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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.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20110228/D9LM0KV80.html
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Your Car is the Arcade: Driving Simulator Uses Real Vehicle in Virtual Worlds

http://singularityhub.com/2011/02/28/your-car-is-the-arcade-driving-simulator-uses-real-vehicle-in-virtual-worlds/
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US Army to build a Cheetah robot that can run faster than humans... let's hope it doesn't get a taste for flesh

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1361038/US-Army-build-Cheetah-robot-run-faster-humans--lets-hope-doesnt-taste-flesh.html
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DNA "Genetic Patdown" Introduced to Airports by DHS

http://www.activistpost.com/2011/02/dna-genetic-patdown-introduced-to.html
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Brain's 'Reward' Center Also Responds to Bad Experiences

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222121913.htm
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Why Chemotherapy Causes More Infertility in Women Than in Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222092652.htm
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Shining a Light on Trypanosome Reproduction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110217125121.htm
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Running on a Faster Track: Researchers Develop Scheduling Tool to Save Time on Public Transport

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110216110853.htm
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Ultrasound Fusion Imaging Provides Comparable Accuracy for Bone, Soft Tissue Tumors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110216185357.htm
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Stress and Tension Do Not Stop Fertility Treatment from Working, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224201901.htm
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‘Round-the-Clock’ Lifestyle Could Disrupt Metabolism, Brain and Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110226214132.htm
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Using Math to Navigate the Beatles 'Strawberry Fields Forever'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110226221513.htm
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Markedly Higher Vitamin D Intake Needed to Reduce Cancer Risk, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222140546.htm
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Asymmetric Supernovae: Not All Stellar Explosions Expand Spherically

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224145803.htm
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Heparin a Key Role Player in Allergy and Inflammatory Reactions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110225090848.htm
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Placebo Effect Works Both Ways: Beliefs About Pain Levels Appear to Override Effects of Potent Pain-Relieving Drug

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110226212356.htm
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Floating Solar Panels: Solar Installations on Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110225123026.htm
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Making the 'Irrelevant' Relevant to Understand Memory and Aging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224201907.htm
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Tweeting Teenage Songbirds Reveal Impact of Social Cues on Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110225214720.htm
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Homeland Security to debut new portable DNA screener this summer

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/2011/02/27/homeland-security-to-debut-new-portable-dna-screener-this-summer/
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Dawn of the Anthropocene

http://bigthink.com/idea_feed_items/4861
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The descent of man? Our species is still evolving, but future humans might be more like Danny DeVito than Stuart Broad. Olly Bootle explains why

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-descent-of-man-2227369.html
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Two Planets Found Sharing One Orbit

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/02/27/1557256
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Relativity and the Priesthood of Science by Tom Bethell

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/bethell4.1.1.html
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Planet could be 'unrecognizable' by 2050, experts say

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110220/ts_afp/scienceuspopulationfood
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Transgenic Fungi May Be Able to Combat Malaria and Other Bug-Borne Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224145641.htm
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Atomic Antennas Transmit Quantum Information Across a Microchip

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223133444.htm
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Etched Quantum Dots Shape Up as Single Photon Emitters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224091619.htm
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Nanotechnology May Lead to New Treatment of Liver Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222122200.htm
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HarperCollins Wants Library EBooks to Self-Destruct After 26 Loans

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/02/26/005219
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"The Most Human Human": Can computers truly think? What one man learned about his humanity by competing with artificial intelligence BY LAURA MILLER

http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/story/index.html?story=/books/laura_miller/2011/02/26/most_human_human
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If I Ruled the world: Richard Dawkins. Human intelligence is undervalued these days. We must do away with rulebooks and start trusting our own judgement

http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/02/richard-dawkins-rule-following-heathrow-security/
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Solar Experts Detect Waves in Giant Magnetic Holes the Size of the UK

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224103041.htm
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Gas Rich Galaxies Confirm Prediction of Modified Gravity Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223092406.htm
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Producing Clean Water in an Emergency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223151941.htm
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New Form of Sulfur Discovered in Geological Fluids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110225091019.htm
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Targeting T Cells Effectively Blocks Multiple Sclerosis in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223163607.htm
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Bamiyan Buddhas Once Glowed in Red, White and Blue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110225122816.htm
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Scientists Find a New Way Insulin-Producing Cells Die

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110225122912.htm
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Staring Contests Are Automatic: People Lock Eyes to Establish Dominance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110225122910.htm
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Mouse heart 're-grows when cut', study shows

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12573922
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Lack of sleep found to be a new risk factor for colon cancer

http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?NewsID=10805&Section=Disease&source=DHB_110225
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The mobile phone app that 'spots cancer with 100% accuracy in ONE HOUR' By FIONA MACRAE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1360593/The-mobile-phone-app-spots-cancer-100-accuracy-ONE-HOUR.html
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Friday, February 25, 2011

Catalogue of Sustainable Design Resources Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224145805.htm
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Designing a City for Safe Protests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223122300.htm
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Link Between Unhealthy Behaviors and Socioeconomic Status Differs Between Countries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222171231.htm
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Nerve Bundles in Visual Cortex of the Brain in Blind People May Process Sense of Touch

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222140544.htm
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Change in PSA Level Does Not Predict Prostate Cancer, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224161505.htm
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Homoplasy: A Good Thread to Pull to Understand the Evolutionary Ball of Yarn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224161512.htm
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Rare HIV-Positive Individuals Shed Light on How Body Could Effectively Handle Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224201857.htm
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Just Like Cars, Developmental Genes Have More Than One Way to Stop

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224145645.htm
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Whole Fresh Blood for Transfusions May Have a Longer Shelf Life Than Now Assumed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223125017.htm
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Metallic Molecules to Nanotubes: Ruthenium Complexes Dissolve Nanotubes, Add Functionality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223154425.htm
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Language Patterns Are Roller-Coaster Ride During Childhood Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224103045.htm
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Planet Formation in Action? Astronomers May Have Found First Object Clearing Its Path in Natal Disc Surrounding a Young Star

