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

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Patient stem cells used to make dementia-in-a-dish; help identify new treatment strategy

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-patient-stem-cells-dementia-in-a-dish-treatment.html

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Echolocation acts as substitute sense for blind people

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141223132542.htm

E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit Their Habit


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/e-cigarettes-help-smokers-quit-their-habit

Sperm attacked by woman's immune system - Inside the Human Body: Creation - BBC One (video)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoAUfnKcA3I

Nicholas Carr’s dire warning: How technology is “making the world less interesting”


http://www.salon.com/2014/12/24/nicholas_carrs_dire_warning_how_technology_is_making_the_world_less_interesting/

Imagination and Reality Look Different in the Brain


http://www.livescience.com/49244-imagination-reality-brain-flow-direction.html?cmpid=558763

Hybrid-electric aircraft takes to the skies


http://www.gizmag.com/hybrid-electric-aircraft/35342/

NASA tests gecko tech to pick up and recycle space trash


http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-gecko-grippers-space-trash/35346/

Amphibious HexH2o drone shoots both aerial and underwater video


http://www.gizmag.com/hexh20-amphibious-drone/35347/

2014: A space odyssey


http://www.gizmag.com/2014-year-space-roundup/34919/

MUV-e folding scooter inches closer to release


http://www.gizmag.com/muve-three-wheel-electric-scooter/35354/

Harvard coloring tech could be an attractive alternative to paint


http://www.gizmag.com/harvard-metal-film-color/35350/

Mathematicians Make a Major Discovery About Prime Numbers

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/mathematicians-make-major-discovery-prime-numbers/

NASA's Incredible, Futuristic, And Totally Real Plan To Establish A Human Colony On Venus

http://www.businessinsider.com/colony-on-venus-2014-12

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Reversing Aging Processes with One Protein: a 2014 Breakthrough


http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/articles/2014/12/reversing-aging-processes-one-protein-2014-breakthrough

Science's Breakthrough of the Year 2014! (video)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o9rsq3TYQk

Molecular Mechanism behind Health Benefits of Dietary Restriction Identified


http://www.alnmag.com/news/2014/12/molecular-mechanism-behind-health-benefits-dietary-restriction-identified

Technion Robot Likes Hanukkah Candles – but What about the Blessings?

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/technion-robot-likes-hanukkah-candles-but-what-about-the-blessings-video/2014/12/23/

Graham Hancock on Pleistocene Nonconformity

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2014/12/graham-hancock-on-pleistocene.html

Google unveils first real self-driving car prototype, set to hit streets next year

http://www.geekwire.com/2014/google-unveils-first-real-self-driving-car-prototype-set-hit-streets-next-year/

See invisible motion, hear silent sounds. Cool? Creepy? We can't decide (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_rubinstein_see_invisible_motion_hear_silent_sounds_cool_creepy_we_can_t_decide

How Graphene Can Be Used to Create Energy Out of Thin Air


http://energyfanatics.com/2014/12/20/how-graphene-can-create-energy-thin-air/

Bacteria: We Wish You a Merry Christmas


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/bacteria-we-wish-you-merry-christmas?et_cid=4332227&et_rid=749571723&type=cta

Today in Lab History: First Successful Kidney Transplant


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/today-lab-history-first-successful-kidney-transplant?et_cid=4332227&et_rid=749571723&type=cta

Get an Astronaut’s View Inside Orion

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2014/12/get-astronaut%E2%80%99s-view-inside-orion?et_cid=4332227&et_rid=749571723&type=cta

Sedentary Lifestyle Made Human Bones Lighter

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/sedentary-lifestyle-made-human-bones-lighter

The scientist planning to upload his brain to a COMPUTER: Research could allow us to inhabit virtual worlds and 'live forever'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2879803/The-scientists-planning-upload-brain-COMPUTER-Research-allow-inhabit-virtual-worlds-live-forever.html

Friday, December 19, 2014

Ibuprofen Linked to Long Lifespan in Several Species

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/ibuprofen-linked-long-lifespan-several-species

How exercise changes our DNA

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/how-exercise-changes-our-dna/

NASA Just Emailed A Wrench To The International Space Station


http://www.iflscience.com/space/how-nasa-emailed-wrench-space

Strange Rock from Russia Contains 30,000 Diamonds


http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/12/19/strange-rock-from-russia-contains-30000-diamonds/

Crows are smarter than you think: Crows join humans, apes and monkeys in exhibiting advanced rational thinking


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141218131427.htm

Amputee simultaneously controls two prosthetic arms with his mind


http://www.cnet.com/news/amputee-simultaneously-controls-two-prosthetic-arms-with-his-mind/

New record for deepest fish


http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30541065

INTERNET ADDICTION AFFECTS 6 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE


http://www.eurasiareview.com/18122014-internet-addiction-affects-6-percent-people-worldwide/

PARKINSON’S DISEASE REVERTED AT EXPERIMENTAL STAGE


http://www.eurasiareview.com/18122014-parkinsons-disease-reverted-experimental-stage/

DEVELOPING A RELIABLE WIND ‘SUPER GRID’ FOR EUROPE


http://www.eurasiareview.com/18122014-developing-reliable-wind-super-grid-europe/

Ball Lightning with Louis Proud


http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2014/12/ball-lighening-with-louis-proud.html

Great wall of trees keeps China's deserts at bay


http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429994.900

Hugs help protect against stress, infection, say researchers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141217101316.htm

Life expectancy increases globally as death toll falls from major diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141217201551.htm

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Curiosity Rover Finds Life's Building Blocks on Mars

http://www.space.com/28033-mars-life-building-blocks-curiosity-rover.html

Opening the Way to a "Quantum Internet"

http://www.labmanager.com/news/2014/12/opening-the-way-to-a-quantum-internet-

Jaws Didn't Wipe Out His Cousin

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/jaws-didnt-wipe-out-his-cousin

Fruit Fights Depression in Women

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/fruit-fights-depression-women

