

Water Molecules Control Inactivation and Recovery of Potassium Channels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130728134055.htm

Migraines Associated With Variations in Structure of Brain Arteries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726191731.htm

Breakthrough in Detecting DNA Mutations Could Help Treat Tuberculosis, Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130728133857.htm

Has Extraterrestrial Life Been Discovered?

http://newsblaze.com/story/20101130055548tm75.nb/topstory.html

How Facebook Can Avoid a Slow, Painful Death

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/07/facebooks-at-its-breakpoint-and-heres-how-to-save-it-from-growth-hacking/

MIT project turns your inbox into an infographic

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2013/0729/MIT-project-turns-your-inbox-into-an-infographic

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Pigeons Fly Home With a Map in Their Heads

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130725091133.htm

Marijuana Use in Adolescence May Cause Permanent Brain Abnormalities, Mouse Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724125028.htm

Heading for Regeneration: Researchers Reactivate Head Regeneration in Regeneration-Deficient Species of Planarians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724134019.htm

Guy Builds Functional Boeing 737 Cockpit in His Kids’ Bedroom

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/guy-builds-functional-boeing-737-cockpit-in-his-kids-bedroom.html

Arthur C. Clarke: Science fiction writers are accidental prophets

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/27/arthur_c_clarke_science_fiction_writers_are_accidental_prophets_partner/

Estrogen's Effects On Fat Depends On Where It's Located

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726131218.htm

Buying a Used Car? Be Sure to Flatter the Seller

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726131256.htm

Sudden Decline in Testosterone May Cause Parkinson's Disease Symptoms in Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726191522.htm

Evolution On the Inside Track: How Viruses in Gut Bacteria Change Over Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726191528.htm

Facebook invents a PHP virtual machine

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9241135/Facebook_invents_a_PHP_virtual_machine

Death Happens More Slowly Than Thought

http://news.discovery.com/human/health/death-happens-slower-than-thought-cell-by-cell-130713.htm

Sherlock Homes Inspired Real Life CSI

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130725202333.htm

Quantum of Sonics: Bonded, Not Stirred

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726092425.htm

Glass Scaffolds Help Heal Bone, Show Promise as Weight-Bearing Implants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726103309.htm

New Way to Create 'Gradients' for Understanding Molecular Interactions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726103353.htm

Removing Complexity Layers from the Universe's Creation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726121543.htm

Gadget Genius: Nanotechnology Breakthrough Is Big Deal for Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726121616.htm

Let them eat bugs

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hansen20130726

Friday, July 26, 2013

The physics of the world's fastest man

http://www.gizmag.com/usain-bolt-fastest-man-physics-analysis/28457/

The TerraCraft: A convertible, tilting 3-wheeler with a unique steering system

http://www.gizmag.com/terracraft-tilting-3-wheeler-vehicle/28453/

Scientists Discover Surprising Importance of 'I Love Q' for Understanding Neutron Stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130725141713.htm

Largest Magnetic Fields in the Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726043406.htm

Billionaire Elon Musk Unveiling Mysterious 'Hyperloop' Transport System Next Month

http://www.space.com/22064-elon-musk-hyperloop-travel-technology.html

Ginseng found to help chemo cancer patients have more energy

http://www.naturalnews.com/041362_ginseng_fatigue_cancer_patients.html

Bionic fashion: Wearable tech that will turn man into machine by 2015

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/25/tech/innovation/bionic-fashion-wearable-tech-2015/index.html

10 theories that explain why we dream

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/07/26/10-theories-that-explain-why-we-dream/

This is What Wi-Fi Looks Like

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/07/26/this-is-what-wi-fi-looks-like/

WATCH: How a Colorblind Cyborg 'Hears' Color

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neil-harbisson/hearing-color-cyborg-tedtalk_b_3654445.html

'Epilepsy in a Dish': Stem Cell Research Reveals Clues to Disease's Origins and May Aid Search for Better Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130725090900.htm

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Protons Hop from One Water Molecule to Another Given Suitable Energy Conditions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723113616.htm

Nano Scientists Reach Holy Grail in Label-Free Cancer Marker Detection: Single Molecules

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724134303.htm

Hot-Fire Tests Show 3-D Printed Rocket Parts Rival Traditionally Manufactured Parts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724155726.htm

Shedding New Light On the Brightest Objects in the Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724200605.htm

'International Beam Team' Solves Martian Meteorite-Age Puzzle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724200607.htm

Physics goes social: How behaviour obeys quantum logic

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929240.400-physics-goes-social-how-behaviour-obeys-quantum-logic.html

MIT Neuroscientists Successfully Plant False Memories In The Brain

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=14413

World’s cheapest computer gets millions tinkering

http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1EdxrYgavSvvsdVbs2q14N/Worlds-cheapest-computer-gets-millions-tinkering.html

Dolphins Respond to Hearing Their Own Name

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/07/22/dolphins-call-each-other-by-names/

How Adding Iodine to Salt Boosted Americans’ IQ

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/07/23/how-adding-iodine-to-salt-boosted-americans-iq/

Body Horrors | The Special Brand of Horror that is the New World Screwworm

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2013/07/22/screwworm-myiasis/

Cassini Spots Earth From 900 Million Miles Away

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/?p=3283

Washington DC Could Soon Be Defended By Blimps

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/washington-dc-could-soon-be-defended-by-blimps

A Device That Actually Confirms Whether You're Burning Fat

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-device-that-actually-confirms-whether-youre-burning-fat

A Mirror That Could Trick Customers Into Buying Clothes

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-mirror-that-could-trick-customers-into-buying-clothes

The Newest Weapon In The War Against Ticks Is A Robot

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/the-newest-weapon-in-the-war-against-ticks-is-a-robot

Ancient Technology for Metal Coatings 2,000 Years Ago Can't Be Matched Even Today

