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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.

Friday, December 31, 2010

George Clooney Effect? High-Earning Women Want Older, More Attractive Partners, Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101210075920.htm
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Bacteria Provide Example of One of Nature's First Immune Systems, Research Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101227100826.htm
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Uncovering the neurobiological basis of general anesthesia

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/571525-uncovering-the-neurobiological-basis-of-general-anesthesia
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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Eating almonds could help prevent diabetes and heart disease, say scientists

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1342476/Eating-almonds-help-prevent-diabetes-heart-disease-say-scientists.html
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Water Science Photo Gallery All of Earth's Water in a Single Sphere

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/2010/gallery/global-water-volume.html
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When the Black Hole Was Born: Astronomers Identify the Epoch of the First Fast Growth of Black Holes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101227101113.htm
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98.6 Degrees Fahrenheit Ideal Temperature for Keeping Fungi Away and Food at Bay

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222121610.htm
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Coma and General Anesthesia Demonstrate Important Similarities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101229190012.htm
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Catching Video Pirates: Invisible DNA-Like Fingerprint on Video Assist Law Enforcement

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221101841.htm
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Back to the Dead Sea: Climate Change Study Digs Into Half a Million Years of History

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223104034.htm
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Rodents Were Diverse and Abundant in Prehistoric Africa When Our Human Ancestors Evolved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221101920.htm
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Science Supports Carb Wars

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/081089-2010-12-30-science-supports-carb-wars.htm
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Wild Seed Collecting

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2010/12/wild-seed-collecting.html
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Amygdala Centre for Social Network

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2010/12/amygdala-centre-for-social-network.html
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Scientists unveil chip which could make desktop computers 20 times faster

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1342100/Scientists-unveil-1-000-core-chip-make-desktop-machines-20-times-faster.html
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Tory voters found to have larger 'primitive' lobe in brain

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1342239/Brain-study-reveals-right-wing-conservatives-larger-primitive-amygdala.html
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Brilliant at business deals? It's all in the genes, reveal scientists By COLIN FERNANDEZ

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1342254/Brilliant-business-deals-Its-genes-reveal-scientists.html
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Dust Shatters Like Glass: Several Times More Dust Particles in Atmosphere Than Previously Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101227203436.htm
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Environmental Factors Limit Species Diversity, Lizard Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101220163248.htm
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Many Cancer Cells Found to Have an 'Eat Me' Signal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222141722.htm
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Finest Chocolate May Get Better: Cacao Tree Genome Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101226131600.htm
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New Clues Uncover How 'Starvation Hormone' Works

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101227100822.htm
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When the Black Hole Was Born: Astronomers Identify the Epoch of the First Fast Growth of Black Holes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101227101113.htm
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Major Obstacles to Cellulosic Biofuel Production Overcome With New Yeast Strain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101227203428.htm
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How Often Do Giant Black Holes Become Hyperactive?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101220135611.htm
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Big Bang Chatter

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080985-2010-12-28-big-bang-chatter.htm
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Biological Hydrogen Production

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080983-2010-12-28-biological-hydrogen-production.htm
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Petro Fracking Booms NAFTA Oil Resources

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080982-2010-12-28-petro-fracking-booms-nafta-oil-resources.htm
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Why Teach Programming With BASIC?

http://developers.slashdot.org/story/10/12/29/0036216/Why-Teach-Programming-With-BASIC
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Living Earth Simulator Aims To Simulate Everything

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/29/0621237/Living-Earth-Simulator-Aims-To-Simulate-Everything
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IBM Makes a Super Memory Breakthrough

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/29/171246/IBM-Makes-a-Super-Memory-Breakthrough
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The Ultimate Mystery of the Universe STEPHEN WOLFRAM

http://bigthink.com/ideas/25587
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Parts of Me Ooze in All Directions MICHIO KAKU

http://bigthink.com/ideas/24636
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New dyes improve solar technologies for generating clean electricity and hydrogen fuel

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-dyes-solar-technologies-electricity-hydrogen.html
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"Dark Flow" of Billions of Stars Racing Towards Edge of Observable Universe (Best of 2010)

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/3ywWYB/www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/12/dark-flow-of-billions-of-stars-dark-flow-racing-away-from-earth-towards-edge-of-observable-universe-.html
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Info pirates seek a decentralised Internet

http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=625603
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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

In the Evolutionary Mating Game, Brawn and Stealth Rule, Scientists Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223083640.htm
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Genetic Variant That Can Lead to Severe Impulsivity Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222131121.htm
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Supercomputing Research Opens Doors for Drug Discovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101209164146.htm
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Structure In Brain Linked To Varied Social Life

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/12/27/0249251
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North Magnetic Pole Racing Toward Siberia

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/12/27/1416233
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California Rare-Earth Mine Reopens

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/12/27/1734204
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MIT biologists decipher 3 billion year old genetic 'fossil'

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080907-2010-12-27-mit-biologists-decipher-3-billion-year-old-genetic-fossil.htm
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Monday, December 27, 2010

Part of Brain That Suppresses Instinct Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222112112.htm
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Learning to Read the Genome: Most Detailed Annotation of Fruit-Fly Genome Points Way to Understanding All Organisms' Genomes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222131131.htm
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Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: New Global Search to Save Endangered Crop Wild Relatives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101209201938.htm
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Ever-Sharp Urchin Teeth May Yield Tools That Never Need Honing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222162404.htm
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Mammalian Aging Process Linked to Overactive Cellular Pathway

