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

Monday, September 30, 2013

Pompeii of the East? Clues to mystery mega volcano that blew 7 centuries ago.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0930/Pompeii-of-the-East-Clues-to-mystery-mega-volcano-that-blew-7-centuries-ago

E. coli-Produced Gasoline May One Day Run Your Car

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/i-e-coli-i-produced-gasoline-may-one-day-run-your-car/81248916/

Cell Powerhouses Shape One's Risk of Heart Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926204433.htm

Biologists Confirm Role of Sperm Competition in Formation of New Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926205001.htm

One in seven Americans don't use the Internet

http://www.zdnet.com/one-in-seven-americans-dont-use-the-internet-7000021306/

Understanding How Infants Acquire New Words Across Cultures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130927123424.htm

Drinking lots of cola and energy drinks could interfere with adolescents' brain development, according to Swiss researchers.

http://recipefinder.msn.co.nz/article/foodnews/8729950/caffeine-affects-teens-brain-development

Saturday, September 28, 2013

The Hollywood secret to Life Extension and Longevity. Clyde DeSouza

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/desouza20130926

DARPA Spends $10 Million To Make BigDog Stronger And Stealthier

http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/darpa-spends-10-million-make-bigdog-stronger-and-stealthier

How Music Makes Us Feel Better

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/09/how-music-makes-us-feel-better.html

How Neuroscience Is Changing Medicine

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-neuroscience-is-changing-medicine

Nanoparticle Vaccine: Particles That Deliver Vaccines Directly to Mucosal Surfaces Could Defend Against Many Infectious Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130925141546.htm

Scientists Identify Brain Circuitry That Triggers Overeating

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926142834.htm

How to Make Ceramics That Bend Without Breaking: Self-Deploying Medical Devices?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926143149.htm

Hospital-Grade Lightweight Blood Flow Imager On the Cheap

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926204956.htm

Professor Develops 'Brain' for Robots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926201114.htm

Superfast Switching of Quantum Light Sources

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130927092348.htm

Human Robot Getting Closer: iCub Robot Must Learn from Its Experiences

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130927094546.htm

10 Keyboard Shortcuts you Probably didn't Know

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/09/no_author/10-keyboard-shortcuts/

Copying fingerprints, Firefox trusted, Facebook not, Yahoo recycles - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/09/28/copying-fingerprints-firefox-trusted-facebook-not-yahoo-recycles-60-sec-security-video/

Elizabeth Loftus: The fiction of memory

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

Andras Forgacs: Leather and meat without killing animals

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

New Medical Device Extremely Effective at Preventing HIV in Women

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130927123509.htm

Scientists Discover Important Wound-Healing Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926131629.htm

Robotic Fabrication in Timber Construction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926102633.htm

Lithium in the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926103031.htm

Study Links Heavy Texting, Sleep Problems in College Freshmen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926111901.htm

Tick tock: Marine animals with at least two internal clocks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926123323.htm

New Energy Storage Capabilities Between the Layers of Two-Dimensional Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926142831.htm

Water Glides Freely Across 'Nanodrapes' Made from the World's Thinnest Material

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926142928.htm

Unusual Mars Rock: Pyramid-Shaped Volcanic Rock Unlike Any Other Martian Igneous Rock Ever Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926143145.htm

Martian Chemical Complicates Hunt for Life's Clues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926143246.htm

Spirals of Light May Lead to Better Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926143251.htm

With Earth spinning more slowly, time isn't flying as fast as before

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/with-earth-spinning-more-slowly-time-isnt-flying-as-fast-as-before-20130925-2udsk.html

Friday, September 27, 2013

An Inflatable Building And Other Amazing Images From This Week

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/inflatable-building-and-other-amazing-images-week

New Mechanism for Protein Misfolding May Link to ALS

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130925185428.htm

Study Unlocks Origin of Brown Fat Cells, Important in Weight Maintenance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926102259.htm

Without a Trace: Cells Keep to One Direction by Erasing the Path

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926102437.htm

Lunar Orbiters Discover Source of Space Weather Near Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926143151.htm

Deadly Flesh-Eating Drug Arrives in US

http://www.livescience.com/39970-krokodil-flesh-eating-drug-crocodile.html

Debt Linked to Mental Health Problems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926102628.htm

Bone Hormone Influences Brain Development and Cognition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926122359.htm

Hidden Genetic Code for Better Designer Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130926143236.htm

Curiosity Rover Makes Big Water Discovery in Mars Dirt, a 'Wow Moment'

http://www.space.com/22949-mars-water-discovery-curiosity-rover.html?cmpid=545397