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724124919.htm

Pressurized Virus Blasts Its Infectious DNA Into Human Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724114245.htm

New Species of Hero Shrew Found in Equatorial Africa: Most Bizarre Mammalian Spine On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724103238.htm

Brain Research Shows Psychopathic Criminals Do Not Lack Empathy, but Fail to Use It Automatically

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724200412.htm

Luxury Products' Role in Relationships Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130724124922.htm

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Sleep Deprivation Linked to Aging Skin, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723155002.htm

Ability to Learn New Words Based On Efficient Communication Between Brain Areas That Control Movement and Hearing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722152735.htm

Breastfed Children Are Less Likely to Develop ADHD Later in Life, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722152739.htm

Chemical Reaction Could Streamline Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals and Other Compounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722152741.htm

Weight Is a Factor in Graduate School Admissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722202651.htm

Novel 'Top-Down' Mechanism Repatterns Developing Brain Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722202649.htm

Scientists Identify Key Brain Circuits That Control Compulsive Drinking in Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722202654.htm

Skipping Breakfast May Increase Coronary Heart Disease Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722202818.htm

Vaccinating Boys Plays Key Role in HPV Prevention

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722203039.htm

Disney algorithm builds high-res 3D models from ordinary photos

http://www.gizmag.com/disney-light-field-3d/28400/

Sweat Machine turns perspiration into drinking water

http://www.gizmag.com/sweat-machine/28401/

Rubbee turns any bike electric

http://www.gizmag.com/rubbee-electric-bicycle-kit/28406/

Ford uses existing driving technologies for police surveillance

http://www.gizmag.com/ford-police-surveillance/28387/

Computer model learns to copy artists' drawing styles

http://www.gizmag.com/face-portrait-drawing-styles/28409/

Solar steam sterilization system could clean up in the developing world

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-steam-sanitizing-autoclave/28415/

Vikings Possibly Carried Native American to Europe

http://news.discovery.com/history/us-history/vikings-native-american-woman.htm

Faster Than the Speed of Light?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/science/faster-than-the-speed-of-light.html

Move Like an Octopus: Underwater Propulsion from a 3-D Printer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722105552.htm

Bees 'Betray' Their Flowers When Pollinator Species Decline

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722152733.htm

Evolution Picks Up Hitchhikers: Pervasive Genetic Hitchhiking and Clonal Interference in Evolving Yeast Populations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722203041.htm

Devastating Long-Distance Impact of Earthquakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723073957.htm

Is a Common Food Fungus Worsening the AIDS Epidemic?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723095207.htm

Controlling Genes With Light: New Technique Can Rapidly Turn Genes On and Off, Helping Scientists Better Understand Their Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723113749.htm

Will Two Worms Grow from a Worm Cut in Half?

http://www.livescience.com/38371-two-worms-worm-cut-in-half.html

Humans Are the World's Best Pattern-Recognition Machines, But for How Long?

http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/humans-are-the-worlds-best-pattern-recognition-machines-but-for-how-long

What's the deal with distributed manufacturing?

http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/whats-deal-distributed-manufacturing.html

Researchers discover secret to mussels’ magical staying power

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/researchers-discover-the-secret-to-mussels-magical-staying-power/

Heat Shield for NASA's New Orion Spacecraft Set for 2014 Test Flight

Boeing Reveals Interior of New Commercial Space Capsule

http://www.space.com/22057-boeing-unveils-commercial-space-capsule.html

Study: Extreme conservatives make happier people

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/24/extreme_conservatives_are_happier_than_you_partner/

Chromecast: The cheap and easy future of TV

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/24/chromecast_the_cheap_and_easy_future_of_tv/

Brain Picks out Salient Sounds from Background Noise by Tracking Frequency and Time, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723113743.htm

New Approach for Studying Deadly Brain Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723113751.htm

No Link Between Prenatal Mercury Exposure and Autism-Like Behaviors Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723113753.htm

Optimists Better at Regulating Stress

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723134538.htm

When Bar Fights Get Mean, Bystanders Intervene

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130723155048.htm

6 Apocalyptic Technologies That Most People Have Not Even Heard About Yet

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/07/24/6-apocalyptic-technologies-that-most-people-have-not-even-heard-about-yet/

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

FDA Approves New EEG Test to Locate ADHD in Children’s Brains

http://chrisinmaryville.net/fda-approves-new-eeg-test-to-locate-adhd-in-childrens-brains.html

Rare full dinosaur tail unearthed in northern Mexico

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/rare-full-dinosaur-tail-unearthed-in-northern-mexico/

John Searle: Our shared condition -- consciousness

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

Researchers create pee-powered cellphone

http://www.dvice.com/2013-7-22/researchers-create-pee-powered-cellphone

Historical Context For Garden of Eden

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/07/historical-context-for-garden-of-eden.html

You Can Hold This Ice Cream of the Future in Your Bare Hands

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/07/ice-cream-of-the-future-could-totally-change-the-way-you-eat

Is human super-intelligence a bad idea?

http://io9.com/is-human-super-intelligence-a-bad-idea-733655691

To Savor the Flavor, Perform a Short Ritual First

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722072037.htm

'Love Hormone' Is Two-Faced: Oxytocin Strengthens Bad Memories and Can Increase Fear and Anxiety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722123206.htm

Microchips That Mimic the Brain: Novel Microchips Imitate the Brain's Information Processing in Real Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130722152705.htm

Monday, July 22, 2013

Sex Chromosome Shocker: The 'Female' X a Key Contributor to Sperm Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130721161358.htm

Making Big 'Schroedinger Cats': Quantum Research Pushes Boundary by Testing Micro Theory for Macro Objects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130721161710.htm

Study Confirms Male Circumcision is Genital Mutilation

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb512999.htm

The Bell Labs of Quantum Computing

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/516536/the-bell-labs-of-quantum-computing/

