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

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Breakthrough: Instant Computer Memory

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39083

New Tablet Aims to Replace Desktops

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39084

Universal Battery Charger Fits Any Gadget

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39085

Brain Grown in a Dish

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39086

Olive Oil Really Reduces Stroke Risk

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092663-2011-06-30-olive-oil-really-reduces-stroke-risk.htm

Snacking Drives Overeating In U.S., Not Portion Sizes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/snacking-drives-overeatin_n_887232.html

LSD Acid tests Research into hallucinogenic drugs begins to shake off decades of taboo

http://www.economist.com/node/18864332

Wallace and Gromit's world of invention (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HSKyHmjyrkA

Potential treatment for sleeping sickness to be tested

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-sleeping-sickness-20110629,0,3764329.story

Most distant quasar raises questions Extreme age challenges theories of black hole formation By Nadia Drake

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/331980/description/Most_distant_quasar_raises_questions

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

OBAMA YOU'RE FIRED ! (video)

http://www.patriotactionnetwork.com/video/video/show?id=2600775%3AVideo%3A4505612

Lithium Prevents Parkinson's Brain Damage

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092602-2011-06-29-lithium-prevents-parkinsons-brain-damage.htm

Rajesh Rao: A Rosetta Stone for the Indus script

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

Emiliano Salinas: A civil response to violence

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

How and Why We Must Colonize Mars

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39074

1,000 New Species Found in New Guinea

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39075

An Alien Encounter 20 Years Away? Daniel Honan

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39068

SEXUAL FREEDOM: THE NEXT FRONTIER - Ted Rall

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ucru/20110624/cm_ucru/sexualfreedomthenextfrontier

Video: Why Is Russia Building 5000 More Nuclear Bomb Shelters In Moscow By The End Of 2012?

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2011/06/29/why-is-russia-building-5000-more-nuclear-bomb-shelters-in-moscow-by-the-end-of-2012/

Ancient “Solar Boat” Unearthed At Pyramids

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2011/06/29/ncient-solar-boat-unearthed-at-pyramids/

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Seeing the Light: Why Sun Exposure May Be Good for Your Eyes by Mark Sisson

http://lewrockwell.com/sisson/sisson66.1.html

How Dense Is a Cell? Combining Ancient Principle With New Technology, Researchers Devise New Way to Answer Question

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621114312.htm

Stem Cell Model Offers Clues to Cause of Inherited ALS

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621151456.htm

Strawberries Boost Red Blood Cells, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621074314.htm

Common Rheumatoid Arthritis and Psoriasis Medications Are Associated With Reduced Diabetes Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621164723.htm

Quantum Leap: Magnetic Properties of a Single Proton Directly Observed for the First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621101329.htm

Intensive-Dose Statin Therapy Associated With Increased Risk of Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621164708.htm

'Lover's Lane' for Birds Found in Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310121026.htm

Yeast Genomes: Genetic Codes for Species of Yeasts Identified and Compared

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621164725.htm

Depression, Age, Other Factors Linked to Dependence After Stroke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314163427.htm

Forensics: Lamps and Spectrometers Used to Age Bruises Precisely

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614083930.htm

Survival of the Weakest? Bacteria Develop Restraint for Survival in a Rock-Paper-Scissors Community

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620161304.htm

Device Could Improve Harvest of Stem Cells from Umbilical Cord Blood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620122032.htm

Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Different Types of Obesity in Black and White Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110427091951.htm

Acrobatics for Anyons: New Test for Elusive Fundamental Particle Proposed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621131325.htm

Do Kids Prefer Playmates of Same Ethnicity?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621074310.htm

Earliest Art in the Americas: Ice Age Image of Mammoth or Mastodon Found in Florida

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621131334.htm

First Genetic Mutation Linked to Heart Failure in Pregnant Women

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621141853.htm

Blueberries Help Lab Rats Build Strong Bones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621114143.htm

Shipwrecks No More: Recycling Old Boats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609083228.htm

Adulterated Cocaine Causing Serious Skin Reactions; With Up to 70 Percent Contaminated, Doctors Warn of Potential Public Health Epidemic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620094427.htm

What Do We Pay Attention To?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621121321.htm

Can Humans Sense Earth's Magnetism? Human Retina Protein Can Function as Light-Sensitive Magnetic Sensor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621121319.htm

Resveratrol Studies Confirms Potential Health Boost

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621114155.htm

'Smart Materials' That Make Proteins Form Crystals to Boost Research Into New Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620161213.htm

Marriage Improves Odds of Surviving Colon Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621114157.htm

Seven New Species of Mammals Discovered in Philippines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620122034.htm

Breakthrough in the Search for New Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621093315.htm

Natural Alzheimer's Weapon Suggests Better Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620103858.htm

Keeping Bugs out of Software for Self-Driving Cars: Analysis Verifies Safety of Distributed Car Control System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110621093313.htm

Husband's Employment Status Threatens Marriage, but Wife's Does Not, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620183244.htm

Millions With Peripheral Artery Disease Not Getting Vital Medications, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620161202.htm

Heart Disease: Stabalizing Vulnerable Plaques Could Wipe out Half of Coronary Events, Report Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614084159.htm

Scientists Find Simple Way to Produce Graphene

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620161308.htm

Study Compares Two Types of Botulinum Toxin for Cosmetic Use

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620183236.htm

Quantum Cryptography: Perfect Eavesdropper Illustrates Overlooked Loophole in Secure Communications Technology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614115031.htm

Energy Drinks Linked to Substance Use in Musicians, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620183240.htm

The Growing Success of Seeing with Sound By Manfred Dworschak

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,768868,00.html

Rinderpest, Scourge of Cattle, Is Vanquished

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/health/28rinderpest.html

Scientists Growing Test-Tube Burger

http://www.delish.com/food/recalls-reviews/scientists-growing-test-tube-ground-beef-burger-in-lab?GT1=47001

The Rise and Rise of Algorithmic Love

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39059

Art + Technology = The Future

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39060

Wikipedia Catches Social Media Bug

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39062

School Reform: Rise of the Machines

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39016

New Media: Journalism by Numbers

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39063

Programmable matter can be morphed into nearly any object desired By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/391.html