Earth faces sixth ‘great extinction’ with 41% of amphibians set to go the way of the dodo


http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/14/earth-faces-sixth-great-extinction-with-41-of-amphibians-set-to-go-the-way-of-the-dodo

20 Gifs That Explain How Things Work


http://freeyork.org/different/20-gifs-explain-things-work

Water on Earth


http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2014/12/water-on-earth.html

Taking a Giant Leap: How Israel Will Become a Foodtech Nation


http://blog.strauss-group.com/innovation-entrepreneurs/taking-a-giant-leap-how-israel-will-become-a-foodtech-nation/

Discovery may hold clues to treatments that slow aging, prevent age-related chronic disease


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215113953.htm

Linguistic methods uncover sophisticated meanings, monkey dialects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215114818.htm

Virtual bodyswapping diminishes people's negative biases about others

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215123041.htm

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

It's OK to be old if you feel young, study suggests


http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-feeling-young-lower-risk-of-death-20141215-story.html

How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness


http://lisaleaks.com/2014/12/16/how-child-abuse-primes-the-brain-for-future-mental-illness/

Deep Learning


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_learning

Curiosity catches a whiff of methane on Mars – and a possibility of past life


http://theconversation.com/curiosity-catches-a-whiff-of-methane-on-mars-and-a-possibility-of-past-life-35595

The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn (video)


http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn

'Genome editing' could correct genetic mutations for future generations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215084942.htm

Top 10 Cutest Animals in Science 2014 (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q35xO-hcfY

What Artificial Intelligence Is Not

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/13/what-artificial-intelligence-is-not/

Low-fat diet may help some women beat breast cancer, study suggests

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-low-fat-diet-women-breast-cancer.html

Congress Quietly Passes Bill Allowing Feds Unlimited Access to Your Private Communications

http://ivn.us/2014/12/11/congress-quietly-passes-bill-allows-feds-unlimited-access-private-communications/

Vivek Wadhwa: Get Ready for The Next Wave of Tech Disruptions (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha3z0M9gFc0

A two-minute delay in cutting the umbilical cord leads to a better developent of newborns during their first days of life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215084624.htm

War metaphors for cancer hurt certain prevention behaviors


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141215113955.htm

All-electric Cars May Be Worse for Environment


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/all-electric-cars-may-be-worse-environment

Cancer Patients Growing Their Own Tumors In Mice In Hopes Of A Cure

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/15/cancer-tumor-mice_n_6327714.html

Israeli nano-GPS powers ‘selfie’ nano-drone

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-nano-gps-powers-selfie-nano-drone/

CERN particle smasher to turn back on at record power in March

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/12/us-science-physics-cern-idUSKBN0JQ1N120141212

Monday, December 15, 2014

Sunn Light: A smart light that mimics the sun's movements

http://www.gizmag.com/sunn-light-dynamically-adjusts-lighting-levels/35190/

Autonomous sub explores the depths on its own

http://www.gizmag.com/autonomous-underwater-vehicle/35196/

Frameblock turns a bike into its own lock

http://www.gizmag.com/frameblock/35199/

Rolls-Royce sets sail for robotic shipping with virtual bridge concept

http://www.gizmag.com/rolls-royce-virtual-bridge-shipping/35173/

ESA sending crude oil into space


http://www.gizmag.com/esa-crude-oil-space-mission/35171/

MESSENGER finds signs of Mercury meteor showers


http://www.gizmag.com/messenger-mercury-meteors/35195/

Put Christmas Lego to good use: Measure Planck’s Constant with it


http://www.gizmag.com/christmas-lego-plancks-constant-watt-balance/35155/

Protein that regulates protein production could also control fat levels


http://www.gizmag.com/protein-production-fat-levels/35204/

Immunology of the lung (video)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgphaHmAC_A

Superconductivity record breaks under pressure

http://www.nature.com/news/superconductivity-record-breaks-under-pressure-1.16552

Brain-Like Circuits Can Mimic Pavlov's Dogs

http://www.insidescience.org/content/brain-circuits-can-mimic-pavlovs-dogs/2401

DalBello Leaves White House for Virgin Galactic

http://spacenews.com/dalbello-leaves-white-house-for-virgin-galactic/

Brief: A pill for obesity? Stem cell scientists convert white fat to brown fat

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-pill-obesity-stem-cell-scientists.html

From ‘Science Fiction’ to Reality: The Evolution of Saving a Life Before Birth

http://dailysignal.com/2014/12/15/science-fiction-reality-evolution-saving-life-birth/

There Was a Big Bang for Birds: A sweeping new study tells a long genetic tale

http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2014/12/science/there-was-a-big-bang-for-birds-a-sweeping-new-study-tells-a-long-genetic-tale

Saturday, December 13, 2014

NO LAUGHING MATTER: NITROUS OXIDE ROSE AT END OF LAST ICE AGE

http://www.eurasiareview.com/13122014-no-laughing-matter-nitrous-oxide-rose-end-last-ice-age/

Real data rather than theory used to measure the cosmos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141212084950.htm

Why Birds Don't Have Teeth


http://www.livescience.com/49109-bird-teeth-common-ancestor.html?cmpid=558758

The Use of Fire May Have Begun In Israel 350,000 Years Ago


http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/the-use-of-fire-may-have-begun-in-israel-350000-years-ago/2014/12/13/

Tumor evolutionary directed graphs and the history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

http://elifesciences.org/content/early/2014/12/11/eLife.02869

Nicholas Negroponte: Nanobots in Your Brain Could Be the Future of Learning (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMKMBr2NHY0

The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_crump_the_small_and_surprisingly_dangerous_detail_the_police_track_about_you?