New Idea tackles Earth Core Puzzle

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/07/new-idea-tackles-earth-core-puzzle.html

Beatles 'Help!' Ease Depression in Dementia

http://www.everydayhealth.com/alzheimers-disease/0716/beatles-help-ease-depression-in-dementia.aspx

'Big leap' towards curing blindness in stem cell study

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23374623

Missing Piece of Pediatric Cancer Puzzle Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719204113.htm

Failure to Destroy Toxic Protein -- Not Buildup of Protein Itself -- Contributes to Huntington's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130721161753.htm

Open System Physics: Demystifying “Free” Energy

http://energyfanatics.com/2013/07/21/open-system-physics-demystifying-free-energy/

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Internet's Backbone Can Readily Be Made More Sustainable, Experts Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719135955.htm

How Smart Dust Could Be Used To Monitor Human Thought

http://vineoflifenews.com/how-smart-dust-could-be-used-to-monitor-human-thought/

Why Do People Kill? And Other Revelations Of Human Nature (video)

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

Why Women Are Good for Men

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-women-are-good-for-men

What Causes Déjà Vu?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/what-causes-deja-vu

How Artificial Intelligence Will Create a Faster Internet

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-artificial-intelligence-will-create-a-faster-internet

Everything you know about the brain is wrong What does Einstein's brain size say about his IQ? Is the left-brain/right-brain divide a myth? There's new research

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/21/everything_you_know_about_the_brain_is_wrong/

Mental Illness: It's Not in Your Genes

http://bigthink.com/devil-in-the-data/mental-illness-its-not-in-your-genes

New Self-Aiming Rifle Would Outshoot Human Snipers

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/138436-2013-07-18-new-self-aiming-rifle-would-outshoot-human-snipers.htm

Human Origins

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/07/human-origins.html

How to be an email survivalist

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/20/the_pros_and_cons_of_running_your_own_e_mail_service_partner/

Cosmologist claims Universe may not be expanding

http://www.nature.com/news/cosmologist-claims-universe-may-not-be-expanding-1.13379

Is Sexual Addiction the Real Deal?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719104933.htm

Exercise Can Reduce Stroke Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130718130456.htm

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Lizards Show Evolution Is Predictable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719104931.htm

Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy Affects Learning and Memory Function in Offspring?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719104937.htm

If You're Not Looking for It, You Probably Won't See It

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719112134.htm

First Global Atlas of Marine Plankton Reveals Remarkable Underwater World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719112145.htm

New Plan of Attack in Cancer Fight: Two-Drug Combination, Under Certain Circumstances, Can Eliminate Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719112147.htm

Genetic Key to Conquering Cholera

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719135957.htm

Purple Sunlight Eaters: Microorganisms Found in Salt Flats Could Offer New Path to Green Hydrogen Fuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130719140006.htm

Why Waging War May Not Be in Our Genes

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-waging-war-may-not-be-a-genetic-trait

Congratulations, You Are Now Less Dumb

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/congratulations-dummy-you-are-now-less-dumb

Exercise Pill Could Simulate Physical Activity at the Cellular Level

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/exercise-pill-could-simulate-physical-activity-at-the-cellular-level

Vitamins Cause Cancer, Heart Disease, and Death

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/vitamins-cause-cancer-heart-disease-and-death

Smart Knife Does Instant Biopsies on Tumor Cells

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/smart-knife-does-instant-biopsies-on-tumor-cells

No "Master Genes" Needed: Scientists Generate iPSCs with Small Molecules

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/no-master-genes-needed-scientists-generate-ipscs-with-small-molecules/81248621/

Ever-Bigger Viruses Shake Tree of Life

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6143/226.full

What Do Ants Know That We Don’t?

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/07/what-do-ants-know-that-we-dont.html

Medical Marijuana Achieves ‘Complete Remission’ Of Crohn's Disease; Drug Improves Appetite And Sleep Function, With No Side Effects

http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/17529/20130718/medical-marijuana-crohns-disease-remission-anti-inflammatory-drug-inflammatory-bowel-disease.htm

Inside Google HQ: What does the future hold for the company whose visionary plans include implanting a chip in our brains?

http://vineoflifenews.com/inside-google-hq-what-does-the-future-hold-for-the-company-whose-visionary-plans-include-implanting-a-chip-in-our-brains/

Five weather myths debunked

http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Five-weather-myths-debunked

Giant gas cloud 'resembles spaghetti' as it plunges toward a black hole

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0717/Giant-gas-cloud-resembles-spaghetti-as-it-plunges-toward-a-black-hole

Friday, July 19, 2013

Gene Mutation Linked to Obesity: Mice Gain Weight Even When Fed Normal Amounts of Food

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130718142807.htm

How Mars' Atmosphere Got So Thin: Reports Detail Curiosity Clues to Atmosphere's Past

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130718143020.htm

Facebook for Molecules

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130718161358.htm

New Approach to Designing Visual Notations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130718161429.htm

Dental Research: Gingival Stem Cells Can Be Used in Tissue Regeneration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130718161522.htm

Immunity: A Secret to Making Macrophages

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130718161548.htm

2 Million Deaths a Year Could Be Due to Air Pollution: Study

http://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/misc-death-and-dying-news-172/briefs-emb-7-11-7-00-pm-et-institute-of-physics-air-pollution-claims-more-than-two-million-lives-each-year-678174.html

Researchers Discover First Use of Fertilizer

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/07/researchers-discover-first-use-o.html

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Prostate Cancers Are Fewer, Smaller On Walnut-Enriched Diet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130716120026.htm

Scientists Show Proof-Of-Principle for Silencing Extra Chromosome Responsible for Down Syndrome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130717132330.htm

Inner Speech Speaks Volumes About the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130716080028.htm