Brain-inspired computing with nanoelectronic programmable synapses

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=21804.php

New Stem Cell Research Could Aid in Battle Against Bulging Waistlines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616142905.htm

'Robots can save America', says Obama By Lewis Page

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/27/obama_robot_plan/

Dramatic New NASA Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action

http://www.universetoday.com/87069/dramatic-new-nasa-animation-depicts-next-mars-rover-in-action/

Solar Sinter Project Turns the Desert's Free Abundance of Sand and Sun into 3-D-Printed Glass

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092503-2011-06-27-solar-sinter-project-turns-the-deserts-free-abundance-of-sand.htm

Acoustic Invisibility Cloak Makes Objects Unhearable

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092498-2011-06-27-acoustic-invisibility-cloak-makes-objects-unhearable.htm

Experiment Creates Advertisements to Sell Food to Monkeys

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092497-2011-06-27-experiment-creates-advertisements-to-sell-food-to-monkeys.htm

Researchers switch on genes with blue pulse By Jennifer Carpenter

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13892390

Edwin Hubble in translation trouble Amateur historians say famed astronomer may have censored a foreign rival. - Eugenie Samuel Reich

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110627/full/news.2011.385.html

Hope for premature babies with brain injuries Identification of key protein for nerve repair opens avenue for potential therapy - Erika Check Hayden

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110626/full/news.2011.383.html

Cut-and-paste therapy fixes mouse haemophilia All-in-one genetic repair kit treats disease inside the body - Janelle Weaver

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110626/full/news.2011.384.html

Software pinpoints cause of mystery genetic disorder Genome analysis tools speedily track down previously unknown mutation - Brendan Maher

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110623/full/news.2011.382.html

Gale Crater on target to become next Mars landing site Scientists recommend destination for roving science laboratory 'Curiosity' - Eric Hand

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110623/full/news.2011.380.html

Migration tracking reveals marine Serengeti Decade of tagging has mapped predatorial pathways in the north Pacific Ocean - Zoë Corbyn

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110622/full/news.2011.379.html

City living marks the brain Neuroscientists study social risk factor for mental illness - Alison Abbott

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110622/full/474429a.html

Monday, June 27, 2011

Genius of Einstein, Fourier Key to New Computer Vision That Mimics How Humans Perceive 3-D Shapes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620161310.htm

Every Second Counts When Performing CPR: Increase in Survival When AED Used Less Than 10 Seconds After CPR Pause

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620183238.htm

Fighting Massive Declines in Frog Populations With Bacteria and Fungicides

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620094856.htm

Need a Nap? Find Yourself a Hammock

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620122030.htm

Discoveries in Mitochondria Open New Field of Cancer Research

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620161306.htm

Mimicking Nature at the Nanoscale: Selective Transport Across a Biomimetic Nanopore

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620094557.htm

How the Immune System Responds to Hepatitis A Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620161302.htm

Buzz Kills: No Amount of Alcohol Safe to Drive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620103933.htm

Signaling Pathway Is 'Executive Software' of Airway Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620151002.htm

Horse Blind Date Could Lead to Loss of Foal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110329100123.htm

Production of Mustard Oils: On the Origin of an Enzyme

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110317102548.htm

Mining Helium-3 will Transform Dark Side of the Moon

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092466-2011-06-27-mining-helium-3-will-transform-dark-side-of-the-moon.htm

Fat Substitutes Linked to Weight Gain: Rats On High-Fat Diet Gained More Weight After Eating Low-Calorie Potato Chips Made With Fat Substitutes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620151005.htm

First Ever Drug to Treat ‘Celtic Gene’ In Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620095242.htm

Australia's Plasma Thruster Could Get a Space Trial as Soon as 2013

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092444-2011-06-27-australias-plasma-thruster-could-get-a-space-trial-as-soon.htm

Enzymes Will Play a Key Role in Development of Sustainable Society, Expert Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110502092249.htm

Discovery of Parathyroid Glow Promises to Reduce Endocrine Surgery Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620133140.htm

Inducing Labor Is Not Associated With Higher Rates of Cesarean Sections, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620112114.htm

'My Dishwasher Is Trying to Kill Me': New Research Finds Harmful Fungal Pathogens Living in Dishwasher Seals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620133138.htm

Shock and Recall: Negative Emotion May Enhance Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620094601.htm

Ancient Mycenaean Fortress Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620103852.htm

Proteins Used to Map the Aging Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620094553.htm

Improving LED Lighting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620095238.htm

Genetic Mutation Linked to Asbestos Exposure, Mouse Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615094518.htm

Self-Assembling Electronic Nano-Components

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620094900.htm

Could Bacterial Predator Be Harnessed to Mop Up Biofilms?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617184857.htm

Careless Behaviour of Cloud Users Leads to Crucial Security Threats, Experts Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620095240.htm

Human Vaccine Used to Cure Prostate Cancer in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110619133456.htm

Cholesterol Boosts Antibiotic Resistance in H. Pylori

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617184937.htm

Team Reports Scalable Fabrication of Self-Aligned Graphene Transistors, Circuits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617110710.htm

Surroundings Matter: Researchers Engineer the Environment for Stem Cell Development to Control Differentiation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616142716.htm

New Insights On an Old Material Will Enable Design of Better Polymer Batteries, Water Purification

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110619133512.htm

Early Experience Found Critical for Language Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617081541.htm

How Gasoline Prices Are Formed

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39044

Deep History of Coconuts Decoded: Origins of Cultivation, Ancient Trade Routes, and Colonization of the Americas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110624142037.htm

The History of Computing [Infographic]

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/06/27/the-history-of-computing-infographic/

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Podcast: Islamophobia In Europe

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2011/06/podcast-islamophobia-in-europe.html

Austria: New draft bill against hate preachers

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2011/06/austria-new-draft-bill-against-hate.html

Antwerp: Sharia police patrols against gays, girls in short skirts

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2011/06/antwerp-sharia-police-patrols-against.html

Diabetes rate 'doubles' - Imperial College and Harvard research suggests

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13917263

What You Learned About Static Electricity Is Wrong

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092401-2011-06-25-what-you-learned-about-static-electricity-is-wrong.htm

E. Coli: Some Answers, Many Questions Still

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092402-2011-06-25-e-coli-some-answers-many-questions-still.htm

How to Make a Clock Run for 10,000 Years

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092393-2011-06-25-how-to-make-a-clock-run-for-10-000-years.htm

Spy-Like Sunglasses Shoot and Share Videos

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092383-2011-06-25-spy-like-sunglasses-shoot-and-share-videos.htm

Years After Crash Landing in 2004, NASA's Genesis Reveals Data About Solar Chemistry

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092382-2011-06-25-years-after-crash-landing-in-2004-nasas-genesis-reveals-data.htm

Could Wikipedia Become a Supercomputer?