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224091609.htm
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Is Dairy Colostrum the Key to Olympic Success?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224091607.htm
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How Nature's Patterns Form

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218083430.htm
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Another Spring of Major Flooding Likely in North Central United States, NOAA Predicts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224094936.htm
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Discovery of Oldest Northern North American Human Remains Provides New Insights Into Ice-Age Culture

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224145551.htm
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New Stretchable Solar Cells Will Power Artificial Electronic 'Super Skin'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223204123.htm
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Quantum Simulator Becomes Accessible to the World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223133446.htm
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Quantum Hot Potato: Researchers Entice Two Atoms to Swap Smallest Energy Units

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223133850.htm
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New High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery 'Top Candidate' for Electric Cars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223122429.htm
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Higher Levels of Social Activity Decrease the Risk of Developing Disability in Old Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110217110947.htm
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Good Morning America: Seoul: The World's Most Wired City (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvM1fxhjWw0
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The Singularity Movement, Immortality, and Removing the Ghost in the Machine Brandon Turbeville

http://www.activistpost.com/2011/02/singularity-movement-immortality-and.html
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Intel: new 'Thunderbolt' data-transfer system is blazingly fast

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/02/24/thunderbolt.intel.apple/index.html
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First robot marathon kicks off in Osaka, Japan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12565909
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Google Announces "Big Algorithmic Improvement" to Search

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_announces_big_algorithmic_improvement.php
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Plants That Can Move Inspire New Adaptive Structures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110219165219.htm
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Scientists Steer Car With the Power of Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218083711.htm
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Waiter, There's Metal in My Moon Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110221081231.htm
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Drinking Water: Nanomembranes Could Filter Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222140753.htm
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Roots of the Solar System: Astronomers Observe Planets in the Making

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218083610.htm
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Liquid Metal Key to Simpler Creation of Electrodes for Microfluidic Devices

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222122057.htm
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MIT Engineers Design New Nanoparticle That Could Lead to Vaccines for HIV, Malaria, Other Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222162318.htm
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Cell Phone Use May Have Effect on Brain Activity, but Health Consequences Unknown

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222162308.htm
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Secret Society Connecting Through the Internet Feeds Eating Disorders, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222122204.htm
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Virus-Mimicking Nanoparticles Can Stimulate Long-Lasting Immunity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223133846.htm
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Vitamin E May Increase or Decrease the Risk of Pneumonia, Depending on Smoking and Exercise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110217104951.htm
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6,000-Year Climate Record Suggests Longer Droughts, Drier Climate for Pacific Northwest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222122725.htm
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'Thunder-Thighs' Dinosaur Discovered: Brontomerus May Have Used Powerful Thigh Muscles to Kick Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223071203.htm
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Toward Computers That Fit on a Pen Tip: New Technologies Usher in the Millimeter-Scale Computing Era

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222121911.htm
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The World’s Oldest Water?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110219202353.htm
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Filamentous figments in the Apex Cherts Tiny filaments thought to be ancient fossils are shown to be inorganic. Matt Kaplan

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110220/full/news.2011.110.html?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20110222
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Spying on Internet Users. Beware the government's avatars, especially fear your own By Wayne Madsen

http://www.opinion-maker.org/2011/02/spying-on-internet-users/
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Doctor Warns: Eat This and You’ll Look 5 Years Older

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/02/19/the-dirty-little-secret-hidden-in-much-of-your-health-food.aspx
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Scientists Create Illusion of Having Three Arms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110220142809.htm
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

WHAT MAKES (MOST OF) US MONOGAMOUS? by Marianne English

http://news.discovery.com/human/what-makes-most-of-us-monogamous.html
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Huge Amounts of Oil Found On Gulf of Mexico Floor

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/02/21/2327221
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Smithsonian To Feature Video Game History

http://games.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/02/22/0325243
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Lawyers Using Facebook Research For Jury Selection

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/02/22/1517250
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Earth's Inner Core Rotation Slower Than Estimated

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/02/22/1753203
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Home Internet May Get Even Faster in South Korea By MARK McDONALD

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/technology/22iht-broadband22.html
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Twinkle, twinkle, another star: First cosmic census estimates there are 50 BILLION planets in Milky Way

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1358838/Milky-Way-50-billion-planets-estimates-cosmic-census.html
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10 dirty fruits and veggies

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/10-dirty-fruits-and-veggies-2451593/
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US science chief warns: 'China will eat our lunch' Soviet Sputnik satellite launch in 1957 threatened American pre-eminence. Now Beijing poses a similar danger, says Obama adviser By Steve Connor, Science Editor, in Washington

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/us-science-chief-warns-china-will-eat-our-lunch-2219974.html
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Cholesterol 'does not predict stroke in women' Cholesterol levels do not predict stroke in women, say scientists Continue reading the main story Related Stories Spice drug fights stroke damage 'Good' cholesterol drug trialled Heart drugs reduce stroke risk High levels of cholesterol do not predict the risk of stroke in women, according to researchers in Denmark.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Is this the start of the second dotcom bubble? Loss-making Twitter has been valued at $10bn. Facebook is said to be worth more than Ford. Now, for some investors, the alarm bells are starting to ring

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/20/is-this-the-start-of-the-second-dotcom-bubble
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US Will No Longer Dominate Science and Research, Expert Predicts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218132310.htm
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Manipulating Molecules for a New Breed of Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110220142929.htm
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Spent Nuclear Fuel Is Anything but Waste

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110220091832.htm
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Anti-Aging Hormone Klotho May Prevent Complications in Chronic Kidney Disease, Research Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218165252.htm
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Groundbreaking Technology Will Revolutionize Blood Pressure Measurement

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110220193022.htm
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Infants Raised in Bilingual Environments Can Distinguish Unfamiliar Languages