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222131125.htm
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How to tame the monsters in your mind Experts call them ANTS - Automatic Negative Thoughts and unless you learn how to stop them, they'll ruin your life By LOUISE ATKINSON

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1341787/How-tame-monsters-mind-Experts-ANTS--Automatic-Negative-Thoughts-unless-learn-stop-theyll-ruin-life.html
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Record Set For World's Youngest Chess Champion

http://games.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/12/26/0139226
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Worried scientists warn: World could run out of breathable air

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080822-2010-12-25-worried-scientists-warn-world-could-run-out-of-breathable-air.htm
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Get ready: They're going to put chips in your brain

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080809-2010-12-24-get-ready-theyre-going-to-put-chips-in-your-brain.htm
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New generation of deadly Chinese missiles can now sink all US Navy supercarriers

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080808-2010-12-24-new-generation-of-deadly-chinese-missiles-can-now-sink-all.htm
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Someday soon you'll fly without pilots

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080807-2010-12-24-someday-soon-youll-fly-without-pilots.htm
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2011 sun storms could slam USA back to 1800s

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080806-2010-12-24-2011-sun-storms-could-slam-usa-back-to-1800s.htm
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Device uses sunlight to make liquid fuel

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080850-2010-12-26-device-uses-sunlight-to-make-liquid-fuel.htm
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Coral Reef Bleaching Cause

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080848-2010-12-26-coral-reef-bleaching-cause.htm
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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Alzheimer's: Tau Disrupts Neural Communication Prior to Neurodegeneration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222121500.htm
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Preplay: How Past Experiences Subconsciously Influence Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222131123.htm
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Progress In Algorithms Beats Moore's Law

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/12/24/2327246
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'Eternal' Solar Plane Stays Two Weeks Aloft

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/12/25/0510218
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Pickens Wind-Power Plan Comes To a Whimpering End

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/12/25/1348212
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Does Typing Speed Really Matter For Programmers?

http://developers.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/12/25/2034201
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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Facebook, PayPal tycoon embraces sci-fi future By MARCUS WOHLSEN

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/25/AR2010122501062.html
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Cornstarch Might Have Ended the Gulf Spill Agony Sooner

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222093208.htm
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How Cells Running on Empty Trigger Fuel Recycling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223144028.htm
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Fast Sepsis Test Can Save Lives

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222112231.htm
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Pterygotid Sea Scorpions: No Terror of the Ancient Seas?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222173039.htm
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Site in Brain Where Leptin May Trigger Puberty Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222121511.htm
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How to Delay Christmas Tree Needle Loss

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101206111450.htm
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Most Challenging Christmas Plastic Wrapping Could Be Recycled With New Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101214085738.htm
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NASA's Next Mars Rover to Zap Rocks With Laser

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223110056.htm
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Bite Me An evolutionary case for cannibalism. By Jesse Bering

http://www.slate.com/id/2278240/pagenum/all/
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Your food's in the printer... the machine that lets you create and eat your meal from freshly squeezed syringes

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1341481/Your-foods-printer--machine-lets-create-eat-meal-freshly-squeezed-syringes.html
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Patch Adams, M.D. - Transform 2010 - Mayo Clinic - video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdCrPBqQALc
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Scientifically, You Are Likely In the Slowest Line

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/12/23/2212250/Scientifically-You-Are-Likely-In-the-Slowest-Line
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Eight-year-old children publish bee study in Royal Society journal

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/568427-eight-year-old-children-publish-bee-study-in-royal-society-journal
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The Tipping Point of Humanness

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/12/23/1559217
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Does Equality Increase Status Spending?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222112235.htm
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Invention Could Improve Cancer Drug Delivery, Lessen Harmful Effects of Chemotherapy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223091744.htm
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'Un-Growth Hormone' Increases Longevity, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223091746.htm
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Shouldering Family Demands and Worries Bumps Up Angina Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222205349.htm
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Simple Screen Can Help Isolate Virulent Parts of Pathogenic Bacteria Gene Structures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223113347.htm
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How Cells Running on Empty Trigger Fuel Recycling

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223144028.htm
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Why positive thinking helps the body to heal: Knowingly taking a placebo makes you feel better By DAVID DERBYSHIRE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1340967/Why-positive-thinking-helps-body-heal-Knowingly-taking-placebo-makes-feel-better.html
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First High-Temp Spin-Field-Effect Transistor Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223144034.htm
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Mars Movie: I'm Dreaming of a Blue Sunset

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222170555.htm
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You Are What Your Father Ate, Too: Paternal Diet Affects Lipid Metabolizing Genes in Offspring, Research Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223130149.htm
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Protein Involved in Early Steps of Melanoma Development Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101223171947.htm
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New Fossil Site in China Shows Long Recovery of Life from the Largest Extinction in Earth's History

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222093204.htm
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Discovery Suggests a New Way to Prevent HIV from Infecting Human Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222173041.htm
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Eating Less Healthy Fish May Contribute to America's Stroke Belt

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222162358.htm
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Weird and Wonderful Plant and Fungal Discoveries of 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101219124718.htm
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Scientist Uncovers Switch Controlling Protein Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222131133.htm
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When Will Runners and Swimmers Reach Their Physical Limit?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222093200.htm
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Human-Sized German Workerbot Is Programmed to Be Happiest When It Stays Busy The machine can fit into existing assembly line positions and work all day and all night By Rebecca Boyle

