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The Historyscoper's Science & Technology News Blog. Daily links to the most eclectic hand-picked news for the elite minority of supergeneralists, plus occasional off-the-wall links.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Strong Link Between Diabetes and Air Pollution Found in National U.S. Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100929105654.htm
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First Direct Evidence That ADHD Is a Genetic Disorder: Children With ADHD More Likely to Have Missing or Duplicated Segments of DNA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100929191312.htm

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Diet When Young Affects Future Food Responses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100929191041.htm
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One-Dimensional Window on Superconductivity, Magnetism: Atoms Are Proxies for Electrons in Ultracold Optical Emulator

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100929132523.htm
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Found: An Earthlike Planet at Last By Michael D. Lemonick

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2022489,00.html
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Single Electron Reader Opens Path for Quantum Computing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927105353.htm
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Scientists Obtain 'Unobtainium' for NASA's Next Space Observatory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100928160958.htm
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Solar Cells Thinner Than Wavelengths of Light Hold Huge Power Potential

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100928092841.htm
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Why We Fight: Men Check out in Stressful Situations, While Women Show Increased Brain Coordination When Looking at Angry Faces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100928135056.htm
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Right or Left? Brain Stimulation Can Change Which Hand You Favor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927162302.htm
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'Firefly' Stem Cells May Help Repair Damaged Hearts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100928111122.htm
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Mechanism Behind Cleft Palate Development Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100914171317.htm
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Rewiring a Damaged Brain

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/28/0148213/Rewiring-a-Damaged-Brain
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Fifty Meter Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2098

http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/28/176211/Fifty-Meter-Asteroid-Might-Hit-Earth-In-209|
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Aliens have deactivated British and US nuclear missiles, say US military pilots Aliens have landed, infiltrated British nuclear missile sites and deactivated the weapons, according to US military pilots.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/8026971/Aliens-have-deactivated-British-and-US-nuclear-missiles-say-US-military-pilots.html
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A Finding on Malaria Comes From Humble Origins

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/health/28malaria.html
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Iris Scanning Set To Secure City In Mexico

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/26/232222/Iris-Scanning-Set-To-Secure-City-In-Mexico
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A Shot to the Heart: Nanoneedle Delivers Quantum Dots to Cell Nucleus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927131716.htm
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Quantum Information Systems: Researchers Convert Signals to Telecom Wavelengths, Increase Memory Times

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100926195027.htm
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Quarks 'Swing' to the Tones of Random Numbers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927105029.htm
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Physics Breakthrough: Fast-Moving Neutral Atom Isolated and Captured

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927002308.htm
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How Safe Is Your Swipe? Thinking Like Hackers, Programmers Find Security Loopholes in 'Secure' Microchips

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920123914.htm
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Why Are There No Hyenas in Europe?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923105759.htm
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Egyptian Desert Expedition Confirms Spectacular Meteorite Impact

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923081902.htm
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Psychologist Shows Why We 'Choke' and How to Avoid It

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100925120110.htm
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Genetic Clues to Evolution of Jaws in Vertebrates Unearthed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924095840.htm
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Let Your Fingers Do the Driving: If You Don't Hear Directions, You Can Feel Them

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927083819.htm
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Interneurons Are Not All Created Equally: Some Classes of Interneurons May Underlie Distinct Brain Disorders

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100908121919.htm
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New Level of Control for the Heart Beat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927122217.htm
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Complexity Not So Costly After All: Moderately Complex Plants and Animals Can Be Better Equipped to Adapt

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100927155320.htm
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New Zealand Scientists Make Atom-Trapping Breakthrough

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/26/2312230/New-Zealand-Scientists-Make-Atom-Trappi|
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Panasonic's 16-Finger, Hair-Washing Robot

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/26/2355204/Panasonics-16-Finger-Hair-Washing-Robo|
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Apple Patents Directional Flash Tech For Cameras

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/0146225/Apple-Patents-Directional-Flash-Tech-For-|
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Hawking Radiation Claimed Created In a Lab

http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/1256236/Hawking-Radiation-Claimed-Created-In-a-Lab|
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Painless laser device could spot early signs of disease