Number of Confirmed Alien Planets Nears 1,000

http://www.space.com/22956-confirmed-alien-planets-number-1000.html?cmpid=545397

Zombie Endocrine Disruptors May Threaten Aquatic Life

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6153/1441.full

Tim Maupin’s Film, ‘The Last Generation to Die,’ to Explore Longevity and Life Extension

http://singularityhub.com/2013/09/27/tim-maupins-film-the-last-generation-to-die-to-explore-longevity-and-life-extension/

New nose grown by surgeons to replace original one

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/24280766

Air Force’s new F-16 drone makes debut in air

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/26/air-forces-new-f16-drone-makes-debut-air/

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Man Finds Stolen SUV Using Google Maps

http://autos.aol.com/article/stolen-suv-car-mississippi-google-earth/

Google introduces new 'Hummingbird' search algorithm

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/26/net-us-google-search-idUSBRE98P11O20130926

New Prosthetic: Man Controls Bionic Leg with Thoughts

http://www.livescience.com/39951-robotic-leg-thought-control.html

High demand for the Israeli gun that shoots around corners

http://i-hls.com/2013/09/high-demand-for-the-israeli-gun-that-shoots-around-corners/

Tiny Antennas Let Long Light Waves See in Infrared

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130925130650.htm

Whale Mass Stranding Attributed to Sonar Mapping for First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130925132211.htm

Elementary Magnets Coming in Double-Packs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130925152100.htm

Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Panoramic, Very-High-Resolution, Time-Lapse Photography for Plant and Ecosystem Research

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130925152134.htm

Xen and the Art of Project Management

http://blog.smartbear.com/open-source/xen-and-the-art-of-project-management/

Bill Gates admits Control-Alt-Delete was a mistake, blames IBM

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/26/4772680/bill-gates-admits-ctrl-alt-del-was-a-mistake

MIT's SkyCall system uses a drone to guide people around campus

http://www.gizmag.com/mit-skycall-guides-users-on-campus/29080/

Stanford scientists build first carbon nanotube computer

http://www.gizmag.com/carbon-nanotube-computer-cnt-stanford/29182/

New Electric Skateboard Whips Along At 18 MPH

http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/09/new-electric-skateboard-whips-along-at-18-mph/

Chemistry's Biggest Loser: Official Atomic Weights Change For 19 Elements

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/chemistrys-biggest-loser-official-atomic-weights-change-19-elements

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Walking shark discovered off Indonesia coast

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0830/Walking-shark-discovered-off-Indonesia-coast

The first fish face? Fossil sports modern jaw and facial bones.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0925/The-first-fish-face-Fossil-sports-modern-jaw-and-facial-bones

The X chromosome is not, in fact, X-shaped

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0925/The-X-chromosome-is-not-in-fact-X-shaped

Spinning neutron star acting like erratic teenager, astronomers say

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0925/Spinning-neutron-star-acting-like-erratic-teenager-astronomers-say

Do We Show Our Real Selves While Sleeping?

http://bigthink.com/Picture-This/do-we-show-our-real-selves-while-sleeping

Quantum Computing: The Holy Grail of Processing

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/quantum-computing-the-holy-grail-of-processing

Get Ready For Lots More Killer Thunderstorms In The US

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/get-ready-for-lots-more-killer-thunderstorms-in-the-us

Obi-Wan Might Appreciate This Newly Discovered Material

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/obi-wan-might-appreciate-this-newly-discovered-material

NASA Experiment Will Pay You $18,000 To Stay In Bed

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/nasa-experiment-will-pay-you-18000-to-stay-in-bed

Siberian Hamsters Show What Helps Make Seasonal Clocks Tick

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923155351.htm

Popular Science Is Done With Comment Trolling

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/popular-science-is-done-with-comment-trolling

Shiny Metal Box - Daniel Greenfield

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2013/09/shiny-metal-box.html

Republicans Block Proposal For National Science Laureate, Fearing Science

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/republicans-block-proposal-national-science-laureate-fearingscience

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Stretchable, Foldable Transparent Electronic Display Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923143732.htm

Mars had two wet eras, Curiosity rover tells us

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0924/Mars-had-two-wet-eras-Curiosity-rover-tells-us

Enormous Catalog of More Than 300,000 Nearby Galaxies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923200311.htm

Spinning CDs to Clean Sewage Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923175932.htm

World Record Solar Cell With 44.7% Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923204214.htm

Antioxidants dispel static electricity

http://www.nature.com/news/antioxidants-dispel-static-electricity-1.13786

Preventing Malaria in Travelers to West Africa Reduces Health Costs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923114118.htm

