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

Saturday, August 31, 2013

PETA: Eating buffalo wings could affect your unborn’s penis size

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/peta_eating_buffalo_wings_could_affect_your_unborns_penis_size/

Giant solar plane could stay airborne for 5 years, replace some satellites

http://www.treehugger.com/aviation/giant-forever-flying-solar-powered-drones-replace-satellites.html

Study finds poverty reduces brain power

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/08/29/us-poverty-brain-idUKBRE97S10W20130829

Exercising One Day a Week May Be Enough for Older Women

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130830143856.htm

Balancing act: Cell senescence, aging related to epigenetic changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130830104110.htm

Mosquitoes smell you better at night

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130830161326.htm

Increased coffee consumption linked with reduced risk of prostate cancer progression and recurrence

http://www.lef.org/newsletter/2013/0830_Increased-Coffee-Consumption-Linked-With-Reduced-Risk-Of-Prostate-Cancer-Progression-And-Recurrence.htm

Eating Whole Fruits Linked to Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130829214603.htm

Fastest-Spinning Man-Made Object Created

http://www.livescience.com/39275-fastest-manmade-spinning-object-made.html

Friday, August 30, 2013

Living in poverty has the same effect on the brain as regularly going without sleep

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/living_in_poverty_has_the_same_effect_on_the_brain_as_regularly_going_without_sleep/

Electric cars might get cheaper thanks to fiber-optic sensors

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/electric_cars_might_get_cheaper_thanks_to_fiber_optic_sensors_newscred/

Ready or not, the Programmable World is upon us We live in an age where household objects can now intelligently communicate with each other via wireless protocols

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/ready_or_not_the_programmable_world_is_upon_us_newscred/

It would take a really, really long time to walk a lightyear Put it this way: you'd need about two trillion Power Bars to fuel your trip

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/it_would_take_a_really_really_long_time_to_walk_a_lightyear_newscred/

Tooth sensors can aid weight loss and fight cavities Scientists create a Wi-Fi-enabled mouth sensor that collects data to help improve eating habits and dental health

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/tooth_sensors_can_help_speed_weight_loss_and_fight_cavities_newscred/

Study: Low-fat yogurt is more fattening than you think

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/study_low_fat_yogurt_is_more_fattening_than_you_think_partner/

Second Grand Canyon discovered beneath Greenland’s ice sheet

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/30/second_grand_canyon_discovered_beneath_greenlands_ice_sheet/

Artificial Intelligence: From Turing Test to Tokyo Test

http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/artificial-intelligence-from-turing-test-to-tokyo-test

Nearly a fifth of scientists are considering abandoning the U.S.

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/29/nearly_a_fifth_of_scientists_are_considering_abandoning_the_u_s/

US surgeon streams operation via Google Glass

http://www.gizmag.com/google-glass-streaming-surgery/28867/

NASA scales up 3D-printed rocket component testing

http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-3d-rocket-test/28838/

Echolocation for Humans: Playing It by Ear

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130829093039.htm

Statins May Slow Human Aging by Protecting Against Telomere Shortening: A Feature of Senescent Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130829112854.htm

Single Gene Change Increases Mouse Lifespan by 20 Percent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130829124011.htm

A Wine a Day ... Keeps the Psychiatrist Away? Light Drinking Linked to Lower Risk of Depression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130829214354.htm

Seven Most Highly Educated Jobs Making the Least Money

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/seven-most-highly-educated-jobs-101354678.html

The antimatter factory: inside the project that could power fusion and annihilation lasers

http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/28/4659834/unlocking-the-positron-fusion-annihilation-laser

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Will we ever want to have sex with robots?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23637225

Outbox's "Unpostmen" Grab Snail Mail And Send It Back As A Scan

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/outboxs-unpostmen-grab-snail-mail-and-send-it-back-as-a-scan

A "Living Wall" That Helps Prevent Flooding

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-living-wall-that-helps-prevent-flooding

A Drone That Brings Wi-Fi To You

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-drone-that-brings-wi-fi-to-you

Greek community creates their own off-the-grid Internet

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/greek-off-the-grid-internet-mesh/

Swiss Researchers Make an 80-mpg Hybrid

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/518656/swiss-researchers-make-an-80-mpg-hybrid/

TU Delft has developed the world’s smallest autopilot

http://www.gizmag.com/tu-delft-worlds-smallest-autopilot/28845/

3D print, mill and scan with the FABtotum hybrid fabrication machine

http://www.gizmag.com/3d-print-mill-scan-fabrication-machine-fabtotum/28848/

Toyota details its triple-motor, super capacitor-powered Yaris Hybrid-R

http://www.gizmag.com/toyota-details-yaris-hybrid-r/28827/

Giant Magellan Telescope will sport the world's largest mirrors

http://www.gizmag.com/giant-magellan-telescope/28852/

Nissan plans for several autonomous vehicles to be available by 2020

http://www.gizmag.com/nissan-autonomous-vehicles-by-2020/28842/

Brakeboard gives skateboarders a brake

http://www.gizmag.com/brakeboard-skateboard-brakes/28853/

Adaptive optics system clobbers Hubble with the sharpest-ever telescopic images

http://www.gizmag.com/magao-adaptive-optics-highest-resolution-astronomical-images/28801/

Stainless magnesium breakthrough bodes well for manufacturing industries

http://www.gizmag.com/stainless-magnesium-corrosion-monash/28856/

The War Over Free Speech, Harassment, and Trolls Hits Another Social-Media Site Tech companies have long struggled with whether to ban alleged harassers.

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/08/elevatorgate-storify-trolling-harassment-free-speech

8-Year-Old Never Ages, Could Reveal 'Biological Immortality'

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/girl-ages-unravel-secret-eternal-youth/story?id=19974247

Not the End of the World: Why Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction Was the Making of Modern Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130828092000.htm

AC or DC? Two Newly Described Electric Fish from the Amazon Are Wired Differently

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130828103440.htm

Using a Form of 'Ice That Burns' to Make Potable Water from Oil and Gas Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130828103444.htm

Butterfly Wings + Carbon Nanotubes = New 'Nanobiocomposite' Materia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130828103448.htm

Scientists Uncover How Superbug Fights Off Antibiotic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130828114158.htm

Intestinal Flora Determines Health of Obese People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130828131932.htm

Anatomy of a dropped call - how to jam a city with 11 customised mobile phones

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/08/29/anatomy-of-a-dropped-call-how-to-jam-a-city-with-11-customised-mobile-phones/

UC Davis Doctors Tried Treating Brain Cancer with Bowel Bacteria

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/08/27/UC-Davis-Doctors-Tried-Treating-Brain-Cancer-with-Bowel-Bacteria

