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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Hydrogen Sulfide: The Next Anti-Aging Agent?


http://www.asm.org/index.php/component/content/article/92-news-room/press-releases/91507-hydrogen-sulfide-the-next-anti-aging-agent

Is Scientific Genius Extinct?


http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/is-scientific-genius-extinct

Move Over, Formula 1...Here Comes Formula E


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/move-over-formula-1here-comes-formula-e

Device Provides Access To Multiple Identification Databases


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/device-provides-access-to-multiple-identification-databases

Wanted: Literal Vaporware

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/wanted-literal-vaporware

Asteroid mining: Second company announces plans. Time to stake a claim? (+video)


http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0122/Asteroid-mining-Second-company-announces-plans.-Time-to-stake-a-claim-video

Giant leap in race to replace space shuttle? Dream Chaser gets big boost.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0130/Giant-leap-in-race-to-replace-space-shuttle-Dream-Chaser-gets-big-boost

Mass extinction? Man may still have time to catalog Earth's species.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0125/Mass-extinction-Man-may-still-have-time-to-catalog-Earth-s-species

Report: Sex Burns Less Calories than You Think


http://www.opposingviews.com/i/health/fitness/report-sex-burns-less-calories-you-think

Brains of “Super Agers” Look Decades Younger


http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=brains-of-andldquosuper-agersandrdq&WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20130118

Heart risk link to SSRI antidepressants confirmed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21247330

Ever Wonder How They Make Snowboarding Half-Pipes?


http://www.ohgizmo.com/2013/01/31/ever-wonder-how-the-make-snowboarding-half-pipes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Ohgizmo+%28OhGizmo!%29

Poland Beekeepers Kick Monsanto out of the Hive


http://worldtruth.tv/poland-beekeepers-kick-monsanto-out-of-the-hive/

‘New York Times’ Launches Startups Incubator


http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/30/new-york-times-launches-startups-incubator/

Oracle Cloud Success Triggers Oracle-Derangement Syndrome


http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/30/oracle-cloud-success-triggers-oracle-derangement-syndrome/

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

GREAT! Energy from Space (video)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yy3YJBOw_o&feature=player_embedded#!

Cool Moonrise in New Zealand (video)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmtA5I2Yi2I&feature=player_embedded#!

2.5 Million Computers Give PetaFLOP/s Power to Einstein@Home, Other Projects


http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/30/2-5-million-computers-give-petaflops-power-to-einsteinhome-other-projects/

Skin, Soft Tissue Infections Succumb to Blue Light


http://www.asm.org/index.php/newsroom/92-news-room/press-releases/91506-skin-soft-tissue-infections-succumb-to-blue-light

Blue-sky HIV test chip will upload results to the cloud


http://blogs.nature.com/spoonful/2013/01/blue-sky-hiv-test-chip-will-upload-results-to-the-cloud.html

"Trayless" Dining Halls Save Both Food And Energy


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/trayless-dining-halls-save-both-food-and-energy

It's Time to Stop Validating Ignorance


http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/its-time-to-stop-validating-ignorance

'Strongest Evidence of Life on Mars'


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127566-2013-01-30-strongest-evidence-of-life-on-mars.htm

Superomniphobic Discovery


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127567-2013-01-30-superomniphobic-discovery.htm

Pineal Gland Conjectures


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127565-2013-01-30-pineal-gland-conjectures.htm

How Science Invented a Remarkable New Harder-Than-Diamond Nanomaterial


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127538-2013-01-30-how-science-invented-a-remarkable-new-harder-than-diamond-nanomaterial.htm

How Proxied Torrents Could End ISP Subpoenas

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127438-2013-01-28-how-proxied-torrents-could-end-isp-subpoenas.htm

'Habitable Zone' for Alien Planets, and Possibly Life, Redefined


http://www.space.com/19522-alien-planet-habitable-zone-definition.html

Whole Foods Engages in GMO Deception


http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2012/12/03/whole-foods-engages-in-gmo-deception/

Cancer patients who say No to a mastectomy 'more likely to survive'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2269330/Cancer-patients-say-No-mastectomy-likely-survive.html

It’s P.Q. and C.Q. as Much as I.Q.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/opinion/friedman-its-pq-and-cq-as-much-as-iq.html

'Vaccine court' awards millions to two autistic children damaged by vaccines


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127388-2013-01-28-vaccine-court-awards-millions-to-two-autistic-children-damaged-by.htm

Pentagon to increase cyber security force fivefold - report


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127392-2013-01-28-pentagon-to-increase-cyber-security-force-fivefold-report.htm

Bad pharma: Drug research riddled with half truths, omissions, lies


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127510-2013-01-29-bad-pharma-drug-research-riddled-with-half-truths-omissions-lies.htm

Fluoride Deception (VIDEO)


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127512-2013-01-29-fluoride-deception-video.htm

Check Out the New Gun that Allows Cops to Shoot and Capture Your DNA


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127514-2013-01-29-check-out-the-new-gun-that-allows-cops-to-shoot.htm

US Defense now adopts Cloud Computing Services for its Data Centers


http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/29/us-defense-now-adopts-cloud-computing-services-for-its-data-centers/

The Definitive Guide to Cloud Computing for Businesses

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/29/the-definitive-guide-to-cloud-computing-for-businesses/

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Future by Google’s Eric Schmidt: Cyber wars, terrorism and ethnic cleansing


http://rt.com/news/google-cyber-war-terrorism-018/

Swallowable Camera Takes Pictures Through a Pill


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127474-2013-01-29-swallowable-camera-takes-pictures-through-a-pill.htm

Fifteen Year Old Boy uses Genome to Locate Birth Father


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127494-2013-01-29-fifteen-year-old-boy-uses-genome-to-locate-birth-father.htm

This Is Where Google Keeps Your Email And YouTube Videos


http://www.businessinsider.com/where-google-keeps-your-email-and-youtube-videos-2013-1

A safer way to vaccinate


http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/vaccine-film-delivery-hiv-0127.html

Jack Andraka, 15, Develops Early ‘Dip Stick' Test for Pancreatic Cancer


http://www.opposingviews.com/i/health/conditions/cancer/jack-andraka-15-develops-early-dip-stick-test-pancreatic-cancer

Hold the Fries: Foods Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk


http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/hold-the-fries-foods-linked-to-prostate-cancer-risk/81247921/

Loads of Microbes Found High in Atmosphere


http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/4053-microbes-in-the-sky.html

Dung beetles guided by Milky Way


http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/23/16668013-dung-beetles-guided-by-milky-way

Review explores effects of curcumin on lifespan


http://www.lef.org/newsletter/2013/0125_Review-Explores-Effects-Of-Curcumin-On-Lifespan.htm

Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=doN4t5NKW-k

Quantum biology: Do weird physics effects abound in nature?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21150047

Solar magnetism twists braids of superheated gas Camera's images could help to explain why the Sun's corona is so hot.


http://www.nature.com/news/solar-magnetism-twists-braids-of-superheated-gas-1.12273?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130129

Brain-simulation and graphene projects win billion-euro competition


http://www.nature.com/news/brain-simulation-and-graphene-projects-win-billion-euro-competition-1.12291?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130129

‘Big Brother’ watching: creating a safer world; or goodbye privacy - Dick Pelletier

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130129

Cloud essentials: understanding the basics of cloud computing

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/28/cloud-essentials-understanding-the-basics-of-cloud-computing/

Monday, January 28, 2013

Vine – The New App on the Wire


http://www.lynetteradio.com/2013/vine-the-new-app-on-the-wire

TV Premiere of ‘The Revisioniares’ Tonight and Tuesday on PBS


http://tfninsider.org/2013/01/28/tv-premiere-of-the-revisioniares-tonight-and-tuesday-on-pbs/

A dubious proposal for amending the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act


http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/28/a-dubious-proposal-for-amending-the-computer-fraud-and-abuse-act/

Google Fiber provides faster Internet and, cities hope, business growth


http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-fiber-provides-faster-internet-and-cities-hope-business-growth/2013/01/25/08b466fc-6028-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html

Atheistic Science is Rapidly Sinking in the Quicksand


http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/01/28/atheistic-science-is-rapidly-sinking-in-the-quicksand/

Europe Plans 500,000 Electric Charging Stations By 2020


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/europe-plans-500000-electric-charging-stations-by-2020

Aging in Brain Found to Hurt Sleep Needed for Memory


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/health/brain-aging-linked-to-sleep-related-memory-decline.html

Geneticists Discover a Way to Extend Lifespans to 800 Years


http://io9.com/345728/geneticists-discover-a-way-to-extend-lifespans-to-800-%20years

Total Surveillance : NYPD places full body scanners on the streets of New York (video)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK0lfBOIt9o&feature=player_embedded

Hacker Builds the Voice-Controlled Raspberry Pi R2-D2 You’re Looking For

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/01/raspberry-pi-r2d2/

Leslie Morgan Steiner: Why domestic violence victims don't leave


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

Why do Humans and Animals Have Friends?


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-do-humans-and-animals-have-friends

Happiness Favors the Prepare

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/happiness-favors-the-prepared-mind

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Mining Asteroids Could Make 'Warp Drive' Possible


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127279-2013-01-26-mining-asteroids-could-make-warp-drive-possible.htm

Video: Harvard's Tiny Kilobots Are Now Swarming By The Hundreds


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127263-2013-01-26-video-harvards-tiny-kilobots-are-now-swarming-by-the-hundreds.htm

DARPA Video Shows Off Satellite-Scavenging Space Robot Tech


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127262-2013-01-26-darpa-video-shows-off-satellite-scavenging-space-robot-tech.htm

One Kilogram Of This New Polymer Material Can Turn A Swimming Pool To Jelly


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127260-2013-01-26-one-kilogram-of-this-new-polymer-material-can-turn-a.htm

In 5-Minute Journey, Flying Telescope Cracks Mystery Of Solar Atmosphere

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127242-2013-01-26-in-5-minute-journey-flying-telescope-cracks-mystery-of-solar.htm

How Math Could Improve Life for Nearly 6 Million With Parkinson's

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-little/parkinsons-diagnosis-test_b_2545128.html

8 Unusual Uses For Antiseptic Mouthwash

http://www.homesessive.com/view/8-unusual-uses-antiseptic-mouthwash

Dowsing for God — Critique of Power vs Force by David Hawkins

http://www.energygrid.com/spirit/2005/02ap-dowsinggod.html

Thursday, January 24, 2013

'Scarecrow' Gene: Key to Efficient Crops, Could Lead to Staple Crops With Much Higher Yields

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130124134051.htm

5 Ways to Leave Your Body


http://discovermagazine.com/2012/jul-aug/05-ways-to-leave-your-body/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=

Medical condition that causes 100 orgasms a day?


http://www.boston.com/dailydose/2012/08/28/medical-condition-that-causes-orgasms-day/nTrIU1Fza9qD84yyX3GCYK/story.html

Taiwan minister says men should sit down to urinate


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19390785

Mars Rover Snaps Amazing View of Martian Mountain (Photo)


http://www.space.com/17326-mars-rover-curiosity-amazing-martian-photo.html

Ladies, Meet Your "Happiness" Gene


http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/ladies-meet-your-happiness-gene/81247244/

Flowers Regenerated From 30,000-Year-Old Frozen Fruits


http://zen-haven.dk/flowers-regenerated-from-30000-year-old-frozen-fruits/

Cut world population and redistribute resources, expert urges


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/26/world-population-resources-paul-ehrlich

Tuning a piano 'moulds the mind'


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19398413

Pot Dependence in Adolescence is Linked to a Long-Term Drop in IQ


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/29/pot-dependence-in-adolescence-is-linked-to-a-long-term-drop-in-iq/

Biblical-Type Floods Are Real, and They're Absolutely Enormous


http://discovermagazine.com/2012/jul-aug/06-biblical-type-floods-real-absolutely-enormous/

Life, simulated


http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v9/n9/full/nmeth.2165.html

A Hydrogen-Powered Plane That Could Go From Los Angeles To New York City In Under An Hour


http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680362/a-hydrogen-powered-plane-that-could-go-from-los-angeles-to-new-york-city-in-under-an-hour

Want to build a space elevator on Earth? Start with the moon


http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-space-elevator-20120829,0,5360284.story

Blood Test Reveals the Time Inside You


http://inkfish.fieldofscience.com/2012/08/blood-test-reveals-time-inside-you.html

‘Eating’ Water Latest and Rising Threat to a Thirsty World


http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/eating-water-latest-and-rising-threat-to-a-thirsty-population/

Half man, half machine: Scientists engineer first 'cyborg' tissue - which uses living human cells and organic polymers


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2195586/Half-man-half-machine-Scientists-engineer-cyborg-tissue--uses-living-human-cells-organic-polymers.html

Australians implant 'world first' bionic eye


http://news.yahoo.com/australians-implant-world-first-bionic-eye-103206252.html

Pig parasite may help treat autoimmune disorders


http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-usa-health-parasites-idUSBRE87T14720120830

Scientists reconstruct genetic makeup of 50,000-year-old girl


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/aug/30/scientists-genetic-makeup-denisovan-girl