It Takes A(n Academic) Village to Determine an Enzyme's Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923114156.htm

Putting the Spring Back in Broken Hearts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923114200.htm

Retail Investment: A Barometer for Teen Obesity?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923124032.htm

Human Brain Tumor Cells Erased in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923143526.htm

Protecting Specific Area of the Brain During Radiation Therapy Substantially Reduces Memory Loss

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130923143636.htm

Are NYPD on the Apple payroll? Cops hand out flyers urging people to upgrade their devices to iOS7 because it is ‘safer’

Monday, September 23, 2013

Creating Electricity With Caged Atoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130922155126.htm

DNA dreams

http://vimeo.com/65811205

Formation of Unusual Ring of Radiation Around Earth Explained

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130922155121.htm

NASA Curiosity Rover Detects No Methane On Mars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130922222800.htm

Is This My Finger? Sensory Illusion Study Provides New Insight for Body Representation Brain Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130922205931.htm

Researcher finds way to calm fears during sleep

http://www.today.com/health/researcher-finds-way-calm-fears-during-sleep-4B11214946

Intel's futurist introduces open source, 3D printed robot at Maker Faire

http://www.gizmag.com/intel-futurist-robot-3d-printing-open-source-maker-faire/29139/

The FlashForge Creator and the practicalties of 3D printing at home

http://www.gizmag.com/review-3dprinter-flashforge/29064/

Friday, September 20, 2013

Circadian Clock Is Key to Firing Up Cell's Furnace

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130919142158.htm

Worm Research: Right Combination of Sugars Regulates Brain Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130919142204.htm

First Real-Time Detector for IV Drugs May Help Eliminate Medical Errors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130919142212.htm

'Cascade of Events' Caused Sudden Explosion of Animal Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130919142202.htm

How Lethal Bird Flu Viruses Evolved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130919122254.htm

Court: homeopathy can’t cure erectile dysfunction

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20130918-51967.html

Why One Cream Cake Leads to Another

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/37068/title/Why-One-Cream-Cake-Leads-to-Another/

Eat Less and Live Longer?

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/37039/title/Eat-Less-and-Live-Longer-/

New Alien Life Claim Far from Convincing, Scientists Say

http://www.space.com/22875-alien-life-claim-space-microbes.html?cmpid=545394

Strange Human Brain Found In U of Texas Storage Leaves Scientists Scratching Their Heads

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/health/strange-human-brain-found-u-texas-storage-leaves-scientists-scratching-their-heads

You Won’t Believe The Startups The CIA Has Invested In

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/09/20/you-wont-believe-the-startups-the-cia-has-invested-in/

Thursday, September 19, 2013

First Swarm satellite heads to launch site

http://www.gizmag.com/swarm-satellites-magnetic-field/29091/

Google announces health research venture

http://www.gizmag.com/google-calico-health-aging/29110/

Human-powered speed record falls at Battle Mountain

http://www.gizmag.com/human-powered-speed-record-2013/29103/

Mini drug factory churns out drugs from inside bone

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929352.600-mini-drug-factory-churns-out-drugs-from-inside-bone.html

From the Deepest Coma, New Brain Activity Found

http://www.livescience.com/39761-brain-activity-deep-coma.html

Earth Expected to Be Habitable for Another 1.75 Billion Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130918211434.htm

Man takes home brewing to extremes by brewing beer inside his own body

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/18/man-takes-home-brewing-to-extremes-by-brewing-beer-inside-his-own-body/

Night Vision Camouflage, Inspired By Squid

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/night-vision-camouflage-inspired-by-squid

Will Israel Be The World’s First Cashless Society?

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=15056

Check Out the New Gun That Allows Cops to Shoot and Capture Your DNA

http://vineoflifenews.com/check-out-the-new-gun-that-allows-cops-to-shoot-and-capture-your-dna/

Drones Disguised As Birds Are Here

http://vineoflifenews.com/drones-disguised-as-birds-are-here/

'Live Vaccine' for Gonorrhea Prevents Reinfection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130918101956.htm

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Zollner builds world's largest four-legged robot ... and it's a dragon

http://www.gizmag.com/tradinno-robot/29079/

Shape-changing lens blends human and insect vision

http://www.gizmag.com/lens-combines-human-insect-vision-ohio-state/29099/

Vindskip ship concept uses the hull as a sail

http://www.gizmag.com/vindskip-wind-ship/29101/

On the Road to Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing: High Temperature Superconductivity Induced in Toplogical Insulator

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916204730.htm

Smartphone 'Microscope' Can Detect a Single Virus, Nanoparticles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130917093933.htm