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Space Laser To Prove Increased Broadband Possible

http://www.eurasiareview.com/29082013-space-laser-to-prove-increased-broadband-possible/

What You Should Know about Selenium

http://bigthink.com/devil-in-the-data/what-you-should-know-about-selenium

More Proof That Life On Earth May Have Come From Mars

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/more-proof-that-life-on-earth-may-have-come-from-mars

From Eyeglass Frames To Earthquake-Resistant Bridges

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/from-eyeglass-frames-to-earthquake-resistant-bridges

Turning Greenhouse Gases Into Green Building Materials

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/turning-greenhouse-gases-into-green-building-materials?utm_source=Daily+Ideafeed+Newsletter&utm_campaign=caa3112a8f-Daily_Ideafeed_August_28_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_625217e121-caa3112a8f-38677289

Element 115 Confirmed...Blink And You'll Miss It

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/element-115-confirmedblink-and-youll-miss-it

Oldest-Known "Solar Twin" Gives Hints Of Our Sun's Future

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/oldest-known-solar-twin-gives-hints-of-our-suns-future

Mini Human 'Brains' Grown in a Dish

http://www.livescience.com/39247-mini-human-brains-grown-in-dish.html?cmpid=532496

Newly Discovered Ocean Plume Could Be Major Source of Iron

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130819171822.htm

Computer Can Read Letters Directly from the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130819141641.htm

Defibrulators for everyone, courtesy of drones

http://www.dvice.com/2013-8-26/defibrulators-everyone-courtesy-drones

Wormhole Is Best Bet for Time Machine

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/08/wormhole-is-best-bet-for-time-machine.html

NASA: OK, there is water in the moon

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/article/NASA-OK-there-is-water-in-the-moon-4764773.php

Science as Social Control: Political Paralysis and the Genetics Agenda

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/science-social-control-political-paralysis-and-genetics-agenda

Will Google enable Teletravel in a Surrogate Reality World? Clyde DeSouza

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/desouza20130826

Deep-sea squid uses tentacles to attract prey

http://www.nature.com/news/deep-sea-squid-uses-tentacles-to-attract-prey-1.13614

Perception of Marijuana as a 'Safe Drug' Is Scientifically Inaccurate, Finds Review of Teen Brain Studies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130827091401.htm

Long-Term Memory Stored in the Cortex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130827091629.htm

Researcher Controls Colleague's Motions in First Human Brain-To-Brain Interface

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130827122713.htm

Elysium: The Technological Side of the American Police State By John W. Whitehead

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/john-w-whitehead/sci-fi-movies/

How Quickly Can a Bacterium Grow? E. Coli Can Replicate Close to Thermodynamic Limits of Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130827113031.htm

New 3-D Earth Model More Accurately Pinpoints Source of Earthquakes, Explosions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130827134756.htm

Apoptosis Triggers Replication of Common Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130827122915.htm

Transhumanist Bankers Plan Robotic Future

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/08/28/transhumanist-bankers-plan-robotic-future/

Weather could be controlled using lasers

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/08/28/weather-could-be-controlled-using-lasers/

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Why That Long Password May Not Protect Your Data After All

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-that-long-password-may-not-protect-your-data-after-all

Israeli Designer Pitches ‘Bomb-Proof Backpack’ as Defense Against Terror (VIDEO)

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/08/27/israeli-designer-pitches-bomb-proof-backpack-as-defense-against-terror-video/

Samsung moves into mass production of 3D flash memory

http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-v-nand-flash-chip-ssd/28655/

Immune System, Skin Microbiome 'Complement' One Another

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130826180513.htm

Mercury levels in Pacific fish may double by 2050

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/mercury-levels-in-pacific-fish-may-double-by-2050/

And the Genomes Keep Shrinking…

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/23/and-the-genomes-keep-shrinking/

Touch and Movement Neurons Shape the Brain's Internal Image of the Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130826180515.htm

Scientists Shut Down Reproductive Ability, Desire in Pest Insects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130826182917.htm

Shopping in High Heels Could Curb Overspending

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130826100052.htm

Monday, August 26, 2013

Refrigerated Trucks to Keep Their Cool Thanks to Fuel Cell Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130823163826.htm

Unprecedented Control of Genome Editing in Flies Promises Insight Into Human Development, Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130823163823.htm

When will solar be cheap enough? (video)

http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/when-will-solar-be-cheap-enough-video.html

Diversity And Evolution Of African Bamboo

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112930578/diversity-evolution-african-bamboo-082313/

Linux Hackers Rebuild Internet From Silicon Valley Garage

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/08/coreos-the-new-linux/

Is Free Energy Slowly Being Unveiled?

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/08/is-free-energy-slowly-being-unveiled.html

How to charge a supercapacitor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVCmyLgFXj0

Ultracapacitor Module Assembly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO4qIGo6x_Y

Making graphene supercapacitors with a DVD writer

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

Graphene 101 An Inventor's Guide to Making Graphene

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/304668

Strongest Clues to Date for Causes of Schizophrenia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130825171525.htm

Key Protein Accelerates Diabetes in Two Ways

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130825171532.htm

Combination of Two Imaging Techniques Allows New Insights Into Brain Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130825171557.htm

Cocaine Use Linked to New Brain Structures: Possible Mechanism for Drug-Seeking Behavior in Humans Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130825171724.htm

Researchers Find Essential Brain Circuit in Visual Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130825171835.htm

George Church: De-Extinction Is a Good Idea

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=george-church-de-extinction-is-a-good-idea

Why your mind keeps wandering New brain research suggests that attention deficit begins at a physical level -- and that it can be a good thing

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/26/why_your_mind_keeps_wandering_newscred/

The word behind whale speak

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/26/the_word_behind_whale_speak_scientists_map_the_language_of_animals_newscred/

What’s the point of sex? While plenty of animals simply clone themselves to reproduce, biologists explain the genetic benefits of having sex

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/26/whats_the_point_of_sex_newscred/

Incredible Technology: How Astronauts Could Hibernate On Mars Voyage

http://www.space.com/22520-incredible-technology-mars-astronauts-suspended-animation.html

How the Brain Remembers Pleasure: Implications for Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130825171530.htm

Saturday, August 24, 2013

INJECTABLE OXYGEN KEEPS PEOPLE ALIVE WITHOUT BREATHING

http://techandfacts.com/injectable-oxygen/

Computer Simulations Indicate Calcium Carbonate Has a Dense Liquid Phase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130822152201.htm

Two Become One With the 3-D NanoChemiscope: Unique Surface Analysis Instrument

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130823091142.htm

Alkaline Treatment Protocols for Cancer

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/08/alkaline-treatment-protocols-for-cancer.html

Resveratrol Blocks Melanoma

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/08/resveratrol-blocks-melanoma.html