Think hard to fly: Chinese scientists unveil mind-controlled drone


http://rt.com/news/mind-controlled-drone-china-157/

New Theory: Sexual Orientation Determined by Brain Hemisphere Dominance


http://www.advocate.com/health/2012/08/06/new-theory-says-sexual-orientation-determined-brain-hemisphere

The laser-powered bionic eye that gives 576-pixel grayscale vision to the blind


http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/132918-the-laser-powered-bionic-eye-that-gives-576-pixel-grayscale-vision-to-the-blind

Scientists Develop Robot that Scans Information Directly from Neurons


http://zen-haven.dk/scientists-develop-robot-that-scans-information-directly-from-neurons/

Myth of sex addiction Despite Tiger and other star ‘sufferers,’ disorder isn’t real


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/books/myth_of_sex_addiction_nlGydkGMVWvyK6MwE68OyI

First GM camels to be engineered for drug production


http://www.scidev.net/en/health/genomics/news/first-gm-camels-to-be-engineered-for-drug-production.html

Meditation improves multitasking skills at work


http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/meditation-improves-multitasking-skills-at-work/28827?tag=nl.e660

Researchers Engineer Light-activated Skeletal Muscle


http://www.alnmag.com/news/researchers-engineer-light-activated-skeletal-muscle

Parasite linked to cats infects 350,000 a year: Infections linked to dementia in humans


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2197941/Parasite-linked-cats-infects-350-000-year-Infections-linked-dementia-humans.html

Species multiply as Earth heats up


http://www.nature.com/news/species-multiply-as-earth-heats-up-1.11350

How LOW Cholesterol Can Harm Your Health


http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/underreported-dangers-low-cholesterol

Coming Soon: An Affordable Gasoline-Air Hybrid


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/coming-soon-an-affordable-gasoline-air-hybrid

To Predict the Future with Certainty, Unplug Yourself From the Present


http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/to-predict-the-future-with-certainty-unplug-yourself-from-the-present

Starchy Diets May Have Given Ancient Dogs a Paw Up


http://www.livescience.com/26513-starchy-human-diet-domesticated-dogs.html

Biggest Dinosaurs Had Brains the Size of Tennis Balls


http://www.livescience.com/26539-giant-sauropods-small-brains.html

Shakespeare and Martin Luther King demonstrate potential of DNA storage


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/jan/23/shakespeare-sonnets-encoded-dna

Stem cells bring back feeling for paralysed patients


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22235-stem-cells-bring-back-feeling-for-paralysed-patients.html

New Geranium Gives Allergy Sufferers Nothing to Sniff About


http://www.livescience.com/22875-allergy-free-geranium.html

US army's robotic cheetah is faster than Usain Bolt


http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/06/robot-cheetah-faster-than-bolt

Green Tea Boosts Brain Cell Production to Aid Memory


http://www.alnmag.com/news/green-tea-boosts-brain-cell-production-aid-memory

'Quantum Teleportation' Beams Information Farther Than Ever Before


http://www.livescience.com/22955-quantum-teleportation-distance-record.html

The 'Nocebo' Effect: If You Think You'll Get Sick, You Will


http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=161305

Cyborg Cockroaches May Be Future Emergency Responders


http://www.livescience.com/23016-remote-controlled-cyborg-roaches.html

Cell structure gives African fruit its iridescent hue


http://www.nature.com/news/cell-structure-gives-african-fruit-its-iridescent-hue-1.11379

Four in Five Dengue Mosquitoes Died in Cayman Trial


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-10/four-in-five-dengue-mosquitoes-died-in-cayman-trial.html

Brain scans show how crows distinguish friend from foe


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22255-brain-scans-show-how-crows-distinguish-friend-from-foe.html

Why AIDS Vaccine is Difficult to Develop


http://www.alnmag.com/news/why-aids-vaccine-difficult-develop

Getting to Know the Genome A massive project involving hundreds of scientists suggests that very little—if any—of the human genome is truly non-functional.


http://the-scientist.com/2012/09/05/getting-to-know-the-genome/

Harmful effects of bisphenol A proved experimentally


http://english.inserm.fr/press-area/harmful-effects-of-bisphenol-a-proved-experimentally

Guess who? Japanese scientists launch face recognition-blocking glasses


http://rt.com/news/glasses-block-face-recognition-544/

Google patent application reveals Glass-like device with bone-conduction audio


http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/24/google-glass-bone-conduction/

Robot Makers Spread Global Gospel of Automation


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/technology/robot-makers-spread-global-gospel-of-automation.html

Freeze lifted on bird flu virus research

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-24/freeze-lifted-on-bird-flu-virus-research/4481508

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

NIH Advised To Retire Most Research Chimpanzees


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/nih-advised-to-retire-most-research-chimpanzees

Kepler Exoplanet Data Now Easily Available To Everyone


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/kepler-exoplanet-data-now-easily-available-to-everyone

Land- And Water-Grabbing Increasing Worldwide


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/land-and-water-grabbing-increasing-worldwide

Most Near-Earth Objects Won't Get Here Anytime Soon


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/most-near-earth-objects-wont-get-here-anytime-soon

She Who Can, Teaches Science. Now Show Her the Money!


http://bigthink.com/think-tank/she-who-can-teaches-science-show-her-the-money

The Discovery-Delivery Gap: Why Implementation Does Not Proceed From Invention


http://bigthink.com/insights-of-genius/the-discovery-delivery-gap-why-implementation-does-not-proceed-from-invention

Today’s Technology is Getting Smarter Producing Amazing New Opportunities

http://bigthink.com/flash-foresight/todays-technology-is-getting-smarter-producing-amazing-new-opportunities

Wine-drunk Pigs Improve Cardiovascular Health More than Vodka Drinkers


http://www.alnmag.com/news/wine-drunk-pigs-improve-cardiovascular-health-more-vodka-drinkers

Virus Used on Dog Cancer


http://www.alnmag.com/news/virus-used-dog-cancer

SPRAY OF HOPE Military developing anti-suicide nasal spray as deaths hit record numbers


http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/08/17/081712-news-anti-suicide-spray-1-4/

Pregnancy Exposures Determine Breast Cancer Risk in Multiple Generations of Offspring


http://www.alnmag.com/news/pregnancy-exposures-determine-breast-cancer-risk-multiple-generations-offspring

Deaf gerbils 'hear again' after stem cell cure


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19570024

11 Historical Geniuses and Their Possible Mental Disorders


http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/141360

Laser-powered Needle Tested on Guinea Pig Skin


http://www.alnmag.com/news/laser-powered-needle-tested-guinea-pig-skin

The secret of their success? How U.S. leaders from JFK to Roosevelt and George W Bush share character traits with psychopaths