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/25/1817217

How Law Would Work Without Free Will

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39032

The Compassion of Cognitive Science

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39034

How Competition Builds Memory

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39036

That's a bit flash! The camera that lets you focus AFTER you've taken the picture

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2007874/Thats-bit-flash-The-camera-lets-focus-AFTER-youve-taken-picture.html

The new vehicle set to revolutionise the skies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12110386

Tiny electric plane unveiled

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13917521

Standing the test of time: Amazon.com founder's plan to leave behind clock that will tick for 10,000 years in remote mountain

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007577/Amazon-founder-Jeff-Bezoss-plan-leave-clock-tick-10-000-years-Texas.html

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Can a $625 Cookbook Change the Way We Eat? - Megan Erickson

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39017

Some Cell Phones Emit More Radiation

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39026

Fat Substitutes Make You Fatter

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39023

Diabetes Cures Found?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39021

Thinking of Publishing Your Own $0.99 Kindle Book?

http://linux.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/23/1928237

11-Year-Old Pilots 1,325 MPG Concept Car

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/23/1931201

Human Genome Contaminated With Mycoplasma DNA

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/23/1756244

A Generation of Software Patents Examined

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/23/1742209

Expense and Uncertainty Plague 'Fair Use' Defense

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/23/1635211

FBI Shuts Down Major Scareware Gang

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/23/1618227

The History of the Videophone In Sci-Fi

http://idle.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/23/1518216

Tesla Will Discontinue the Roadster

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/23/159221

The 500-Year History of Contact Lenses

http://gizmodo.com/5814859/the-500+year-history-of-contact-lenses

Privately Built SpaceShipTwo Keeps Passing Glide Tests with Flying Colors

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092350-2011-06-24-privately-built-spaceshiptwo-keeps-passing-glide-tests-with-flying-colors.htm

ISS Will Broadcast First Streaming HD Video of Earth

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092351-2011-06-24-iss-will-broadcast-first-streaming-hd-video-of-earth.htm

Homemade 'Mars In a Bottle' Tortures Bacteria

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/24/0048225

Volkswagon Shows Off Self-Driving Auto-Pilot For Cars

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/24/1243234

Dying Star Betelgeuse Spews Fiery Nebula

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/24/1542249

Caltech Scientists Measure Dinosaur Body Temp

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/24/172208

Fingertip Mouse Fits On a Ring

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/24/2120243

Data-Mining Ban Struck Down By US Supreme Court

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/24/0433223

Friday, June 24, 2011

Australia's Plasma Thruster Could Get a Space Trial as Soon as 2013

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092302-2011-06-23-australias-plasma-thruster-could-get-a-space-trial-as-soon.htm

Nevada Is the First State to Pass Driverless Car Legislation, Paving the Way for Autonomous Autos

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092301-2011-06-23-nevada-is-the-first-state-to-pass-driverless-car-legislation.htm

L.A. Jail Uses 'Assault Intervention Device' on Inmates

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092311-2011-06-23-l-a-jail-uses-assault-intervention-device-on-inmates.htm

Sleep on it Scientists invent a method to control the timing and duration of sleep in fruit flies and find that snoozing helps form long-term memories By Megan Scudellari

http://the-scientist.com/2011/06/23/sleep-on-it/

Potatoes bad, nuts good for staying slim, Harvard study finds

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/potatoes-bad-nuts-good-for-staying-slim-harvard-study-finds/2011/06/17/AGRWmIgH_story.html

Type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed 'can be reversed'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13887909

Self-Publishing Writer Becomes Million-Seller by Emma Barnett and Richard Alleyne

http://lewrockwell.com/spl3/self-publishing-writer-million-seller.html

Thursday, June 23, 2011

A Completely New Kind of Aircraft Propulsion System, Made of Rotating Cylinders

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092220-2011-06-22-a-completely-new-kind-of-aircraft-propulsion-system-made-of.htm

Is the Rise of Wearable Electronics Finally Here?

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/21/2324250

How the Web's Relationship With Anonymity Has Changed

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/22/036200

Google Hits One Billion Unique Visits In a Month

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/22/2216205

New Find Boosts Prospects For Life On Distant Moons

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/22/2318206

First Step Toward Prosthetic Memory

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38990

Growing Organs Inside Computer Chips

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38991

Becoming a Social Entrepreneur

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38992

Nanotechnology Fights Cancer

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38994

It’s a Big World, After All. (Can we rewire the Internet?) Jason Gots

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38968

Barcode? Passé. Here comes the QR. Barcode for the digital age: Quick Response codes are designed for smart phones. And they convey far more data than a barcode.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0617/Barcode-Passe.-Here-comes-the-QR

Lab yeast make evolutionary leap to multicellularity

http://vladtepesblog.com/?p=34867

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Toxic Seawater Fraud

http://buythetruth.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/toxic-seawater-fraud/

Race to be first with 'son of supersonic' By Bryony Jones

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/06/21/concorde.hyper.sonic/index.html

The Iceman's Last Meal by Heather Pringle

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/the-icemans-last-meal.html

With High-Energy Lasers Too Heavy to Fly, Raytheon Plans Lighter Ones That Jam Rather Than Blast

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092222-2011-06-22-with-high-energy-lasers-too-heavy-to-fly-raytheon-plans.htm

Europeans Plan to Launch Prototype Wingless, Reusable Spaceship By 2013

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/092172-2011-06-21-europeans-plan-to-launch-prototype-wingless-reusable-spaceship-by-2013.htm