Big-Nosed Dinosaur, Nasutoceratops, Discovered By Paleontologists In Utah

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/17/big-nose-dinosaur-nasutoceratops-discovered-paleontologists_n_3609801.html

History of Psychotherapy

http://psychcentral.com/lib/history-of-psychotherapy/000115

Expert: Something Massive Might Be ‘Tilting’ The Universe, But We Have No Idea What It Is

http://midnightwatcher.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/expert-something-massive-might-be-tilting-the-universe-but-we-have-no-idea-what-it-is/

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

$92 quadrillion: PayPal accidentally makes man a quadrillionaire

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2013/0717/92-quadrillion-PayPal-accidentally-makes-man-a-quadrillionaire

Amazing Demo of a Water-Repellent Spray You Can Actually Buy

http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/amazing-demo-of-a-water-repellent-spray-you-can-actually-buy

Why Bombing Europa Might Be A Good Idea

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-bombing-europa-might-be-a-good-idea

Scientists Power Mobile Phone Using Human Urine

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/scientists-power-mobile-phone-using-human-urine

Attention Alchemists: This Could Be How Gold Is Made

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/attention-alchemists-this-could-be-how-gold-is-made/

Dye-Sensitized Cells Could Make Solar Power More Affordable

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/dye-sensitized-cells-could-make-solar-power-more-affordable

The 3 Fears That Drive Us to Accomplish Extraordinary Things

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/the-3-fears-that-drive-us-to-accomplish-extraordinary-things

NASA Technology May Breathe Life, Safety Into Mines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130716200044.htm

Bioengineers Develop New Approach to Regenerate Back Discs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130716120108.htm

Eye-Tracking Could Outshine Passwords If Made User-Friendly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130716132232.htm

Weight Gain Early in Pregnancy Means Bigger, Fatter Babies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130716162152.htm

Self-Perpetuating Signals May Drive Tumor Cells to Spread

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130716162158.htm

High Blood Pressure Patients: Non-Adherence to Medication Greatly Increases Risk of Fatal and Non-Fatal Strokes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130716194917.htm

Diffraction Resonator Windows Block Noise, Not Breeze

http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/07/diffraction-resonator-windows-block-noise-not-breeze/

The Skinny On Aussie Solar Printer: It’s Wide

http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/05/the-skinny-on-aussie-solar-printer-its-wide/

Robotic frogs help turn a boring mating call into a serenade (w/video)

http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/robotics/newsid=31357.php

Spinal Injuries In China

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/Spinal%20Injuries%20In%20China%20First%20Man%20to%20Hear%20People%20Before%20They%20Speak%20Just%20Three%20Pints%20of%20Beer%20a%20Week%20Retired%20Chinese%20Judge%20Confirms%20Organ%20Harvesting

Just Three Pints of Beer a Week

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/07/just-three-pints-of-beer-week.html

Voyager 1 Entered Weird Region In Space Last Summer

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/07/voyager-1-entered-weird-region-in-space.html

Tighthouse: The first certified Passive House in NYC

http://www.gizmag.com/tighthouse-passive-house-nyc/28274/

Plug pulled on the world's last commercial electric telegraph system

http://www.gizmag.com/last-telegraph-message/28314/

Should chimpanzees have legal rights?

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/07/13/should-chimpanzees-have-legal-rights

Study: Having An Active Sex Life Can Make You Look Up To Seven Years Younger Than You Are

http://elitedaily.com/news/world/study-having-an-active-sex-life-can-make-you-look-up-to-seven-years-younger-than-you-are/

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Red Planet Riviera: Ancient Mars Ocean Found?

http://news.discovery.com/space/red-planet-riviera-ancient-mars-coastline-found-130716.htm

Researchers generate long-lasting blood vessels from reprogrammed human cells

http://www.massgeneral.org/about/pressrelease.aspx?id=1605

Sound waves have brought us closer to a levitation machine

http://io9.com/sound-waves-have-brought-us-closer-to-a-levitation-mach-783190362

T. rex could be the 'tyrant lizard' after all

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0716/T.-rex-could-be-the-tyrant-lizard-after-all

Lunar Cycle Affects Cardiac Patients Undergoing Acute Aortic Dissection: Waning and Full Moon Cycles Impact Length of Stay, Mortality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715141816.htm

Computer as Smart as a 4-Year-Old? Researchers IQ Test New Artificial Intelligence System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715151059.htm

Spicing Up Food Can Make Up for Missing Fat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715134640.htm

Bilingual Children Have a Two-Tracked Mind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715151106.htm

Chinese People May Be at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Caucasians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715164716.htm

Fear Factor: Missing Brain Enzyme Leads to Abnormal Levels of Fear in Mice, New Research Reveals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715164805.htm

British 'Space Plane' Gets £60m Go-Ahead from Chancellor George Osborne

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/490061/20130714/space-plane-alan-bond-george-osborne-skylon.htm

Chinese probe reaches record height in space travel

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/14/c_125005864.htm

Scientists Spin Ultralight ‘Cotton Candy’ Carbon Nanotube Electrical Wiring [VIDEO]

http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_2_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNEJeeqLbVRcMcg1xuzlxkP4pv9NXQ&cid=43982103884167&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibtimes.com%2Fscientists-spin-ultralight-cotton-candy-carb

Bernie Krause: The voice of the natural world

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/138187-2013-07-15-bernie-krause-the-voice-of-the-natural-world.htm

Volcanoes Like To Scream Out Before They Blow Their Lids

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112897789/volcanoes-scream-out-before-erupting-071513/

First-Ever 3D Printed Rocket Part Successfully Tested

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112896223/nasa-and-aerojet-rocketdyne-test-3d-printed-rocket-component-071513/

Determining What Makes Us Appealing As A Mosquito Meal

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112897360/mosquitoes-rely-factors-meal-humans-071513/

Scientists develop ground-breaking new method of 'starving' cancer cells

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-scientists-ground-breaking-method-starving-cancer.html