Energy from Tides and Currents: Best Arrangement of Tidal Sails Device Determined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130917123609.htm

Light Steered in New Directions: 2-D Material Could Lead to Shaped, Wavy, Curved, and Sharply Bending Ways to Steer Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916162009.htm

Researchers Study Ways to Make Stronger Materials in 3-D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130917153717.htm

Weak Charge of Proton Determined for First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130917153730.htm

Colorectal Cancer: A Bacterial Disease?

http://bigthink.com/devil-in-the-data/colorectal-cancer-a-bacterial-disease

British cosmologist Hawking backs right to assisted suicide

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/17/us-britain-hawking-idUSBRE98G0OV20130917

Slow-motion world for small animals

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24078179

Google vs. Death

http://techland.time.com/2013/09/18/google-vs-death/

Things You Won’t Believe Actually Exist In Nature

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/09/18/things-you-wont-believe-actually-exist-in-nature/

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Cold Sore Linked to Mutation in Gene

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916122011.htm

10 Amazing Man-made Substances

http://listverse.com/2013/06/20/10-awesome-man-made-substances/

‘Pulse Passwords’ Are Next Step Towards Permanent Human Microchip Implantations

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=15043

DNA Double Take

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/science/dna-double-take.html

Arachnophobic Entomologists: When Two More Legs Make a Big Difference

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916091214.htm

Superconductivity to Meet Humanity's Greatest Challenges

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916091144.htm

Birds Appear to Lack Important Anti-Inflammatory Protein

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916103350.htm

Environmentally Friendly Cement Is Stronger Than Ordinary Cement

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916111002.htm

Birth of Earth's Continents: New Research Points to Crust Stacking, Rather Than Upwelling of Hot Material

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916122133.htm

Flame Cultivation Promising as Weed Control Method for Cranberry

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916140108.htm

What Direction Does Earth's Center Spin? New Insights Solve 300-Year-Old Problem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130916162005.htm

Apple’s Fingerprint ID May Mean You Can’t ‘Take the Fifth’

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/09/the-unexpected-result-of-fingerprint-authentication-that-you-cant-take-the-fifth

Eradicating Double Chins: The Next Half-Billion Dollar Business?

http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/09/17/eradicating-double-chins-the-next-half-billion-dollar-business/

Scientists find potential catalyst for earthquakes on U.S. East Coast

http://vineoflifenews.com/scientists-find-potential-catalyst-for-earthquakes-on-u-s-east-coast/

Monday, September 16, 2013

Approved Cancer Drug Potentially Could Help Treat Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130915134355.htm

521 bhp Bentley Continental GT V8 S makes debut

http://www.gizmag.com/bentley-gt-v8-s/29033/

Machine Learning Used to Boil Down the Stories That Wearable Cameras Are Telling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130913114033.htm

Software May Be Able to Take Over from Hardware in Managing Caches

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130913114036.htm

Speedy Chemical Reaction Captured in Mid-Stride

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130913185841.htm

Spider silk coated with carbon nanotubes has multiple surprising uses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130913185845.htm

Quantum Entanglement Only Dependent Upon Area

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130915134224.htm

Scientists Discover Cosmic Factory for Making Building Blocks of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130915134341.htm

Evidence to Support Controversial Theory of 'Buckyball' Formation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130915134351.htm

Quantum Computing: Where This New Technology Is Headed This Decade: Part 3

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130916172038-5213223-quantum-computing-where-this-new-technology-is-headed-this-decade-part-3

Our Brain Didn't Need to Evolve, So Why Did It?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/our-brain-didnt-need-to-evolve-so-why-did-it

Having a Pet Dog Reduces Risk for Childhood Atopic Dermatitis

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23711545

Girl who feels no pain could inspire new painkillers

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24196-girl-who-feels-no-pain-could-inspire-new-painkillers.html

Saturday, September 14, 2013

A Short History of Bio-Chemical Weapons

http://www.infowars.com/a-short-history-of-bio-chemical-weapons/

Top Genuine Controversies in Science

http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/genuine-controversies-in-science

Researcher Locate the Left-Handed Gene

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/researcher-locate-the-left-handed-gene

When Moms Drink Milk During Pregnancy, Their Children Grow Up Taller

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/when-moms-drink-milk-during-pregnancy-their-children-grow-up-taller

Surprise! Tor Privacy Technology Mainly Helps Botnets

http://www.volokh.com/2013/09/14/surprise-tor-privacy-technology-mainly-helps-botnets/

Youth More Likely to Be Bullied at Schools With Anti-Bullying Programs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912203337.htm

Novel Vaccine Reduces Shedding of Genital Herpes Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912093733.htm

NASA Identifies 3 Potential Asteroid Targets to Catch With Space Lasso

http://www.space.com/22764-nasa-asteroid-capture-mission-candidates.html

Everyday Sadists Take Pleasure in Others' Pain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912093731.htm

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Flu Shot?