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11390951
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The brain scans that prove couples share a ‘sixth sense’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1315326/Sixth-sense-really-does-exist-Research-shows-brains-couples-love-work-together.html
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Darwinism: devilish Gnostic myth dressed up as science By Linda Kimball

http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kimball/100924
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Dust Models Paint Alien's View of the Solar System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923111528.htm
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Robots Could Improve Everyday Life at Home or Work

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924213430.htm
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Mystery of Disappearing Martian Carbon Dioxide Ice Solved?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100922124546.htm
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Genetic Switch Underlies Noisy Cell Division: 'Bimodal' Signal Determines a Cell's Get-Up and Go

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923104146.htm
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19 Facts About The Deindustrialization Of America That Will Blow Your Mind

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/075991-2010-09-26-19-facts-about-the-deindustrialization-of-america-that-will-blow.htm
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Genetically Engineered Salmon Safe to Eat, but a Threat to Wild Stocks, Expert Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100925105209.htm
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Cassini Makes First Dive Inside Saturn’s Radio Aurora

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924084612.htm
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New 'Light Switch' Chloride Binder Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100830094937.htm
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Newly Created Material Resembles Cilia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923162406.htm
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JPL Scientists Take NASA To the Supreme Court

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/09/25/2310241/JPL-Scientists-Take-NASA-To-the-Supreme|
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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Mimicking Nature, Water-Based 'Artificial Leaf' Produces Electricity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924121218.htm
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Biometric ID Technologies 'Inherently Fallible,' New Report Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924121221.htm
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'Coreshine' Sheds Light on the Birth of Stars: Astronomers Discover a New Phenomenon in Molecular Clouds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924084609.htm
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Pair of Aluminum Atomic Clocks Reveal Einstein's Relativity at a Personal Scale

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923142436.htm
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Ancient Egypt's Pyramids: Norwegian Researcher Unlocks Construction Secrets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924084615.htm
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Stress Can Control Our Genes, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924122533.htm
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Researchers Create First Molecule-Blocks Key Component of Cancer Genes' on-Off Switch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100924134953.htm
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IBM Demos Single-Atom DRAM

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/09/24/0045233/IBM-Demos-Single-Atom-DRAM
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Researcher Builds Machines That Daydream

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/24/0139248/Researcher-Builds-Machines-That-Daydream
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IBM Warns of China Closing the Supercomputer Gap

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/24/141206/IBM-Warns-of-China-Closing-the-Supercompute|
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Titanium Foams Replace Injured Bones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100922082344.htm
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City Living Helped Humans Evolve Immunity to Tuberculosis and Leprosy, New Research Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923104140.htm
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Drug Against AIDS Could Be Effective Against Herpesvirus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923081859.htm
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Ingredient in Soap Points Toward New Drugs for Infection That Affects Two Billion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100922121953.htm
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Secret of Oysters' Ability to Stick Together Cracked Open

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920142602.htm
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New Light on Nonlinearity: Peregrine’s Soliton Observed at Last

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920094802.htm
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Magnetic Power Offers Energy-Saving Alternative

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923111526.htm
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Computer Simulations of Real Earthquakes Made Available to Worldwide Network

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100922171608.htm
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Insight Into the Impacts of Too Much Communication

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923142448.htm
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Reconstructing human appearance from DNA by Andrew Letten

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/3748/reconstructing-human-appearance-dna
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Synthetic life could aid space exploration

http://www.physorg.com/news204465289.html
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Genomic 'Haircut' Makes World's Tiniest Genome Even Smaller

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921101335.htm
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New Drug Could Help Stop the Spread of Disease from Coughs, Researchers Believe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100922111438.htm

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Losing Your Religion May Be Unhealthy, Research Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100922155120.htm
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Landmark Report Reveals Massive Global Cost of Alzheimer's: One Percent of Global GDP -- And Growing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921084536.htm
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Neanderthals More Advanced Than Previously Thought: They Innovated, Adapted Like Modern Humans, Research Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921171412.htm
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Vast Magnetic Fields Ruled the Universe Long Before Stars and Galaxies Formed