Time Cloak Used to Hide messages in Laser Light

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2014/12/time-cloak-used-to-hide-messages-in.html

Under pressure, Lockheed opens up about secret weapons unit

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/12/10/lockheed-skunkworks-idINL1N0TS1CH20141210

Friday, December 12, 2014

The First Signal from Dark Matter? --"Could Usher in a New Era in Astronomy"


http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/12/-the-first-signal-from-dark-matter-could-usher-in-a-new-era-in-astronomy.html

THE CICRET BRACELET TURNS YOUR ARM INTO A TOUCHSCREEN

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=29001

Sex, Lies and fMRI—Gender Differences in Neural Basis of Deception

http://lisaleaks.com/2014/12/12/sex-lies-and-fmri-gender-differences-in-neural-basis-of-deception/

Study links running to lower Alzheimer's death risk


http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-links-alzheimer-death.html

Magnetic drug delivery method could transform the way deep-tissue tumors and other diseases are treated


http://phys.org/news/2014-12-magnetic-drug-delivery-method-deep-tissue.html

Science says men are idiots A new study finds men are much more likely to die doing really stupid things

http://www.salon.com/2014/12/12/science_says_men_are_idiots/

Birdsong and human speech turn out to be controlled by the same genes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/11/birdsong-and-human-speech-turn-out-to-be-controlled-by-the-same-genes/

Cocaine consumption quadruples the risk of sudden death in people between 19 and 49

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141211081116.htm

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Oldest North American horned dino was the size of a crow, say scientists


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/1210/Oldest-North-American-horned-dino-was-the-size-of-a-crow-say-scientists

Why the Navy is excited about new laser weapons (+video)


http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2014/1211/Why-the-Navy-is-excited-about-new-laser-weapons-video

Prenatal exposure to common household chemicals linked with substantial drop in child IQ


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141210140823.htm

New Vaccine Strengthens Cervical Cancer Protection


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/new-vaccine-strengthens-cervical-cancer-protection

New 'Smart Skin' Could Make Prosthetics More Like Real Limbs


http://www.livescience.com/49065-smart-skin-prosthetics.html

Sheep Meniscus Regenerated with 3D-printed Implant


http://www.alnmag.com/news/2014/12/sheep-meniscus-regenerated-3d-printed-implant

Personality affects maths-enhancing brain-zap method

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26677

Rosetta results: Comets 'did not bring water to Earth'

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30414519

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

How Medical Studies Can Mislead Us and How This Doctor is Making a Change


http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/how-medical-studies-can-mislead-us-and-how-this-doctor-is-making-a-change

Your Brain Peforms Better When It Slows Down, with Steven Kotler

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/steven-kotler-flow-states

Partnership with Mexico Shows Confidence in Israeli Innovation

http://unitedwithisrael.org/partnership-with-mexico-shows-confidence-in-israeli-innovation/

Spider-Inspired Sensor Detects Vibrations and Speech

http://www.livescience.com/49083-spider-inspired-vibration-sensor.html

Computer system more effective than doctors at producing comprehensive patient reports


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141209133344.htm

Controlling obesity with potato extract


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141209115843.htm

Using robots to get more food from raw materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141209081648.htm

Curiosity Rover finds new indications of water on Mars

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/08/curiosity-rover-finds-new-indications-of-water-on-mars/

Saturday, December 6, 2014

New technique offers spray-on solar power


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141205124349.htm

Astronomers observe two stars so close to each other that they will end up merging into a supermassive star


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141205093754.htm

Orion launch: why we need more than one mission to Mars


http://theconversation.com/orion-launch-why-we-need-more-than-one-mission-to-mars-35056

The exercise that predicts your DEATH: Struggling with 'sitting-rising test' means you're 5 times more likely to die early

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2858804/Can-exercise-test-predict-DEATH-People-struggle-sitting-rising-test-five-times-likely-die.html

"Will the First Self-Replicating AI Machine Be Homo Sapiens Last Great Invention?" --Stephen Hawking Thinks So

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/12/will-the-first-self-replicating-ai-machine-be-homo-sapiens-last-great-invention-stephen-hawking-thin.html

Runaway Electron Theory at LPPFusion

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2014/12/runaway-electron-theory-at-lppfusion.html

Mystery of Sea-Star Deaths on Pacific North Coast of North America Solved

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-of-sea-star-deaths-on-pacific.html

How to Control Magnetic Atoms on Graphene

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2014/12/how-to-control-magnetic-atoms-on.html

What veterinarians know that doctors don't (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/barbara_natterson_horowitz_what_veterinarians_know_that_doctors_don_t

Is science a heresy?

https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-heresy/

Friday, December 5, 2014

Does Intermittent Fasting Have Benefits? Science Suggests Yes


http://www.livescience.com/48888-intermittent-fasting-benefits-weight-loss.html

Bat Study Points to Directional Neurons


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2014/12/bat-study-points-directional-neurons

Poison May Be Key to Targeted Drugs


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/poison-may-be-key-targeted-drugs

The walls can talk: New optical technique extracts audio from video


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141204141019.htm

Don’t worry, be happy: Just go to bed earlier


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141204091129.htm

How electric eels use shocks to ‘remote control’ other fish


https://theconversation.com/how-electric-eels-use-shocks-to-remote-control-other-fish-35002

Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury Looks Promising in Rats


http://www.alnmag.com/news/2014/12/treatment-spinal-cord-injury-looks-promising-rats

Uncovering one of humankind’s most ancient lineages


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141204074144.htm

Moon's Long-Ago Magnetic Field May Have Trumped Earth's


http://www.space.com/27927-moon-magnetic-field-mystery.html

Goodbye Y: Men Who Smoke Have Missing Male Chromosomes


http://www.livescience.com/49003-smoking-men-missing-y-chromosome.html

Biospleen Device with Nanobeads Cleans Blood of Viruses, Bacteria, and Toxins

http://energyfanatics.com/2014/12/04/biospleen-device-nanobeads-cleans-blood-viruses-bacteria-toxins/

Bill Nye: “Despite our best efforts we’re all going to die, and I think that makes all of us a little nutty”

http://www.salon.com/2014/12/04/bill_nye_despite_our_best_efforts_we%E2%80%99re_all_going_to_die_and_i_think_that_makes_all_of_us_a_little_nutty/