Snake Bite Kit That Works Coming

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/08/snake-bite-kit-that-works-coming.html

New Ways To Create Gradients For Molecular Interactions

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-ways-to-create-gradients-for.html

Alfredo Moser's Lightbulb Moment

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2013/08/alfredo-mosers-lightbulb-moment.html

Friday, August 23, 2013

Cubify Sculpt to simplify 3D printable model design

http://www.gizmag.com/cubify-sculpt-3d-printer-models-freeform/28803/

Ferrari 458 Speciale, another "most powerful" ever

http://www.gizmag.com/ferrari-458-speciale/28778/

Cell Phones Used to Measure Happiness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130822194537.htm

Something Else More People Are Doing While Asleep: Texting

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/something-else-more-people-are-doing-while-asleep-texting

Curing Internet Addiction Via Good Old-Fashioned Electroshock Therapy

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/curing-internet-addiction-via-good-old-fashioned-electroshock-therapy

How Our Minds Keep Us From Recycling More

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-our-minds-keep-us-from-recycling-more

Say We Find Alien Life. What Do We Do Next?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/say-we-find-alien-life-what-do-we-do-next

The CRISPR Craze

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6148/833.full

Check out this animation of the sun destroying Earth

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/check_out_this_animation_of_the_sun_destroying_earth_newscred/

A Melodious Mashup of Nearly Every Chime and Bleep in Tech History

http://gizmodo.com/a-melodious-mashup-of-nearly-every-chime-and-bleep-in-t-1183627713

Breast-Feeding May Pass Good Bacteria From Mom to Baby

http://consumer.healthday.com/women-s-health-information-34/breast-feeding-news-82/briefs-emb-8-21-7pmet-breast-milk-good-bacteria-envir-microbiology-release-batch-889-679444.html

Most precise clock to watch tiniest ever time dilations

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24092-most-precise-clock-to-watch-tiniest-ever-time-dilations.html

Abuse of Painkillers Raises Risk of Heroin Use: Study

http://www.everydayhealth.com/addiction/0822/abuse-of-painkillers-raises-risk-of-heroin-use-study.aspx

Thursday, August 22, 2013

A Simpler, More Affordable Method Of IVF

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-simpler-more-affordable-method-of-ivf

It's Not A Coffee IV Drip, But It's Close

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/its-not-a-coffee-iv-drip-but-its-close

Alcohol Abuse, Eating Disorders Share Genetic Link

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821084832.htm

Human Foot Not as Unique as Originally Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821085431.htm

Playing Video Games Can Boost Brain Power

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821094924.htm

Hand Transplantation: New Method for Local Immunosuppression Successful

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821124426.htm

How Personality Affects Fertility: Men's and Women's Personalities Linked to Likelihood That They Will Have Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821124701.htm

Brain Circuit Can Tune Anxiety

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821124710.htm

Mood Is Influenced by Immune Cells Called to the Brain in Response to Stress

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821151602.htm

Human Brains Are Hardwired for Empathy, Friendship

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130822085804.htm

Wolves Howl Because They Care

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130822122804.htm

We may be causing animals to evolve bigger brains

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/we_may_be_causing_animals_to_evolve_bigger_brains/

A brief history of the Gatling gun

ttp://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/a_brief_history_of_the_gatling_gun_newscred/

What can space travel teach us about developing self-driving cars?

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/what_can_space_travel_teach_us_about_developing_self_driving_cars_newscred/

Friday Flashback: Ever wanted to know what’s really in hotdogs?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2013/08/16/friday-flashback-ever-wanted-to-know-whats-really-in-hotdogs/

Personal Jetpacks to Begin Flight Tests

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/08/14/personal-jetpacks-to-begin-flight-tests/

The Mystery of Underwater Crop Circles, Explained

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/08/15/underwater-crop-circles-mystery-solved/

Meet e-David, The Smart Painting Robot

http://www.tested.com/tech/robots/457135-meet-e-david-smart-painting-robot/

Experimental Ebola Treatment Protects Some Primates Even After Disease Symptoms Appear

http://www.alnmag.com/news/2013/08/experimental-ebola-treatment-protects-some-primates-even-after-disease-symptoms-appear

Mother’s Genes, Not Dad’s, Influence the Aging Process

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/mother-s-genes-not-dad-s-influence-the-aging-process/81248756/

Super-organs: building body parts better than nature

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929274.100-superorgans-building-body-parts-better-than-nature.html

Shoe Inserts Don't Help Arthritic Knee Pain: Study Although inexpensive and noninvasive, treatment is ineffective, review concludes

http://www.everydayhealth.com/osteoarthritis/0822/shoe-inserts-don%27t-help-arthritic-knee-pain.aspx

How being called smart can actually make you stupid

http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/how-being-called-smart-can-actually-make-you-stupid

Singing stars (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzeJq3CbiZM

Hate Your Job? You're Not Alone

http://bigthink.com/devil-in-the-data/hate-your-job-youre-not-alone

A Formerly Hibernating Spacecraft Joins The Asteroid Hunt

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-formerly-hibernating-spacecraft-joins-the-asteroid-hunt

Looming "Helium Cliff" Isn't Just About Balloons

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/looming-helium-cliff-isnt-just-about-balloons

Orgasms Can Make You Smarter: Here’s How to Have More of Them

http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/dr-laura-berman-on-love-and-sex/orgasms-can-make-you-smarter-heres-how-to-have-more-of-them/

Dentist attempting to clone John Lennon with a tooth

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/21/dentist_attempting_to_clone_john_lennon_with_a_tooth/

“Breaking Bad” gets meth wrong

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/so_what_if_pure_meth_isnt_really_blue_partner/

The Serval Project: Reclaiming Your Phone

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-gardnerstephen/the-serval-project-reclai_b_3677089.html

Pulsars Make a GPS for the Cosmos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821094935.htm

Poor Oral Health Linked to Cancer-Causing Oral HPV Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130821132341.htm

The Insider’s Guide to Autism and Asperger’s

http://store.vook.com/storefronts/book/the-insiders-guide-to-autism-and-aspergers.html

Obama’s Plan Aims to Lower Cost of College

http://store.vook.com/storefronts/book/the-insiders-guide-to-autism-and-aspergers.html

“Brighter Brains” Lecture in San Francisco on September 15th “Brighter Brains” Lecture in San Francisco on September 15th

http://brighterbrains.org/articles/entry/brighter-brains-lecture-in-san-francisco-on-september-15th

Delusional People See the World Through Their Mind's Eye

http://www.livescience.com/39038-how-delusions-shape-perception.html?cmpid=532493

How 3-D Printing Startups Are Shaping the Future

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227916

Mystery Virus That’s Killed 47 Is Tied to Bats in Saudi Arabia

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/health/mystery-virus-thats-killed-47-is-tied-to-bats-in-saudi-arabia.html