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2IM2wu/www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/09/vast-magnetic-fields-ruled-the-universe-long-before-stars-and-galaxies-formed.html/r:t
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Stuxnet malware is 'weapon' out to destroy ... Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant? The Stuxnet malware has infiltrated industrial computer systems worldwide. Now, cyber security sleuths say it's a search-and-destroy weapon meant to hit a single target. One expert suggests it may be after Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0921/Stuxnet-malware-is-weapon-out-to-destroy-Iran-s-Bushehr-nuclear-plant
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Scientists invent genetically-modified 'superspud' that could help fight hunger in the Third World

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1313712/Scientists-invent-genetically-modified-superspud-help-fight-hunger-Third-World.html
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Ozone layer 'is no longer disappearing and will return to full strength by 2048', says UN report

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1313599/Ozone-layer-longer-disappearing-return-strength-2048.html
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The solar-powered spy plane that will be able to fly non-stop for FIVE years

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1313552/The-solar-powered-spy-plane-able-fly-non-stop-FIVE-years.html
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Scientists Find Fossils From New Dinosaur Species

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703860104575507942544136732.html
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Alert: ISPs` Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web, Researcher Discloses

http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=624759
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Google releases censorship tools Transparency map The map contains no data from China The US government asked Google for user information 4,287 times during the first six months of 2010.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11380677
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Your Body Recycling Itself -- Captured on Film

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100913093038.htm
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New Therapy Found for Lung and Skin Cancer, Based on Suicide Gene E

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921092659.htm
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Parting the Waters: Computer Modeling Applies Physics to Red Sea Escape Route

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921143930.htm
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Certain Doped-Oxide Ceramics Resist Ohm's Law

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921092401.htm
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First in-Human Study of Robotically Assisted Percutaneous Coronary Intervention System Demonstrates Safety, Feasibility

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921084549.htm
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First Observation of the Folding of a Nucleic Acid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921101342.htm
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Earth to Have Closest Encounter With Jupiter Until 2022

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920190745.htm
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Martian Moon Phobos May Have Formed by Catastrophic Blast

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920094804.htm
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Hot Atmosphere of Venus Might Cool Interior of Earth’s Sister Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920184226.htm
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Nano Antenna Concentrates Light

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920123557.htm
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Nanoparticle Shaped Like Star of David Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920080451.htm
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Dancing Robot Swan Triggers Emotions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100921092407.htm
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

AT&T to sell satellite-enabled smart phone

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100921/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_at_t_satellite_phone
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Researchers apply artificial intelligence to the study of Gothic cathedrals

http://www.physorg.com/news204302395.html

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Compound Boosts Marijuana-Like Chemical in the Body to Relieve Pain at Injury Site

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920131140.htm
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Why Thinking of Nothing Can Be So Tiring: Brain Wolfs Energy to Stop Thinking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920172736.htm
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The new Oracle: Bigger and badder than ever The software giant has solidified its central role in the technology firmament. Is it becoming another Apple? By Dan Gillmor

http://www.salon.com/technology/dan_gillmor/index.html?story=/tech/dan_gillmor/2010/09/20/oracle_bigger_and_badder
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Nanotubes help cells pass messages Actin cables transmit electrical signals between cells.

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100920/full/news.2010.482.html
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Laser makes molecules super-cool Molecules could one day work as quantum computers.

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100919/full/news.2010.478.html
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Human Unconscious Is Transferred to Virtual Characters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902073637.htm
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Possible 'Persistence' Switch for Tuberculosis Found: Computer Model Finds Probable Genetic Mechanism for TB Dormancy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917121609.htm
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Biofuel from Inedible Plant Material Easier to Produce Following Enzyme Discovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100913152202.htm
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Lightweight True Random Number Generators a Step Closer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920074017.htm
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First Microwave Image of the Complete Moon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100920110942.htm
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Magical BEANs: New Nano-Sized Particles Could Provide Mega-Sized Data Storage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917085626.htm
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Self-Assembling Photovoltaic Cells

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/19/232255/Self-Assembling-Photovoltaic-Cells
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Monday, September 20, 2010

It's good to think - but not too much, scientists say By Katie Alcock

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11340881
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Does Your Language Shape How You Think?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2
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How HIV Resists AZT: Virus Hijacks a Common Molecule

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100919131858.htm
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