Thursday, December 4, 2014

So secret, its existence is not even acknowledged: Futuristic ‘Aurora’ spy plane that travels at SIX TIMES the speed of sound is blamed for mysterious booms heard at the weekend


http://www.governmentsecrets.com/secret-existence-not-even-acknowledged-futuristic-aurora-spy-plane-travels-six-times-speed-sound-blamed-mysterious-booms-heard-weekend/

Nanoparticle Network Key to Fast-charging Batteries


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/nanoparticle-network-key-fast-charging-batteries

Laser Can Ensure Perfectly Ripe Fruit


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/laser-can-ensure-perfectly-ripe-fruit

Brain Activity of Ex-smokers Predicts Relapse Risk


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/12/brain-activity-ex-smokers-predicts-relapse-risk

Gut bacteria from a worm can degrade plastic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141203111130.htm

Google and NASA ride D-Wave to a quantum future

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429983.300-google-and-nasa-ride-dwave-to-a-quantum-future.html

The First Dinosaur to Menace Both Land and Water


http://discovermagazine.com/2015/jan-feb/9-first-dinosaur-to-menace-land-and-water

Venus Glory Reveals Cloud Qualities


http://discovermagazine.com/2015/jan-feb/98-venus-glory-reveals-cloud-qualities

Quantum Photo Finish Researchers make an image using entangled photons.


http://discovermagazine.com/2015/jan-feb/10-quantum-photo-finish

Schizophrenia Study Finds New Genetic Links


http://discovermagazine.com/2015/jan-feb/11-schizophrenia-study-finds-new-genetic-links

Why Do Human Children Stay Small For So Long?


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2014/12/02/human-children-stay-small-long/

How the Religious See Robots


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/lovesick-cyborg/2014/12/01/religious-see-robots/

Human Ancestors Were Consuming Alcohol 10 Million Years Ago

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/12/01/human-ancestors-were-consuming-alcohol-10-million-years-ago/

Stem cells from the dead to help health research

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/stem-cells-from-the-dead-to-help-health-research-114120300212_1.html

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

How Dogs Understand What We Say


http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/11/28/367092004/how-dogs-understand-what-we-say

Ripples in Space-Time Could Reveal 'Strange Stars'

http://www.space.com/27872-strange-matter-neutron-stars.html

Why Antioxidants Don’t Belong in Your Workout

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/why-antioxidants-dont-belong-in-your-workout/

New Material Could Cool Buildings Without Air Conditioning

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/new-material-could-cool-buildings-without-air-conditioning

Duality in the human genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141201113412.htm

Human Eye 'Sees' Invisible Infrared Light

http://www.alnmag.com/news/2014/12/human-eye-sees-invisible-infrared-light

Prehistoric conflict hastened human brain's capacity for collaboration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126094238.htm

HOW DIVERSITY OF BACTERIA INFLUENCES OBESITY

http://www.eurasiareview.com/01122014-diversity-bacteria-influences-obesity/

Good news: HIV is evolving to be less deadly

http://www.salon.com/2014/12/01/good_news_hiv_is_evolving_to_be_less_deadly/

Monday, December 1, 2014

“Things are disappearing”: On Earth’s looming mass extinction and what to do about it


http://www.salon.com/2014/11/30/things_are_disappearing_on_earths_looming_mass_extinction_and_what_to_do_about_it/

Poo-powered bus splashes down in the UK


http://www.gizmag.com/geneco-bio-bus/34978/

AirStrato drones give military performance at "affordable" prices


http://www.gizmag.com/arca-airstrato-pioneer-explorer-drone/34980/

First known official Batmobile up for auction


http://www.gizmag.com/batmobile-1963/34988/

Trunkster rolls up to baggage claim with GPS, battery and integrated scale


http://www.gizmag.com/trunkster-luggage/34979/

Raise shields: Protective invisible barrier found surrounding Earth


http://www.gizmag.com/van-allen-barrier/34960/

Carnegie Mellon unveils Andy lunar rover


http://www.gizmag.com/carnegie-mellon-unveils-andy-lunar-rover/34987/

New electrolyte to enable cheaper, less toxic magnesium-sulfur-based batteries


http://www.gizmag.com/electrolyte-magnesium-sulfur-batteries/34992/

Quantum memory storage to help quantum communications go the distance


http://www.gizmag.com/atomic-quantum-memory-storage-laser/34955/

Scientists identify promising off-switch for chronic pain


http://www.gizmag.com/scientists-off-switch-chronic-pain/34995/

World's Greatest Genius Creates Gun That Folds And Shoots Paper Airplanes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/10/paper-airplane-gun_n_5961314.html

How a common antacid could lead to cheaper anti-cancer drugs

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-common-antacid-cheaper-anti-cancer-drugs.html

Saturday, November 29, 2014

“Our universe would be destroyed”: Inside the science of “Interstellar”

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/29/our_universe_would_be_destroyed_inside_the_science_of_interstellar/

Super efficient perovskites are dazzling solar cell researchers

https://gigaom.com/2014/11/28/super-efficient-perovskites-are-dazzling-solar-cell-researchers/

8 Ways You Can See Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Real Life


http://www.livescience.com/48922-theory-of-relativity-in-real-life.html

Single-atom gold catalysts may offer path to low-cost production of fuel and chemicals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141127212348.htm

What the people of the Amazon know that you don’t

http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_plotkin_what_the_people_of_the_amazon_know_that_you_don_t

Ancient Roman Nanotechnology Inspires Next-Generation Holograms for Information Storage

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2014/11/ancient-roman-nanotechnology-inspires.html

Darwin's Dilemma' May Be Solved

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2014/11/darwins-dilemma-may-be-solved.html

Friday, November 28, 2014

The secret life of salt (and other ingredients)

http://www.nestle.com/media/newsandfeatures/secret-life-salt-microscopic-food-photography