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Free-Floating Planets May Be Born Free

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130820083649.htm

Multiple Genes Manage How People Taste Sweeteners

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130820135053.htm

Quantum Algorithm Could Improve Stealth Fighter Design

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130820161201.htm

How Sleep Helps Brain Learn Motor Task

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130820185657.htm

First Pre-Clinical Gene Therapy Study to Reverse Rett Symptoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130820185803.htm

Ancient Cycads Found to Be Pre-Adapted to Grow in Groves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130820185808.htm

And again: IBM pays $1 billion for another Israeli company

http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2013/08/and-again-ibm-pays-1-billion-for.html

Facial Scanning Is Making Gains in Surveillance

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/us/facial-scanning-is-making-gains-in-surveillance

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Far from Being Harmless, the Effects of Bullying Last Long Into Adulthood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130819102708.htm

Tiny Fish Make 'Eyes' at Their Killer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130819102728.htm

Waking Up to a New Year: Exoplanet Orbits Its Star in 8.5 Hours

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130819121930.htm

RNA Biomarkers Might Predict Suicide Risk

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/rna-biomarkers-might-predict-suicide-risk/81248750/

New technique identifies counterfeit collectible stamps

http://www.gizmag.com/infrared-spectroscopy-counterfeit-stamps/28741/

Boeing solid-state laser weapon system outshines expectations

http://www.gizmag.com/thin-disc-laser-boeing/28708/

MIT's new software increases the speed and flexibility of multi-material 3D printing

http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing-multiple-materials/28525/

RINGS propels satellites without propellants

http://www.gizmag.com/rings-satellite-iss/28712/

Terrafugia Transition flying car makes first public flights

http://www.gizmag.com/terrafugia-public-flight-demonstration/28701/

Finally...A Beer that won't Give you a Hangover! Researchers create brew which contains electrolytes to ensure drinkers do not become dehydrated

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/no_author/finally/

Israeli Students' Scientific Breakthrough In Bacteria

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/business/2013/08/israeli-invention-bacteria.htm

Israel IBM Lab Generates New Cyber Defense Software

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/business/2013/08/ibm-israel-developpment.html

Monday, August 19, 2013

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Out Of The Comics, Into Reality: Jet Pack Moves Closer To Market

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/08/17/212614052/out-of-the-comics-into-reality-jet-pack-heads-to-market

Communicating Across Species: Jonathon Keats' Honeybee Ballet

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/communicating-across-species-jonathons-keatss-honeybee-ballet

How We Choose Between Good and Bad Behavior

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-we-choose-between-good-and-bad-behavior

New Brain Implant Treats Disease While Recording Neuron Activity

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/new-brain-implant-treats-disease-while-recording-neuron-activity

Intelligence Is More than Raw Brain Power

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/intelligence-is-more-than-raw-brain-power

Scientists Simulate Near-Death Experience in the Brain

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/scientists-simulate-near-death-experience-in-the-brain

Live forever! Can science deliver immortality?

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/18/live_forever_can_science_deliver_immortality/

Eating Poisonous Plants Saves Life of Gemsbok in Namibian Desert

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130816222749.htm

Aggressive Lymphoma: Low Doses of Approved Drug Switches On Pathway That Allows Chemotherapy to Kill Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130816130401.htm

Is this the most bizarre paper ever published in a peer reviewed journal?

http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/is-this-the-most-bizarre-paper-ever-published-in-a-peer-reviewed-journal

Saturday, August 17, 2013

World’s toughest material created by tying slip knots into weak, commercial thread

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/154471-worlds-toughest-material-created-by-tying-slip-knots-into-weak-commercial-thread

Papp Noble Gas Engine

http://rwgresearch.com/open-projects/the-papp-noble-gas-engine/

How A 'Deviant' Philosopher Built Palantir, A CIA-Funded Data-Mining Juggernaut

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/14/agent-of-intelligence-how-a-deviant-philosopher-built-palantir-a-cia-funded-data-mining-juggernaut/

Russell Foster: Why do we sleep?

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

One Reason Why Male Nurses And Teachers Are Good Catches

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/one-reason-why-male-nurses-and-teachers-are-good-catches

IAU Opens Planet-Naming Process To The Rest Of Us

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/iau-opens-planet-naming-process-to-the-rest-of-us

Which Is More Energy-Efficient: A Smartphone Or A Refrigerator?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/which-is-more-energy-efficient-a-smartphone-or-a-refrigerator

Science for stoners: Here’s how pot works

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/science_for_stoners_heres_how_pot_works/

Stressed Bacteria Stop Growing: Mechanism Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815172202.htm

The Secret of Male Beauty (in Turkeys)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815172229.htm

How Females Choose the 'Right' Sperm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130816094834.ht

Female Frogs Prefer Males Who Can Multitask

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130816130355.htm

Computer simulations reveal universal increase in electrical conductivity.

http://physicsnewsandpress.blogspot.com/2013/08/computer-simulations-reveal-universal.html

Launch This New 9-Hour Solar-Powered Drone from Your Shoulder

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/08/new-9-hour-solar-powered-unmanned-aircraft-to-hit-market/

The Dynamics of Hyperloop

http://physicsandphysicists.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-dynamics-of-hyperloop.html

What Do Geology Students Need to Know?

http://geology.about.com/b/2013/08/15/what-do-geology-students-need-to-know.htm

BOOK REVIEW: Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future

http://thedispersalofdarwin.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/book-review-reality-check-how-science-deniers-threaten-our-future/

Zoonomian Rotating Header Image Bugs and Bullets in an Expanding Universe: The Scientists who worked in Paradise

http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2013/08/15/bugs-and-bullets-in-an-expanding-universe-the-scientists-who-worked-in-paradise/

Drone Climbs Up Sewer Pipes to Perform Surveillance, Deliver Goods

http://singularityhub.com/2013/08/16/drone-climbs-up-sewer-pipes-to-perform-surveillance-deliver-goods/

The end of smartphone PIN security?