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218092539.htm
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Look After Your Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110220142811.htm
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Why Innocent Suspects May Confess to a Crime

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218111825.htm
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Physicists Build Bigger 'Bottles' of Antimatter to Unlock Nature's Secrets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218142438.htm
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Continent-Wide Telescope Extends Cosmic 'Yardstick' Three Times Farther Into Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110219160007.htm
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Universal Flu Vaccine Study Yields Success in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218092541.htm
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Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Severe OCD, but Pioneer Advises Caution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218092537.htm
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Climate Projections Show Human Health Impacts Possible Within 30 Years: Potential Increases in Waterborne Toxins and Microbes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110219165225.htm
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Only One Person out of Over 1,900 Met AHA's Definition of Ideal Heart Health, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218152823.htm
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Higher-Temperature Superconductivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110220142801.htm
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Oldest Fossils of Large Seaweeds, Possible Animals Tell Story About Oxygen in an Ancient Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110216132032.htm
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Electric Rolls-Royce to be unveiled

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/21/autos/rolls-royce_102ex_electric/index.htm
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Experts warn US must take space storm threat seriously

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/084254-2011-02-20-experts-warn-us-must-take-space-storm-threat-seriously.htm
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Oldest Fossils of Large Seaweeds, Possible Animals Tell Story About Oxygen in an Ancient Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110216132032.htm
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Women Are Better at Forgiving, Spanish Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218111352.htm
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Conventional Wisdom of How Neurons Operate Challenged: Axons Can Work in Reverse

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110217171344.htm
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Augmented Reality System for Learning Chess

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218112119.htm
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Fishing Down Food Web Leaves Fewer Big Fish, More Small Fish in Past Century

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110218111348.htm
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Medicine pursues a mind-heart connection It's hard to map, but evidence suggests a link between cardiac problems and depression.

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-heart-depression-20110221,0,2768603.story
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China plans to make a million electric vehicles a year by 2015

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/18/electric-cars-energyefficiency
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2020: Are We Only 9 Years Away from an Artificial Human Brain?

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/02/2020-are-we-only-10-yearsaway-from-an-artifical-human-brain.html
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The Myth of Government Neutrality The subtle, obscure, and legalistic ways the government regulates the Internet. By Bruce Gottlieb

http://www.slate.com/id/2283188/
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The Sins of Syn Bio How synthetic biology will bring us cheaper plastics by ruining the poorest nations on Earth. By Jim Thomas

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Faking Organisms How can we govern the garage biologists who are tinkering with life? By William Saletan

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The Purpose of Science Fiction How it teaches governments—and citizens—how to understand the future of technology. By Robert J. Sawyer

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US Navy Breaks Laser Record

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Oil Companies Patent Trolling Biofuel Production

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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Bears Uncouple Temperature and Metabolism for Hibernation, New Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110217141311.htm
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World's Largest Lake Sheds Light on Ecosystem Responses to Climate Variability

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Warm Weather May Hurt Thinking Skills in People With Multiple Sclerosis

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Total Knee Replacement Patients Functioning Well After 20 Years, Study Finds

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Swedish Discovery Could Lead to New Stroke Therapy

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Regrowing Hair: Researchers May Have Accidentally Discovered a Solution

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Toward an Optical Atomic Clock: Physicists Develop Atomic Frequency Standard for One of World’s Most Precise Clocks

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3-D Video Without the Goggles

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Getting Cars Onto the Road Faster

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Scientists Elevate Warfighter Readiness Against Invisible Threats

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Physicists Propose Beaming Laser at Atmospheric Sodium to Measure Global Magnetic Field

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Herschel Measures Dark Matter for Star-Forming Galaxies

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'Periodic Table of Shapes' to Give a New Dimension to Math

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Obama: US needs better math, science education

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Hydrogen Cartridges Fuel Laptops and Phones for Outdoor Enthusiasts

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The Green Machine: Algae Clean Wastewater, Convert to Biodiesel

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Catching Space Weather in the Act

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Experts Question Aspects of Prescribed Burning

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Chemical Guided Missile Could Be the Answer to Wiping out Cancer

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Sleeping Trojan Horse to Aid Imaging of Diseased Cells

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Improving Microscopy by Following the Astronomers' Guide Star

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Fountain of Youth from the Tap? Environmental Lithium Uptake Promotes Longevity, Scientists Demonstrate in Worms

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High-Caffeine-Consuming Boys Get Greater Rush from Caffeine Than Girls

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Brain Function Linked to Birth Size; Study Sheds Light on Mental Health Problems Later in Life

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Oxygen Levels in the Air Do Not Limit Plant Productivity, Researchers Find

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Scientists: Sun's approaching 'Grand Cooling" assures new Ice Age

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EyePoppers: The Best Science Images of 2010

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Scientists build the world's first anti-laser

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Ants Build Cheapest Networks

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Americans Trust Docs, But Not Computerized Records

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as ME, should be treated with a form of behavioural therapy or exercise, say British scientists

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Thursday, February 17, 2011

US Secret Service Moves Tiny Town to Virtual Tiny Town: Teaching Secret Service Agents and Officers How to Prepare a Site Security Plan

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Fossils May Look Like Human Bones: Biological Anthropologists Question Claims for Human Ancestry

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Astronomers Identify Thick Disc of Older Stars in Nearby Andromeda Galaxy

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Eating Berries May Lower Risk of Parkinson's

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Biomarker Could Make Diagnosing Knee Injury Easier, Less Costly, Othopaedists Say

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Who's the Boss? Americans Respond Faster to Those With High Social Status

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Customized Knee Replacement Depends on Surgeon's Skill, Not Implant Design, Study Finds

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Build Your Online Networks Using Social Annotations

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New Romaine Lettuce Lines Launched; Breeding Lines Prove Dieback Resistant, Show Improved Shelf Life