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-12/grinning-european-workerbot-happiest-when-it-stays-busy
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Naval Rail Gun Fires at 7 Mach

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080733-2010-12-23-naval-rail-gun-fires-at-7-mach.htm
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DC Renaissance

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080732-2010-12-23-dc-renaissance.htm
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Scar Prevention Discovery

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080730-2010-12-23-scar-prevention-discovery.htm
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Horrifying gigantic 5-foot spiders seen in Congo

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/080724-2010-12-23-horrifying-gigantic-5-foot-spiders-seen-in-congo.htm
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New Single-Pixel Photo Camera Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101220094601.htm
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Component in Common Dairy Foods May Cut Diabetes Risk, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101220200000.htm
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Most Common Adult Brain Cancer Linked to Gene Deletion, Doctors Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222173031.htm
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Cassini Finishes Sleigh Ride by Saturn's Icy Moons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222170713.htm
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Photons Vs. Protons for Treatment of Spinal Cord Gliomas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222112225.htm
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New Annotated Database Sifts Through Mountains of Sequencing Data to Find Gene Promoters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222141734.htm
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Smoking May Worsen Pain for Cancer Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221114805.htm
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Young Female Chimpanzees Treat Sticks as Dolls: Growing Evidence of Biological Basis for Gender-Specific Play in Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101220121109.htm
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Genetic Trait Could Triple Odds of Whites' Susceptibility to Heavy Cocaine Abuse

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221101926.htm
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Sex Reversal Gene: Male Mice Can Be Created Without Y Chromosome Via Ancient Brain Gene

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222121513.htm
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Why Do Risks With Human Characteristics Make Powerful Consumers Feel Lucky?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222112233.htm
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Blue-Green Algae Tested for Treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221101833.htm
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Eating Healthier Means Living Longer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222071727.htm
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A Robot With Finger-Tip Sensitivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222112239.htm
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New Ideas Enhance Efficiency of Wind Turbines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101220110856.htm
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Universe's Most Massive Stars Can Form in Near Isolation, New Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221131550.htm
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Toxin-Laden Nectar Poses Problems for Honeybees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221101847.htm
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Gene Alteration Identified That Predisposes to Syndrome With High Risk of Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221163828.htm
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Fossil Finger Bone Yields Genome of a Previously Unknown Human Relative

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222131119.htm
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Discovery of New Molecule Could Lead to More Efficient Rocket Fuel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101222071831.htm
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Membership in Many Groups Leads to Quick Recovery from Physical Challenges

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101215141921.htm
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Africa Has Two Elephant Species, Genetic Analysis Confirms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221172244.htm
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Sea-Level Study Brings Good and Bad News to Chesapeake Bay

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221101922.htm
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Laser Twinkles in Rare Color

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221154532.htm
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Smarter Systems Help Busy Doctors Remember

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101221172248.htm
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Book Review: The Immortality Edge Dr. Joseph S. Maresca, Basil & Spice

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Sperm cells created from female embryo

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Time-Lapse Video: Last Night's Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse For those who slept through it By Clay Dillow

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Nanotech Makes Single Molecule Glow, Showing New Promise For Tiny Optoelectronics By Rebecca Boyle

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Engineers Build Radio Receiver Out Of Graphene A nanotrampoline built out of graphene can directly detect radio frequency signals, paving the way for a new generation of radios

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Killer Drones Converge on California, Ready to Take Off

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End of Military-Industrial Hegemony?

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Munich to switch on Europe's fastest supercomputer

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

DNA says new human relative roamed widely in Asia By MALCOLM RITTER

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Samples of Vital Human Tumor Tissue Irradiated With Ions for the First Time

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Electronic Nose Detects Cancer

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Organic Electronic Ratchets Doing Work

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A 'Spin Ratchet' Paves the Way for Spin Computers: New Electronic Structure for Generating Spin Current

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Unprecedented Topographic Map of the Moon

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Genetic Basis of Brain Diseases: Set of Proteins Account for Over 130 Brain Diseases

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Engineers Take Plasmon Lasers out of Deep Freeze

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Mexico Quake Studies Uncover Surprises for California

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Raindrops Reveal How a Wave of Mountains Moved South Across the Country

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Strange New Twist: Researchers Discover Möbius Symmetry in Metamaterials

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Electric Current Moves Magnetic Vortices: With the Help of Neutrons, Physicists Discover New Ways to Save Data

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Biomagnification of Nanomaterials in Simple Food Chain Demonstrated

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Being Good Moms Couldn't Save the Woolly Mammoth

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Cellular Mechanism Responsible for Chronic Inflammation, Type 2 Diabetes Uncovered

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Study Links Emotional and Neural Responses to Musical Performance

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Beautiful People Convey Personality Traits Better During First Impressions

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Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Not So Carnivorous After All

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Boosting Supply of Key Brain Chemical Reduces Fatigue in Mice

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Warning Lights Mark Shellfish That Aren't Safe to Eat

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Novel Weight-Loss Therapies? Scientists Identify Cells in Mice That Can Transform Into Energy-Burning Brown Fat

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Dementia: When the Zebra Loses Its Stripes

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Scientists Identify a Spontaneously Chain-Reacting Molecule

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Trace Amounts of Water Created Oceans on Earth and Other Terrestrial Planets, Study Suggests

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UA research: Oregano oil may counter carcinogens Becky Pallack