Elderly brains learn, but maybe too much

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-elderly-brains.html

Researchers identify brain regions that encode words, grammar, story

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-brain-regions-encode-words-grammar.html

Experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe, prompts immune response


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126171428.htm

Can the Nervous System Be Hacked?


http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/magazine/can-the-nervous-system-be-hacked.html

Complex life may be possible in only 10% of all galaxies

http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2014/11/complex-life-may-be-possible-only-10-all-galaxies

Study supports free 'Super WiFi'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141124092402.htm

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Vaccines may make war on cancer personal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126132635.htm

Invisible shield found thousands of miles above Earth blocks 'killer electrons'


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126133829.htm

DNA survives critical entry into Earth's atmosphere


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126144150.htm

Bioengineering study finds two-cell mouse embryos already 'talking' about their future


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141126094252.htm

Long-Lost Turkey Bacteria May Bring New Antibiotics


http://www.topix.com/forum/science/archaeology/TRKU9RGKGS8LPR05P

Michelin opens first plant dedicated to production of airless tires


http://www.gizmag.com/michelin-tweel/34909/

Bio-Electric-Hybrid-Aircraft concept aims to quietly rule the skies


http://www.gizmag.com/faradair-beha-bio-electric-hybrid-aircraft-concept/34920/

Ocean Spiral underwater city designed to harness deep sea potential


http://www.gizmag.com/ocean-spiral-underwater-city/34947/

New York's Lowline subterranean park pipes sunlight underground


http://www.gizmag.com/lowline-underground-park/34949/

NASA requests comment on airship challenge


http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-requests-comment-on-airship-challenge/34948/

New robotic walker helps patients walk with a natural gait


http://www.gizmag.com/robotic-walker-natural-gait/34953/

Carbon Flyer could be your own li'l stealth fighter


http://www.gizmag.com/carbon-flyer/34954/

First object 3D-printed in space aboard ISS


http://www.gizmag.com/iss-first-object-3d-printed-space/34936/

Mirror coating to cool buildings by pumping interior heat into space


http://www.gizmag.com/building-heat-mirror-photonic-radiative-cooling/34958/

Converting human waste into rocket fuel


http://www.gizmag.com/human-waste-rocket-fuel/34961/

WaveNET – the floating, flexible wave energy generator


http://www.gizmag.com/albatern-wavenet-squid-floating-wave-energy/34942/

A Tree That Flowers With 40 Different Fruits


http://mentalfloss.com/article/60243/tree-flowers-40-different-fruits

Nuclear weapons attack from aliens eradicated life on Mars, physicist claims


http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/573878/20141125/nuclear-weapons-attack-explosions-aliens-life-mars.htm

Dogs’ brains may process speech similar to humans’


https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/dogs-brains-may-process-speech-similar-humans

The molecular path of best resilience


https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/scicurious/molecular-path-best-resilience

Silicon Valley's Culture of Amorality – Water Will Find its Way


https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141123194522-529261-silicon-valley-s-culture-of-amorality-water-will-find-its-way

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The “Academy Awards” That Give Out $36 Million And Hope To Turn Scientists Into Celebrities

http://bigthink.com/design-for-good/the-academy-awards-that-give-out-36-million-and-hope-to-turn-scientists-into-celebrities

Think You're a Good Multitasker? Stop Lying, Says Dan Harris

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/dan-harris-multitasking-lies

E.O. Wilson: E.T. Is Out There and He/She Probably Looks Like This


http://bigthink.com/think-tank/eo-wilson-et

Chagas Disease in America: Undiagnosed, Unappreciated


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2014/11/20/chagas-in-america-undiagnosed/

Mongoose Lookouts Carefully Weigh Risks (and Sing While They Do It)

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/inkfish/2014/11/19/mongoose-lookouts-carefully-weigh-risks-and-sing-while-they-do-it/

Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining black holes is just as awesome as it sounds

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/26/explore_the_mysteries_of_wormholes_with_neil_degrasse_tyson/

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

ISRAELI COMPANY STORE DOT INVENTS 30-SECOND RECHARGABLE CELL PHONE BATTERY

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=28513

UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE PROVIDES FIRST 3-D IMAGES OF UNDERSIDE OF ANTARCTIC SEA ICE

http://www.eurasiareview.com/25112014-unmanned-underwater-vehicle-provides-first-3-d-images-underside-antarctic-sea-ice/

Scientists Model Dynamic Instability of Cell's Skeleton

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/scientists-model-dynamic-instability-cells-skeleton

Theory Explains How Glass Transforms into Solid

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/theory-explains-how-glass-transforms-solid

Nanoparticles Infiltrate, Kill Cancer from Within

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/nanoparticles-infiltrate-kill-cancer-within

Babies Remember Good Things, Forget Bad

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/babies-remember-good-things-forget-bad

What Happens When You Eat Too Much Turkey?

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2014/11/what-happens-when-you-eat-too-much-turkey

Researchers Create Pain in a Dish

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/researchers-create-pain-dish

Image of the Week: Robot Sheds Light on Sea Ice

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/image-week-robot-sheds-light-sea-ice

New Diagnostic for Pro Football Players Suffering from Mild ‘Unreported’ Concussions

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/new-diagnostic-for-pro-football-players-suffering-from-mild-unreported-concussions/2014/11/25/

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Worm lives in British man’s brain for 4 years


http://rt.com/uk/207675-headache-man-tapeworm-brain/

In landmark study of cell therapy for heart attack, more cells make a difference


http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-landmark-cell-therapy-heart-cells.html

Gene therapy provides safe, long-term relief for patients with severe hemophilia B


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141120113507.htm

Unlocking the Secrets of an Alien World's Magnetic Field


http://www.space.com/27828-alien-planet-magnetic-field-strength.html

Monkeys Learn to Steer Wheelchair A brain-computer interface uses the animals’ brain activity to steer them to a food reward.


http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/41463/title/Monkeys-Learn-to-Steer-Wheelchair/