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6151/1171.full

Dating of Beads Sets New Timeline for Early Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130913093314.htm

Scientists Achieve Highest Open-Circuit Voltage for Quantum Dot Solar Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130913114022.htm

Homeland Security’s robotic fish put to test in Texas

http://i-hls.com/2013/09/homeland-securitys-robotic-fish-put-to-test-in-texas/

10 Surprising Facts About How Our Brains Work

http://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-facts-about-how-our-brains-work-2013-9

Sex diseases among young rise by 50% in ten years: Cases of gonorrhoea soar amid fears new super-strain cannot be easily treated with antibiotics

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2402434/STIs-young-rise-50-10-years-Cases-gonorrhoea-soar.html

The Truth About College Students and Casual Sex Revealed

http://www.livescience.com/38843-college-hookup-culture-myth.html

Passion throughout a lifetime: Sexuality and ageism

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/lifecycles/2013/aug/20/passion-throughout-lifetime-sexuality-and-ageism/

HPV vaccine use gains among boys

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/221939981.html?id=221939981

HuffPo Blog Encourages Teen Sex Sleepovers to Parents

http://www.mrc.org/articles/huffpo-blog-encourages-teen-sex-sleepovers-parents

People Who Have Sex Four or More Times a Week Make More Money, Study Says

http://www.digtriad.com/rss/article/295179/176/A-Reason-To-Do-It-More-Sex-Equals-More-Money

A new typeface for dyslexics

http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/a-new-typeface-for-dyslexics

Friday, September 13, 2013

Molecule That Triggers Septic Shock Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912143215.htm

Radical New View of Health: Stem Cells Are Wired for Cooperation, Down to the DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912143217.htm

Decades On, Bacterium's Discovery Feted as Paragon of Basic Science

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912143315.htm

Get Touchy Feely With Plants: Gently Rubbing Them With Your Fingers Can Make Them Less Susceptible to Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912203053.htm

The inside of the Milky Way Galaxy in 3-D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912092720.htm

Take a virtual tour of Vesta with new high resolution atlases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912092726.htm

Could Life Have Survived a Fall to Earth?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912092731.htm

Guinness Record: World’s Thinnest Glass Is Just Two Atoms Thick

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912095241.htm

Cilantro, That Favorite Salsa Ingredient, Purifies Drinking Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912104814.htm

Dogs' Behavior Could Help Design Social Robots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912104839.htm

Twitter Analysis Can Help Gamblers Beat the Spread On NFL Games

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912132128.htm

Tracking Criminal Movement Using MathTracking Criminal Movement Using Math

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912132132.htm

Molecular Structure Reveals How HIV Infects Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912143210.htm

Functioning 'Mechanical Gears' Seen in Nature for First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130912143627.htm

Voyager 1 enters realm between the stars, report says

http://vineoflifenews.com/voyager-1-enters-realm-between-the-stars-report-says/

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Israeli Developers Upgrade Microsoft Search Engine Bing

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/business/2013/09/microsoft-israel-search-engine-bing-update-google-experts.html

Scientists challenge economics of storing renewable energy

http://www.gizmag.com/storing-renewable-energy-solar-wind/29020/

FYI: How Do You Dispose Of Chemical Weapons?

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-09/fyi-chemical-weapons-and-disposal

Orangutans Plan Their Future Route and Communicate It to Others

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130911184616.htm

Cells Reprogrammed in Living Mice

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2013/09/cells-reprogrammed-living-mice

Smaller Testicles Make for More Nurturing Fathers

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/09/10/smaller-testicles-make-for-more-nurturing-fathers/

On the Persistence of Bad Luck (and Good) Missing your bus can actually be explained mathematically.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2013/09/04/on-the-persistence-of-bad-luck-and-good/#.UjC2338ax3s

Century Old Chemistry Problem Solved: Foundational Reaction On Stubborn Chemicals May Improve Drug Synthesis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130911131737.htm

Astronomers Explain Why Disk Galaxies Eventually Look Alike

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130911131744.htm

Google Censoring Search Results Damaging to the U.S-Information Empire

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Stress May Lead to False Confessions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130911103329.htm

The Final Nail in the Jurassic Park Coffin: Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Absence of DNA in Sub-Fossilized Insects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130911184614.htm

AIDS Vaccine Candidate Appears to Completely Clear Virus from the Body in Monkeys