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Finding a Way to Extend Tomato Shelf-Life

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Iceland Volcano Drilling Suggests Magma Could Become Source of High-Grade Energy

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Ultra-Fast Suction Traps Leave No Chance for Prey Animals

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Dial 5683 for Love: Dialing Certain Numbers on a Cell Phone Changes Your Emotional State

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Brain Insulin Plays Critical Role in the Development of Diabetes

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Increasing Brain Enzyme May Slow Alzheimer's Disease Progression; Study Finds Damaging Accumulation of Tau Proteins Removed

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Losing Hair at 20 Is Linked to Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer in Later Life, Study Finds

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Scientists Discover Cell of Origin for Childhood Muscle Cancer

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Living Fast but Dying Older Is Possible -- If You're a Sheep

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Surgery Without Incisions for Heartburn

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Lavender Oil Has Potent Antifungal Effect

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Video Games to Enhance Learning

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Zinc can be an 'effective treatment' for common colds

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British cabinet office collaborates French with brainwashing guru to change the way we think - Brian Gerrish

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Werner Herzog's Cave Painting Documentary 'The Birth of the Modern Human Soul'

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Astrophysicists: Strong evidence gigantic 'Planet X' does exist

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Is Your Job an Endangered Species? Technology is eating jobs—and not just obvious ones like toll takers and phone operators. Lawyers and doctors are at risk as well.

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IBM Watson: Overprovisioned “Big Iron”?

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Laser Photos Reveal Hidden Volcano, Pits of Mystery By Vince Patton

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Cosmology 101: The Beginning By VANESSA D'AMICO

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Negative experiences can stop painkillers working By James Gallagher Health reporter

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Center for Science in the Public Interest launches another attack -- this time against caramel coloring

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Mankind Has Stopped Evolving Michio Kaku - video

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Active Harpy Eagle Nest Found in Maya Mountains of Belize

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Alcohol's Disruptive Effects on Sleep May Be More Pronounced Among Women

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New Study Finds No Cognitive Impairment Among Ecstasy Users

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Good Diets Fight Bad Alzheimer's Genes: Diets High in Fish Oil Have a Beneficial Effect in Patients at Risk, Researcher Says

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Two New Plants Discovered in Spain

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One Third of Us Have Tried Dating Websites With Middle-Aged Suitors Using Them Most

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Mental Retardation Gene Provides Insights Into Brain Formation

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Reconfigurable Supercomputing Outperforms Rivals in Important Science Applications

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"Jeopardy" confirms our darkest technology fears The show's three-day tournament of trivia is really about our relationship to machines BY MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS

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World's total CPU power: one human brain By John Timmer

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Findings Could Put a New Spin on Black Holes By CHARLES Q. CHOI

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Women-Only Leadership: Would it prevent war? Hank Pellissier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pellissier20110215
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Obesity and knee osteoarthritis shorten healthy years of life

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3-D Movies on Your Cell Phone

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Massive Flux of Gas, in Addition to Liquid Oil, at BP Well Blowout in Gulf

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Delving Into Manganite Conductivity

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Next-Generation Electronic Devices: Conduction, Surface States in Topological Insulator Nanoribbons Controlled

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How Plants Near Chernobyl Shrug Off Radiation

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X-Rays Show Why Van Gogh Paintings Lose Their Shine

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La vie privée des animaux (funny video)

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GPS In Cameras And Phones Create Privacy Issue (video)

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14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite A schoolboy has survived a direct hit by a meteorite after it fell to earth at 30,000mph.

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Deep-water fish contain more mercury

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Largest planet in the solar system could be about to be discovered - and it's up to four times the size of Jupiter

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Your new best friend may be a robot

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World Phosphorous Use Crosses Critical Threshold

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An Early Step in Parkinson's Disease: Problems With Mitochondria

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Ancient Mesoamerican Sculpture Uncovered in Southern Mexico

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Quest for Designer Bacteria Uncovers a 'Spy'

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Mummy Remains Show False Toes Helped Ancient Egyptians Walk

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Trial and Error: The Brain Learns from Mistakes

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You Benefit If Your Romantic Partner Recovers Well from Spats

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Flies sniff out heavy hydrogen Insects' ability to discriminate isotopes reignites debate over a controversial theory of olfaction. Philip Ball Researchers have shown that flies can smell the difference between normal hydrogen and deuterium.

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Leviathan sea monster fossil found in ancient Peruvian seabed

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Pesky Bacterial Slime Reveals Its Survival Secrets

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Heat Therapy Could Be New Treatment for Parasitic Skin Disease

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Sugar Residues Regulate Growth and Survival of Nerve Cells

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Airborne Sensor to Study 'Rivers in the Sky'

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Enhance Romance by Going out With Other Couples

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Gonorrhea Acquires a Piece of Human DNA: First Evidence of Gene Transfer from Human Host to Bacterial Pathogen

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Arctic Climate Variation Under Ancient Greenhouse Conditions

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Deep Interior of Moon Resembles Earth's Core

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Chinks in the Brain Circuitry Make Some More Vulnerable to Anxiety

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Nerves Light Up to Warn Surgeons Away Tagging nerves with fluorescent markers could help surgeons avoid harming them. BY COURTNEY HUMPHRIES

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/32325/?nlid=4126
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The machine age This week, Watson takes on humans at "Jeopardy!" But how close are we to a computer that thinks? Google's director of research explains how far we've come ... By PETER NORVIG

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How Skyscrapers Can Save the City

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Three giant asteroids heading towards Earth

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Osculate and tell: the new science of kissing You must remember this -- a kiss is just a kiss -- although it's also a rich and complicated exchange of tactile cues, odors and other sensations

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11044/1125140-51.stm
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Fleas’ ‘Feet’ Unleash That Spectacular Leap By CARL ZIMMER

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Mystery of How Fleas Jump Resolved After 44 Years