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2202013/Are-presidents-psychopaths-How-U-S-leaders-JFK-Roosevelt-George-W-Bush-fearless-dominant.html

Atomic bond types discernible in single-molecule images


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19584301

Popular Antibiotics May Carry Serious Side Effects


http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/popular-antibiotics-may-carry-serious-side-effects/

Mammoth fragments raise cloning hopes

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9537154/Mammoth-fragments-raise-cloning-hopes.html

The 21st Century: a brief glance at the next 9 decades By Dick Pelletier


http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/454.html

Building Research Equipment with Free, Open-Source Hardware


http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6100/1303.full

5 years after stem cell transplant, ‘Berlin Man’ has no doubt unique treatment cured HIV


http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/5-years-after-stem-cell-transplant-berlin-man-has-no-doubt-unique-treatment-cured-hiv/2012/09/12/a78f504a-fd0c-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.html

Altruism connected to size of grey matter


http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_09_14_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=26793

Rewiring the Autistic Brain


http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/09/rewiring-the-autistic-brain.html?ref=hp

Smart Gloves Turn Sign Language Gestures Into Vocalized Speech


http://singularityhub.com/2012/09/16/smart-gloves-turn-sign-language-gestures-into-vocalized-speech/

Early Social Deprivation Impairs Long-term Cognitive Function


http://www.alnmag.com/news/early-social-deprivation-impairs-long-term-cognitive-function

Human muscle regenerated with animal help


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/health/research/human-muscle-regenerated-with-animal-help.html

Study: Air Pollution From Burger Joints Worse Than Trucks


http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/09/18/study-air-pollution-from-burger-joints-worse-than-trucks/

Will Science Someday Rule Out the Possibility of God?


http://news.yahoo.com/science-someday-rule-possibility-god-115945479.html

Baxter The Worker Robot Puts In The Hours So You Don’t Have To


http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/20/baxter-the-worker-robot-puts-in-the-hours-so-you-dont-have-to/

Biomarker Sniffs Out Psychopaths


http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/biomarker-sniffs-out-psychopaths/81247365/

A Better Material for Hip and Joint Replacement


http://www.alnmag.com/news/better-material-hip-and-joint-replacement

Dieting Monkeys Don’t Live Longer The latest news from a long-term study of calorie restriction in rhesus macaques shows better health, but no boost in lifespan, in monkeys who eat less.


http://the-scientist.com/2012/08/29/dieting-monkeys-dont-live-longer/

Beeswax Filling May Be Oldest Hint of Dentistry


http://www.livescience.com/23321-ancient-dentistry-beeswax-filling.html

Scientists grow drug for rare disease in corn


http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/18/us-corn-medicine-idUSBRE88H0Z920120918

Feline Find: How the Tabby Cat Got Its Stripes


http://www.livescience.com/23348-how-the-tabby-cat-got-its-stripes.html

Newfound Alien Planet a Top Contender to Host Life


http://www.space.com/17684-alien-planet-gliese-163c-extraterrestrial-life.html

Parker Hannifin developing robotic exoskeleton to help paralyzed people walk (video)


http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/12/parker_hannifin_developing_rob.html

Build Your Own Supercomputer With Raspberry Pis and Legos – For Reals!


http://singularityhub.com/2012/09/22/build-your-own-supercomputer-with-raspberry-pis-and-legos-%E2%80%93-for-reals/

Pet Monkey Turns Out to Be New Species

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6101/1439.1.full

This Light, Affordable Exoskeleton Could Help The Paralyzed Walk Again


http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680940/this-light-affordable-exoskeleton-could-help-the-paralyzed-walk-again#1

Rethinking Sleep


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/opinion/sunday/rethinking-sleep.html?pagewanted=1&_r=moc.semityn.www&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120923

If You’re Still Eating Microwave Popcorn, You’re Not Fully Grasping The Health Consequences


http://zen-haven.dk/microwave-popcorn/

How Technology Promotes World Peace


http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/how-technology-promotes-world-peace/258400/

Drought-resistant corn might have diminished potential crop losses by one-quarter this year


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49172441/ns/us_news-christian_science_monitor/?ocid=msnhp%23.UGJyF1GO3Sg

Zit-Zapping Virus May Wipe Out Acne


http://www.livescience.com/23425-zit-zapping-virus-acne-treatment.html

NASA wants to send astronauts beyond the moon


http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-09-22/news/os-nasa-space-outpost-20120922_1_moon-rocks-space-launch-system-nasa-chief-charlie-bolden

Diagnostic Chip Based on Vibrating Beads


http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/diagnostic-chip-based-on-vibrating-beads/81247386/

Slave rebellion is widespread in ants Enslaved worker ants kill the offspring of their parasites and thereby improve the chances of survival for their neighboring relatives


http://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/15733_ENG_HTML.php

Are we the extraterrestrials? Scientists back theory that life was brought to Earth by space microbes


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2208438/Are-extra-terrestrials-New-study-backs-theory-life-brought-Earth-space-microbes.html

Chocolate Gives Snails Super-Memory


http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/chocolate-gives-snails-super-memory/81247393/

Eunuchs Lived Longer Than Other Men: Study


http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=163289

Five-Cent Diabetes Pill From 1958 May Be New Cancer Drug


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-25/five-cent-diabetes-pill-from-1958-may-be-new-cancer-drug.html

NASA: Mars Curiosity rover finds rocky signs of once-gushing stream


http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mars-rover-gushing-water-stream-curiosity-20120927,0,1428281.story

Bioengineers Introduce 'Bi-Fi' -- The Biological 'Internet'


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928103802.htm

Some women actually have men on the brain


http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-women-brain-microchimerism-20120926,0,6446716.story

Did a Massive Extraterrestrial Body Impact Earth 12,000 Years Ago?


http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/09/theia-impact-hypothesis-of-moons-creation-crucial-evidence-discovered-.html

You put the coconut oil in to fight tooth decay


http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_09_24_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=27053

Liquid air 'offers energy storage hope'


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19785689

GM cows make 'low allergy' milk


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19785006

California bans teenage gay conversion therapy


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19789505

10 World-Changing Innovators for 2012 Tires that maintain their own air pressure. A brain-to-computer interface. Cameras that can see around corners. This year's Breakthrough Award-winning innovators are the brains and sweat behind some of the world's biggest ideas.


http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/news/10-world-changing-innovators-for-2012

Warm temperatures on Mars may improve chances for habitability


http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-warm-temperatures-on-mars-may-improve-chances-for-habitability-20120928,0,1785352.story

Could Black Mamba Snake Venom Replace Morphine? Painkilling compounds lack side effects of current drugs, study says.