Two new Alzheimer's drugs show promise in early studies

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-alzheimer-drugs-early.html

In children with fever, researchers distinguish bacterial from viral infections

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-children-fever-distinguish-bacterial-viral.html

New screen tech displays clear 2D and 3D images at once

http://www.gizmag.com/ucsc-2d-3d-tv/28305/

Corn Syrup-Fiberglass Model Predicts Yellowstone’s Geophysical Behavior

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112897600/corn-syrup-model-predicts-yellowstone-geophysical-behavior-071513/

Hubble Spots New Moon Orbiting Neptune

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/15/hubble-spots-new-moon-orbiting-neptune/

Trekking our evolutionary maze: powerful bodies, end of death; more By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/498.html

Biochemists Uphold Law of Physics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715091224.htm

Great Exaptations: Most Traits Emerge for No Crucial Reason, Scientists Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715134424.htm

Surprise Finding Reveals How Adaptive Our Immune Systems Can Be

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715091226.htm

Solving DNA Puzzles Is Overwhelming Computer Systems, Researchers Warn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715114658.htm

How Cranberries Impact Infection-Causing Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715114654.htm

Distorted GPS Signals Reveal Hurricane Wind Speeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715135634.htm

Scientists Construct Visual of Intracellular 'Zip Code' Signaling Linked to Learning, Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130715141822.htm

Monday, July 15, 2013

Boldly Illuminating Biology's 'Dark Matter'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130714160842.htm

Artificial Cells to Study Molecular Crowding and Gene Expression Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130714160942.htm

Artificial "Spiber" silk is tougher than Kevlar

http://www.gizmag.com/spiber-synthetic-silk/28267/

Scientists developing a baby cry analyzer

http://www.gizmag.com/baby-cry-analyzer/28286/

Report: Microsoft taught NSA how to crack encrypted emails

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/310503-report-microsoft-gave-nsa-easier-access-to-encrypted-messages

The weird and wonderful world of the naked mole rat

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jul/14/naked-mole-rat-cancer-research

How To Turn A Match Into A Tiny Rocket

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2013-06/blast-turn-matches-tiny-rockets

A Mind-Blowing Dome Made by 6,500 Computer-Guided Silkworms

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/07/your-next-3-d-printer-might-be-filled-with-worms/

When a hypothesis is neither true nor false Mathematician Georg Cantor went mad trying to prove the Continuum Hypothesis. We're still trying 100 years later By Ayalur Krishnan

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/14/how_does_one_prove_the_unprovable_partner/

World’s first test tube burger is ready to eat

http://vineoflifenews.com/worlds-first-test-tube-burger-is-ready-to-eat/

Saturday, July 13, 2013

UK joins project to create synthetic organism from scratch

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jul/11/uk-project-synthetic-organism

Novel Bicycle Saddle Prevents Chafing, Pain and Other Damage Associated With the Genital Area

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130712084439.htm

Gang Members Found to Suffer Unprecedented Levels of Psychiatric Illness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130712084627.htm

Stellar Monsters Do Not Collide: No Hope for a Spectacular Catastrophe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130711103152.htm

Geothermal Power Facility Induces Earthquakes, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130711142355.htm

Writing Computer Programs Using Ordinary Language: Systems Convert Ordinary Language to Code

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130711135656.htm

Daydreaming Simulated by Computer Model

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130712084213.htm

Link Between Quantum Physics and Game Theory Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130712114611.htm

Interspecies Transplant Works in First Step for New Diabetes Therapy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130712114621.htm

How epic solar winds make brilliant polar lights

http://vineoflifenews.com/how-epic-solar-winds-make-brilliant-polar-lights/

China’s massive algae bloom could leave the ocean’s water lifeless by Lyn Leahz

http://vineoflifenews.com/chinas-massive-algae-bloom-could-leave-the-oceans-water-lifeless/

Decapitated worms lose their heads, but not their minds

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/13/decapitated_worms_lose_their_heads_but_not_their_minds_partner/

Thursday, July 11, 2013

UK medical doctors call for ‘immediate action’ against wireless technologies

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/07/uk-medical-doctors-call-for-immediate.html

Bacteria In Space Grows in Strange Ways

http://www.space.com/21886-space-bacteria-grows-strange-ways.html

Stroke Recovery Theories Challenged by New Studies Looking at Brain Lesions, Bionic Arms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710103025.htm

Plain Surfaces Transformed Into Low-Cost Touch Screens

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710104019.htm

3-D-Printed Splint Saves Infant's Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710183653.htm

Skymouse puts mouse control on your fingertips

http://www.gizmag.com/skymouse-wireless-mouse/28238/

The Sounds of Science: Melting of Iceberg Creates Surprising Ocean Din

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710214243.htm

Intelligence Agents May Be Prone to Irrational Decision Making

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710155319.htm

Researchers Perform DNA Computation in Living Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710142023.htm

'Wasted' and 'Hammered' Versus 'Buzzed' and 'Tipsy' Is More Than Just Semantics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710182930.htm

Personality Differences Linked to Later Drinking Have Roots in Early Childhood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710182928.htm

Link Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Increased Prostate Cancer Risk Confirmed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710183637.htm

Brain's Response to Sweets May Indicate Risk for Development of Alcoholism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710182932.htm

Quipper: A Scalable Quantum Programming Language

http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.3390

Location of Body Fat Can Elevate Heart Disease, Cancer Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710182944.htm

Quipper: New language helps quantum coders build killer apps

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23820

Telescopic Contact Lens Lets You Zoom In to Improve Vision

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/07/03/telescopic-contact-lens-lets-you-zoom-in-to-improve-vision/

How Animals Evolved to Live in Low-Oxygen Locales

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/visualscience/2013/07/09/how-animals-evolved-to-live-in-low-oxygen-locales/