Dangers of Eating During Sleep Time A mouse study shows that eating at the wrong time of day can impact hippocampal function.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/41464/title/Dangers-of-Eating-During-Sleep-Time/

U.S. Government Collecting Data From Innocent Americans (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAtthiGC7zQ

Friday, November 21, 2014

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Lifelong learning and the plastic brain

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-lifelong-plastic-brain.html

Monkeys Know What They’re Doing

http://www.wired.com/2014/11/monkeys-know-theyre/

Scientists discover two new particles at Large Hadron Collider


http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-new-particle-quark-baryon-large-hadron-collider-20141119-story.html

Private Moon Mission Aims to Drill Into Lunar South Pole by 2024


http://www.space.com/27807-private-moon-mission-lunar-one.html?cmpid=558606

Parallel Worlds Could Explain Wacky Quantum Physics

http://www.livescience.com/48806-parallel-worlds-quantum-mechanics-theory.html?cmpid=558618

Hydrogen May Prove Fuel of the Future

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hydrogen-may-prove-fuel-of-the-future/

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

CERN's Higgs Discovery As Portal To New 'Technicolor' Physics


http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml

Does 'brain training' work?


http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-brain.html

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the science behind the ending of “Interstellar”


http://www.salon.com/2014/11/19/neil_degrasse_tyson_explain_the_science_behind_the_ending_of_interstellar/

Scientists Learn How to Teach Synesthesia (Let the Weirdness Begin)

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/scientists-learn-how-to-teach-synesthesia-let-the-weirdness-begin

Happiness Begins at Fifty

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/happiness-begins-at-fifty

Oxford Dictionary Names 'Vape' as Word of the Year, Beating 'Indyref', 'Normcore' and 'Contactless'


http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/11/no_author/the-oxford-word-of-the-year/

26 Pictures Will Make You Re-Evaluate Your Entire Existence


http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-universe-is-scary

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

To Your Spine, Texting Is Like Hanging a 60-Pound Bowling Ball From Your Head


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/texting-hurts-the-spine-its-like-hanging-a-60-pound-bowling-ball-from-you

Why Does Washington Want to Hide Science Data From the Public?


http://dailysignal.com/2014/11/18/washington-want-hide-science-data-public/

Largest study of gay brothers homes in on 'gay genes'


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26572-largest-study-of-gay-brothers-homes-in-on-gay-genes.html

Laser Creates Quantum Whirlpool


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/laser-creates-quantum-whirlpool?et_cid=4271196&et_rid=749571723&type=cta

Scientists Find Weak Spots in Ebola’s Defenses


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/scientists-find-weak-spots-ebola%E2%80%99s-defenses?et_cid=4271196&et_rid=749571723&type=cta

Antimicrobial Causes Liver Fibrosis, Cancer in Mice


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/antimicrobial-causes-liver-fibrosis-cancer-mice?et_cid=4271196&et_rid=749571723&type=cta

Huge Solar Plant Isn't Getting Results

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/huge-solar-plant-isnt-getting-results?et_cid=4271196&et_rid=749571723&type=cta

Image of the Week: How Men, Women Adapt Differently to Spaceflight

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/image-week-how-men-women-adapt-differently-spaceflight?et_cid=4271196&et_rid=749571723&type=cta

Monday, November 17, 2014

World Wide Web Inventor Laments Lack of Tech Savvy Politicians


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/world-wide-web-creator-laments-lack-of-tech-savvy-politicians

Sleeping 8 Hours Straight Isn't How Your Ancestors Did It

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/sleeping-8-hours-straight-isnt-how-your-ancestors-did-it

NASA: Asteroids hit our atmosphere “all the time”

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/17/nasa_asteroids_hit_our_atmosphere_all_the_time/

What if You Could Remember Everything? Total Recall Explored with New Molecule

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/18929/20141115/what-remember-everything-total-recall-explored-new-molecule.htm

'Smart Drug' Modafinil Does Not Make You Smarter

http://www.livescience.com/48762-modafinil-drug-impaired-cognition.html

American Researchers Discover 'Stupidity Virus'


http://www.newsweek.com/american-researchers-discover-stupidity-virus-283319

Running does not lead to knee osteoarthritis, may protect people from developing disease, experts say


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141116094058.htm

Up to 80 million bacteria sealed with a kiss


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141116211033.htm

Magic tricks created using artificial intelligence for the first time


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141116211014.htm

Exercise, manual therapy improve pain, function in osteoarthritis


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141116094020.htm

Robot doctor: Handheld device diagnoses 100s of conditions from single blood drop

http://rt.com/news/206039-rhealth-diagnostic-blood-nasa/

Argentine student invents 'smart shoe' to replace cane for the blind

http://rt.com/news/206027-shoes-blind-ultrasound-cane/

Friday, November 14, 2014

Animals that kill their babies have bigger balls


http://www.salon.com/2014/11/13/animals_that_kill_their_babies_have_bigger_balls/

Bacteria become 'genomic tape recorders', recording chemical exposures in their DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141113142006.htm

Magnetic fields frozen into meteorite grains tell a shocking tale of solar system birth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141113142110.htm

Philae fashion faux pas: Rosetta scientist apologizes for offensive shirt

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/1113/Philae-fashion-faux-pas-Rosetta-scientist-apologizes-for-offensive-shirt

How cannabis was used to shrink one of the most aggressive brain cancers

http://theconversation.com/how-cannabis-was-used-to-shrink-one-of-the-most-aggressive-brain-cancers-34038

Meet Kip Thorne, the Man Who Crafted the Artful Science of ‘Interstellar’

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/14/meet-kip-thorne-the-man-who-crafted-the-artful-science-of-interstellar.html

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Philae has landed – first image from the surface

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26548

Spiders disguise themselves as ants to hide and hunt their prey


http://theconversation.com/spiders-disguise-themselves-as-ants-to-hide-and-hunt-their-prey-33953