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Quantum mechanics, invisibility cloaks and water on Mars: The biggest scientific breakthroughs of the past decade

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Don't make mine a pina colada! Images of cocktails under the microscope that'll give you a headache BEFORE you drink them

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Boy born to save his big sister: 'Saviour sibling' brings hope to his family and makes medical history By RACHEL ELLIS

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Stressed? It may boost your memory by triggering thoughts of everyday experiences

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A Christmas tree miracle: Pine bark could ease the misery of UK's 7 million tinnitus sufferers By CLAIRE ELLICOTT

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Why the eyes are the key to making our faces look 'human'

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Can We Automate Invention? STEPHEN WOLFRAM

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Japan bio-scientists produce ‘singing mouse’ By Miwa Suzuki

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Monday, December 20, 2010

Invasive species have a 'delayed legacy', says report By Mark Kinver

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Despite Longer Life Spans, Fewer Years Are Disease-Free

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Three Billion-Year-Old Genomic Fossils Deciphered

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Construction of the World's Largest Neutrino Observatory Completed: Antarctica's IceCube

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How Do You Cut a Nanotube? Lots of Compression

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You Only Live Once: Our Flawed Understanding of Risk Helps Drive Financial Market Instability

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Elevated Zinc Concentrations in Colorado Waterway Likely a Result of Climate Change

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Unlocking the Secrets of Our Compulsions

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Does Fluoride Really Fight Cavities by 'the Skin of the Teeth?'

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Wind Turbines Help Crops by Channelling Beneficial Breezes Over Nearby Plants

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Protein Disables P53, Drives Breast Cells Toward Cancer Transition

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Using Digitized Books as 'Cultural Genome,' Researchers Unveil Quantitative Approach to Humanities

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Drinking Alcohol During a Rich Meal Slows Down Digestion, but Doesn't Increase Indigestion, Study Finds

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Prions Mutate and Adapt to Host Environment

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Major Shift in Understanding How Eczema Develops

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Circadian Rhythm: Clock-Controlled Genes Discovered in C. Elegans

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Emotional Intelligence Peaks as We Enter Our 60s, Research Suggests

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Rise in Oxygen Drove Evolution of Animal Life 550 Million Years Ago

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The rise of the genome bloggers Hobbyists add depth to ancestry trawls.

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Hunkier than thou Scientists are finally succeeding where so many men have failed: in understanding why women find some guys handsome and others hideous

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First Measurement of Magnetic Field In Earth's Core

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Online Access With a Fingerprint

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Looking Back in Time to See Stars Bursting Into Life

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An Answer to Green Energy Could Be in the Air

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Science's Breakthrough of the Year: The First Quantum Machine

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Cyclone Lasting More Than Five Years Is Detected on Saturn

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Where Unconscious Memories Form

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The Birth of Time: Quantum Loops Describe the Evolution of the Universe

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Mom's Voice Plays Special Role in Activating Newborn's Brain

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Ion Channel Responsible for Pain Identified

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What God looks like in your brain: Scans show more activity when religious people meditate

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Friday, December 17, 2010

Inside TSA scanners: How terahertz waves tear apart human DNA

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Introducing Google Body: The new 3D medical browser that will make us all doctors

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Brain only fully 'matures' in middle age, claims neuroscientist You might think that you become fully matur when you turn 21 but new research suggests that your brain does not stop developing until your late 40s.

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The Vatican Observatory is one of the oldest astronomical institutesin the world. By Jim Erickson

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Star of Wonder What did the Three Wise Men really see over Bethlehem? By Ted Harrison

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Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Found to Enhance Survival and Maturation of Key Brain Cells

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Ancient Egyptian Math Identical To Math In Modern Computers (VIDEO)

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Snail Fever: Scientists Pinpoint Key Defense Against Parasite Infection

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How Pollinators Sculpt Flowers

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Holography With Electrons

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Exploring How Partners Perceive Each Other’s Emotion During a Relationship Fight

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Computer Memory Takes a Spin: Physicists Read Data After Storing Them in Atomic Nuclei for 112 Seconds

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Staph Bacteria: Blood-Sucking Superbug Prefers Taste of Humans

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Newly Discovered Phase Helps Explain Materials' Ability to Convert Waste Heat to Electricity

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Age Doesn't Matter: New Genes Are as Essential as Ancient Ones

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Physicist Developing, Improving Designer Optical Materials

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Teacher Effort Is Linked to Difficult Students' Inherited Traits

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Garlic Could Protect Against Hip Osteoarthritis

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Hot Plasma Explosions Inflate Saturn's Magnetic Field

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E-Cigs Less Dangerous Than Traditional Cigarettes, Researcher Claims

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Sea Level History Refined

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Space Race Heats Up With Mini-Shuttle Spaceplane Design

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UPDATE 1-U.S. missile-defense test fails over Pacific

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NASA's Odyssey Spacecraft Sets Exploration Record on Mars

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Similarities in the Embryonic Development of Various Animal Species Are Also Found at Molecular Level

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Rare Earth Metal and Cousin of Platinum Is Attractive for Improving Flash Memory Chips

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Plasma Therapy: An Alternative to Antibiotics?