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Superhalogens: New Class of Magic Atomic Clusters Discovered

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In Online Dating, Blacks More Open to Romancing Whites Than Vice Versa, Study Finds

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New Reactor Paves the Way for Efficiently Producing Fuel from Sunlight

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More Asteroids Could Have Made Life's Ingredients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110119100204.htm
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Learning Science : Actively Recalling Information from Memory Beats Elaborate Study Methods

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110121111216.htm
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Bionic breakthrough: The prosthetic arm that amputees control with their MIND

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1356079/Bionic-arm-controlled-mind.html
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Radiation particles will sterilize any baby girl being conceived in deep space, say scientists

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1356200/Radiation-particles-stop-baby-girl-conceived-deep-space-say-scientists.html
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Woman, 61, gives birth to own grandchild Her daughter had tried for years to have a baby

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Are You There God? It's Me, Brain. How our innate theory of mind gives rise to the divine creator. By Jesse Bering

http://www.slate.com/id/2283372
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Quantum Computing and Counterintelligence This century, less will be more for the CIA - by N.M. Guariglia

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/quantum-computing-and-counterintelligence/
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How technology is actually changing sex work Prostitutes call foul on a recent report that Facebook is the "new Craigslist." They give us the real scoop BY TRACY CLARK-FLORY

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Japanese Build Robot Toddlers

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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Religion no excuse for promoting scientific ignorance By LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS

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Food Freezing Technology Preserves Human Teeth. Organs Next? by Constance J. Woodman

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Graphene Won't Replace Silicon In CPUs, Says IBM

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Science Is Sexy: Will Nanobots Save Us From Cancer? by Jimmy Rogers

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Genetically modified crops are the key to human survival, says UK's chief scientist Sir John Beddington argues that moves to block GM crops on moral grounds are no longer sustainable

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Livestock Boom Risks Aggravating Animal 'Plagues,' Poses Threat to Food Security and World's Poor

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Engineers Study Hybrid Systems to Design Robust Unmanned Vehicles

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Study of Volcanoes in the Outer Solar System Produces Unexpected Bonus for Nanotechnology

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Metaknowledge: Powerful New Ways to Electronically Mine Research

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LED Products Billed as Eco-Friendly Contain Toxic Metals, Study Finds

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Making a Point: Method Prints Nanostructures Using Hard, Sharp 'Pen' Tips Floating on Soft Polymer Springs

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New Way to Attack Pathogens: RNA Recycling System Gone Awry Brings MRSA to a Halt

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New View of Family Life in the North American Nebula

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JPEG for the Mind: How the Brain Compresses Visual Information

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Quest for Extinct Giant Rats Leads Scientists to Ancient Face Carvings

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Root Cause of Blood Vessel Damage in Diabetes Discovered

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Identifying Large Hurricanes Through Seismology

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Young Children Choose to Share Prizes After Working Together

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Breast cancer shock as study finds radical surgery to remove lymph nodes 'has no effect'x

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Denture glue makers sued over 'nerve damage'

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Permian Volcanic Extinction

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Tiny Galaxy Big Black Hole

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Subtle Cyber Attacks Could Tilt Global Economies

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Why IP Laws Are Blocking Innovation

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Dead People Scientists Won't Let Rest

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Scientist: Earth Could Have "New Sun" Within a Year

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Circulating Blood Antibodies Are Not Required for HIV Protection, Study Suggests

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Discovery May Lead to Turning Back the Clock on Ovarian Cancer

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Vietnam’s Biodiversity Has Deep Roots in Earth’s Past

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Larger Cities Drive Growing Wage Gap Between the Rich and the Poor, Study Shows

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Los Angeles Basin Long Overdue for Major Earthquake: Lake-Effect Theory Sinks, but Quake Timing Questions Go on

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Choices -- Not Discrimination -- Determine Success for Women Scientists, Experts Argue

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Newly Discovered Deep Sea Lobster

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Diet Soda May Raise Odds of Vascular Events; Salt Linked to Stroke Risk

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When First-Time Mothers Are Induced, Breaking the Amniotic Membrane Shortens Delivery Time

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Crocodile Tears Don't Fool Us All: Study Gives Behavioral Clues to Spot Fabricated Versus Genuine Displays of Remorse

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Chocolate Is a 'Super Fruit': Rich Source of Antioxidants

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How Much Information Is There in the World?

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Tourism Is Poisoning the Mexican Caribbean By Stephen Leahy

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Total global data storage in 2007 was roughly 316 billion gigabytes

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God, science not wholly exclusive, astronomer says By Dylan Lovan

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Behavioral Problems Linked to Cortisol Levels: Study Finds Intervention Needed as Soon as Behavioral Problems Appear

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Surprising View of Brain Formation: Discovery of a New Mechanism May Have Implications for a Host of Diseases

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Extra Testosterone Reduces Your Empathy, Researchers Find

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See How Tough Your Immune System is With "Blood Wars"

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Scientists create a real-life thinking cap

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

'Gene Desert' on Chromosome 9 Is Hotspot for Coronary Artery Disease Risk

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New Solar Cell Self-Repairs Like Natural Plant Systems

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The 'New' Kilogram Is Approaching

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Single-Cell Marine Predator's Unique Survival Mechanisms Revealed

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Primates' Unique Gene Regulation Mechanism: Little-Understood DNA Elements Serve Important Purpose

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Greener Process for Key Ingredient for Everything from Paint to Diapers

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Taurus XL Ready to Launch Glory Spacecraft

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Brain Development May Begin With Faulty Wiring

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Stroke in Mexican-Americans Expected to Rise 350 Percent in Next 40 Years

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Fetal Surgery Takes a Huge Step Forward in Treating Children With Spina Bifida

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How Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help Prevent Several Forms of Blindness

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Ultrafast Quantum Computer Closer: Ten Billion Bits of Entanglement Achieved in Silicon

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Researchers Predict Nearly 1.3 Million Cancer Deaths in Europe in 2011

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Neutron Analysis Reveals 'Two Doors Down' Superconductivity Link

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New Explanation for Heart-Healthy Benefits of Chocolate

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Popular Students -- But Not the Most Popular -- More Likely to Torment Peers , Study Finds

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Next Large Central US Earthquake May Not Be Along New Madrid Fault Lines

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Ancient Teeth Raise New Questions About Origins of Modern Humans

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World's First Programmable Nanoprocessor: Nanowire Tiles Can Perform Arithmetic and Logical Functions

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What Makes Fructose Fattening? Some Answers Found in the Brain

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Public Sector Research Responsible for Many New Drug Discoveries, Researchers Find

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Fossil marks big step in evolution science MU research is part of new revelation.