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130911141746.htm

Innovative 'Pay for Performance' Program Improves Patient Outcomes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130910171450.htm

The Matrix Agent Smith Syndrome (video)

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

Here's the Big Problem With All Wearable Technology:

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130911202415-13780238-here-s-the-big-problem-with-all-wearable-technology

A new digital ecology is evolving, and humans are being left behind

http://io9.com/a-new-digital-world-is-emerging-thats-too-fast-for-us-1286428447

Californians May Soon Get Electronic License Plates

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/californians-may-soon-get-electronic-license-plates

Space: The Final Data Storage Frontier?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/space-the-final-data-storage-frontier

Think Twice, Speak Once: Bilinguals Process Both Languages Simultaneously

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130910121521.htm

Extreme Life Forms: Life Found in the Sediments of an Antarctic Subglacial Lake for the First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130910104938.htm

Scientists Create New Memories by Directly Changing the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130910142334.htm

Survey of 10,000 Men in Asia and the Pacific Reveals Why Some Men Use Violence Against Women and Girls

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130910104517.htm

Giant Pandas Could Help Solve the Global Energy Crisis Bacteria found in panda poop could be harvested to help break down plant material for sustainable energy

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/09/10/giant-pandas-could-help-solve-the-global-energy-crisis

Deadly Fungus Mates with Clones of Itself

http://www.livescience.com/39541-deadly-fungus-mates-with-clones.html

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Mind Over Matter: Princeton & Russian Scientist Reveal The Secrets of Human Aura & Intentions

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/09/10/mind-matter-princeton-russian-scientist-reveal-secrets-human-aura-intentions/

Male Sensitivity Written in the Genes

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/science/male-sensitivity-written-in-the-genes.html

Not-So-Total Recall: Selectively Erasing Unwanted Memories

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/not-so-total-recall-selectively-erasing-unwanted-memories/81248828/

Can matter cycle through shapes eternally?

http://www.nature.com/news/can-matter-cycle-through-shapes-eternally-1.13657

Absurd Creature of the Week: 10-Foot Bobbit Worm Is the Ocean’s Most Disturbing Predator

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/absurd-creature-of-the-week-bobbit-worm?mbid=nl_wired_09102013

Synthetic Speech System Puts a Dampener On Noisy Announcements

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130909131140.htm

Accidental Nanoparticle Discovery Could Hail Revolution in Manufacturing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130909131226.htm

Scientists Demonstrate New Method for Harvesting Energy from Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130909131230.htm

Researchers Read the Coffee Grounds and Find a Promising Energy Resource for the Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130909152932.htm

NASA's Black-Hole-Hunter Catches Its First 10 Supermassive Black Holes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130909154918.htm

Monday, September 9, 2013

Drones Are Now Delivering Packages In One Chinese City

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-09/chinese-company-tests-drone-couriers

This Russian Software Is Taking Over the Internet

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/09/nginx/

Watch: Take a 70,000-Foot Ride in the Sky With Virgin Galactic Test Pilots

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/09/video-virgin-galactic-test-pilots/

‘Sixth sense’ in human brains mapped by researchers

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/sixth-sense-in-human-brains-mapped-by-researchers/

E-cigarettes as effective as nicotine patches, study finds

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/e-cigarettes-as-effective-as-nicotine-patches-study-finds/

NASA considering four landing site options for 2016 Mars mission

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/nasa-considering-four-landing-site-options-for-2016-mars-mission/

Texters take longer to respond when lying, study finds

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/texters-take-longer-to-respond-when-lying-study-finds/

Man Remodels Internet as One Giant Computer

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/09/docker/

Engineers’ Secret Sci-Fi Handshake

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2013/09/ladee_moon_mission_nasa_ames_director_on_the_future_of_space_exploration.html

Millennials Will Change Corporate America Completely

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/millennials-will-change-corporate-america-completely

One Wheel. ∞ Fun.

http://focusdesigns.com/sbuv3/

Stronger than Pain

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/playing-my-cards-how-i-live-and-lift-through-the-pain-of-dish.html

Surprising Ally For Snow Leopards: Buddhist Monks

http://www.livescience.com/39449-tibetan-monks-protect-snow-leopards.html?cmpid=545405

Yin-Yang Effect of Sodium and Chloride Presents Salt Conundrum

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130908135833.htm

Synthetic mRNA Can Induce Self-Repair and Regeneration of the Infarcted Heart

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130908135619.htm

Static Killers? Natural Killer Cell Activity Can Be Influenced by Phosphorylating a Protein in NK Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130906101334.htm