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New Method for Making Tiny Catalysts Holds Promise for Air Quality

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Fabric Softener Sheets Repel Gnats: Scientists Prove Bounce Sheets Fend Off Insect Pests

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New Aspirin Mechanism

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MISSION SUMMARY: SPACEX’S DRAGON SPACECRAFT SUCCESSFULLY RETURNS FROM ORBIT

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Meteorite Just One Piece of an Unknown Celestial Body

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Feast, Famine and the Genetics of Obesity: You Can't Have It Both Ways

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Close Proximity of Authors Leads to Better Science

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New Hot Jupiter-Like Exoplanet Discovered

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Nanoscale Gene 'Ignition Switch' May Help Spot and Treat Cancer

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Epstein-Barr: Scientists Decode Secrets of a Very Common Virus That Can Cause Cancer

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'Aha' Effect: New Hypothesis Seeks to Explain the Pleasures of Insight

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Novel Memory-Enhancing Mechanism in Brain

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Positive Mood Allows Human Brain to Think More Creatively

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Is Internet Backbone Vulnerable to Cyber Attack?

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A fountain of youth in your muscles

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Atomic Weight Not So Constant

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Internet Usage Catches Up With Television In US

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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

IBM To Build 3-Petaflop Supercomputer

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Voyager 1 Beyond Solar Wind

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Archaeologists Find 2,400-Year-Old Soup

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Cool video: Watch 200 Years of Global Health-Wealth Growth In 4 Minutes

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Google Patents Browser Highlight All Button

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Girl, 4, sees parents for the first time thanks to miracle stem cell operation

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The beauty of a good night's sleep: Why eight hours' shut-eye really does improve your looks By SOPHIE BORLAND

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The incredible jet lag pill that slows down your body clock to help you catch up on sleep By DAVID DERBYSHIRE

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Hubble Spots a Celestial Bauble

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Post-9/11 Security Zones Blight Landscape, Create 'Architecture of Fear'

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Power and Corruption May Be Good for Society

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Vaccine Boosts Immune System, Helps Prevent Chronic Inflammation

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High Levels of 'Good' Cholesterol May Be Associated With Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

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Satellites Pinpoint Drivers of Urban Heat Islands in Northeastern U.S.

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US EPA Removes Saccharin from Hazardous Substances Listing

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Smoking Behind More Than a Third of Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Cases

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Geologist's Discoveries Resolve Debate About Oxygen in Earth's Mantle

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Sweet and Biodegradable: Sugar and Cornstarch Make Environmentally Safer Plastics

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What 'Pine' Cones Reveal About the Evolution of Flowers

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New Evidence That Magnetism Is Driving Force Behind Superconductivity

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'Fountain of Youth' Pill Could Restore Aging Immune System

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A Benefit of Flu: Protection from Asthma?

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Over Long Haul, Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness

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Parasite and Bacterium Illustrate Convergent Evolution: Both Hijack Cells' 'Post Office'

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Acupuncture May Help Some Older Children With Lazy Eye

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Statistical Analysis of Terrorism

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Fasting Mythology

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The Great Solar Eruption

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The Human Incubator By TINA ROSENBERG

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Have We Really Solved the Mystery Behind the Shocking Die-off of Bees? The New York Times essentially called it 'case closed' on Colony Collapse Disorder, but there is good reason to be wary about their reporting. - Tom Laskawy

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5 of the Weirdest New Genetically Modified Foods The future of our global food supply is laden with seeds, and most recently animals, modified for human consumption. You may be surprised to see what's on the horizon. - Sara Novak

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More Details of Plant Cell-Wall Construction Revealed

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Smartphone Technology Improves Prosthetic Limbs

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How Saturn's Moon Iapetus Got Its Ridge

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Physicists Make Atoms and Dark Matter Add Up

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Contorting Batteries: Charging Makes Nano-Sized Electrodes Swell, Elongate and Spiral

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When It Comes to Selecting a Mate, the Eyes Have It

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Oldest Fossils Found in Cordillera Bética Mountain Range

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Bering Sea Was Ice-Free and Full of Life During Last Warm Period, Study Finds

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Highly Unidirectional 'Whispering Gallery' Microlasers Created

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Bioengineers Discover How Particles Self-Assemble in Flowing Fluids

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Ubiquitous Sugar Molecule Could Be Key to Repairing Deep Wound Without Scarring

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Pomegranate Juice Components Could Stop Cancer from Spreading, Research Suggests

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Whey Supplements Lower Blood Pressure: Low-Cost Protein Gets Big Results in People With Elevated Blood Pressure

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Brain's Inherent Ability to Focus Learning Discovered

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On, Off, On, Off: The Circuitry of Insulin-Releasing Cells

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More Fruits and Vegetables Unlikely to Protect Against Cancer, Study Suggests

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Scientist Shows Link Between Diet and Onset of Mental Illness

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Right or Left Handling at Birth: What Impact Does It Have on Development?

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Carbon Fluxes in the Oceans: The Strange Behavior of Small Particles at Density Interfaces

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: LHC Prepares Marathon Higgs Hunt

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First Four-Exoplanet System Imaged

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A Bionic Leg That Rewires Stroke Victims' Brains

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Study Suggests Saturn's Rings Made By Ancient Moon Death Spiral

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Scientists Turn Stem Cells into Functioning Intestinal Tissue

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In the heavens, science. But on earth...