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Singularity: Kurzweil on 2045, When Humans, Machines Merge

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Brain's 'Radio Stations' Have Much to Tell Scientists

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The Illustrated Guide to Epigenetics — Illustrations by Joe Kloc How do hundreds of different types of cells all develop from the same genome? This is the question driving the emerging science of epigenetics. Here's what you need to know. — By Joe Kloc

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Spinach Could Be Used For Hydrogen Fuel

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First-of-its-Kind Hard X-ray Free-Electron Laser Images Intact Viruses

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The CIA's Amazing RC Animals From the 70s

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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Border Patrol: Immune Cells Protect Body from Invaders

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The Hitch in the Drug? The Itch in the Drug: Scientists Discover Clue to Ending Chronic Itching Side Effect of Certain Drugs

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Jatropha: Green Biodiesel from African Tree

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Brief Diversions Vastly Improve Focus, Researchers Find

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Secrets of Dinosaur Footprints Revealed, Thanks to 'Goldilocks'

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Sleep Deprivation: Late Nights Can Lead to Higher Risk of Strokes and Heart Attacks, Study Finds

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Bad Things Seem Even Worse If People Have to Live Through Them Again

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Sun Exposure, Vitamin D May Lower Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

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Bound Neutrons Pave Way to Free Ones: Scientists Extract Information About Internal Structure of Free Neutrons

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New Link Between Genes and Stress Response, Depression: Neuropeptide Y

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Unexpected Exoskeleton Remnants Found in Paleozoic Fossils

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Evolution Led to Genetic Variation That May Affect Diabetes, Scientist Says

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Psychotic Illness Appears to Begin at Younger Age Among Those Who Use Cannabis

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Video: Iran Unveils Monkey Astronaut

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Food for thought – diet does boost your intelligence Children brought up on healthy diets are more intelligent compared with their junk food eating counterparts, new research suggests.

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Robot Jet Fighter Takes First Flight, Aims for Aircraft Carriers in 2013

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Mind vs. Machine

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Woodpecker's head inspires shock absorbers

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Speculation Rages On: UFO Battles, the Elohim and Jerusalem

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New hybrid airships prepare to take flight

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Atom-Thick Sheets Unlock Future Technologies

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Risk of Cancer Increases With Exposure to Low-Dose Radiation from Cardiac Imaging, Study Finds

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Digital Signal Processing Helps Researchers Get a Grip on Nervous System's Receptors

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Therapy to Prevent Heart Failure More Effective in Women Than Men

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Play Was Important -- Even 4,000 Years Ago

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Researchers Turn Salmonella Into Antiviral Gene Therapy Agent

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Math May Help Calculate Way to Find New Drugs for HIV and Other Diseases

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Laser Welding in the Right Light

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Contact With the Criminal Justice System May Be Associated With Suicide Risk

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The Brain Knows What the Nose Smells, but How?

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Unexpected New Mechanism Behind Rheumatoid Arthritis

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'He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not...': Women Are More Attracted to Men Whose Feelings Are Unclear

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Language May Play Important Role in Learning the Meanings of Numbers

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X-Rays Reveal Hidden Leg of an Ancient Snake: New Hints on How Snakes Were Getting Legless

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Aluminum to Replace Copper as a Conductor in on-Board Power Systems

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DNA Engine Observed in Real-Time Traveling Along Base Pair Track

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Roaches Inspire Robotics: Researchers Use Common Cockroach to Fine-Tune Robots of the Future

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First Ever STEREO Images of the Entire Sun

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Expectations Speed Up Conscious Perception

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Genetic Study Uncovers New Path to Polynesia

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Arctic Fisheries' Catches 75 Times Higher Than Previous Reports

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Watching Others Smoke Makes Smokers Plan to Light Up

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Heads or Tails: Cells' Electricity Decides What to Regenerate

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Does Not Compute: IEET Readers Unsure About Robot Rights

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I-Team: Bigelow Aerospace May Get Module on Space Station

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'Deep fury' of Egyptian scientists Michael Harms, director of the Cairo office of the German Academic Exchange Service, offers a view from the Egyptian capital. Quirin Schiermeier

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Citizen scientists beat Kepler team to candidate planets - February 03, 2011

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Outdoor mosquitoes could defy control Previously unknown subgroup raises questions for malaria management in Africa. Amy Maxmen

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Special: Exoplanets

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Antipsychotic drugs could shrink patients' brains Experts say findings should not dramatically change current prescription practices. David Cyranoski

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Fly brain structure illuminated Multicoloured imaging techniques highlight neural networks in fruitflies. Joseph Milton

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Shuttle operator may propose commercial flights

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Monday, February 7, 2011

‘Cornell Dots’ That Light Up Cancer Cells Go Into Clinical Trials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110205162831.htm
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Second Member in Alzheimer's Toxic Duo Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203210614.htm
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Neural Communication: Weak Electrical Fields in the Brain Help Neurons Fire Together

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202132617.htm
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Breast Cancer Cells Outsmart the Immune System and Thrive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201122340.htm
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First Stars in Universe Were Not Alone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204130908.htm
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Secret Life of Bees Now a Little Less Secret