Human Eye Protein Detects Earth's Magnetism

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38982

Space 'Truck' Disintegrates over Pacific

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38981

A Day in the Life of a Drone Operator Megan Erickson

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38969

The U.K.'s Gas Dilemma

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38980

The smell of a meat-eater Chemical in urine alerts prey species to a nearby predator. Nicola Nosengo

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110620/full/news.2011.375.html

Wing hairs help to keep bats in the air Receptors in the wing membrane sense aerodynamic conditions. Marian Turner

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110620/full/news.2011.376.html

Hadrian's buildings catch the Sun The Emperor's country estate is aligned to meet the solstices.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110616/full/news.2011.372.html

Culturomics: Word play By mining a database of the world's books, Erez Lieberman Aiden is attempting to automate much of humanities research. But is the field ready to be digitized? Eric Hand

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110617/full/474436a.html

Animal rights: Chimpanzee research on trial

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110615/full/474268a.html

Apple Announces New Time Capsule In 2TB And 3TB Models

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/21/apple-time-capsule_n_881136.html

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Aerojet Unveils Novel Hypersonics Plan

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/06/novel-hypersonics-plan.html

Chinese Spying Devices Installed On Hong Kong Cars

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/14/0233254

THE POWER OF VISUALIZATION

http://visualizedaily.com/transcript-en.html

Generation gaps shrinking, thanks to technologies By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/390.html

Paper-based metamaterial biosensor

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=21789.php

Great Impact Debates Collision Course for Earth

http://www.astrobio.net/debate/389/collision-course-for-earth

Will Gray Hair Be a Thing of the Past? Scientists Discover Protein That Keeps Color in Strands by Fiona Macrae

http://lewrockwell.com/spl3/root-of-gray-hair.html

Monday, June 20, 2011

Arctic Snow Can Harbor Deadly Assassin: Killer Fungal Strains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110619133515.htm

Experimental Radioprotective Drug Safe for Lung Cancer Patients, Says Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110322114838.htm

Noncoding RNA May Promote Alzheimer's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110530152336.htm

Taking Tamoxifen to Prevent Breast Cancer Can Save Lives and Money, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314091636.htm

Glimpsing the End of Our Solar System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617080839.htm

ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news and science breakthroughs -- updated daily Science News Share Blog Cite Print Bookmark Email Scientists Find Candidate for New TB Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110318121454.htm

Predicting Future Appearance: New Computer-Based Technique Ages Photographic Images of People's Faces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311122039.htm

Calorie-Burning Brown Fat Is a Potential Obesity Treatment, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606092522.htm

Cave Researchers Explore Stream-Filled Cavern at Entrance to Jerusalem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614095741.htm

Oral Appliance Therapy Improves Craniofacial Growth Direction and Snoring, Research Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110613094035.htm

Red-Light Cameras Critical to Public Safety, Traffic Researcher Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607121133.htm

When Singing Mice Choose a Mate, a Skillful Song Gets the Gal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615120242.htm

Leaky Genes Put Evolution On the Fast Track, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615161758.htm

Using Olive Oil in Your Diet May Prevent a Stroke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615161749.htm

Sexy Doesn't Always Sell: When Do Beautiful Models Help?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615120351.htm

Evidence of a Natural Origin for Banned Drug That Plumps Up Livestock

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615103044.htm

Learning to Count Not as Easy as 1, 2, 3: Working With Larger Numbers Matters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614144754.htm

European Experts Propose Method to Harmonize Nuclear Emergency Plans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610081706.htm

Low-Carbohydrate, High-Protein Diets May Reduce Both Tumor Growth Rates and Cancer Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614115037.htm

Internet Could Be 10 Times Faster Than It Currently Is, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614084118.htm

Neutrinos Change Flavors While Crossing Japan: Findings Shed Light On Why Universe Is Made of Matter Instead of Anti-Matter

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615103230.htm

'Casanova Gene' in Female Songbirds: Females Inherit 'Infidelity Gene' from Their Fathers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615062243.htm

Using Recycled Cardboard in Food Packaging Risks Contaminating Food With Mineral Oils, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615094431.htm

The Good Life: Good Sleepers Have Better Quality of Life and Less Depression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614101120.htm

Prolonged TV Viewing Linked to Increased Risk of Type Two Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614161856.htm

Wired for Sound: A Small Fish's Brain Illustrates How People and Other Vertebrates Produce Sounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614115035.htm

Fluent English Speakers Translate Into Chinese Automatically

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614144758.htm

Size Matters -- In Virulent Fungal Spores -- And Suggests Ways to Stop a Killer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616193616.htm

Coming to TV Screens of the Future: A Sense of Smell

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615094520.htm

Survival Niche for Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606113108.htm

ATV Preparing for Fiery Destruction

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617124018.htm

Scientists Override Errant Form of Genetic Signaling for First Time: Changing Genetic 'Red Light' to Green Holds Promise for Treating Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615132019.htm

Testing Improves Memory: Study Examines Why Memory Is Enhanced by Repeated Retrieval

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615171410.htm

Early French Had a Taste for Beer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614095647.htm

Parkinson's Disease: Why Dopamine Replacement Therapy Has a Paradoxical Effect On Cognition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615015057.htm

What Makes a Plant a Plant?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615142627.htm

E. Coli Bacteria More Likely to Develop Resistance After Exposure to Low Levels of Antibiotics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614114702.htm

Life After 'Snowball Earth': New Fossils Suggest Rapid Recovery of Life After Global Freeze

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615132027.htm

U.S. Specialty Physicians Turn Away Two-Thirds of Children With Public Insurance, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615171404.htm

Potential Predictor of Deadly Cancer Common in Asia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614203705.htm

Life Expectancy in Most US Counties Falls Behind World's Healthiest Nations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615061958.htm

Effects of Premature Birth Can Reach Into Adulthood

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615171408.htm

Scientists Prove Existence of 'Magnetic Ropes' That Cause Solar Storms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615103218.htm

Animal Instincts: Why Do Unhappy Consumers Prefer Tactile Sensations?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615120250.htm