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/the-end-of-smartphone-pin-security/26865

Nanoislands Simplify Structure of Resistive Memory Devices

http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/nanotechnology/nanoislands-simplify-structure-of-resistive-memory-devices

Not-weak knots bolster carbon fiber’s allure

http://scienceblog.com/65639/not-weak-knots-bolster-carbon-fibers-allure/

The first animal model for sexual transmission of HIV

http://science.blogdig.net/archives/articles/August2013/17/The_first_animal_model_for_sexual_transmission_of_HIV.html

Bacterial Predators Feast on “Superbugs”

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bacterial-predators-feast-superbugs

First Driverless Vehicle to Hit the Roads

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130816094643.htm

New Rechargeable Flow Battery Could Enable Cheaper, More Efficient Energy Storage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130816094827.htm

A Personalized Robot Companion for Older People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130816125631.htm

9 “scientific” facts about breasts

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/17/9_weird_facts_about_breasts/

Chinese Scientists Are 3D Printing Ears and Livers – With Living Tissue

http://thediplomat.com/tech-biz/2013/08/15/chinese-scientists-are-3d-printing-ears-and-livers-with-living-tissue/

Carbyne: A new form of carbon that’s stronger than graphene

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/163997-carbyne-a-new-form-of-carbon-thats-stronger-than-graphene

The 10 Weirdest Robots At This Year's Drone Show

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-08/ten-strange-drones-ausvi

Watch This Tiny Robot Leap Over Walls [Video]

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-08/jumping-robot-looks-tiny-person-tail

Watch: A Welding Robot That’s Learning to Create Art Forgeries

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/08/watch-a-robot-that-forges-paintings-with-algorithms/

Starship Congress Warps Into Dallas This Week: How to Watch Online

http://www.space.com/22362-starship-congress-technology-webcasts.html

Friday, August 16, 2013

Mars: ‘Catastrophic’ Collision Killed Life on Red Planet

http://guardianlv.com/2013/07/mars-catastrophic-collision-killed-life-on-red-planet/

Scientists find new species of bone-eating worms in Antarctica

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/scientists-find-new-species-of-bone-eating-worms-in-antarctica/

Mercedes Is Testing Google Glass Integration, and It Actually Works

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/08/google-glass-mercedes-benz/

Open House unfolds to become a 100-seat open-air theater

http://www.gizmag.com/open-house-matthew-mazzotta/28733/

Fixing broken brains: a new understanding of depression

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929272.000-fixing-broken-brains-a-new-understanding-of-depression.html

EU Scientists Develop Miniature Artificial Insect Eyes That Could Help Prevent Accidents

http://www.eurasiareview.com/15082013-eu-scientists-develop-miniature-artificial-insect-eyes-that-could-help-prevent-accidents/

Letter Re: Tor and the Illusion of Privacy

http://www.survivalblog.com/2013/08/letter-re-tor-and-the-illusion-of-privacy.html

Technology as our planet's last best hope

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jul/15/technology-planet-ecological-modernism-environmental

Sugar Helps Scientists Find and Assess Prostate Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815145004.htm

Potent Mechanism Helps Viruses Shut Down Body's Defense System Against Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814191352.htm

Brain Scans Could Predict Response to Antipsychotic Medication

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814191924.htm

Researchers Use Nanoparticles to Fight Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814192238.htm

How Neurons Get Wired

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814192247.htm

Galaxies Had 'Mature' Shapes 11. 5 Billion Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815083953.htm

Exercise Is No Quick Cure for Insomnia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815084841.htm

Characteristics of Family Killers Revealed: The Male Dominated Crime Most Common in August

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815084404.htm

Will to Win Forms at Four Years Old

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815084755.htm

Dragonflies Can See by Switching 'On' and 'Off'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815104811.htm

More Than 28 Cups of Coffee a Week May Endanger Health in Under 55s

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815133455.htm

Superconducting Wire Yields Unprecedented Performance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815145001.htm

Heart's Own Stem Cells Offer Hope for New Treatment of Heart Failure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815145146.htm

Slow Earthquakes May Foretell Larger Events

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815145148.htm

New Approach Assembles Big Structures from Small Interlocking Pieces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815145151.htm

Cell Memory Mechanism Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815161545.htm

In Nonsmoking Women, Breastfeeding for More Than Six Months May Protect Against Breast Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815084354.htm

Dad's Genes Build Placentas, Explaining Grandsire Effect

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815133058.htm

Remembering to Remember Supported by Two Distinct Brain Processes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815113652.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815133726.htm

New Species of Carnivore Looks Like a Cross Between a House Cat and a Teddy Bear

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815143101.htm

Obesity Kills More Americans Than Previously Thought: One in Five Americans, Black and White, Die from Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815172339.htm

Aussie ATM criminals embrace 3D printers for cashpoint crimes

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/08/16/aussie-atm-criminals-embrace-3d-printers-for-cashpoint-crimes/

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Cancer's Origins Revealed: Genetic Imprints and Signatures Left by DNA-Damaging Processes That Lead to Cancer Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814132445.htm

Teleported by Electronic Circuit: Physicists 'Beam' Information

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814132450.htm

Raising the IQ of Smart Windows: Embedded Nanocrystals Provide Selective Control Over Visible Light and Heat-Producing Near-Infrared Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814132452.htm

Binding Together Repelling Atoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814144748.htm

An Eye Clinic Built Into A Smartphone

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/an-eye-clinic-built-into-a-smartphone

Ideas are the New Widgets

http://bigthink.com/big-think-mentor/ideas-are-the-new-widgets

Brain Implant Gives Rats Infrared Vision

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/brain-implant-gives-rats-infrared-vision

Researchers Debunk Myth of 'Right-Brained' and 'Left-Brained' Personality Traits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130814190513.htm

Peru's Drones Used For Agriculture And Archaeology

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/peru-drones_n_3759298.html

Micro-printing process enables flexible, energy-efficient, biocompatible MEMS

http://www.gizmag.com/tau-micro-printing-biocompatible-mems/28710/

Text Anywhere off-the-grid satellite messaging lets you text ... anywhere

http://www.gizmag.com/text-anywhere-satellite-messaging/28632/

Bioengineered mouse heart gets a beat using human cells

http://www.gizmag.com/mouse-heart/28702/

New 'Consciousness Meter' Could Aid Brain-Injury Treatments

http://www.livescience.com/38890-consciousness-measurements-brain-injury-treatments.html

Play with antimatter from the comfort of your home

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24033?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2013-1508-GLOBAL&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&#.Ug0YnaxVR38

Who needs sunscreen when you have chocolate?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2013/08/07/who-needs-sunscreen-when-you-have-chocolate/

Bacteria Found in Mouth May Cause Colon Cancer

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/08/14/bacteria-found-in-mouth-may-cause-colon-cancer/

Having Siblings Makes You Less Likely to Divorce

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/08/13/having-siblings-makes-you-less-likely-to-divorce/

Encryption not as secure as once thought

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/14/encyrption_not_as_secure_once_thought/

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Paul Root Wolpe: Kurzweil's Singularity Prediction is Wrong

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/paul-root-wolpe-kurzweils-singularity-prediction-is-wrong

The First Billboard in the World to Make Drinking Water out of Thin Air

http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/the-first-billboard-in-the-world-to-make-drinking-water-out-of-thin-ai

Could We Really Have Personal Jetpacks By 2015?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/could-we-really-have-personal-jetpacks-by-2015