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/10/121003-morphine-painkillers-black-mamba-snakes-health-science/

Arsenic-life’ bacterium prefers phosphorus after all Transport proteins show 4,000-fold preference for phosphate over arsenate.


http://www.nature.com/news/arsenic-life-bacterium-prefers-phosphorus-after-all-1.11520

The $1 billion mission to reach the Earth's mantle


http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/01/tech/mantle-earth-drill-mission/index.html

The Doctor is In (Your Skin): Incredible Medicine Implants | Gadgets, Science & Technology


http://gajitz.com/the-doctor-is-in-your-skin-incredible-medicine-implants/

Mouse Skin Cells Turned into Eggs


http://www.alnmag.com/news/mouse-skin-cells-turned-eggs

Bizarre tumor case may lead to custom cancer care


http://news.yahoo.com/bizarre-tumor-case-may-lead-custom-cancer-care-210909883.html

Researchers Sequence Whole Baby Genome In 50 Hours


http://singularityhub.com/2012/10/06/researchers-sequence-whole-baby-genome-in-50-hours/

Get ready for a super comet


http://www.hudsonvalleyalmanacweekly.com/2012/10/06/get-ready-for-a-super-comet/

The Radicalness Of 3D Printing


http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/mcgill20121007

Skin stem cells may help avoid blindness


http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/10/07/Skin-stem-cells-may-help-avoid-blindness/UPI-17031349586323/

Mount Sinai School of Medicine Offers First-Ever Course with Whole Genome Sequencing


http://www.mountsinai.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/mount-sinai-school-of-medicine-offers-first-ever-course-with-whole-genome-sequencing

Regenerated Lizard Tails are Different from Originals


http://www.alnmag.com/news/regenerated-lizard-tails-are-different-originals

Update: Lab-grown Meat


http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/45055/print

Brain Waves Surge Moments Before Death Surges in brain activity just before death were seen in a study of seven patients.


http://news.discovery.com/human/near-death-brain.html

Vitamin C Prevents Bone Loss in Animal Models


http://www.alnmag.com/news/vitamin-c-prevents-bone-loss-animal-models

Robots: Can biohybrid model sink or swim?


http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121010-sink-or-swim-for-biohybrid-robot

Extending Einstein's Theory Beyond Light Speed


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121010092742.htm

Modern wheat a "perfect, chronic poison," doctor says


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57505149/modern-wheat-a-perfect-chronic-poison-doctor-says/

Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate and Control?


http://www.alternet.org/why-are-americans-so-easy-manipulate-and-control

Dumbo's Bristly Hair May Keep Him Cool


http://www.livescience.com/23874-elephant-hair-keeps-cool.html

The Measurement That Would Reveal The Universe As A Computer Simulation

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429561/the-measurement-that-would-reveal-the-universe-as/

A Planet Made of Diamond, Twice the Size of Earth


http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/10/a-planet-made-of-diamond-twice-the-size-of-earth/

Scientists to simulate human brain inside a supercomputer


http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/12/tech/human-brain-computer/index.html

Humanity's legacy to be sent to space as evidence of existence


http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/space-probe-humanity-legacy-205/

Are traditional sail boats the future of trade?


http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/12/tech/sailing-green-merchant-ship/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

Passive smoking affects neurodevelopment in babies


http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_10_09_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=27353

Scientists identify genes and facial shape connection


http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_10_10_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=27373

Mysterious Elk-Shaped Structure Discovered in Russia


http://www.livescience.com/23910-russian-nazca-lines-discovered.html

Stem-cell transplant claims debunked


http://www.nature.com/news/stem-cell-transplant-claims-debunked-1.11584

Felix Baumgartner free falls from edge of space, breaking sound barrier


http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/felix-baumgartner-free-falls-from-edge-of-space-breaking-sound-barrier/2012/10/14/610b1d20-1634-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html

Obesity Promotes Tumor Growth in Mice Regardless of Diet


http://www.alnmag.com/news/obesity-promotes-tumor-growth-mice-regardless-diet

How Not to Get Burned by Fake Computer Babes Like That Manti Te'o Weirdo

http://www.vice.com/read/how-not-to-get-burned-by-fake-computer-babes-like-that-manti-teo-weirdo

New planet discovered in Earth's back yard


http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/us-space-newplanet-idUSBRE89G0H420121017

Human Cadaver Brains May Provide New Stem Cells

http://www.livescience.com/24005-human-cadaver-brains-stem-cells.html

MP3 files written as DNA with storage density of 2.2 petabytes per gram


http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/mp3-files-written-as-dna-with-storage-density-of-2-2-petabytes-per-gram/

Smoke Screen Company Thinks It Has The Perfect Defense Against School Shooters


http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-01/security-smoke-screen-company-thinks-we-should-smoke-out-school-shooters

Massive Gas Supply Around Modern Galaxies


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/127047-2013-01-23-massive-gas-supply-around-modern-galaxies.htm

5 Reasons We Still Love the Fifth Element

http://moviepilot.com/stories/816779-5-reasons-we-still-love-the-fifth-element

New Service Allows People to Text Strangers Using License Plate Number


http://cnsnews.com/news/article/new-service-allows-people-text-strangers-using-license-plate-number

What the devil? Scientists tap power of ‘Lucifer’


http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/01/23/what-the-devil-scientists-tap-power-of-lucifer/

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Amateur Team Finds 'Tatooine' Planet with 2 Suns in 4-Star System


http://www.space.com/18065-alien-planet-tatooine-twin-suns-stars.html

The Truth About Hair and Why Indians Would Keep Their Hair Long


http://www.sott.net/article/234783-The-Truth-About-Hair-and-Why-Indians-Would-Keep-Their-Hair-Long

GM mouse created to detect landmines


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/oct/15/gm-mouse-detect-landmines

Young blood can reverse some effects of ageing, study finds


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/oct/17/young-blood-reverse-effects-ageing

Animusic – Resonant Chamber


http://www.zengardner.com/animusic-resonant-chamber/

All-Time Darwin Award: The Nuclear Industry


http://www.activistpost.com/2012/10/all-time-darwin-award-nuclear-industry.html

Politics holds back animal engineers


http://www.nature.com/news/politics-holds-back-animal-engineers-1.11596?WT.ec_id=NATUREjobs-20121018

Reinventing the Pill: Male Birth Control


http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6105/318.full

OneZoom: New Way to Look at Life


http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6105/317.full

Developing World Has 80 Percent of Tobacco-Related Deaths


http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/10/developing-world-has-80-percent-of-tobacco-related-deaths/#

Internal Bacteria May Alter Brain Chemistry


http://naturalsociety.com/internal-bacteria-may-alter-brain-chemistry/

Antibiotics Could be to Blame for Skyrocketing Mental Illness Rates


http://naturalsociety.com/antibiotics-could-be-to-blame-for-skyrocketing-mental-illness-rates/