How USA General Knowledge Has Changed, 1980 – 2012

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2013/07/06/how-usa-general-knowledge-has-changed-1980-2012/

This System Recognizes The Blood Vessels UNDER Your Face

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/this-system-recognizes-the-blood-vessels-under-your-face

An Automated GPS-Free Location System For Cars

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/an-automated-gps-free-location-system-for-cars

Is the sun a giant comet? NASA scientists discover long tail trailing solar system

http://vineoflifenews.com/is-the-sun-a-giant-comet-nasa-scientists-discover-long-tail-trailing-solar-system/

The Drone That Changed Everything About Unmanned Aerial Warfare – Video

http://vineoflifenews.com/the-drone-that-changed-everything-about-unmanned-aerial-warfare-video/

Hubble spies a blue planet (not Earth)

http://vineoflifenews.com/hubble-spies-a-blue-planet-not-earth/

Mammals Can 'Choose' Sex of Offspring, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710182941.htm

Researchers Create Inner Ear from Stem Cells, Opening Potential for New Treatments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130710141852.htm

Scientists Angry Over College’s ‘Disturbing’ Hire of Astronomy Professor Who Embraces Intelligent Design

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/11/scientists-angry-over-colleges-disturbing-hire-of-astronomy-professor-who-embraces-intelligent-design/

Secrets safe: Pirate Bay co-founder plans surveillance-free messaging app

http://rt.com/news/pirate-bay-application-messaging-872/

X-47B Makes First Arrested Landing at Sea

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2013/07/mil-130710-nns01.htm

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

All-optical transistor could be a big leap for quantum computing

http://www.gizmag.com/optical-transistor-quantum-computing/28203/

Nanotubes Could Help To Detect Lyme Disease Earlier

http://www.livescience.com/38064-nanotubes-could-help-to-detect-lyme-disease-earlier.html

Injectable oxygen means you don't have to breathe

http://www.dvice.com/2013-7-7/injectable-oxygen-means-you-dont-have-breathe

Shoe Insert Converts Running Motion into Electricity

http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/shoe-insert-converts-running-motion-into-electricity

Mars 2020: NASA's going bold – on a budget

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0710/Mars-2020-NASA-s-going-bold-on-a-budget

Woolly mammoth goes on view in Japan

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0710/Woolly-mammoth-goes-on-view-in-Japan

The NSA Has Inserted Its Code Into Android OS, Or Three Quarters Of All Smartphones

http://vineoflifenews.com/the-nsa-has-inserted-its-code-into-android-os-or-three-quarters-of-all-smartphones/

Rare Mutation Ignites Race for Cholesterol Drug

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/health/rare-mutation-prompts-race-for-cholesterol-drug.html

The Allure of Essentialism Distorts Business Writing

http://bigthink.com/insights-of-genius/the-false-allure-of-the-company-essence

New Class of Highly Potent Antimalarial Compounds Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709143351.htm

Breakthrough Study Reveals Biological Basis for Sensory Processing Disorders in Kids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709143532.htm

The interspecies internet? An idea in progress...

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

New Invention Makes Ocean Water Drinkable

http://www.occupycorporatism.com/new-invention-makes-ocean-water-drinkable/

Iran’s Royan Institute launches high speed cloning technique

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/07/08/312825/iran-achieves-high-speed-cloning-tech/

Outdated Practice of Annual Cervical-Cancer Screenings May Cause More Harm Than Good

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709115900.htm

5-D Optical Memory in Glass Could Record the Last Evidence of Civilization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709123953.htm

Neandertals Shared Speech and Language With Modern Humans, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709115252.h

3D-printing with liquid metal at room temperature

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57592867-1/3d-printing-with-liquid-metal-at-room-temperature/

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

New Space Engine Could Turn Tiny CubeSats into Interplanetary Explorers

http://www.space.com/21867-cubesat-deep-space-propulsion-kickstarter.html?cmpid=529593

U.S. Has “Largely Failed” to Protect Marine Species

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/07/u-s-has-largely-failed-to-protect-marine-species/

Incredible Technology: How to See a Black Hole

http://www.space.com/21866-black-hole-event-horizon-telescope-technology.html

When Temperatures Rise, Evolution Can Come To The Rescue

http://www.insidescience.org/content/when-temperatures-rise-evolution-can-come-rescue/1115

How Simple Can Life Get? It’s Complicated

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/science/how-simple-can-life-get-its-complicated.html

Tissue engineering: How to build a heart

http://www.nature.com/news/tissue-engineering-how-to-build-a-heart-1.13327

Genes May Reveal When Aspirin Won't Reduce Heart Risk

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/07/05/199071847/genes-may-reveal-when-aspirin-wont-reduce-heart-risk

Berkeley visiting scholar questions benefits of electric cars

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/07/08/berkeley-visiting-scholar-questions-benefits-of-electric-cars/

Can dental stem cell technology make root canals obsolete?

http://www.naturalnews.com/041111_stem_cells_root_canals_dentistry.html

US Jumps Five Spots in Innovation Rankings

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18504-us-jumps-innovation-rankings.html

New Metallic Bubble Wrap Out-Pops Plastic

http://www.livescience.com/38019-metallic-bubble-wrap-beats-plastic.html

Can You Get Electrocuted by Peeing?

http://www.livescience.com/38024-electrocute-by-peeing-urine-electricity.html

Hidden Antarctic lake may contain samples of prehistoric life

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/hidden-antarctic-lake-may-contain-samples-of-prehistoric-life/

Newly Discovered Tick-Borne Disease Could Be Worse Than Lyme Disease

http://offgridsurvival.com/tickbornedisease-borreliamiyamotoi-infection/

Israeli Journalists Smuggle 3D Printed Gun into Parliament

http://www.technewsdaily.com/18500-3d-printed-gun-israel-parliament.html

How Will Driverless Cars Affect Our Urban Future?