I'd love to baptise ET, says Vatican's stargazer By David Derbyshire

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1312922/Pope-astronomer-Guy-Consolmagno-Aliens-souls-living-stars.html
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Tyrannosaurs ran with the wolves in dinosaur history

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2010-09-17-tyrannosaurus-review_N.htm
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Inside the male brain & female brain By SUSANNAH CAHALAN

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/inside_the_male_brain_female_brain_jvGvOr2EQM8J8SVWGdzYYI
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NASA Uses New Method to Estimate Earth Mass Movements

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100916090841.htm
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U.S. Tsunami Detection Improves, but Coastal Areas Still Vulnerable, Report Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917151844.htm
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Veterinarian Says Natural Foods Not Always Best for Pets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917085624.htm
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Alzheimer's Drug Boosts Perceptual Learning in Healthy Adults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100916121326.htm
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ick Tock: Rods Help Set Internal Clocks, Biologist Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917161154.htm
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Drug Combination May Treat Traumatic Brain Injury

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917183029.htm
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Radiometric Dating Still Reliable (Again), Research Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100915171534.htm
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Physicists Cross Hurdle in Quantum Manipulation of Matter

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100917111118.htm
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New Insights Into the Moon's Rich Geologic Complexity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100916145105.htm
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Cardiac Imaging Breakthrough Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100916101900.htm
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Fungus Among Us Could Become Non-Food Source for Biodiesel Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100609111318.htm
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Hot Water in Cold Comets: Water Around Comets Produced With Unusual Properties

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100916075348.htm
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Quantum Tornado in the Electron Beam: Manipulating Materials With Rotating Quantum Particles

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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Danica McKellar: Are her math books bad for girls? The former "Wonder Years" star talks about why smart can be sexy -- and whether she's sending the wrong message

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Broccoli could provide potent pill to treat six million osteoarthritis sufferers

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British scientists invent 'Skylon' spaceplane that will take tourists into orbit at five times the speed of sound

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Brain Matter Linked to Introspective Thoughts: Structure of Prefrontal Cortex Helps Humans Think About One's Own Thinking

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Friday, September 17, 2010

HRP-4: Athletic robot worker

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Surprisingly Complicated Molecule Found in Outer Space

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Optical Chip Enables New Approach to Quantum Computing

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Carbon Nanotubes Twice as Strong as Once Thought

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Low Carbon Hemp House Put to the Test

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How Bacteria Acquire Immunity: First Theoretical Description of Bacterial System to Silence Viral Genes

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Shape-Shifting Robot Plane Offers Safer Alternative for Maritime Rescue

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Clone food 'in all our shops within two years' watchdog reveals

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The shirt you spray on: For clothes that fit like a second skin, try instant fabric in a can

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Gene therapy for blood disorder a 'success'

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First artificial human ovary could mature eggs outside the body

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8 Ways Soda Fizzles Your Health

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Blood Test Accurately Predicts Death From Prostate Cancer Up to 25 Years in Advance

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Railway to Space Launch System

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Electron Switch Between Molecules Points Way to New High-Powered Organic Batteries

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Simpler Mathematical Model for Reproducing Bacterial Growth Patterns Developed

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Computer in Wrapping-Paper Form Give Solar Cells a Makeover

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Implant Blood Test: Shape Memory Alloys Are Biocompatible, New Research Shows

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Consumption of 'Good Salt' Can Reduce Population Blood Pressure Levels, Research Finds

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Frosty Times for Dinosaurs: Major Fall in Temperature 137 Million Years Ago During Cretaceous Greenhouse Period, Evidence Shows

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Glaciers Help High-Latitude Mountains Grow Taller

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Scientists Glimpse 'Dance of Skeletons' Inside Neurons: Insight Into Developmental Disorders, Including Williams Syndrome

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Mild Memory Loss Is Not a Part of Normal Aging, New Research Finds

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Even Very Low Dose of Regular Aspirin Wards Off Bowel Cancer, Study Finds

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New Wave: Spin Soliton Could Be a Hit in Cell Phone Communication

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Neutrons Helping Researchers Unlock Secrets to Cheaper Ethanol

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Scientists Reveal Battery Behavior at the Nanoscale

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An American innovation in light bulbs, but will manufacturing stay in the U.S.?