A Universe of Blue Dots? --"Water Common During the Formation of All Planetary Systems"

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/11/-a-universe-of-water-planets-common-during-the-formation-of-all-planetary-systems.html

Accidental Discoveries That Changed The World - Reactions (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xowen_a787Y

Robots Are Coming for Your Job, But Only If You’re Poor


http://globalresearchreport.com/2014/11/13/robots-are-coming-for-your-job-but-only-if-youre-poor/

Scientists scour the genomes of people who live past 110

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/12/us-science-aging-idUSKCN0IW2AM20141112

Bilingual People Are Like Brain 'Bodybuilders'

http://www.livescience.com/48721-bilingual-brain-bodybuilders.html

Facial structure predicts goals, fouls among World Cup soccer players

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-facial-goals-fouls-world-cup.html

Jupiter's Great Red Spot Likely One Big UV 'Sunburn'

http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

China reveals sophisticated stealth fighter jet


http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/china/2014/china-141111-presstv01.htm

People Say They Care About Brain Science, But Do They Really?


http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/people-say-they-care-about-brain-science-but-do-they-really

Societies Living in Harsher Climates Developed More Moralistic Gods


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/societies-living-in-harsher-climates-developed-more-moralistic-gods

Beyond "Night Owls" and "Early Risers": Two New Sleep Types Discovered


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/beyond-night-owls-and-early-risers-two-new-sleep-types-discovered

Netherlands Test Solar Roadway Concept With Solar Bike Path


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/netherlands-tests-solar-roadway-concept-with-solar-bike-path

The Bullet That Could Make 3-D Printed Guns Practical Deadly Weapons


http://www.wired.com/2014/11/atlas-314-3-d-printed-guns-bullets/?mbid=nl_111214

LAST ICE AGE SHAPED SHARKS ACROSS EUROPE

http://www.eurasiareview.com/12112014-last-ice-age-shaped-sharks-across-europe/

From Pigs to Monkeys, Ebola Goes Airborne

http://lisaleaks.com/2014/11/12/from-pigs-to-monkeys-ebola-goes-airborne/

ARTIFICIAL RETINA COULD SOMEDAY HELP RESTORE VISION

http://www.eurasiareview.com/12112014-artificial-retina-someday-help-restore-vision/

Bilingual brains better equipped to process information

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-bilingual-brains-equipped.html

Rosetta's 'Philae' Makes Historic First Landing on a Comet

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4375

Rosetta Live 3: Touchdown (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EHiWJ91lEA

From landing on the moon to mind-controlled robots: Sci-fi comics from the 1930s reveal scarily accurate predictions of the future


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2829842/From-landing-moon-mind-controlled-robots-Sci-fi-comics-1930s-reveal-scarily-accurate-predictions-future.html

WHY WE’RE FASCINATED BY THE IDEA OF TIME TRAVEL

http://clapway.com/fascinated-idea-time-travel123/

'Rosetta' Comet Mission Makes History (LIVE UPDATES)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/12/rosetta-comet-landing-live-blog_n_6115874.html

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The 7 biggest problems with “Interstellar”

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/11/the_7_biggest_problems_with_interstellar_partner/

Black holes may be destroying stars at the center of the Milky Way

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/11/black_holes_may_be_destroying_stars_at_the_center_of_the_milky_way_partner/

Semi-domesticated? House cats not far removed from wild, genome shows

http://www.latimes.com/science/space/la-sci-sn-cat-genome-20141107-story.html

Giant Armored Dinosaurs Breathed Through 'Krazy Straw' Airways


Human thoughts used to switch on genes

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26538-human-thoughts-used-to-switch-on-genes.html

By 2015, Smart Phone Accessory Will Zap Your Brain to Calm You Down and Help You Focus

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/by-2015-smart-phone-accessory-will-zap-your-brain-to-calm-you-down-and-help-you-focus

Bill Nye: The pope’s comments on evolution were “helpful”

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/11/bill_nye_the_popes_comments_on_evolution_were_helpful/

Thousands of never-before-seen human genome variations uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141110124233.htm

Monday, November 10, 2014

Vaccine Suppresses Tumor Growth, Metastasis in Mice

http://www.alnmag.com/news/2014/11/vaccine-suppresses-tumor-growth-metastasis-mice

ADHD Brains Are the Most Creative: Why Do We Treat It Like a Disability?

http://www.alternet.org/adhd-brains-are-most-creative-why-do-we-treat-it-disability

Why a Physics Revolution Might Be on Its Way

http://www.livescience.com/48685-physics-field-revolution.html

The science of Interstellar: astrophysics, but not as we know it

http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/nov/05/interstellar-astrophysics-does-space-science-work-out

Interstellar exploration – five planets where humans may (or may not) be able to live someday

http://smithsonianscience.org/2014/11/interstellar-exploration-five-planets-humans-may-may-able-live-someday/

Beat-deafness is Synchronization Problem

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/beat-deafness-synchronization-problem

Brown Fat Could Combat Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/brown-fat-could-combat-type-2-diabetes-obesity

Researchers Find True Story Behind Galactic Crash

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/researchers-find-true-story-behind-galactic-crash

'Dark Web' Challenges Law Enforcement


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/dark-web-challenges-law-enforcement

CERN discovery could be Higgs, could be another particle

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/11/07/CERN-discovery-could-be-Higgs-could-be-another-particle/2631415399496/

European Spacecraft Could Find 70,000 New Alien Worlds

http://www.space.com/27687-gaia-spacecraft-70000-alien-planets.html

Sunday, November 9, 2014

​Internet hacktivists hold global ‘hackathon’ in honor of Aaron Swartz’s birthday


http://rt.com/news/203575-aaron-swartz-global-hackathon/

'Foodini' machine lets you print edible burgers, pizza, chocolate


http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/06/tech/innovation/foodini-machine-print-food/index.html

Human clinical trial of drug shown to completely reverse diabetes in human islets, mice


http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-human-clinical-trial-drug-shown.html