Why Dye On Your Skin May Not Necessarily Be A Bad Thing

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-dye-on-your-skin-may-not-necessarily-be-a-bad-thing

New Culprit That May Make Aging Brains Susceptible to Neurodegenerative Diseases Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813201339.htm

Ecosystems Change Long Before Species Are Lost

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813134521.htm

Ancient Mammal Relatives Cast Light On Recovery After Mass Extinction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813201341.htm

Brain Scans May Help Diagnose Dyslexia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813201424.htm

Shortening Tails Gave Early Birds a Leg Up

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813201426.htm

Super-Fast Quantum Computers? Scientists Find Asymmetry in Topological Insulators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813201428.htm

Cost of Sustainable Red Light Camera Programs? Shortening Yellow Lights and Increasing Speed Limits Results in More Crashes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813201430.htm

Toxicologist Says NAS Panel 'Misled the World' When Adopting Radiation Exposure Guidelines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813201434.htm

Light Slowed to a Crawl in Liquid Crystal Matrix

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813201436.htm

Anthropologists Study Testosterone Spikes in Non-Competitive Activities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813201452.htm

MRSA Bug Jumped from Cattle to Humans 40 Years Ago

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/mrsa-bug-jumped-from-cattle-to-humans-40-years-ago/81248728/

The Technological Evolution of Nonlethal Weaponry

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Article/139786-2013-08-12-the-technological-evolution-of-nonlethal-weaponry.htm

Expanding Earth and Pangaea Theory (video)

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/139804-2013-08-12-expanding-earth-and-pangaea-theory.htm

DARPA to Genetically Engineer Humans by Adding a 47th Chromosome

http://topinfopost.com/2013/07/31/darpa-to-genetically-engineer-humans-by-adding-a-47th-chromosome

Psychosocial stress and inflammation in cancer

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159112001833

3D printing to help Bloodhound SSC break 1,000 mph

http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printing-bloodhound-ssc/28692/

Teen's inexpensive 3D-printed prosthetic could aid amputees in the third world

http://www.gizmag.com/easton-lachappelle-3d-printed-prosthetic/28685/

Sequestration Ushers In A Dark Age For Science In America

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/14/sequestration-cuts_n_3749432.html

Extinctions of Large Animals Sever the Earth's 'Nutrient Arteries'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813222701.htm

Wireless Devices Go Battery-Free With New Communication Technique

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813130328.htm

Decellularized Mouse Heart Beats Again After Regenerating With Human Heart Precursor Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130813112301.htm

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

More Realistic Simulated Cloth for More Realistic Video Games and Movies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130812155101.htm

Your Eyes May Hold Clues to Stroke Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130812170207.ht

At 75, Would Popeye Still Be Able to Take On Bluto?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130812170211.htm

Protein Required for Cell Movement Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130812170333.htm

'Grammar' Plays Key Role in Activating Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130812170336.htm

Brain's Flexible Hub Network Helps Humans Adapt

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130812170409.htm

Researchers Optically Levitate a Glowing, Nanoscale Diamond

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130812202506.htm

A lot of people are game for a one-way ticket to Mars — more than 100,000 of them

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2013/08/12/a-lot-of-people-are-game-for-a-one-way-ticket-to-mars-more-than-100000-of-them/

Jupiter bound: Juno probe passes halfway mark

http://www.gizmag.com/juno-halfway/28664/

Eureka! X-rays detect gold faster and more accurately

http://www.gizmag.com/csiro-mevex-x-ray-gold-detector/28674/

This Little Sticker Works Like an Anti-Mosquito Force Field

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/08/this-little-sticker-works-like-an-anti-mosquito-forcefield

The Most Bonkers Scientific Theories (Almost) Nobody Believes Anymore

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/08/the-most-bonkers-scientific-theories-and-why-you-should-be-thankful-for-them?mbid=nl_wired_08132013

Watch A Homemade Coilgun Destroy A Laptop

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-08/watch-homemade-coilgun-destroy-laptop

For $300, You Can Buy a Stunning 3-D Printed Version of Yourself

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/08/this-company-will-transform-you-into-an-incredibly-detailed-3-d-printed-figurine/

The WIRED Mech Meets an Adoring Public, Doesn’t Attack Anyone

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/08/the-wired-mech-makes-its-comic-con-debut/

Not 'Elysium,' But Better 'Ringworld' Space Settlements Could Be Our Future

http://www.space.com/22326-elysium-movie-space-colonies-future.html

Try These Surprising and Intriguing Brain Exercises

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130813110535-6526187-try-these-surprising-and-intriguing-brain-exercises

Psychosocial stress and inflammation in cancer

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159112001833

Monday, August 12, 2013

The science of beam weapons

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/153224-the-science-of-beam-weapons

You Should Be Afraid of Artificial Intelligence

http://mashable.com/2013/08/03/artificial-intelligence-fear/

World’s First Ever Glass Violin [Beautiful]

http://wickedreport.com/worlds-first-ever-glass-violin-beautiful/

A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/science/rise-in-scientific-journal-retractions-prompts-calls-for-reform.html

Why California Can't Be Home to the Hyperloop

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227807

Princeton scientists build bionic ear Researchers say the artificial organ could soon endow people with superhuman hearing

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/12/superhuman_hearing_is_on_the_horizon_newscred/

Revealed: Elon Musk Explains the Hyperloop, His 800 MPH Pneumatic Tube That Could Revolutionize Transportation

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-12/revealed-elon-musk-explains-the-hyperloop

How brains see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oNHukxz5rI#at=104

Device Captures Signatures and Fingerprints With Tiny LEDs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130811150542.htm

New Study Redefines How Plaques Grow in Heart Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130811150841.htm

Huge Glowing Sea Creature Captured on Video

http://www.livescience.com/38668-huge-glowing-sea-creature-captured-on-video.html

Craig Venter on the Hail Mary Genome and Synthetic Meat

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-08/craig-venter-on-the-hail-mary-genome-and-synthetic-meat

Meshnet activists rebuilding the internet from scratch

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929294.500-meshnet-activists-rebuilding-the-internet-from-scratch.html

New threat to polio eradication The disease's last outposts are proving resilient

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/12/new_threat_to_polio_eradication/

World’s Most Influential Thinkers Revealed

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/518026/network-analysis-reveals-worlds-most-influential-thinkers/

How a Big Idea Solved Seoul's Parking Problem

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130812065952-206580-big-idea-solves-parking-problem?trk=tod-home-art-list-large_0

Mega to run ‘cutting-edge’ encrypted email after Lavabit’s ‘privacy seppuku’

http://rt.com/news/mega-secure-email-lavabit-359/

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Predictive Analytics: "Freakonomics" Meets Big Data

http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/predictive-analytics-freakonomics-meets-big-data