Golden Algae Responsible for Killing Millions of Fish Is Less Toxic in Sunlight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615161802.htm

Understanding Alcohol's Damaging Effects On the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615161756.htm

What Will Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Mean for Barrier Islands?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615171412.htm

Using Living Cells as an 'Invisibility Cloak' to Hide Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615103046.htm

First Self-Powered Device With Wireless Data Transmission

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615103042.htm

Weekend Sleep Fails to Improve Performance, but Women Handle Workweek Sleep Loss Better

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615015650.htm

Port of Athens Was Once an Island, French-Greek Team Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616081855.htm

Healing Times for Dental Implants Could Be Cut

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614114706.htm

Old, Large, Living Trees Must Be Left Standing to Protect Nesting Animals, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616121908.htm

Gamma-Ray Flash Came from Star Being Eaten by Massive Black Hole

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616142709.htm

Bad Sleep Habits Are Associated With Lower Grades from High School Through College

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615015111.htm

Neutrons, Simulations Reveal Details of Molecule That Complicates Next-Generation Biofuels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615161806.htm

Molecular Imaging Pinpoints Source of Chronic Back Pain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606131611.htm

A Knockout Resource for Mouse Genetics: Mouse Gene Knockout Resource Will Empower Mammalian Gene Studies for a Generation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615132017.htm

A Stem Cell Target for Expanding Waistlines?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616121903.htm

Metallic Glass: A Crystal at Heart

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616142724.htm

Does Driving a Porsche Make a Man More Desirable to Women?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616092647.htm

Fly Larvae Used to Remove Organic Waste On an Industrial Scale

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616081817.htm

Why Ketamine Produces a Fast Antidepressant Response

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616193913.htm

Important Aspects of Signaling Across Cell Membranes in Plants Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615103052.htm

New Sealant Gel Is Effective in Closing Spinal Wounds Following Surgery, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616193901.htm

Comet Hartley 2 in Hyperactive Class of Its Own: CO2 Jets Confirmed, New Insight Into Composition, 'Excited' Rotation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616142706.htm

Focusing Heavily On a Task Results in Experience of Deafness to Perfectly Audible Sounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110527101231.htm

Scientists Learn How Horseweed Shrugs Off Herbicide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616142901.htm

Roadmap Published for Dynamic Mapping of Estrogen Signaling in Breast Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616092654.htm

Plants Teach Humans a Thing or Two About Fighting Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616142719.htm

Protein Found That Improves DNA Repair Under Stress

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616142722.htm

Scientists Develop a Fatty 'Kryptonite' to Defeat Multidrug-Resistant 'Super Bugs'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616193740.htm

Zebra Mussel Invasion in Spain Is Irreversible, Experts Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616081813.htm

Mercury: Messenger Orbital Data Confirm Theories, Reveal Surprises

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616142729.htm

Three earless rabbits born in China — Mother used to give normal birth, only this time the newborns were different (VIDEO)

http://enenews.com/three-earless-rabbits-born-china-mother-give-normal-birth-only-time-newborns-different-video

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Is Evil Just a Lack of Empathy?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38933

The On-Off Memory Switch

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38934

Internet Use Rewires the Brain

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38935

How Handwriting Benefits the Mind

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38937

The Psychology of Market Bubbles

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38936

Progress Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Reverse Blindness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615120248.htm

More Evidence Vitamin D Boosts Immune Response

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617185105.htm

'Ultrawideband' Could Be Future of Medical Monitoring

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616193735.htm

Chirality: New Method to Consistently Make Left-Handed or Right-Handed Molecules

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614122202.htm

How Many US Deaths Are Caused by Poverty and Other Social Factors? About the Same as Deaths from Heart Attacks and Stroke, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110616193627.htm

Dawn of Agriculture Took Toll On Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615094514.htm

A Better Way to Remember

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617105943.htm

Phobos Slips Past Jupiter

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617124013.htm

American Cancer Society Report Finds Continued Progress in Reducing Cancer Mortality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617081545.htm

Ocean's Harmful Low-Oxygen Zones Growing, Are Sensitive to Small Changes in Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617110713.htm

The Way You Relate to Your Partner Can Affect Your Long-Term Mental and Physical Health, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110617080833.htm

Teen Builds Nuclear Bomb Detector

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/18/032227

First Exploit On Quantum Cryptography Confirmed

http://it.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/18/1532200

Kilobots — Cheap Swarm Robots Out of Harvard

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/18/1847251

Weather Satellites Lose Funding

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/18/1915246

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Indication of Neutrino Transformation Observed

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/16/2359246

Idle: New Species Named For SpongeBob SquarePants

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/17/051244

Spammers Discover Kindle Self-Publishing

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/17/1424244

The Average Human Has 60 New Genetic Mutations

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/17/1425243

Researchers Design Memory-Strengthening Implant

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/17/2058214

IBM Did Not Invent the Personal Computer

http://hardware.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/17/2231200

Software Patent Reform Happening Now

http://politics.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/17/2343231

Better Aging Through Technology

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38926

Neanderthals Benefited Human Health

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38927

Men and Women Equally Unfaithful

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38928

Are Video Games A Drug? Megan Erickson

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38906

Sex selection and the shortage of women: is science to blame? By RICHARD DAWKINS

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/639930-sex-selection-and-the-shortage-of-women-is-science-to-blame

New Understanding of Platinum Catalyst

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-understanding-of-platinum-catalyst.html

Thursday, June 16, 2011

C++ the Clear Winner In Google's Language Performance Tests

http://developers.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/0242237

Reason Seen More As a Weapon Than a Path To Truth

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/0134213

McAfee CSO Issues Warning On the 'New Cold War'

http://it.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/1321225

Is This the Golden Age of Hacking?

http://it.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/1323218

EU Ministers Seek To Ban Creation of Hacking Tools

http://it.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/1354258

Libyan Rebels Weaponize Power Wheels Toys

http://idle.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/151205

Book Review: Drupal Web Services

http://books.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/1547258

Franken Bill Would Protect Consumers Location Data

http://apple.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/1847256

US Pays $2B To Develop Concentrating Solar Power Projects

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/1833206

FTC Okays Social Media Background Check Company

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/2015220

Organized Crime Cleaning Up With Nuclear Waste

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/2054219

Japanese Scientist Creates Meat Substitute From Sewage

http://idle.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/15/219200

Reducing Friction at the Nano Level

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38891

Are We Ready For the Coming 'Age of Abundance?' - Daniel Honan

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38877

Diving spiders make their own gills

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/639088-diving-spiders-make-their-own-gills