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Book Reviews: Super Principia Mathematica

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Tim Berners-Lee calls for free internet worldwide By Jonathan Fildes

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Rare antelope-like mammal caught in Asia

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Grand Cover-Up: Space, Aliens and NASA in Depth

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Tranquil scenes in nature 'help different parts of the human brain connect to one another'

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Tightened muzzle on scientists is 'Orwellian' Documents reveal federal researchers, whose work is financed by taxpayers, need approval from Ottawa before speaking with media By Margaret Munro

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Would a Molecular Horse Trot, Pace or Glide Across a Surface? Chemists Study Quadrupedal Molecular Machines

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Many Roads Lead to Superconductivity

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ARTEMIS: First Earth-Moon Libration Orbiter

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Ending the Oceans' 'Tragedy of the Commons'

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Selfishness Can Sometimes Help the Common Good, Yeast Study Finds

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Why 'Scientific Consensus' Fails to Persuade

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False Memories of Self-Performance Result from Watching Others' Actions

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Smokeless Tobacco Products Not a Safe Option, Won't Help Smokers Quit, Analysis Finds

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How Our Brains Get Tripped Up When We're Anxious

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B Vitamins Slow Brain Atrophy in People With Memory Problems

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Watercress May 'Turn Off' Breast Cancer Signal

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How a Normally Defensive Immune Response Can Help HIV

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Possible Risk Gene for Schizophrenia Uncovered

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With DNA of chocolate nearly decoded by scientists, could sweeter treats await?

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Astronomers Find Diamond Star 4,000 km Wide

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A Final Observation on the Human Microbiome Research Conference: An Underappreciated Breakthrough

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Space Colonists Could Use Bacteria to Mine Minerals on Mars and the Moon Scientists investigated several bacterium species and found that they not only could thrive on Mars- and moonlike rocks, but could extract elements useful to future extraterrestrial colonists By Charles Choi

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Why Don't We Terraform Mars With Comets? By Max Fisher

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3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution

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Video Games Lead to Faster Decisions That Are No Less Accurate

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The Pocket Projector Is a Reality

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Monday, September 13, 2010

What would a computer find inside YOUR mind? Scientists announce they can decode words from brain signals

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Forget Venus and Mars. Men and women DO think alike

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Found, the gene that causes short-sight: Now experts say condition could be halted by eye drops

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New drug-resistant superbugs found in 3 states

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Long-Standing Mystery of Protein 'Quality Control' Mechanism Solved

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Our Lungs Are 'Innately Prone' to Silicosis and Related Diseases, New Study Suggests

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Glasperlenspiel: Scientists Propose New Test for Gravity

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Deadly Tides Mean Early Exit for Hot Jupiters

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Child's 'Mental Number Line' Affects Memory for Numbers

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Mapping New Paths for a Stressed-out Internet: Collaboration Aims to Create First Accurate Geometric Map of the Internet

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Astronomer Unveils the Mysteries of 'Green Pea' Galaxies

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Public Looks at Synthetic Biology -- Cautiously

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Laws of physics may change across the universe by Michael Brooks

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Robotics breakthrough: Scientists make artificial skin

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Sunday, September 12, 2010

E. Coli Engineered to Produce Biodiesel

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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Meet 100-year-old salamander

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Function Found for Alzheimer's Protein

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Researchers Give Robots the Capability for Deceptive Behavior

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Friday, September 10, 2010

'Beam me up, Scotty!' Breakthrough as scientists move objects 5ft using tractor lasers

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Archeological Evidence For Early Americans

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New Dual Recognition Mechanism Discovered in Tuberculosis

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New Hot Spot for Genesis of Signaling Neurons in Adult Brain

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Quantum Dice: Simple Device Measures Quantum Noise of Vacuum Fluctuations and Generates True Random Numbers

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Why the Biological Clock? Aging Reduces Centromere Cohesion, Disrupts Reproduction, Biologists Discover

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When Species Are About to Become Extinct: New Research May Help Predict Tipping Point

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Chopping and Changing in the Microbial World: How Mycoplasmas – The Simplest Bacterial Pathogens – Stay Alive