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Controversial plant biotech patents overturned

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NASA quietly cancels controversial primate research

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Evolution of potato blight pathogen traced Lethal genes behind the nineteenth-century Irish famine pinned down. Natasha Gilbert

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No evidence of time before Big Bang Latest research deflates the idea that the Universe cycles for eternity. Edwin Cartlidge

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Lack of support keeps African discoveries languishing in labs Institutional frameworks must be improved to save stagnant technologies Linda Nordling

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Israeli Invention Helps Limit iPhone Radiation by 98 Percent

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Judge dismisses Paul Allen firm's patent lawsuit

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FDA to reexamine use of mercury in dental fillings Prodded by activists, the agency is reviewing the evidence used to declare that the amount of mercury in dental amalgam is 'not high enough to cause harm' to patients. By Andrew Zajac

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Microsoft Seeks 1-Click(er) Patent

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Microbatteries With Nanowire Hearts

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New Mechanism Links Cellular Stress and Brain Damage

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Type 1 Diabetes: Grow Your Own Transplant? Human Testes Cells Turned Into Insulin-Producing Islet Cells

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Shoo, Fly! Catnip Oil Repels Bloodsucking Flies

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How Natural Drug, Abscisic Acid, Fights Inflammation

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Blue Whale-Sized Mouthfuls Make Foraging Super Efficient

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Practical, Tunable, 3-D Microdroplet Laser Developed

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New Characteristics of Premature Aging Protein Discovered

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A Swarm of Ancient Stars

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Drug-Resistant HIV Genes Identified

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Lowering the Drinking Age Is Unlikely to Curb College Binge Drinking, New Study Finds

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Tiny Protozoa May Hold Key to World Water Safety

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Synchrotron Study Shows How Nitric Oxide Kills

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Study on Skin Formation Suggests Strategies to Fight Skin Cancer

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'White-Noise' Therapy Alone Not Enough to Curb Tinnitus

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'Green' Water Treatments May Not Kill Bacteria in Large Building Cooling Systems

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Curiosity's Evil Twin Can Drive You Insane By Stephanie Pappas

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Wind and Water Have Shaped Schiaparelli Impact Basin on Mars

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Thought for Food: Imagining Food Consumption Reduces Actual Consumption

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Neutron Stars and String Theory in a Lab: Chilled Atoms Give Clues to Deep Space and Particle Physics

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Physicists Slow Speed of Light By William J. Cromie

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Sex prof: Child porn can do some good! You won't believe reason behind college educator's stunning claim

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Backscatter X-Ray Machines Easily Fooled

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All-Analog DIY Segway Project

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Small Fujitsu Device Harvests Both Solar and Thermal Energy

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Navy Tests Mach 8 Electromagnetic Railgun

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Researchers Develop Genuine 3D Camera

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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Salvia, a Mexican Hallucinogen Piques Scientists' and Regulators' Interest By Meredith Melnick

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Ice-Age Reptile Extinctions Provide a Glimpse of Likely Responses to Human-Caused Climate Change

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World's Smallest Battery: Real-Time Observation of Nanowire Anode to Help Improve Lithium Batteries

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Bizarre Reptile Challenges Notion of Crocodiles as 'Living Fossils'

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Doctors Don't Need to Fear Red Heads

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35,000 New Species ‘sitting in Cupboards’

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Cycling just five hours a week 'could damage a man's fertility'

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Japan team say stem cells helped monkey jump again

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Friday, December 10, 2010

Astronomers claim dwarf sun lies beyond Pluto

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Hottest Chili Created

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Beating Censorship By Routing Around DNS

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X Particle Might Explain Dark Matter & Antimatter

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Scientists Discover Solar Powered Hornets

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Geothermal plant likely cause of earthquakes

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MRI scans live birth

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Advances in How to Think About and Treat Depression - Marina Picciotto

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Even one puff of tobacco harmful, reports surgeon general By Rob Stein

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Perfectly Needled Nonwoven

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Cloud 'Feedback' Affects Global Climate and Warming

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Greenland Ice Sheet Flow Driven by Short-Term Weather Extremes, Not Gradual Warming, Research Reveals

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Genome of Barley Disease Reveals Surprises

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New Insights Into Formation of Earth, the Moon, and Mars

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Astronomers Discover, Image New Planet in Planetary System Very Similar to Our Own

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Redrawing the Map of Great Britain Based on Human Interaction

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Fewer Synapses, More Efficient Learning: Molecular Glue Wires the Brain

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Mastermind Steroid Found in Plants

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Influenza Virus Strains Show Increasing Drug Resistance and Ability to Spread

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Seeing the Invisible: New 'CSI Tool' Visualizes Bloodstains and Other Substances

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Our Brains Are Wired So We Can Better Hear Ourselves Speak

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Stricter Testing for Federal Ground Beef Program May Not Lead to Safer Meat

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Stem Cells: A 'Stitch in Time' Could Help Damaged Hearts

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Impaired Clearance, Not Overproduction of Toxic Proteins, May Underlie Alzheimer’s Disease

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Estrogen Alone Is Effective for Reducing Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds

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Elusive Spintronics Success Could Lead to Single Chip for Processing and Memory

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Physicists Discover Ultrasensitive Microwave Detector

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Politics and Eye Movement: Liberals Focus Their Attention on 'Gaze Cues' Much Differently Than Conservatives Do

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Study Assesses Nuclear Power Assumptions

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Same poop, different gut For physicians and researchers alike, fecal transplants present an opportunity to gain insight into disease

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A skyscraper like no other: Taiwan to build 390-meter tower with floating observatory blimps

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

New Aspirin Mechanism

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Air Force Unveils Fastest Defense Supercomputer, Made of 1,760 PlayStation 3s

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New Meningitis Vaccine: A Model for the Developing World By Alex Perry / Juba, South Sudan

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2034886,00.html
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How Do DNA Components Resist Damaging UV Exposure?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101130103829.htm
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How Do Neural Stem Cells Decide What to Be -- And When?