Electric cars may not be so green after all, says British study

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/electric-cars-may-not-be-so-green-after-all-says-british-study/story-e6frg8y6-1226073103576

EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/

Is your bread making you ill? 100 years after the Daily Mail campaigned to improve the British loaf, how today's version is just as bad

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2003622/Is-bread-making-ill-How-2011s-loaves-bad-you.html

An apple a day ... means you're eating plenty of the most contaminated fruit, says new report

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003574/Apples-contaminated-fruit-says-new-report.html

These Chemicals Are Good For You (And Yummy) Daniel Honan

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38818

Why Quantum Physics Ends the Free Will Debate Michio Kaku

http://bigthink.com/ideas/37871

Why female zebra finches cheat on their partners

http://bigthink.com/ideas/37871

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Stargazer Flights in 40 Years

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38882

Ten More Planets Found

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38883

You Built What?! A Colossal Flying Reproduction of a 1935 Airship

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2011-04/you-built-what-retired-engineer-crafts-colossal-gliding-model-1935-airship

Stem-Cell Therapy Works Wonders for Race Horses; Are Human Treatments Next? The same techniques used by vets to speed horse rehab might work for humans, too

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-05/stem-cell-therapy-humans-horse-tested-vet-approved

Video: Airbus Offers a Peek at the Translucent Future of Passenger Air Travel

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/video-airbus-offers-sneak-peek-future-passenger-air-travel

Inside FAST, Soon to be the World's Biggest and Baddest Radio Telescope

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/inside-fast-soon-be-worlds-biggest-and-baddest-radio-telescope

Robot Hand Picks Up and Deposits Messes Without Leaving A Trace

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/091747-2011-06-14-robot-hand-picks-up-and-deposits-messes-without-leaving-a.htm

How to Build a Dinosaur from a Chicken

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/091746-2011-06-14-how-to-build-a-dinosaur-from-a-chicken.htm

MIT Demonstrates Smart Cars That Predict Each Others' Moves to Avoid Collisions

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/mits-smart-cars-predict-human-drivers-next-moves-avoid-collisions

Patient Identification "In The Palm Of Your Hand"

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/091743-2011-06-14-patient-identification-in-the-palm-of-your-hand.htm

The Battle Is On - Silk Road vs Government, and Bitcoin Anonymity

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Article/091680-2011-06-14-the-battle-is-on-silk-road-vs-government-and-bitcoin.htm

"The Internet of Things" and Unlicensed White Space Spectrum

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/091659-2011-06-14-the-internet-of-things-and-unlicensed-white-space-spectrum.htm

Proposed U.S. law would shut down websites on accusation of copyright infringement

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/091658-2011-06-14-proposed-u-s-law-would-shut-down-websites-on-accusation.htm

Scientists cure cancer, but no one takes notice

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/091724-2011-06-14-scientists-cure-cancer-but-no-one-takes-notice.htm

Nissan car secretly shares driver data with websites. Location, destination, speed leaked

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/13/nissan_leaf_privacy_invasion/

WiFi-sniffing picture frame

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/06/13/wifi-sniffing-pictur.html

GPS without GPS

http://hackaday.com/2011/06/14/gps-without-gps/

New Study Finds Best Sunscreen Is Layer Of Human Blood

http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-study-finds-best-sunscreen-is-layer-of-human-b,20727/

Look Out Above! Russia May Target U.S. Sats With Laser Jet

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/is-a-russian-laser-aiming-for-u-s-satellites/

Mathematics Reveals New Approach To The Perfect Putt

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26878/

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Researchers record two-state dynamics in glassy silicon

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-two-state-dynamics-glassy-silicon.html

Heart With No Beat Offers Hope Of New Lease On Life by Carrie Feibel

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/137029208/heart-with-no-beat-offers-hope-of-new-lease-on-life

Chameleon Magnets Can Revolutionize Computing

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/06/chameleon-magnets-can-revolutionize.html

Peter Tatchell: Gay rights groups need to stand up to Islamist homophobia

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/06/13/peter-tatchell-gay-rights-groups-need-to-stand-up-to-islamist-homophobia/

New Genetic Technique Converts Skin Cells Into Brain Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609084815.htm

Immune Cells Link Pregnancy and Tumor Spread

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606121929.htm

A Molecule That Switches on and Off

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609112424.htm

What Happens in the Brain as It Loses Consciousness: 3-D Movie Constructed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610194526.htm

Tuning 'Metasurface' With Fluid in New Concept for Sensing and Chemistry

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608123012.htm

Silver from the Americas May Have Entered the Spanish Economy Later Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608122059.htm

New Supernova Remnant Lights Up: SN1987A Shines Again

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609112925.htm

Raising the International Space Station: ATV Johannes Kepler Conducts the 'Big Boost'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610132141.htm

New Method for Measuring Parkinson's Disease Prevalence Reveals Sharp Increase in Israel

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609123338.htm

Walking Microdroplets Collect Viruses and Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608081704.htm

Glioblastoma in the 21st Century: Wealthier Patients Living Longer Than Poorer Patients

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602162826.htm

Chemistry With Sunlight: Combining Electrochemistry and Photovoltaics to Clean Up Oxidation Reactions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609123340.htm

Cancer-Seeking 'Smart Bombs' Target Kidney Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606131711.htm

Non-Alcoholic Wheat Beer Boosts Athletes' Health, Sport Doctors Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609112901.htm

Groundbreaking Male Infertility Test Could 'Bring Hope to Millions'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606075626.htm

Citrate Key in Bone's Nanostructure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608153548.htm

Childhood Trauma Linked to Higher Rates of Mental Health Problems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608123000.htm