Why People Have More Sympathy for Puppies than Humans

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-people-have-more-sympathy-for-dogs-than-people

Can Google Search Histories Help Diagnose Mental Disorders?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/can-google-search-histories-help-diagnose-mental-disorders

The 'Genetics of Sand' May Shed New Light On Evolutionary Process Over Millions of Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130810063643.htm

Fresh Analysis of Dinosaur Skulls Shows Three 'Species' Are Actually One

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130810063647.htm

Cigarette Taxation Helps to Reduce Drinking Among Groups Considered Vulnerable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130810063508.htm

More Tweets Mean More Votes for Political Candidates, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130811005333.htm

Smart Enough to Know Better: Intelligence Is Not a Remedy for Racism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130811005342.htm

New Insights Into the Polymer Mystique for Conducting Charges

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809114654.htm

Piano Fingers: How Players Strike Keys Depends On How Muscles Are Used for Keystrokes That Occur Before and After

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130810063313.htm

On the Trail of Dark Energy: Physicists Propose Higgs Boson 'Portal'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130810063645.htm

Chemists Develop 'Fresh, New' Approach to Making Alloy Nanomaterials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130810063713.htm

Saturday, August 10, 2013

“Elysium’s” superhuman exoskeletons aren’t science fiction A roboticist-neuroscientist explains how far we are from possessing Matt Damon's machine-enhanced human abilities

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/10/will_science_soon_create_the_superhuman_exoskeletons_from_elysium_partner/

Heimlich Machine Why depend on fellow humans to save your life?

http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Heimlich_20Machine

Crosswords won't cut it: orgasms are key to a healthy brain

http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life/crosswords-wont-cut-it-orgasms-are--to-a-healthy-brain-20130806-2rd8z.html

Bubbles Are the New Lenses for Nanoscale Light Beams

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809084123.htm

New NASA Mission to Help Us Learn How to Mine Asteroids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809010232.htm

Helper Cells Aptly Named in Battle With Invading Pathogens

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809083831.htm

Deep Earth Heat Surprise: New Findings On How Heat Is Conducted in the Deep Lower Mantle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809084121.htm

Autism Affects Different Parts of the Brain in Women and Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809084133.htm

How to Achieve a Well-Balanced Gut: 'Peacekeeper' in the Gut Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809084127.htm

Cells Eat Themselves Into Shape

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809114839.htm

How Parents See Themselves May Affect Their Child's Brain and Stress Level

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809115100.htm

Low Childhood Conscientiousness Predicts Adult Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130809115200.htm

Friday, August 9, 2013

Molecules Form 2-D Patterns Never Before Observed: Nanoscience Experiments Produce Elusive 5-Vertex Tilings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130808123823.htm

Pass the Salt: Common Condiment Could Enable New High-Tech Industry -- Silicon Nanostructures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130808142142.htm

Our Brains Can (Unconsciously) Save Us from Temptation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130808124507.htm

Views You Can Use? How Online Ratings Affect Your Judgment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130808142136.htm

Robot Treats Brain Clots With Steerable Needles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130808142139.htm

Study Shows MicroRNAs Can Trigger Lymphomas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130808170015.htm

High Lifetime Costs for Type 2 Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130808170018.htm

A Fridge, Car Windows and iChastity Belts

http://www.idgconnect.com/blog-abstract/2925/a-fridge-car-windows-ichastity-belts

Thursday, August 8, 2013

New High-Tech Laser Method Allows DNA to Be Inserted 'Gently' Into Living Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807125951.htm

Q-Glasses Could Be a New Class of Solids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807130100.htm

Motional Layers Found in the Brain: Neurobiologists Discover Elementary Motion Detectors in the Fruit Fly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807133517.htm

Micro-Machines for the Human Body: Researchers Adapt Microscopic Technology for Bionic Body Parts and Other Medical Devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807134237.htm

Synthetic Polymers Enable Cheap, Efficient, Durable Alkaline Fuel Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807134239.htm

Scientists Create Tiny Bendy Power Supply for Even Smaller Portable Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807134243.htm

First Hundred Thousand Years of Our Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807134508.htm

Simple Math Sheds New Light On a Long-Studied Biological Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807155154.htm

Carbon Under Pressure Exhibits Interesting Traits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807155419.htm

A New Weapon In The War Against Bedbugs

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/a-new-weapon-in-the-war-against-bedbugs

New App Could Open The Way To Music Theory MOOCs

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/new-app-could-open-the-way-to-music-theory-moocs

The End of Antibiotics?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2013/08/01/the-end-of-antibiotics/

Nano-particles – Coming To a Product Near You!

http://vineoflifenews.com/nano-particles-coming-to-a-product-near-you/

UCSB Study Reveals That Overthinking Can Be Detrimental to Human Performance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807134512.htm

Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself?

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

Sense of smell has a genetic flavour

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929293.100-sense-of-smell-has-a-genetic-flavour.html

Chocolate May Help Keep Brain Healthy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130807204447.htm

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Brain Molecule Regulating Human Emotion, Mood Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130806203325.htm

Astronaut twins could reveal genetics of space health

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23999-astronaut-twins-could-reveal-genetics-of-space-health.html

Colombia first country to eliminate river blindness

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23997-colombia-first-country-to-eradicate-river-blindness.html

Infinity is Not Real

http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/infinity-is-not-real

The Art of Infecting Others With Your Idea

http://bigthink.com/60-second-reads/the-art-of-infecting-others-with-your-idea

Why Are the Laws of Nature What They Are?

http://bigthink.com/100-biggest-ideas/why-are-the-laws-of-physics-what-they-are

Hormone Receptors May Regulate Effect of Nutrition On Life Expectancy Not Only in Roundworms, but Perhaps Also in Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130806145449.htm

How Plants Avoid Sunburn: Findings Could Lead to Crops With Increased Protection from Bright Light and Enhanced Photosynthesis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130806132939.htm

One Tree's Architecture Reveals Secrets of a Forest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130806171643.htm

Dolphins Keep Lifelong Social Memories, Longest in a Non-Human Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130806203146.htm

Live to 120? Most Say No Thanks

http://www.alnmag.com/news/2013/08/live-120-most-say-no-thanks

What Color Is Your Night Light? It May Affect Your Mood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130806203150.htm

Length of Human Pregnancies Can Vary Naturally by as Much as Five Weeks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130806203327.htm

Longevity’s Bottleneck may be funding, BUT funding’s Bottleneck is Advocacy

http://indiafuturesociety.org/longevitys-bottleneck-may-be-funding-but-fundings-bottleneck-is-advocacy/

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

End of aging within reach, experts say By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/501.html