http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1112892429/driverless-cars-american-urban-future-070813/

People Prefer Robots That Care For You, Not Those That Need Caring For

http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1112892978/robotics-perception-key-to-interaction-070913/

Italian Takeout: Italy's 1st Spacewalking Astronaut Shares Tiramisu in Space

http://www.space.com/21891-italian-astroanut-spacewalk-space-food.html

Ice Above Lake Vostok Includes DNA From Animals

http://www.livescience.com/38026-lake-vostok-accretion-ice-life.html

Bioengineers look beyond patents Synthetic-biology company pushes open-source models.

http://www.nature.com/news/bioengineers-look-beyond-patents-1.13320

Breakthrough Could Lead to 'Artificial Skin' That Senses Touch, Humidity and Temperature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708124423.htm

How Well Can You See With Your Ears? Device Offers New Alternative to Blind People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708115139.htm

Melody Modulates Choir Members' Heart Rate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708200153.htm

Yahoo shuts down Internet relic AltaVista The search engine is now buried in a web graveyard next to Kozmo.com and Ask Jeeves

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/08/yahoo_shuts_down_internet_relic_altavista_ap/

Stem cells could rejuvenate oldest humans to indefinite lifespan - Dick Pelletier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130709

New Tissue Engineering Breakthrough Encourages Nerve Repair

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708102938.htm

IVF for 200 Euro Per Cycle: First Real-Life Proof of Principle That IVF Is Feasible and Effective for Developing Countries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708103432.htm

Exposure to Stress Even Before Conception Causes Genetic Changes to Offspring

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130708114441.htm

The Pixel Swimsuit Looks Like Dial Up Porn

http://www.incrediblethings.com/style-and-gear/the-pixel-swimsuit-looks-like-dial-up-porn/

Monday, July 8, 2013

Primeval Underwater Forest Discovered in Gulf of Mexico

http://vineoflifenews.com/primeval-underwater-forest-discovered-in-gulf-of-mexico/

Champion Nano-Rust for Producing Solar Hydrogen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130707162952.htm

Solar-powered airplane completes trans-America flight

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-impulse-trans-america-flight-power/28186/

Mexican VŪHL 05 supercar unveiled

http://www.gizmag.com/vuhl-05-supercar-unveiled-in-london/28169/

Rosphere spherical robot could be rolling up for work to monitor and tend crops

http://www.gizmag.com/rosphere-spherical-robot/28142/

New technique would allow a petabyte of data on a single disc

http://www.gizmag.com/petabyte-dvd-data-storage/28181/

Scientists Decipher Cellular 'Roadmap' of Disease-Related Proteins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130707162956.htm

The Sun as an Antimatter Lab

http://vineoflifenews.com/the-sun-as-an-antimatter-lab/

New Wave of Mini Robots Has Arrived

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/07/08/new-wave-of-mini-robots-has-arrived/

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Physicists Discover the Secret of Quantum Remote Control

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/516636/physicists-discover-the-secret-of-quantum-remote-control/

Radicalization of Young Could Cure Political Apathy, Expert Argues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705101535.htm

Technological Breakthrough Paves the Way for Better Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705101541.htm

Legal Performance Enhancer Discovered in the Nutrient Betaine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705212119.htm

Why Some Women Don't Have Enough Breastmilk for Baby: Important Role of Insulin in Making Breast Milk Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705212228.htm

How the Brain Creates the 'Buzz' That Helps Ideas Spread

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705212232.htm

Teen Scientist Makes Plastic Out of Banana Peels

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/07/06/teen-scientist-makes-plastic-out-of-banana-peels/

How Environment and Lifestyle Contribute to Hormonal Imbalance in Both Men and Women

http://wakeup-world.com/2013/07/05/estrogen-overload-how-environment-and-lifestyle-contribute-to-hormonal-imbalance-in-both-men-and-women/

10 Wacky Forms of Alternative Energy

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/five-forms-alternative-energy.htm

Exotic Free Energy Inventors Coming to the Extraordinary Technology Conference, July 24–28

http://pesn.com/2013/06/26/9602333_Exotic-Free-Energy-Inventors_Coming_to_Extraordinary-Technology-Conference/

How LSD Works

http://science.howstuffworks.com/lsd.htm

Mysterious Deep-Space Explosions Baffle Scientists

http://www.space.com/21861-deep-space-radio-explosions-mystery.html

We Don't Need an Evolutionary Explanation for Everything

http://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/we-dont-need-an-evolutionary-explanation-for-everything

An Intelligent Machine Would Never Reveal to Us Its Intelligence

http://bigthink.com/60-second-reads/an-intelligent-machine-would-never-reveal-to-us-its-intelligence

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Bone Marrow Transplant Cures Two Men of HIV

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/bone-marrow-transplant-cures-two-men-of-hiv

To Feed the Future, We Must Mine the Wealth of the World's Seed Banks Today, Experts Argue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705121051.htm

Jinha Lee: Reach into the computer and grab a pixel (video)

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

Laser System Allows Determination of Atomic Binding Energy of the Rarest Element On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130704111753.htm

Tweet All About It -- Twitter Can't Replace Newswires, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705101748.htm

Radically Better Smarphones May Be Possible Using System Inspired by Bird Migration: Molecular Chains Hypersensitive to Magnetic Fields

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705102059.htm

New Insights Into the Early Bombardment History On Mercury

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705102102.htm

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Research Network Launched

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130705121029.htm

The Day the Earth Exploded: Scientist Claims Moon Was Created by Massive Nuclear Blast Which Tore Apart Our Planet Four Billion Years Ago

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/07/sarah-griffiths/the-day-the-earth-exploded/