Using Waste Heat from Automobile Exhaust

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610131912.htm

Eight Substances Added to U.S. Report on Carcinogens, Including Formaldehyde, May Increase Cancer Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610164633.htm

Nighttime Lights Clarify Economic Activity: Combining Lights and Statistics May Yield High-Resolution Global Economic Data

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110611121711.htm

Researchers Link Cell Division and Oxygen Levels; Findings Also Solve Long-Standing Paradox

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610194530.htm

Chasing EHEC Via Computer: Scientists in Germany Provide Free Access to Enteric Pathogen's Genetic Regulation Data

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610102621.htm

An Egalitarian Internet? Not So, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610131904.htm

Species spellchecker fixes plant glitches Online tool should weed out misspellings and duplications.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110613/full/474263a.html

Psychopharmacology in crisis Researchers warn of 'withdrawal of hope' as funding shrivels.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110614/full/news.2011.367.html

Human cell becomes living laser Jellyfish protein amplifies light in first biological laser.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110612/full/news.2011.365.html

Time up for relativity table-top test? Nobel prizewinners clash over use of atoms as clocks to test Einstein's theory. Eric Hand

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110609/full/news.2011.358.html

This Exists: Woman Hopes To Give Birth With Same Womb She Was Conceived In Via Transplant

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/this-exists-swedish-woman-undergoing-transplant-which-will-let-her-conceive-with-her-own-mothers-womb/

The US spends the most on eduction but yields the worst results

http://www.equalitycorner.com/2011/06/us-spends-most-on-education-but-yields.html

I haven't used soap or shampoo in a year, and it's awesome: personal experiment update

http://boingboing.net/2011/01/04/i-havent-used-soap-i.html

I haven't used soap or shampoo in a year, and it's awesome: personal experiment update

http://boingboing.net/2011/01/04/i-havent-used-soap-i.html

This is Emma. She's going to save the world (and cure cancer)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2001548/Electron-Model-Many-Applications-Technology-save-world.html

Build Moon base first; then send humans to Mars, scientist says By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/389.html

Born to be Viral: Pool-playing robot rivals humans

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/06/born-to-be-viral-pool-playing-robot-rivals-humans.html

Physicists Apply Einstein's General Theory of Relativity to Superconducting Circuits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610094513.htm

Circulating Levels of a Lung Protein Found to Be 'Strongly Predictive' of Cardiovascular Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608081933.htm

Strength Training for Grandma and Grandpa

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610094507.htm

Photosynthesis Mechanics: Tapping Into Plants Is the Key to Combat Climate Change, Says Scientist

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110601101545.htm

Will Psych Majors Make the Big Bucks?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608161531.htm

Nearby Galaxy Boasts Two Monster Black Holes, Both Active

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610164638.htm

Molecular Imaging for Alzheimer's Disease May Be Available in Hospitals Within a Year, Studies Suggest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606131707.htm

Ultrathin Copper-Oxide Layers Behave Like Quantum Spin Liquid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610102625.htm

Ultrathin Copper-Oxide Layers Behave Like Quantum Spin Liquid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110610102625.htm

Key Function of Enzyme Involved in RNA Processing Described

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609122918.htm

'Super Varieties' of Wheat Expected to Boost Yields and Block Deadly Threat to Food Security

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609202336.htm

Communicating in a Crisis: Researchers Devise New Technique to Help Rescuers Communicate After Terrorist Attacks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609083222.htm

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Stem Cell Orthopedic Flourishes

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/091460-2011-06-11-stem-cell-orthopedic-flourishes.htm

The Great Cancer Hoax: The Brilliant Cure the FDA Tried Their Best to Shut Down...

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/091487-2011-06-11-the-great-cancer-hoax-the-brilliant-cure-the-fda-tried.htm

Discovery May Pave Way to Quitting Smoking Without Gaining Weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609141539.htm

Fragile X Protein Acts as Toggle Switch in Brain Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609173722.htm

Deaths and Major Morbidity from Asbestos-Related Diseases in Asia Likely to Surge in Next 20 Years, Experts Warn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609151531.htm

Banning U.S. Federal Funding for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Would Derail Related Work, Experts Argue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609122929.htm

Large-Scale Early Education Linked to Higher Living Standards and Crime Prevention 25 Years Later

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609141556.htm

Genome Sequence Could Reveal 'Achilles' Heels' of Important Wheat Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609173714.htm

The Cellular Root of Colorectal Cancers?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608122823.htm

The Downside -- And Surprising Upside – Of Microcredit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609141546.htm

Why Animals Don't Have Infrared Vision: Source of the Visual System's 'False Alarms' Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609151537.htm

Eating a High-Fat Diet May Rapidly Injure Brain Cells That Control Body Weight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608161533.htm

Huntington's Disease Breakthrough: New Research Offers Promise of Medical Intervention

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110602122244.htm

Swine Flu Spread Was Much Wider Than First Thought, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608171445.htm

Early Agricultural Piracy Informs the Domestication of Rice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609173712.htm

Study Confirms Safety, Cancer-Targeting Ability of Nutrient in Broccoli, Other Vegetables, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609123334.htm

Genetic Link Between Emphysema, Lung Cancer Uncovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609105532.htm

Fathers' Use of Restaurants Affect Children More Than Mothers' Use

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609122931.htm

Magnetic Bubbles Reside at Solar System Edge, NASA Probes Suggest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609132156.htm

Cancer Protein Discovery May Aid Radiation Therapy: Blocking Cyclin D1 Might Help Sensitize Tumors to Radiation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609123344.htm

How Killer Immune Cells Avoid Killing Themselves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609131609.htm

'Biological Circuit' Components Developed; New Microscope Technique for Measuring Them

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608141533.htm

Canine Connection: Study Explores How Dogs Think and Learn About Human Behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609084808.htm

Historic First Images of Rod Photoreceptors in the Living Human Eye

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608123010.htm

Shingles May Be Related to Elevated Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608123006.htm

Barefoot Running: To Ditch the Shoes or Not?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607100744.htm

Size, Strength of Heart's Right Side Differs by Age, Gender, Race/Ethnicity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606161024.htm

No Such Thing as a Red or Blue State, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608093946.htm