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Thursday, September 9, 2010

American Cancer Society sitting study: Stand up for your life

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Introducing R2-D2′s Cousin, the Intelligent Toilet

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10p pill to beat Alzheimer's disease: Vitamin B halts memory loss in breakthrough British trial

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HIV Cure Protocol Developed

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25 Intriguing Scientific Studies About Faith, Prayer and Healing

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Tomatoes could offer hope to prostate cancer victims

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Good dancing may be sign of male health, scientists say

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Sex researchers: "Size" does matter Study shows that fatter men last longer in bed. Should Americans rejoice? By Judy Mandelbaum

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Ritalin Improves Brain Function, Task Performance in Cocaine Abusers, Study Finds

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Big Bang Was Followed by Chaos, Mathematical Analysis Shows

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Brain Cells -- Not Lack of Willpower -- Determine Obesity, Study Finds

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Forcing Mismatched Elements Together Could Yield Better Solar Cells

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Why Chromosomes Never Tie Their Shoelaces

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New Gene for Memory Identified in Fruit Fly; May Shed Light on Human Neurological Disorders

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Woolly Mammoth, Woolly Rhinoceros and Reindeer Lived on Iberian Peninsula 150,000 Years Ago, Findings Show

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New Clue to How Last Ice Age Ended

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Insulin May Reduce Several Inflammatory Factors Induced by Bacterial Infection

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Intelligent Battery Project Opens New Ground in Energy Storage Applications

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Researchers Hear Puzzling New Physics from Graphene Quartet's Quantum Harmonies

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Astronomers view galaxy just like our own, but with huge pink clouds Located about 6 million light-years away, the spiral galaxy NGC 300 has many star-forming regions, which appear as pink or red spots.

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New water filter uses electromagnetics

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Chemical for Keeping Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Alive Identified

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Turkey Genome Sequenced More Than 90 Percent, Including Sex Chromosomes 'Z' and 'W'

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First Irish Genome Sequenced

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Compounds in Non-Stick Cookware May Be Associated With Elevated Cholesterol in Children and Teens

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Extreme Survival: 'Conan the Bacterium' Reveals Its Recipe for Success

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'Slow Light' on a Chip Holds Promise for Optical Communications

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The Intellectual Property Racket - Stephan Kinsella

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Smallest Manned Electric Plane Flies

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Researches say happiness starts at $75K a year

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Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing

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Cockroaches: The Antibiotics of the Future?

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Self-Healing Solar Cells Could Have Indefinite Lifespan

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Star Trek 365 Book Sets Phasers on Stunning

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Rachel Sussman: The world's oldest living things

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Jet Engine Design Advance

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First implantable artificial kidney could remove demand for dialysis and donor organs

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Model describes universe with no big bang, no beginning, and no end

http://www.physorg.com/news199591806.html
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Fears of a Decline in Bee Pollination Confirmed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100905231237.htm
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Satellite Data Reveals Why Migrating Birds Have a Small Window to Spread Bird Flu

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100903072653.htm
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Breaking Up Phosphorus With Ultraviolet Light May Offer a Safer, Simpler Way to Build Many Industrial and Household Chemicals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100903140907.htm
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Listening to Ancient Colors: New Technique May Help Restorers Identify Decades-Old Pigments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902101627.htm
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Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100902/sc_livescience/massextinctionthreatearthonvergeofhugeresetbutton
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Monday, September 6, 2010

Thoughts on Stephen Hawking`s new book ``The Grand Design``

http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=624575
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Un-Natural Selection: Human Evolution's Next Steps by Joe Palca

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Breast lifting miracle? Surgeons develop invisible bra you wear UNDER the skin (but costs almost £6,000)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1308740/Breast-lifting-miracle-Surgeons-develop-invisible-bra-wear-UNDER-skin-costs-6-000.html
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New study suggests researchers can now test the 'theory of everything'

http://www.physorg.com/news202553083.html
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Neuronal Diversity Makes a Difference, Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100829202002.htm
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Mothers Matter! High Social Status and Maternal Support Play an Important Role in Mating Success of Male Bonobos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100831201424.htm
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Did Viking Mars Landers Find Life's Building Blocks? Missing Piece Inspires New Look at Puzzle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100904081050.htm
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Mosquitoes: Genetic Structure of First Animal to Show Evolutionary Response to Climate Change Determined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100824132357.htm
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Starvation Keeps Sleep-Deprived Fly Brain Sharp