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201122238.htm
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Flu breakthrough promises a vaccine to kill all strains - Alok Jha

http://www.infowars.com/flu-breakthrough-promises-a-vaccine-to-kill-all-strains/
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Places that prove Darwin was right Forget the Creation Museum. This slide show of vacation spots showcases the splendor, and the mystery, of evolution BY MEGAN CYTRON, TRAZZLER

http://www.salon.com/life/trazzler/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/02/06/trazzler_slide_show_darwinian_travels
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Bat-winged drone bomber in test flight: US Navy

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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Small but perfectly formed: Tiny water flea has 31,000 genes, more than any other animal

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1353353/Tiny-water-flea-Daphnia-pulex-31-000-genes-animal.html
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Gas Stations Pollute Their Immediate Surroundings, Spanish Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204130315.htm
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Discovery of Jumping Gene Cluster Tangles Tree of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204144545.htm
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How the Body’s Frontline Defense Mechanism Determines If a Substance Is a Microbe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204091251.htm
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Death in the Bat Caves: Disease Wiping out Hibernating Bats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203081451.htm
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Benefits of Outdoor Exercise Confirmed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204130607.htm
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HPV Vaccine Works for Boys: Study Shows First Clear Benefits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204142257.htm
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Saturday, February 5, 2011

China Takes Lead in Race for Clean Nuclear Power

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/02/china-thorium-power/
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''Al Jazeera'' reports on Latvia's rapid deforestation

http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/markets_and_companies/?doc=36881
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New Model for How Nevada Gold Deposits Formed May Help in Gold Exploration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203124822.htm
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Scientists Use Quantum Mechanics to Show That Glass Will Melt Near Absolute Zero

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202102748.htm
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New Images Show Cloud Exploding from Sun Ripples Like Clouds on Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204091247.htm
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Cross-Species Strategy Might Be a Powerful Tool for Studying Human Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203124712.htm
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New Wave: Efficient Source of Terahertz Radiation Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110120111035.htm
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Part of New Zealand's Submerged 'Pink Terraces' Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203124824.htm
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Boosting Body's Immune Response May Hold Key to HIV Cure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203124730.htm
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Quantum Quirk: Scientists Pack Atoms Together to Prevent Collisions in Atomic Clock

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203141814.htm
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Early Childhood Education Program Yields High Economic Returns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110204091258.htm
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Video: The Father Of Weaponized Weather

http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-father-of-weaponized-weather.html
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Northern Mars Landscape Actively Changing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203141810.htm
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Destined for Disease: Breast Cancer Mutation Regulates Cell Fate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203124720.htm
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The 'Death Switch' in Sepsis Also Promotes Survival

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202102746.htm
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A Stem Cell Origin of Skin Cancer and the Genetic Roots of Malignancy Unmasked

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203124724.htm
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Ionization by Strong Laser Fields: Understanding the 'Ionization Surprise'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101216095021.htm
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Rare Insect Fossil Reveals 100 Million Years of Evolutionary Stasis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203113758.htm
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Same Rules Apply to Some Experimental Systems Regardless of Scale

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203113808.htm
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Effective Search Terms Yield the Right Information

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101018074606.htm
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Communication Pathways Within Proteins May Yield New Drug Targets to Stop Superbugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131133003.htm
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Missing Link Between Young, Old Galaxies? Gas Jet Galaxy Could Explain How Starforming Galaxies Become Red and Dead

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110110164931.htm
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Future Surgeons May Use Robotic Nurse, 'Gesture Recognition'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203152548.htm
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Surprise Hidden in Titan's Smog: Cirrus-Like Clouds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203163813.htm
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'Tall Order' Sunlight-to-Hydrogen System Works, Neutron Analysis Confirms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203152544.htm
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Wolverine Population Threatened by Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110203132308.htm
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Cell Reprogramming Leaves a 'Footprint' Behind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202132336.htm
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Small Snack for Milky Way: Astrophysicists Find New Remnants of Neighboring Galaxy in Our Own

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202072044.htm
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Roasting Coffee Beans a Dark Brown Produces Valued Antioxidants, Scientists Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202132607.htm
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Why Folic Acid May Prevent a First Heart Attack, but Not a Second

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202172302.htm
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Electric Thinking Cap? Flash of Fresh Insight by Electrical Brain Stimulation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202172300.htm
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Internet out of Space? Development of the Next Generation of Internet Addresses Needs to Speed Up, Academic Warns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202114729.htm
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Taking Unpleasant Surprises out of Cosmetic Surgery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201122338.htm
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Law Prof and Novelist Lori Andrews Untangles Today’s Strangest Biotech

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/February-2011/Law-Prof-and-Novelist-Lori-Andrews-Untangles-Todays-Strangest-Biotech-Cases/
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New Model Says the Cosmos Is At Least 250 Times Larger Than the Visible Universe

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/083153-2011-02-03-new-model-says-the-cosmos-is-at-least-250-times.htm
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U.S. Gorgon Stare Drone

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/02/gorgon-drone.html
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Magnetic polar shifts causing massive global superstorms

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/083194-2011-02-03-magnetic-polar-shifts-causing-massive-global-superstorms.htm
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Sea Urchin Embryos Could Be Used to Evaluate Quality of Marine Environment, Researcher Proposes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202072218.htm
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Giant Virus, Tiny Protein Crystals Show X-Ray Laser's Power and Potential

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202132603.htm
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Migraine Surgery Offers Good Long-Term Outcomes, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202162043.htm
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Exploring an 'Island of Inversion,' Physicists Find New Clues to Element Synthesis in Supernovae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202143800.htm
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Ice Dome Made Using Novel Construction Method

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201101732.htm
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Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Memory Loss in Older People