USS Enterprise-like flat LED light bulb could end up selling for $3

http://www.gizmag.com/nliten-2d-lite-led-disk-flat-light-bulb/28982/

Smartcap heads into the blue

http://www.gizmag.com/smartcap-marine-trials/28873/

Aeroscraft begins flight testing following FAA certification

http://www.gizmag.com/aeros-gets-faa-approval-for-testing/28970/

SpaceShipTwo sets new altitude, speed record

http://www.gizmag.com/spaceshiptwo-2nd-flight/28964/

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Shining a Little Light Changes Metal Into Semiconductor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130906103049.htm

Education Protects Women from the Obesity Associated With Urban Living

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130906101351.htm

Neuroscientists Show That Monkeys Can Decide to Call out or Keep Silent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130906102147.htm

New Connection Between Stacked Solar Cells Can Handle Energy of 70,000 Suns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130906102651.htm

New Opportunites Found for Waste Heat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130906103043.htm

Scientists Use DNA to Assemble a Transistor from Graphene

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130906141918.htm

Finally Mapped: The Brain Region That Distinguishes Bits from Bounty

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905142800.htm

Touch Goes Digital: Electronic Recording and Replay of Human Touch Demonstrated

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130906141830.htm

Study Says Yelling Is As Hurtful as Hitting Parents Who Yell at Teens Can Increase Risk of Depression and Aggression

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323623304579055302147114522.html

Searchable History of All Tweets: This Week in Social Media

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/twitter-history-now-available-with-topsy/

Adam Spencer: Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers (video)

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

Friday, September 6, 2013

Newly Discovered Volcano Dwarfs Mauna Loa

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/newly-discovered-the-worlds-largest-volcano

New ship will remain stable by creating its own inner waves

http://www.gizmag.com/ship-makes-waves/28965/

Space Around Others Perceived Just as Our Own

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905134016.htm

Body's 'Safety Procedure' Could Explain Autoimmune Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905134018.htm

Prion-Like Proteins Drive Several Diseases of Aging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905134020.htm

Inner-Ear Disorders May Cause Hyperactivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905142808.htm

New Form of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Occurs After Patients Suffer Acute Diverticulitis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905160410.htm

Is Sex The Most Dangerous Human Activity On Earth?

http://www.social-europe.eu/2013/09/is-sex-the-most-dangerous-human-activity-on-earth/

'Making Music May Improve Young Children's Behavior'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905202851.htm

Brown Dwarfs: Strange 'Failed Stars' Only as Hot As Your Oven

http://www.space.com/22659-brown-dwarf-stars-hot-as-oven.html?cmpid=532485

Elon Musk shows off Iron Man-style rocket design with gestures and 3D printing (video)

http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/05/elon-musk-gesture-control-rocket-design-iron-man/

Wide Range of Differences, Mostly Unseen, Among Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905101950.htm

Daily 2 Cents: Charlie Sheen Seeks the Kushtaka -- Smell the Weather Forecast -- Estimating Alien Life Across the Universe

http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2013/09/daily-2-cents-charlie-sheen-seeks.html

NSA cracked most online encryption used to protect confidential data: report

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/5/nsa-cracked-most-online-encryption-used-protect-co/

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Organs on Demand

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/37270/title/Organs-on-Demand/

A Hair-Raising Solution?

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/37149/title/A-Hair-Raising-Solution-/

The Moral Landscape Challenge

http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-moral-landscape-challenge1/

Steadicam-like Liftware Spoon cancels out Parkinson's-caused tremors

http://www.gizmag.com/liftware-tremor-cancelling-spoon/28947/

Experimental Compound Reverses Down Syndrome-Like Learning Deficits in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130904140946.htm

Youthful Stem Cells from Bone Can Heal the Heart

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130904161654.htm

Psychologist Discovers Intricacies About Lying

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130904205111.htm

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The Country With the Best Sci-Fi Flicks Wins

http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/the-country-with-the-best-sci-fi-flicks-wins

Is This Both the Smartest and the Dumbest Generation?

http://bigthink.com/rightly-understood/is-this-both-the-smartest-and-dumbest-generation-3

BREAKING: Air Force Launches "Terminator" Quadrotor Project #N3 (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTE4K9usRBY

WTF Is This Weird Web-Tower Thing? We Asked Around. No One Knows.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/weird-weblike-thing/

Carbon-Neutral ‘Woodcube’ Building Makes Steel Obsolete

http://www.earthtechling.com/2013/09/carbon-neutral-woodcube-building-makes-steel-obsolete/

9 Terribly Disturbing Things About Electronic Cigarettes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/electronic-cigarettes_n_3818941.html