Ring Weeder gets to the root of the manual weeding problem

http://www.gizmag.com/ring-weeder/28582/

Neuromorphic chips could help reverse-engineer the human brain

http://www.gizmag.com/neuromorphic-chips/28586/

CreepyDOL system can destroy your privacy for about US$500

http://www.gizmag.com/wi-fi-track-smartphone-creepydol/28585/

Laser-based turbulence detector could mean safer flights

http://www.gizmag.com/clear-air-turbulence-detection-system/28593/

Ion Torrent Chips Ready to Seek Out New Life, Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before

http://www.genomeweb.com//node/1262831

Making a Mini Mona Lisa: Nanotechnique Creates Image On Surface Less Than a Third the Hair's Width

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130805131115.htm

Moss Beats Human: Simple Moss Plants Outperform Us by Gene Number

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130805112953.htm

NASA Reveals That The Sun’s Magnetic Field Is About To Flip

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=14514

Scientists invent a computer that writes sexist jokes

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/06/scientists_invent_a_computer_that_writes_sexist_jokes/

Waiting Until Second Date for Sex ‘Now Considered 100% Outdated’

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/katie-yoder/2013/07/15/cosmo-waiting-until-second-date-sex-now-considered-100-outdated

First taste of test-tube burger declared 'close to meat'

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/06/us-science-meat-in-vitro-idUSBRE9740PL20130806

Rice gene digs deep to triple yields in drought

http://www.scidev.net/global/farming/news/rice-gene-digs-deep-to-triple-yields-in-drought.html

The Coming Revolution of Wearables

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130806180724-549128-the-coming-revolution-of-wearables

Sunday, August 4, 2013

What will humans look like in 100,000 years?

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/what-will-humans-look-like-in-100000-years

Robot 'astronaut' begins space journey

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/robot-astronaut-begins-space-journey-602592.html

Light completely stopped for a record-breaking minute

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23925

Online Psychotherapy More Effective than Face-to-Face

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/online-psychotherapy-more-effective-than-face-to-face

Daniel Dennett Will Teach You How To Use Your Brain

http://bigthink.com/100-biggest-ideas/big-idea-daniel-dennett

Neuroscience Is Dead (c. 2008)

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/neuroscience-is-dead-c-2008

Science deniers just don’t think: All hail the scientific method The scientific method's the best way for people to get smarter, precisely because theories get revised and improved

http://www.salon.com/2013/08/04/all_hail_the_scientific_method/

This Radical iPhone 6 Concept Completely Re-Imagines The World's Favorite Smartphone

http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6-edge-to-edge-concept-2013-8

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Scientists to cook world's first in-vitro beef burger

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/03/us-science-meat-cultured-idUSBRE97119D20130803

New Water Splitting Technique Efficiently Produces Hydrogen Fuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801142331.htm

Largest Neuronal Network Simulation to Date Achieved Using Japanese Supercomputer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130802080237.htm

Why Is Orange the New Black for Female Victims of Trauma?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130802095142.htm

Novel 3-D Simulation Technology Helps Surgical Residents Train More Effectively

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130802095148.htm

Alcoholism Could Be Linked to a Hyper-Active Brain Dopamine System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130802131843.htm

New Findings Could Help Improve Development of Drugs for Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130802132328.htm

Milk: Quiet Evolutionary Hero

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/milk-quiet-evolutionary-hero

Technologies That Will Revolutionize Tomorrow's Hospitals

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/technologies-that-will-revolutionize-tomorrows-hospitals

Cancer Experts Want to Eliminate the Word "Cancer" from Diagnoses

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/cancer-experts-want-to-eliminate-the-word-cancer-from-diagnoses

Is the Key to Beating Cancer Already in Our Intestines?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/is-the-key-to-beating-cancer-already-in-our-intestines

‘Encryption is a human right’: Wikipedia aims to lock out NSA

http://rt.com/news/wikipedia-encryption-security-nsa-990/

Friday, August 2, 2013

Does Your Personality And How You Look Affect How You’re Treated At Work?

http://www.eurasiareview.com/02082013-does-your-personality-and-how-you-look-affect-how-youre-treated-at-work/

Mercedes-Benz Showcasing Brand In Pavilion In Powisle District Of Warsaw

http://www.eurasiareview.com/02082013-mercedes-benz-showcasing-brand-in-pavilion-in-powisle-district-of-warsaw/

As Linux Stalks Windows, Poor Nations Will Benefit

http://www.eurasiareview.com/02082013-as-linux-stalks-windows-poor-nations-will-benefit-oped/

You Can Finally Buy an Electric Airplane, and It’s Just $40K

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/08/electric-airplane-for-sale/

Re-Learning How to See: Researchers Find Crucial On-Off Switch in Visual Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801155738.htm

Novel Drug Shuts Down Master Protein Key to Lymphoma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801180442.htm

Speedier Scans Reveal New Distinctions in Resting and Active Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801180444.htm

Monster Galaxies Lose Their Appetite With Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801195743.htm

New Type of Protein Modification May Play a Role in Cancer and Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130801155716.htm

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Household 3D Printers Can Pay For Themselves in a Year

http://gizmodo.com/household-3d-printers-can-pay-for-themselves-in-a-year-986593950

What Came Before the Big Bang?

http://discovermagazine.com/2013/september/13-starting-point

People prefer mates with a 22% resemblance to themselves.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2013/07/24/people-prefer-mates-with-a-22-resemblance-to-themselves/

Why Has the Sun Developed a Huge Hole?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2013/07/30/why-is-a-huge-chunk-of-the-sun-missing/

NSA's XKeyscore gives one-click real-time access to almost any internet activity

http://rt.com/news/xkeyscore-nsa-snowden-prism-858/

Antimicrobial Coating Moves From Heart Valves To Door Handles

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/antimicrobial-coating-moves-from-heart-valves-to-door-handles

Soon Your Walk Could Help Give Away Your Identity

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/soon-your-walk-could-help-give-away-your-identity

Using Scent To Reawaken Memories Lost To Dementia

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/using-scent-to-reawaken-memories-lost-to-dementia

Modern Seaweed House harkens back to Danish homes of yesteryear

http://www.gizmag.com/modern-seaweed-house-vandkunsten/28529/

Spitzer Discovers Young Stars With a 'Hula Hoop'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130731155743.htm

Anemia Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130731164713.htm

A Glass of Milk After Eating Sugary Cereals May Prevent Cavities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130731164718.htm

Artificial Earthquakes Could Lead to Safer, Sturdier Buildings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130731164722.htm

Understanding the Effects of Genes On Human Traits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130731164757.htm

First Planet Discovered Orbiting a Brown Dwarf

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/517556/first-planet-discovered-orbiting-a-brown-dwarf/

Spiders May Have Personalities, and Some Are Bolder Than Others

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/07/social-spiders/