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202162039.htm
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Human Genome's Breaking Points: Genetic Sequence of Large-Scale Differences Between Human Genomes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202132326.htm
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Lower Back Disease May Be in Your Genes: New Study Indicates Predisposition to Lumbar Disc Disease Could Be Inherited

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202143804.htm
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Crowd Workers Are Not Online Shakespeares, but Research Shows They Can Write

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202152056.htm
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Anthropologists Discover Earliest Cemetery in Middle East

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202132609.htm
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Possible Path to Creating Next-Generation Computer Chips

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202114959.htm
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NASA Finds Earth-Size Planet Candidates in Habitable Zone, Six Planet System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202133321.htm
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Ritalin May Ease Early Iron Deficiency Damage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202114947.htm
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Engineered Cells Could Usher in Programmable Cell Therapies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110202102124.htm
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Video Games Are Good for Girls, If Parents Play Along

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201083341.htm
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Forensic Breakthrough: Recovering Fingerprints on Fabrics Could Turn Clothes Into Silent Witnesses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131073141.htm
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Researchers: Dinosaurs survived 700 millennia after asteroid impact

http://www.helium.com/items/2082924-dinosaurs-survived-700-millennia-after-asteroid-impact
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Synchrotron project weathers Middle-East storm

http://blogs.nature.com/houseofwisdom/2011/02/synchrotron_project_weathers_m.html
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Nasa's Kepler telescope finds plenty of planets outside Solar System

http://reportonarrakis.blogspot.com/2011/02/nasas-kepler-telescope-finds-plenty-of.html
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Scientists Develop the "Cyberhug"

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Ova-Fusion and the Elimination of the Male - Hank Pellissier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pellissier20110202
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A Golden Opportunity Choked by Red Tape Henry I. Miller, M.D. Widespread Use of Vitamin A Enriched Rice Forestalled by Gratuitous Regulation

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/a-golden-opportunity-choked-by-red-tape/3542?page=1
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Arctic Mercury Mystery: Meterological Conditions in the Spring and Summer to Blame?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201083924.htm
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Natural Molecule Indirectly Prevents Stable Clot Formation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201084147.htm
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High Levels of Circulating DNA May Signal Faster Progression of Lung Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201083331.htm
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Scientists Customize a Magnet's Performance by Strategically Replacing Key Atoms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201093502.htm
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Do Chimpanzees Mourn Their Dead Infants?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110127160441.htm
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African-Americans Have Better Stroke Survival Rates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131172113.htm
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Exotic Phases on an Atom Chip

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201132523.htm
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Teens With HIV at High Risk for Pregnancy, Complications, Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201172613.htm
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Sleep Selectively Stores Useful Memories: Brain Evaluates Information Based on Future Expectations, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201172603.htm
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New Study Alters Long-Held Beliefs About Shingles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201122536.htm
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Early Tests Find Nanoshell Therapy Effective Against Brain Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201122348.htm
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Opiate Abuse: Protracted Abstinence Revisited

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201083930.htm
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Biologists Discover 'Control Center' for Sperm Production; Study Uncovers Genetic Hierarchy in Plant Sperm Formation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201132525.htm
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Bilinguals Find It Easier to Learn a Third Language

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201110915.htm
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Brain Can Learn to Overcome Sleep Apnea, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110201122351.htm
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Newly Discovered Dinosaur Likely Father of Triceratops

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131133404.htm
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New Probiotic Combats Inflammatory Bowel Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131153246.htm
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Understanding the Autistic Mind: Evidence That Autistic Patients Have Trouble Understanding Other People's Intentions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131153257.htm
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Why a robot might one day kill you

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eenager Builds Death Ray Out of Satellite Dish And 5,000 Mirrors

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Italian cold fusion

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Cancer Spread Stopped

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/083004-2011-02-01-cancer-spread-stopped.htm
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Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Internet

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New Invisibility Cloak Closer to Working "Magic" System hides relatively big objects in visible light.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110128-invisibility-cloak-magic-crystal-mit-barbastathis-science/
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Media blackout regarding Earth and Moon orbital changes?

http://globalrumblings.blogspot.com/2011/02/media-blackout-regarding-earth-and-moon.html
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

New Appreciation of the Ecology-Evolution Dynamic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110129081543.htm
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NASA'S Neowise Completes Scan For Asteroids And Comets

http://talk-technology.blogspot.com/2011/02/nasas-neowise-completes-scan-for.html
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Specific Populations of Gut Bacteria Linked to Fatty Liver

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131153522.htm
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Technology Allows the Elderly to Stay in Homes

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Hunt for Dark Matter Closes in at Large Hadron Collider

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131133129.htm
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Nanotechnology: Detecting Lethal Diseases With Rust and Sand

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131133223.htm
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Moderate Aerobic Exercise in Older Adults Shown to Improve Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131153249.htm
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Single Molecule Controlled at Room Temperature: Tiny Magnetic Switch Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110128075718.htm
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Low-Energy Remediation With Patented Microbes: Naturally Occurring Microbes Break Down Chlorinated Solvents

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131133001.htm
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Secrets in Stone: Rare Archaeological Find in Norway

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131073133.htm
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Megalomaniac CEOs: Good or Bad for Company Performance?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126101608.htm
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Deficiency of Dietary Omega-3 May Explain Depressive Behaviors

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Scientists Grow Arteries With High Level of Elastic Protein: Big Step for Living Vascular Grafts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131161346.htm
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Physicists Challenge Classical World With Quantum-Mechanical Implementation of 'Shell Game'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131153530.htm
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Surf's Up: New Research Provides Precise Way to Monitor Ocean Wave Behavior, Shore Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110129081539.htm
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Asteroid Deflection: What If a Huge Asteroid Was Going to Slam Into Earth?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110129081532.htm
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New African Wolf Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126171446.htm
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Plankton Inspires Creation of Stealth Armor for Slow-Release Microscopic Drug Vehicles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110131133327.htm
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