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A Peek At South Korea's Autonomous Robot Gun Turrets

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Tiny Laser Light Show Illuminates Quantum Computing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101207091832.htm
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Theoretical Breakthrough: Generating Matter and Antimatter from Nothing

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So You Think You Can Solve a Cosmology Puzzle? Scientists Challenge Other Scientists With a Series of Galaxy Puzzles

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Astronomers Open New Window Into Early Universe: Epoch of Reionization

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Extending the Life of Oil Reserves: Greener, Cheaper More Efficient Oil Extraction Made Possible

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Lost Civilization Under Persian Gulf?

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Feeling Chills in Response to Music

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Providing Incentives to Cooperate Can Turn Swords Into Ploughshares

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Chemical Coarsening: How the Big Get Bigger

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Good Grades in High School Lead to Better Health, Study Suggests

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Duelling Dipoles: In Search of a New Theory of Photosynthetic Energy Transfer

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Soaring Is Better Than Flapping for Birds Big and Small

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Pain: What Zen Meditators Don't Think About Won't Hurt Them

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How Flowering Time of Plants Can Be Controlled

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Clone food wins final go-ahead from Food Standards Agency

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Cranberry Juice Not Effective Against Urinary Tract Infections, Study Suggests

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Extending the Life of Oil Reserves: Greener, Cheaper More Efficient Oil Extraction Made Possible

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Sex, Race, Place of Residence Influence High Blood Pressure Incidence

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Vitamin Supplements Reduce Deaths Caused by Measles and Diarrhea, Study Finds

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'Logic Gates' Made to Program Bacteria as Computers

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Black Holes and Warped Space Revealed by Powerful New Array of Radio Telescopes

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Autism Treatment: Researchers Identify Possible Treatment for Impaired Sociability

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Remember to eat your purples: Fruit can 'ward off Alzheimer's, heart problems and cancer' By FIONA MACRAE

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NASA's 'Arsenic Microbe' Science Under Fire

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Samsung '3D' Memory Coming, 50% Denser

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Reproductive scientists create mice from 2 fathers

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Rare Earth Recovery Enthusiasm

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Self Assembly of 3D Nano Structures

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Private capsule launched into orbit Private company sends a spacecraft into orbit in a move that could pave the way for the first commercial space station

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First carbon-rich exoplanet discovered

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-carbon-rich-exoplanet.html
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Desensitization Approaches Effective Against Hayfever-Like Allergies, Research Suggests

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Drugs Can Pass Through Human Body Almost Intact: New Concerns for Antibiotic Resistance, Pollution Identified

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Creating 'Living' Buildings

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Sleep Deprivation Eliminates Fear Generalization: New Way to Treat PTSD?

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Melanopsin Looks on the Bright Side of Life

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Doctor Who's Trusty Invention Is Anything but Sci-Fi: Sonic Screwdriver to Solve Future DIY Woes

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Life Found Thriving in Porous Rock Deep Beneath the Seafloor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101207131735.htm
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Using Chaos to Model Geophysical Phenomena

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Ultraviolet Light Helps Skin Cancer Cells Thrive, Researchers Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101207112321.htm
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Flu Vaccine Grown in Bacteria Works Like Vaccine Grown in Chicken Eggs

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Exposure to Mobile Phones Before and After Birth Linked to Kids' Behavioral Problems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101206201242.htm
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Why Married Men Tend to Behave Better

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Ginseng Just Got Better -- Not as Bitter

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Social Relationships in Animals Have a Genetic Basis, New Research Reveals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101207102519.htm
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Warring Greeks Found Peace in Ancient Egypt: Researcher Uncovers Origins of Greek Trade City in Egypt's Nile Delta Region

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Under a septillion suns: The universe holds THREE times more stars than was previously thought By FIONA MACRAE

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Qatar vows to deploy climate control technology for 2022 soccer world cup

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Tracing the Spark of Creative Problem-Solving By BENEDICT CAREY

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/science/07brain.html
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Daily Aspirin Linked to Steep Drop in Cancer Risk

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Incredible salamander enzyme that could one day let humans regrow organs and limbs By ALLAN HALL

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1336144/Salamander-enzyme-day-let-humans-regrow-organs-limbs.html#ixzz17SToCw5a
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People are nicer to you 'if they think you are jealous of them'

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Boeing Mass Producing 40% Efficient Solar Cells

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LouseBuster: Head Lice Shrivel With Chemical-Free Warm-Air Device

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Spontaneous Mutations Important Cause of Mental Retardation, Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101115074033.htm
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Nanosatellite Successfully Ejected from Free-Flying Microsatellite in Space

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K-12 Computer Science Education Declining

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First Horned Dinosaur from South Korea Discovered

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Life-Saving in the Bacterial World: How Campylobacter Rely on Pseudomonas to Infect Humans

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Racing Against Age: Health Impairment Primarily Due to Bad Lifestye Habits -- Not Aging, Researchers Argue

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Medieval England Twice as Well Off as Today’s Poorest Nations

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Stripes Are Back in Season on Jupiter

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Over-Reactive Immune System Kills Young Adults During Pandemic Flu

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Brain's Architecture Makes Our View of the World Unique