Canine Remote Control, Using Your Smart Phone? Hands-Free Dog Walking for the Digital Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903102001.htm

London skyscraper reportedly "melts" parked Jaguar

http://www.gizmag.com/walkie-talkie-skyscraper-melts-jaguar/28917/

biXe Gear lets you cycle forward by pedaling backwards

http://www.gizmag.com/bixe-gear-backwards-pedaling/28924/

Robotic device inserts intravenous line needles

http://www.gizmag.com/sagiv-robotic-iv-needle/28925/

New Effective Treatment for High Blood Pressure? Removing Tiny Organ

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903113300.htm

Scientists Edge Closer Towards First Pancreatitis Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903113303.htm

Action-Inaction Balance in Cultural Values More Common in East Asian Countries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903113311.htm

2013 Bedroom Poll Explores Sleep Differences Among Six Countries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903113305.htm

Save My Limbs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903123048.htm

New Evidence to Aid Search for Charge 'Stripes' in Superconductors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903123054.htm

Atom-Based Analogues to Electronic Devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903123400.htm

Hormone May Help Fight Obesity and Reduce Cholesterol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903123356.htm

Ground breaking research identifies promising drugs for treating Parkinson's

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903123524.htm

Women happier when they gain weight, even though they are not as healthy, study suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903123526.htm

Could Microsoft Surface help the NFL to prevent brain injuries?

http://www.gizmag.com/nfl-player-injury-tracking-app-microsoft-surface/28911/

Sony's latest head-mounted video viewer to hit Europe in November

http://www.gizmag.com/sony-hmz-t3-t3w-head-mounted-viewer/28926/

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries May Be Prevented by Different Landing Strategy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903141354.htm

Honda testing vehicle-to-vehicle communications to eliminate SMIDSY accidents

http://www.gizmag.com/honda-dsrc-smidsy-motorcycle/28929/

'We May Be Able to Watch Dark Energy Turn On': Unprecedented Sky Survey

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903151759.htm

The 'Weakest Link' in the Aging Proteome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903151802.htm

Nymi wristband uses your heartbeat as a password

http://www.gizmag.com/nymi-identity-bracelet/28922/

Iranian Telegraph Operator, First to Propose Earthquake Early Warning System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903151849.htm

Disrupted Heartbeat Restored With Regenerative Intervention

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903151851.htm

Massive Storm Pulls Water and Ammonia Ices from Saturn's Depths

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903193648.htm

Uncontrolled Hypertension Is Common, but Untreated, Worldwide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903193651.htm

Stressful Life Events Significantly Raise the Risk of Falls in Older Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903193805.htm

Twitter and Privacy: One-In-Five Tweets Divulge User Location

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903194151.htm

Brain Wiring Quiets the Voice Inside Your Head

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903194055.htm

Why Parenting Can Never Have a Rule Book: Children's Genetics Significantly Affect How They Are Parented

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903194153.htm

Scientists Encounter Holes in Tree of Life, Push for Better Data Storage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903194155.htm

Proteins in Histone Group Might Influence Cancer Development, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903194201.htm

Breakthrough Could Make Electronics Smaller and Better: Surprising Low-Tech Tool -- Scotch Tape -- Was Key

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903194159.htm

Clay Key to High-Temperature Supercapacitors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903194203.htm

Primate Calls, Like Human Speech, Can Help Infants Form Categories

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130902162714.htm

Frogs That Hear With Their Mouth: X-Rays Reveal a New Hearing Mechanism for Animals Without an Ear

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130902162712.htm

Aging Really Is 'in Your Head:' Scientists Answer Hotly Debated Questions About How Calorie Restriction Delays Aging Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903123041.htm

Lessons from the Worm: How the Elderly Can Live an Active Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903123043.htm

Life Without Insulin Is Possible, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903123358.htm

Sleep Boosts Production of Brain Support Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130903193807.htm

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Monday, September 2, 2013

Breakthrough in Sensing at the Nanoscale

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130901153350.htm

ATLAS: At the crossroads of art and science

http://www.gizmag.com/cern-lhc-atlas-mural/28871/

Kyocera develops wafer-thin piezo film speaker for TVs, PCs, tablets

http://www.gizmag.com/piezo-film-speaker-smart-sonic-sound/28866/

Smokers Who Survive to 70 Still Lose Four Years of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130831110923.htm

Short-Term Smoking Cessation Reverses Endothelial Damage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130831110933.htm

DNA 'Cages' May Aid Drug Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130901153347.htm

Scientists Show How Antibiotics Enable Pathogenic Gut Infections

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130901154157.htm