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100831172443.htm
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Transition Metal Catalysts Could be Key To Origin of Life

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Fine-Structure Constant Maybe Not So Constant

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

A new self-assembling photovoltaic technology that repairs itself

http://machineslikeus.com/news/new-self-assembling-photovoltaic-technology-repairs-itself
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Children of the Weaker God - Richard Fernandez

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Magnetism's Subatomic Roots: Study of High-Tech Materials Helps Explain Everyday Phenomenon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100903121418.htm
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Next Step in Evolution? A Technical Life Form That Passes on Knowledge and Experience

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100903072649.htm
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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Religious leaders hit back at Hawking

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/hawking.god.universe.criticisms/index.html
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Capsaicin Can Act as Co-Carcinogen, Study Finds; Chili Pepper Component Linked to Skin Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902121057.htm
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Brainy Worms: Scientists Uncover Counterpart of Cerebral Cortex in Marine Worms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902121051.htm
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Mechanisms and Function of a Type of Mysterious Immune Cell Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902141614.htm
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Live Imaging Puts New Light on Stem Cell Division

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100901132147.htm
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Metal-Mining Bacteria Are Green Chemists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100901191137.htm
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Cancer-Causing Gene Crucial in Stem Cell Development, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902121047.htm
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Other Scientific breakthrough to pave the way for human stem cell factories

http://www.physorg.com/news202577993.html

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Hair provides proof of the link between chronic stress and heart attack

http://www.physorg.com/news202708290.html
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Why fish oils work swimmingly against diabetes

http://www.physorg.com/news202651072.html
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New Stealth Nano-Paint Turns Any Aircraft Into a Radar-Evading Stealth Plane

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-07/stealth-paint-turns-any-aircraft-radar-evading-stealth-plane
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Second super-fast flip of Earth's poles found

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Friday, September 3, 2010

Has Stephen Hawking ended the God debate? By Graham Farmello

http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/03/has-stephen-hawking-ended-the-god-debate/
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Water in Earth's Mantle Key to Survival of Oldest Continents

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902131742.htm
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Model for Implantable Artificial Kidney to Replace Dialysis Unveiled

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902161253.htm
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For self-healing concrete, just add bacteria and food

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19386-for-selfhealing-concrete-just-add-bacteria-and-food.html
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Darwin's Secret Island: A Model of How Human Exploration Could Transform Mars

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1UCGZX/www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/09/darwins-secret-island-a-model-of-how-human-exploration-could-transform-mars.html/r:t
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Thursday, September 2, 2010

'Charitable' Behavior Found in Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100901132157.htm

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Capacity for Exercise Can Be Inherited: Finding Suggests Pharmaceutical Drugs Can Be Used to Alter Activity Levels in Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100901121805.htm
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Infant's Gaze May Be an Early, but Subtle, Marker for Autism Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100901111628.htm
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New Solar Prediction System Gives Time to Prepare for the Storms Ahead

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100901073405.htm
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Economic Theory Suggests Symbiosis Is Driven by Simple Self-Interest, Not Rewards or Punishment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100901103738.htm
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Stephen Hawking: God did not create Universe Stephen Hawking The Universe can create itself from nothing, says Prof Hawking There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking has said.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Are we living in a designer universe? The creators of the world were closer to men than to gods, argues John Gribbin.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7972538/Are-we-living-in-a-designer-universe.html

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Think Tank: Africa to become world's breadbasket?

http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=624553
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Migration Does Not Bring Happiness, Study Suggests ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2010) — The grass might not be greener on the other side of the border, a new study from the University of Leicester has found.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100831081857.htm
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Moderate Coffee Consumption Improves Aortic Distensibility in Hypertensive Elderly Individuals, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100831104642.htm
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Diverse Diet of Veggies May Decrease Lung Cancer Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100831134822.htm
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Lima Beans Domesticated Twice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100831222310.htm
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