Progress in Tissue Engineering to Repair Joint Damage in Osteoarthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608122815.htm

Smoking, Even for a Short Time, Significantly Increases a Woman's Risk for Peripheral Artery Disease, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606171401.htm

U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html

Can We Make Ourselves Smarter?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38847

The Neuroscience of Romantic Love

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38850

Deceive Yourself, Get Healthy

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38851

The Evolution of Love Dr. Rick Hanson

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38833

Massive Plasma Waves Sweep the Sun --NASA: "We're seeing things we've never seen before"

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/06/massive-plasma-waves-sweep-the-sun-nasa-were-seeing-things-weve-never-seen-before-.html

New Driving Force for Chemical Reactions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609141550.htm

Researchers Discover Superatoms With Magnetic Shells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608153544.htm

Scientists create cow that produces 'human' milk Scientists in Argentina have created the world’s first cow to boast two human genes that will enable it to produce human-like milk.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/8569687/Scientists-create-cow-that-produces-human-milk.html

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Court Rules Passwords+Secret Questions=Secure eBanking

http://it.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/06/08/2234210

World’s first 3D printed bikini heads for the beach

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/091410-2011-06-10-worlds-first-3d-printed-bikini-heads-for-the-beach.htm

Government Says 2 Common Materials Pose Risk of Cancer

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/health/11cancer.html

Youth Pill Within a Decade

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38837

Obesity Vaccine?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38838

Why Ex-Smokers Gain Weight

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38840

These Chemicals Are Good For You (And Yummy)

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38818

'Incognito': What's Hiding In The Unconscious Mind

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/31/136495499/incognito-whats-hiding-in-the-unconscious-mind

Three mice, no longer blind - Lisa Grauer

http://www.biotechniques.com/news/Three-mice-no-longer-blind/biotechniques-316740.html

Friday, June 10, 2011

Can Evolution Outpace Climate Change? Tiny Seashore Animal Suggests Not

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608161539.htm

Breast Cancer Drug Pushes Colon Cancer Cells to Their Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608141526.htm

An Alternative to Antibiotics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608093745.htm

Ecology Biased Against Non-Native Species?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608153538.htm

Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment May Also Have Some Functional Impairment, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606171412.htm

Water's Surface Not All Wet: Some Water Molecules Split the Difference Between Gas and Liquid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608131322.htm

Moderate to Intense Exercise May Protect the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608171442.htm

Finnish Twin Study Yields New Information on How Fat Cells Cope With Obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607171828.htm

Stable Temperatures Boost Biodiversity in Tropical Mountains, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608171449.htm

Lifelong Gap in Health Between Rich and Poor Set by Age 20, Canadian Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608153546.htm

Many Genetic Keys Needed to Unlock Autism, Researchers Discover

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608122540.htm

Adjuvant Combo Shows Potential for Universal Influenza Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608094012.htm

Connection Discovered Between the Nervous System and the Vascular System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608131330.htm

Planet's Soils Are Under Threat, Expert Warns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608131320.htm

Active Social, Spiritual and Physical Life Helps Prevent Health Decline in Seniors, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608093948.htm

Tut, Tut: Microbial Growth in Pharaoh's Tomb Suggests Burial Was a Rush Job

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608131336.htm

Unraveling the Complex Genetics of Autism

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608122538.htm

Dangerous Toxin Discovered in Critically Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608123004.htm

Lack of Relationships, Education Top List of Common American Regrets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608141531.htm

Astronomers Find a New Class of Stellar Explosions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608131324.htm

Scientists Create Humanized Mouse Model for Hepatitis C

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608131328.htm

New Method to Make Sodium Ion-Based Battery Cells Could Lead to Better, Cheaper Batteries for the Electrical Grid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607121139.htm

Ordered Fear Plays a Strong Role in Market Chaos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110608122819.htm

Universal Flu Vaccine Clinical Trials Show Promise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607171834.htm

Bacteria That Clean Art: Restorers and Microbiologists Use Bacteria to Make Works of Art Shine Like New

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607063411.htm

Squeeze an Arm, Protect the Heart: New Technique for Heart Protection Analyzed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607063415.htm

Research Creates Nanoparticles Perfectly Formed to Tackle Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606112818.htm

Sleep On It Is Scientifically Beneficial

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607094849.htm

Using Magnets to Help Prevent Heart Attacks: Magnetic Field Can Reduce Blood Viscosity, Physicist Discovers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607121523.htm

GPS Stations Can Detect Clandestine Nuclear Tests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607164230.htm

Teens With Type 2 Diabetes Already Show Possible Signs of Impaired Heart Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607105210.htm

Many Patients With Advanced Cancers Get Treatments That Won't Help, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607094517.htm

Bacteria on Old-Growth Trees May Help Forests Grow

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607121144.htm

Coffee Drinking Improves Hepatitis C Treatment Response, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607105212.htm

Near Infrared Fluorescence Lights Up Hidden Blood Clots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606131603.htm

Be It Numbers or Words, the Structure of Our Language Remains the Same

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606171418.htm

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Catches 'Surfer' Waves on the Sun

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607171836.htm

People With Parkinson's Disease May Have Double the Risk for Melanoma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606161021.htm

Black, White and Stinky: Explaining Bold Coloration in Skunks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607103026.htm

Older Age Does Not Cause Testosterone Levels to Decline in Healthy Men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607121129.htm

Radio Waves Making a Comeback?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607071147.htm

What Mom Thinks Matters When It Comes to Mental Illness, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607094513.htm

Your Attention Please: 'Rewarding' Objects Can't Be Ignored

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607131724.htm

Women Warriors Show Resilience Similar to Men, Psychological Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607105336.htm

Apple Ingredient Keeps Muscles Strong: Component of Apple Peels Found to Help Prevent Muscle Weakening in Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607131718.htm

Breakthrough Method of Stem Cell Expansion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607095626.htm

Engineers Look to the Birds for the Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607121148.htm

Quantum Simulator Prototype: Toward New Class of Semiconductor Nanostructures That Probe Quantum World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607063418.htm

People Judge Therapists by Their Offices, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607105208.htm

Novel Geothermal Technology Packs a One-Two Punch Against Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110606092746.htm