Beluga whale 'makes human-like sounds'


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20026938

Milk that protects against HIV - should call it Harvey? :)


http://freshscience.org.au/2012/hivmilk

Population - Humans Have Tough Predicament To Unwind By Frosty Wooldridge


http://rense.com/general95/popunwnd.html

Opinion: It's time to allow doping in sport


http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/23/opinion/cashmore-time-to-allow-doping-in-sport/index.html

Medical studies with striking results often prove false A statistical analysis finds that study results showing a 'very large effect' rarely hold up when other researchers try to replicate them.


http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-medical-studies-uncertain-20121024,0,5207372.story

Express-lane Sequencing


http://www.biotechniques.com/news/biotechniquesNews/biotechniques-336477.html

Prescription Drugs Now Leading Cause Of Accidental Death ~ Time To Return To Holistic Medicine


http://www.wakingtimes.com/2012/10/23/prescription-drugs-now-leading-cause-of-accidental-death-time-to-return-to-holistic-medicine/

Placebo effect may be 'down to genes'


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20042128

Make-up 'triggers early menopause': Warning on chemicals in cosmetics and hairspray that can cause periods to start more than two years early


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2222190/Make-triggers-early-menopause-Warning-chemicals-cosmetics-hairspray-cause-stop-years-early.html

Sci-fi writers help scientists bridge gap between fantasy and reality


http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/24/tech/science-imagination-center/index.html

Early Childhood Trauma Takes Visible Toll on Brain


http://www.alnmag.com/news/findings-illuminate-basis-brain-social-decisions-reactions

Early Childhood Trauma Takes Visible Toll on Brain


http://www.alnmag.com/news/early-childhood-trauma-takes-visible-toll-brain

Science Philanthropy for the 99 Percent


http://www.genomeweb.com//node/1144596?hq_e=el&hq_m=1386061&hq_l=1&hq_v=203d2b54c8

Silver-colored fish go invisible to thwart predators


http://natmonitor.com/news/silver-colored-fish-go-invisible-to-thwart-predators/

Leukaemia could be treated with blasts of plasma Blasts of electrically charged gas could provide a new treatment for leukaemia.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9622767/Leukaemia-could-be-treated-with-blasts-of-plasma.html

Evidence of Premonitions Discovered in New Study


http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/10/22/evidence-of-premonitions-hinted-at-in-new-study/

Ovulation moment caught on camera


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7447942.stm

Aspirin Linked to Blinding Eye Disease


http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/news/20130118/aspirin-blinding-eye-disease

Rutgers Researchers Say Daily Drinking Can Be Risky Study finds moderate consumption decreases number of new brain cells


http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/special-content/fall-2012/binge-drinking-could-20121023

RSA Animate: The Truth About Dishonesty (video)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBmJay_qdNc

Key Molecules Involved in Forming Long-Term Memories Discovered


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120910122351.htm

RSA Shorts - Does Brainstorming Work? (video)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgPIkx2JyQU

Paralysis breakthrough: spinal cord damage repaired


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22423-paralysis-breakthrough-spinal-cord-damage-repaired.html

Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us


http://healthfreedoms.org/2012/10/26/injection-wells-the-poison-beneath-us/

Amazing ship can carry 100,000 ton oil rigs (photos)


http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/amazing-ship-can-carry-100000-ton-oil-rigs-photos/12013?tag=content;siu-container

Newly discovered retinal stem cells may save vision.


http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s2813482.shtml?cat=300

Scented sleep can wash your fears away


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22420-scented-sleep-can-wash-your-fears-away.html

Nullomers: Molecules 'too dangerous for nature' kill cancer cells


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22424-molecules-too-dangerous-for-nature-kill-cancer-cells.html

Electrical stimulation of brain area causes strange visual illusions


http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-electrical-stimulation-of-brain-area-strange-visual-illusions-20121023,0,2756987.story?track=rss

French 'alchemists' to cash in on turning water into gold


http://rt.com/news/france-water-turn-gold-437/

Natural-Born Doctors


http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/32957/title/Self-Medicating-Animals/

Exercise Makes You Smarter


http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/exercise-makes-you-smarter/81247553/

Flu Shot Prevents Heart Attacks and Stroke


http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/flu-shot-prevents-heart-attacks-and-stroke/81247557/

Loss of attraction: We're running out of magnets


http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628882.100-loss-of-attraction-were-running-out-of-magnets.html

A Weak Spot in H.I.V.’s Armor Raises Hope for a Vaccine


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/health/a-weak-spot-in-hivs-armor-raises-hope-for-a-vaccine.html

Pesticides have domino effect on bees


http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/pesticides-have-domino-effect-on-bees

The Slow Revolution (video)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyv8eFHbsvk

Inventing The Impossible (video)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icDJNiYIJKA

Scientists Release 1,000 Genomes Map of Genetic Variation


http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/scientists-release-1-000-genomes-map-of-genetic-variation/81247570/

Researchers interact with rats by becoming virtual rats themselves


http://updates.io9.com/post/34783062444/researchers-interact-with-rats-by-becoming-virtual-rats

How Does the Brain Measure Time?


http://www.alnmag.com/news/how-does-brain-measure-time

Japan's Love Joule opens masturbation bar for ladies in Shibuya


http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/333998

The benefits and harms of breast cancer screening: an independent review


http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)61611-0/fulltext

The Pseudoscience Of Lie Detectors


http://zen-haven.com/the-pseudoscience-of-lie-detectors/

The Island Where People Forget to Die


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-people-forget-to-die.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1

Stem cell op may 'restore sperm'


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20168914

The Neo-Darwinian Fraud


http://deanhenderson.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/the-neo-darwinian-fraud/

Scientists read dreams


http://www.nature.com/news/scientists-read-dreams-1.11625

Cartilage Engineered from Mouse Pluripotent Stem Cells


http://www.alnmag.com/news/cartilage-engineered-mouse-pluripotent-stem-cells

Crowdsourcing insects rely on their collective brain power.


http://www.insidescience.org/?q=content/when-ants-get-together-make-decision/834

'Fearless' Felix Baumgartner: Mars is a waste of money


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9636188/Fearless-Felix-Baumgartner-Mars-is-a-waste-of-money.html

China is building a huge eco-city where no one will need to drive


http://business.financialpost.com/2012/11/03/china-is-building-a-huge-eco-city-where-no-one-will-need-to-drive/

Why Hands-Free Texting Is Still A Bad Idea

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-hands-free-texting-is-still-a-bad-idea