KOALA STUDY REVEALS CLUES ABOUT ORIGINS OF HUMAN GENOME

http://www.eurasiareview.com/08112014-koala-study-reveals-clues-origins-human-genome/

EBOLA IN DRC: NEW STRAIN OF VIRUS FOUND

http://www.eurasiareview.com/08112014-ebola-drc-new-strain-virus-found/

Where Are All The Female Astronomers?

http://www.davidreneke.com/where-are-all-the-female-astronomers/

Why Rosetta Is The Greatest Space Mission Of Our Lifetime

http://www.davidreneke.com/why-rosetta-is-the-greatest-space-mission-of-our-lifetime/

Friday, November 7, 2014

As many as half of all stars reside outside of galaxies, study finds


http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-half-stars-galaxies-rogue-universe-light-background-ebl-ciber-20141106-story.html

Plant protein could be used for blood, say scientists


http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29913983

Transplanted Neurons from Human Stem Cells Reduce Seizures in Mice


http://www.alnmag.com/news/2014/11/transplanted-neurons-human-stem-cells-reduce-seizures-mice

Prominent scientists sign declaration that animals have conscious awareness, just like us


http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/11/07/prominent-scientists-sign-declaration-that-animals-have-conscious-awareness-just-like-us/

It May Be Possible To Prevent HIV Even Without a Vaccine


http://time.com/3561557/hiv-natural-immunity/

Google Wants to Store Your Genome


http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532266/google-wants-to-store-your-genome/

Verizon, AT&T tracking their users with ‘supercookies’

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/verizon-atandt-tracking-their-users-with-super-cookies/2014/11/03/7bbbf382-6395-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html

SAMSUNG ‘SMART TV’ RECORDS “PERSONAL” CONVERSATIONS & SENDS THEM TO THIRD PARTIES

http://www.infowars.com/samsung-smart-tv-records-personal-conversations-sends-them-to-third-parties/

Harness lets dogs and humans communicate

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/06/harness_lets_dogs_and_humans_communicate_via_computer/

Science may have uncovered why humans only have one penis

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/06/science_may_have_uncovered_why_humans_only_have_one_penis/

Rethink Robotics lets industrial robots work alongside people


http://www.gizmag.com/baxter-industrial-robot-positioning-system/34561/

Huge metallic mesh façade helps shield French theater from weather damage


http://www.gizmag.com/albi-major-theatre/34596/

Smell-canceling odors are like white noise for your nose


http://www.gizmag.com/smell-cancelling-odors/34620/

Lucas Museum undulates across the Chicago lanscape


http://www.gizmag.com/lucas-museum-narrative-art-mad-architects/34621/

Sensor-packed Mousr reacts to a cat attack like a real mouse would


http://www.gizmag.com/mousr-cat-toy-kickstarter/34600/

Bizzby begins trials of its peer-to-peer drone delivery service


http://www.gizmag.com/bizzby-trials-peer-drone-delivery-service/34636/

First Hasselblad camera and Zeiss lens in space up for auction


http://www.gizmag.com/hasselblad-camera-zeiss-lens-mercury-auction/34595/

Scotland produces enough wind energy to power all its homes


http://www.gizmag.com/scotland-wind-power/34638/

Synthetic biology could be the key to manned space missions


http://www.gizmag.com/synthetic-biology-manned-spaceflight/34637/

Human clinical trials to begin on drug that reverses diabetes in animal models


http://www.gizmag.com/verapamil-diabetes-clinical-trial/34642/

HM6 Space Pirate watch has an out-of-this-world look


http://www.gizmag.com/hm6-space-pirate/34610/

BAE Systems using VR tech to design Royal Navy warships


http://www.gizmag.com/royal-navy-bae-vr/34617/

Gaia space observatory could discover 70,000 new Jupiters


http://www.gizmag.com/gaia-space-observatory-exoplanets/34645/

Origami umbrella bounces back from being blown inside out


http://www.gizmag.com/sa-umbrella/34626/

Institute Aims for Intelligent Transportation, Alternative Fuel


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/institute-aims-intelligent-transportation-alternative-fuel

NASA: Test Flight Still on Track


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/nasa-test-flight-still-track

Ferry Moves ISS to Avoid Debris


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/ferry-moves-iss-avoid-debris

Researchers Edit Human Blood Stem Cells


http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/researchers-edit-human-blood-stem-cells

Cyborg Cockroaches May Come to the Rescue

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2014/11/cyborg-cockroaches-may-come-rescue/

CO2 in Breath, Algorithm Can Guide Treatment

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/co2-breath-algorithm-can-guide-treatment

The Fall of the Needle Empire

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/blogs/2014/11/fall-needle-empire

Research Sheds Light on Origins of Multicellular Life

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/11/research-sheds-light-origins-multicellular-life

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Direct brain interface between humans


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141105154507.htm

An Etymological Map of the Brain


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2014/11/01/etymological-map-of-the-brain/

Sustainability, astrobiology combine to illuminate future of Earth’s technological civilization


http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/sustainability-astrobiology-illuminate-future-of-life-in-the-universe-and-civilization-on-earth-77832/

Brain decoder can eavesdrop on your inner voice


http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429934.000

Arachnophobia chopped out of a man's brain

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26483

First billboard with built-in homeless shelter

http://www.gizmag.com/designdevelop-project-gregory-billboard-house/34602/

Dark matter "particles" could have the mass of a dwarf planet

http://www.gizmag.com/macroscopic-dark-matter/34603/

GaffGun tapes down wily cables – no squatting required

http://www.gizmag.com/gaffgun-gaffers-tape-dispenser/34604/

DNA test identifies venomous snakes from their bites

http://www.gizmag.com/snake-bite-dna/34607/

Using 'dirty silicon' to cut the cost of solar cells

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-cells-cheaper-silicon-ntnu/34554/

Quantum of the Seas sets sail with robotic bartenders and entertainers

http://www.gizmag.com/quantum-robot-bartender/34549/