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Energy Use in the Media Cloud: 1,175 Gigawatts by 2030, Experts Predict

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Overactive FTO Gene Does Cause Overeating and Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101116220332.htm
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Mystery of Repetitive DNA Segments Unraveled

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Season of Birth May Have Long-Term Effects on Personality, Study Suggests

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A Team With a Shared Lousy Temper Is Better at Mental Tasks

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Using Earthworms to Process Hazardous Materials Containing Heavy Metals

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Season, Time of Day Appear to Predict Higher UV Levels, Need for Sun Safety Measures Among Skiers

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Faster-Growing E. Coli Strain Suitable for Gene Therapy or Vaccine Use

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Killing Salmonella and E. Coli on Fresh Produce With Half the Normal Food-Irradiation Levels

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Chemists Design Molecule That Responds to Stimuli

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Imitating Someone's Accent Makes It Easier to Understand Them

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Secondhand Smoke Exposure Increases Risk of Hearing Loss

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For Elderly, Even Short Falls Can Be Deadly; Adults 70-Plus Three Times as Likely to Die Following Low-Level Falls

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Plants Engineered to Produce New Drugs

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Stem cells: The impatient advocate Bob Klein founded the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the biggest state-run research project in US history. What legacy will he leave behind? - Elie Dolgin

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101201/full/468620a.html
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Mercury serves up a nuclear surprise The discovery of a new type of fission turns a tenet of nuclear theory on its head.

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Basel Declaration defends animal research Dialogue with public is key to reducing opposition over the use of lab animals.

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Scientists find key to repairing MS damage

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500th Alien Planet Discovered, With Hundreds More to Come

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Study Finds Popular Sites Guilty of Hi-Jacking History by Brian Donohue

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Leaked Cable Reveals Obama Sent To “2012 ALICE Bunker” Due To Norway “Spiral”

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Monday, December 6, 2010

Computer Geeks: Compete to Help NASA Explain Dark Energy By Lisa Grossman

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Gene Duplication and Depression

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Doctors testing warm, beating hearts in transplant

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Age-Related Hearing Loss and Folate in the Elderly

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Pheromones do not exist: Scientist's claim that 'attraction chemicals' are all in the mind By NIALL FIRTH

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People With a University Degree Fear Death Less Than Those at a Lower Literacy Level, Spanish Study Finds

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'Brain Maps' Created for How Humans Reach

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Biologist Tracks Spiders' Eyes to Learn How Tiny Brains Process Information

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Sows Ears and Silk Purses: Packing More Flavor Into Modern Pork

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Heat Helped Hasten Life's Beginnings on Earth, Research Suggests

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Earliest Brain Changes Linked to Alzheimer's Genetic Risk Point to Possible Prevention Therapies

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Fitting a Biological Nanopore Into an Artificial One, New Ways to Analyze DNA

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Information Technology Could Improve Prevention, Treatment of Depression

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'Clueless' Housekeeping Genes Are Activated Randomly, Study Finds

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Electronic Cigarettes Are Unsafe and Pose Health Risks, Study Finds

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Tanned women live longer (as long as you sunbathe sensibly), say scientists By SOPHIE BORLAND

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Eating five fruit and veg a day ‘won’t help you to beat cancer’ By FIONA MACRAE

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Why Earth may be entering a new Ice Age

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Invisible Planetoids: The Search for Spock Astronomers are ramping up their 400-year search for "vulcanoids"—planets, asteroids, or even rubble—in the solar system’s last remaining swath of empty real estate. by Phil Plait

http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jul-aug/25-invisible-planetoids-the-search-spock/
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Universe bigger than original estimates; 'trillions of earths'

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/301114
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Sunday, December 5, 2010

How to become immortal: Upload your mind - Terrence Aym

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Vitamins Identified as Key Nutrient Which May Promote Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Waters

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Tooth Decay to Be a Thing of the Past? Enzyme Responsible for Dental Plaque Sticking to Teeth Deciphered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101203101341.htm
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On Arsenic-loving Bacteria & Roger Penrose`s New Book ``Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe``

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Global Sea-Level Rise at the End of the Last Ice Age Interrupted by Rapid 'Jumps'

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Electrocution of Birds and Collision With Power Lines: Solutions to a Global Problem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101203081805.htm
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New Prion Discovery Reveals Drug Target for Mad Cow Disease and Related Illnesses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101201102601.htm
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Interspecies Electron Transfer: Anaerobic Bacteria Found to Cooperate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101202141914.htm
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Molecular Mechanism That Causes Teens to Be Less Sensitive to Alcohol Than Adults Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101203165821.htm
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Molecular 'Switch' Contributes to Cellular Aging Process: Discovery Suggests New Treatments for Metabolic Diseases

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Color-Changing 'Blast Badge' Detects Exposure to Explosive Shock Waves

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Blame the Environment: Why Vaccines May Be Ineffective for Some People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101201102559.htm
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A Molecular Switch for Memory and Addiction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101129111832.htm
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Ozone Hole Affects Upper-Atmosphere Temperature and Circulation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101203141937.htm
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US military developing flying car US military commanders are considering procuring flying cars to transport troops around the battlefield.

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The apple that never goes brown: Biotech firm in bid to sell genetically modified fruit for lunchboxes

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Institute of Medicine Report on Vitamin D is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

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Hot new discovery: Rare metal that stores heat from sun makes the 'rechargeable solar battery' possible

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