Surface tension: The long, strange history of the Windows tablet


http://www.zdnet.com/surface-tension-the-long-strange-history-of-the-windows-tablet-7000009947/

Leprosy bug turns adult cells into stem cells


http://www.nature.com/news/leprosy-bug-turns-adult-cells-into-stem-cells-1.12239?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130122

Mathematicians aim to take publishers out of publishing Episciences Project to launch series of community-run, open-access journals.


http://www.nature.com/news/mathematicians-aim-to-take-publishers-out-of-publishing-1.12243?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130122

Ceramics surprise with durable dryness Hardy water-repelling lanthanide oxides tackle extreme engineering challenges.


http://www.nature.com/news/ceramics-surprise-with-durable-dryness-1.12250?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130122

South Korea makes billion-dollar bet on fusion power


http://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-makes-billion-dollar-bet-on-fusion-power-1.12251?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130122

Bloggers put chemical reactions through the replication mill Online project seeks crowd-sourced help to reproduce chemists' published results.


http://www.nature.com/news/bloggers-put-chemical-reactions-through-the-replication-mill-1.12262?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130122

Massive animals may hold secrets of cancer suppression


http://www.nature.com/news/massive-animals-may-hold-secrets-of-cancer-suppression-1.12258?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130122

Indefinite lifespan possible in 20 years, expert predicts


http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20130122

Aquaculture: Helping Blue Turn Green


http://www.eurasiareview.com/21012013-aquaculture-helping-blue-turn-green/

DNA Chip Developed To Diagnose Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder


http://www.eurasiareview.com/21012013-dna-chip-developed-to-diagnose-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder/

How The 'Computer Wizard' Who Created The First Internet Virus Got Off Without A Day Of Jail


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/126885-2013-01-21-how-the-computer-wizard-who-created-the-first-internet-virus.htm

Alt Text: Three Totally False Pieces of Evidence for Water on Mars


http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/126891-2013-01-21-alt-text-three-totally-false-pieces-of-evidence-for-water.htm

Monday, January 21, 2013

How the Kinect Helps Heal Wounded Veterans


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-the-kinect-helps-heal-wounded-veterans

When Will Science Give Us Better Brains?

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/when-will-science-give-us-better-brains

What Technology Will Look Like by 2030

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/what-technology-will-look-like-by-2030

Google Apps Challenging Microsoft in Business


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/technology/google-apps-moving-onto-microsofts-business-turf.html

Polynesians reached South America, picked up sweet potatoes, went home


http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/polynesians-reached-south-america-picked-up-sweet-potatoes-went-home/

Today’s Atari bankruptcy latest in a long history of corporate deaths


http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/01/todays-atari-bankruptcy-latest-in-a-long-history-of-corporate-deaths/

New Theory on Why Men Love Breasts


http://www.livescience.com/23500-why-men-love-breasts.html

A New, Super-Nutritious Puffed Rice for Breakfast Cereals and Snacks


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121219133600.htm

Could This Be The Next Big Comet?


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/could-this-be-the-next-big-comet

Asteroid Miners Prepare For A Lucrative Future


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/asteroid-miners-prepare-for-a-lucrative-future

We're Puny, Insignificant, and Doomed – and That's the Good News

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/were-puny-insignificant-and-doomed-nil-and-thats-the-good-news

Is it impossible to trust one another in the information age?

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/21/is_it_impossible_to_trust_one_another_in_the_information_age/

Solar Variability and Terrestrial Climate


http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/01/solar-variability-and-terrestrial.html

Accepted Memory Formation Model Refuted


http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/01/accepted-memory-formation-model-refuted.html

Four-strand DNA structure found in cells Unusual nucleic-acid structure may have role in regulating some genes.


http://www.nature.com/news/four-strand-dna-structure-found-in-cells-1.12253

Gender differences in autoimmune diseases: Blame them on bacteria?

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-sex-differences-autoimmune-diseases-bacteria-20130118,0,3533699.story

Stop Trashing Eggs: Large Study Finds No Harm


http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2013/01/15/large-meta-analysis-finds-no-harm-associated-with-eggs/

Stain-Proof Material Can Repel Virtually Any Liquid

http://www.technewsdaily.com/16441-stain-proof-repel-liquid.html

Quantum Mystery of Light Revealed by New Experiment


http://www.livescience.com/24509-light-wave-particle-duality-experiment.html

Quick Cook Method Turns Algae Into Oil


http://domesticfuel.com/2012/11/02/quick-cook-method-turns-algae-into-oil/

Scientists say heartbeat, not battery, could power pacemakers


http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/04/us-heart-pacemaker-idUSBRE8A30P620121104

HOW GENETICALLY MODIFIED TOMATOES ‘CAN HELP BEAT HEART DISEASE’


http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/356368/How-genetically-modified-tomatoes-can-help-beat-heart-disease

Israeli Team Discovers Stem Cell “Bodyguards”


http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israeli-team-discovers-stem-cell-bodyguards/2012/10/31/

Could milk get you mad cow disease?


http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/2/other_diseases/could_milk_get_you_mad_cow_disease_1029120735.html

Scientists study risks of contracting fatal brain diseases from eating farmed fish fed rendered cows


http://www.examiner.com/article/scientists-study-risks-of-contracting-fatal-brain-diseases-from-eating-farmed-fish-fed-rendered-cows

Scientists discover how to make time pass faster (or slower) Findings could also explain why time flies when we're having fun


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2228221/Scientists-discover-make-time-pass-faster-slower.html

Newfound 'super-Earth' could support life


http://rt.com/news/super-earth-habitable-life-272/

Gene Therapy Arrives in Europe


http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/33166/title/Gene-Therapy-Arrives-in-Europe/

Humans, Chimpanzees and Monkeys Share DNA but Not Gene Regulatory Mechanisms


http://www.alnmag.com/news/humans-chimpanzees-and-monkeys-share-dna-not-gene-regulatory-mechanisms

Blind Mole Rat Secretes Cancer Killing Protein


http://www.alnmag.com/news/blind-mole-rat-secretes-cancer-killing-protein

Crocodile jaws are more sensitive than human fingertips


http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-crocodile-jaws-more-sensitive-than-human-fingertips-20121108,0,1405762.story

Towers Of Vegetables Go Up As Singapore Builds First Vertical Farm


http://singularityhub.com/2012/11/05/towers-of-vegetables-go-up-as-singapore-builds-first-vertical-farm/

Cheap, Paper-Based Blood Test Costs Only Pennies, No Lab Equipment Needed


http://singularityhub.com/2012/11/09/cheap-paper-based-blood-tests-for-liver-damage-cost-only-pennies-dont-require-lab-equipment/