Exercise Reorganizes the Brain to Be More Resilient to Stress

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130703160620.htm

Military Sonar Can Alter Blue Whale Behavior: Human-Made Noises Cause Ocean Giants to Move Away from Feeding Spots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130703120637.htm

Your Breath Holds Clues About Your Heart and Your Health

http://www.everydayhealth.com/sanjay-gupta/your-breath-holds-clues-about-your-heart-and-your-health.aspx

Friday, July 5, 2013

White Dwarf Star Throws Light On Possible Variability of a Constant of Nature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130704095042.htm

Development of Hands and Feet May Help Unlock Evolution's Toolkit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130703140240.htm

Live Fast, Die Young: Long-Lived Mice Are Less Active, Biologists Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130704094624.htm

Study of Mitochondrial DNA Ties Ancient Remains to Living Descendants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130704095044.htm

Bacteria Communicate to Help Each Other Resist Antibiotics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130704095130.htm

Cockatoos 'Pick' Puzzle Box Locks: Cockatoos Show Technical Intelligence On a Five-Lock Problem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130704095123.htm

Antarctic Crabs May Be Native, Evidence Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130704095125.htm

Antifreeze, Cheap Materials May Lead to Low-Cost Solar Energy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130704100841.htm

Would A Human Head Transplant Be Ethical?

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-07/would-human-head-transplant-be-ethical

Starfish eyes are good enough to show them the way home

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23818-starfish-eyes-are-good-enough-to-show-them-the-way-home.html

How Spiderweb's Shocking Charge Captures Prey

http://www.livescience.com/37953-spiderweb-electrostatic-charge-traps-prey.html?cmpid=529607

Can Facebook updates predict suicide?

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/07/05/can-facebook-updates-predict-suicide/

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs. Sony Xperia Z Ultra Preview (Part 1)

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/mobile-stars-latest-smartphones-and-tablets/2013/jul/4/samsung-galaxy-note-3-vs-sony-xperia-z-ultra-previ/

Thursday, July 4, 2013

New Insights Into How Antibiotics Damage Human Cells Suggest Novel Strategies for Making Long-Term Antibiotic Use Safer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130703160623.htm

How Cancer Spreads: Metastatic Tumor a Hybrid of Cancer Cell and White Blood Cell

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130702141514.htm

An American Idea: The Great Synthesizer

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/an-american-idea-the-great-synthesizer

A Potentially Life-Saving Protein Takes Shape

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130702123354.htm

Simple Math May Solve Longstanding Problem of Parasite Energetics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130702151059.htm

Test Can Accurately and Swiftly Detect Most Leading Causes of Bacterial Blood Stream Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130702173154.htm

Why Do We Gesticulate?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130702202900.htm

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Ignoring Star Trek fans, astronomers name Pluto's moons

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0702/Ignoring-Star-Trek-fans-astronomers-name-Pluto-s-moons

Dry run for the 2020 Mars Mission

http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/Dry_run_for_the_2020_Mars_Mission_999.html

Year 2500: the new humans take their place as a space-faring society By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/496.html

It's About Time: Disrupted Internal Clocks Play Role in Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701163944.ht

Age Affects How Married Couples Handle Conflict

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701172106.htm

Rocket-Launched Camera Reveals Highways and Sparkles in the Solar Atmosphere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130630225227.htm

Cancer Is a Result of a Default Cellular 'Safe Mode,' Physicist Proposes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130630225413.htm

Nuke Test Radiation Can Fight Poachers Who Kill Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701151445.htm

Surprise Superconductor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701151828.htm

Gene Mutations Caused by a Father's Lifestyle Can Be Inherited by Multiple Generations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701135550.htm

Guess who just filed for an "iWatch" trademark in Japan?

http://www.gizmag.com/apple-files-iwatch-trademark-japan/28115/

James Bond’s submersible Lotus Esprit going under the hammer

http://www.gizmag.com/james-bond-lotus-esprit-submarine-auction/28125/

Is it a Jeep? Is it a speedboat? No, it's WaterCar's Panther amphibious vehicle

http://www.gizmag.com/watercar-panther-amphibious-jeep-acura-jet-boat-water-fun/28099/

Teenager invents flashlight powered by the warmth of your hand

http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/teenager-invents-flashlight-powered-warmth-your-hand-6C10485762

Brain Differences Seen in Depressed Preschoolers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701172022.htm

Hearing Loss from Loud Blasts May Be Treatable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701172108.htm

Improving Crop Yields in a World of Extreme Weather Events

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701151602.htm

Breakthrough in El Nino Forecasting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701151822.htm

Vitamin C Helps Control Gene Activity in Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701163755.htm

Cattle Flatulence Doesn't Stink With Biotechnology: Farmers Could Improve Air Quality by Using Hormones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130701163939.htm

Cloud cover doubles the number of exoplanets that could have life

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-clouds-alien-planet-habitable-zone-20130701,0,5262997.story

Chinese Mathematician Discovers Groundbreaking Proof on Prime Numbers

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/07/chinese-mathematician-discovers.html

First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says neuroscientist

http://qz.com/99413/first-ever-human-head-transplant-is-now-possible-says-neuroscientist/

Monday, July 1, 2013

Link Between Fear and Sound Perception Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130630145002.htm

The Quantum Secret to Alcohol Reactions in Space

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130630145004.htm

'Star Trek' Superfans Restore Galileo Shuttlecraft to 1960s Sci-Fi Glory

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/137339-2013-07-01-star-trek-superfans-restore-galileo-shuttlecraft-to-1960s-sci-fi.htm

UK May Approve Creating Babies With DNA From 3 People

http://vineoflife.net/2013/07/01/uk-may-approve-creating-babies-with-dna-from-3-people/

Different Neuronal Groups Govern Right-Left Alternation When Walking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130630145008.htm

Researchers Develop X-Ray Vision with Wi-Fi

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/07/01/researchers-develop-x-ray-vision-with-wi-fi/