After 2 Years Scientists Still Can’t Solve Belly Button Mystery, Continue Navel-Gazing


http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/11/07/after-two-years-scientists-still-cant-solve-belly-button-mystery-continue-navel-gazing/

Some of the effects of smoking may be passed from grandmother to grandchild


http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21565573-some-effects-smoking-may-be-passed-grandmother

The Truth About Alkalizing Your Blood


http://www.wakingtimes.com/2012/04/14/the-truth-about-alkalizing-your-blood/

Weird-Looking, Meat-Eating Sponge Found In Deep Sea


http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/3752-new-carnivorous-sponge-species.html

Identical Twins' Genes Are Not Identical


http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=identical-twins-genes-are-not-identical

Artificial Liver to Replace Animal Testing


http://www.alnmag.com/news/artificial-liver-replace-animal-testing

Icelandic volcanoes could heat British homes


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/9671445/Icelandic-volcanoes-could-heat-British-homes.html

Scientists find a master control gene for blood stem cells


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/scientists-find-a-master-control-gene-for-blood-stem-cells/article5125902/

Science on the Brink of Death


http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/science-on-the-brink-of-death

Solving the Mystery of Aging: Longevity Gene Makes Hydra Immortal and Humans Grow Older


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121113091953.htm

Even Low-Level Radioactivity Is Damaging, Scientists Conclude


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121113134224.htm

Civilisation is making humanity less intelligent, study claims


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9672790/Civilisation-is-making-humanity-less-intelligent-study-claims.html

Stanford's touch-sensitive plastic skin heals itself


http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/november/healing-plastic-skin-111112.html

Urine-powered generator unveiled at international exhibition


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/urine-powered-generator-unveiled-international-exhibition-234718329.html

Brazil eyes cloning to bolster endangered species


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/14/brazil-eyes-cloning-to-bolster-endangered-species/

Discovery Of Significant Relationship Between Mortality And Telomere Length


http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/252607.php

Wax-filled nanotech yarn behaves like powerful, super-strong muscle (w/ video)


http://phys.org/news/2012-11-wax-filled-nanotech-yarn-powerful-super-strong.html

Kinsey Reporter: Free App Allows Public to Anonymously Report, Share Information On Sexual Behavior


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120905110853.htm

NASA’s Curiosity finds humans could survive radiation levels on Mars


http://thespacereporter.com/2012/11/nasas-curiosity-finds-humans-could-survive-radiation-levels-on-mars/

Nose cell transplant enables paralysed dogs to walk


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20365355

Einstein’s brain gets a new look-over


http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121116_einstein.htm

Mobile phone cameras could soon carry lenses that can change between extreme wide angle shots to magnified view with the flick of a switch, following new research.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9685682/The-lens-that-could-help-camera-phone-photographers-compete-with-the-professionals.html

German TV: 42% of Fukushima children now with thyroid disorders — Official blames too much seafood? (VIDEO)


http://enenews.com/german-tv-42-of-fukushima-children-now-with-thyroid-disorders-official-blames-too-much-seafood-video

Nanoparticle shows promise in treatment of multiple sclerosis


http://www.gizmag.com/multiple-sclerosis-nanoparticles/25092/

Science’s Looming ‘Tipping Point’


http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2012/11/19/sciences-looming-tipping-point/

Prozac in Poultry Is Better Than Penicillin


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-greger-md/antibiotics-chicken_b_1470098.html

China to build world's tallest building - in just 90 days


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-to-build-worlds-tallest-building--injust-90-days-8340870.html#

Grapefruit and pills mix warning


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20497086

Serious Issues with Plate Tectonics


http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2012/11/27/serious-issues-with-plate-tectonics-2/

25 Nuclear Power Plants Could Be Replaced By Geothermal In Japan

http://cleantechnica.com/2012/12/22/25-nuclear-power-plants-could-be-replaced-by-geothermal-in-japan/

Swarming a Book Online

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/business/a-casualty-on-the-battlefield-of-amazons-partisan-book-reviews.html

Mixed Response to Comcast in Expanding Net Access

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/business/media/comcast-internet-essentials-brings-access-to-low-income-homes.html

How M.I.T. Ensnared a Hacker, Bucking a Freewheeling Culture

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/technology/how-mit-ensnared-a-hacker-bucking-a-freewheeling-culture.html

Study Finds How Genes That Cause Illness Work

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/health/study-pinpoints-what-activates-disease-causing-genes.html

US Scientists Find That Chemotherapy Boosts Cancer Growth

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/01/21/us-scientists-find-that-chemotherapy-boosts-cancer-growth/

Tension in Nuclear Powers of South Asia

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/01/21/do-we-have-a-magnetic-sixth-sense/

How to Turn a Worthless Business Idea into a Million-Dollar Startup

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/08/how-to-turn-a-worthless-business-idea-into-a-million-dollar-startup/

There is Music in the Cloud – About SoundCloud and Other Cloud Music Services

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/08/there-is-music-in-the-cloud-about-soundcloud-and-other-cloud-music-services/

NVIDIA details the Grid, a card built for powering cloud computing

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/08/nvidia-details-the-grid-a-card-built-for-powering-cloud-computing/

300-million-year-old UFO tooth-wheel found in Russian city of Vladivostok

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_01_19/300-million-year-old-UFO-tooth-wheel-found-in-Russian-city-of-Vladivostok/

Rock solid proof of alien life? Scientists claim fossilized algae inside meteorite

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-life-report-mars-310/

How Cloud Computing Will Affect Healthcare in 2013

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/15/how-cloud-computing-will-affect-healthcare-in-2013/

Microsoft to offer its ‘Drawbridge’ virtualization technology on top of its Windows Azure cloud

http://xcluesiv.com/blog/2013/01/15/microsoft-to-offer-its-drawbridge-virtualization-technology-on-top-of-its-windows-azure-cloud/

We Discovered The Clitoris In 2009? Heyyy, Wait A Minute…

http://www.themarysue.com/clitoris-discovery-2009/http://www.themarysue.com/clitoris-discovery-2009/

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Why Lasting Love is Such Hard Work

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/why-lasting-love-is-such-hard-work

Happiness is in the Wanting, Not the Getting, Says New Study

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/happiness-is-in-the-wanting-not-the-getting-says-new-study

Self-Help Books Treat Depression, Says Year-Long Study

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/self-help-books-treat-depression-says-year-long-study

Like Stress, Loneliness Harms the Body's Immune System

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/like-stress-loneliness-harms-the-bodys-immune-system

The Promise and Perils of Oxytocin

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6117/267.full

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Atheist or Agnostic?

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/neil-degrasse-tyson-atheist-or-agnostic

This Super Camera Captures What's Beyond Human Comprehension

http://bigthink.com/dr-kakus-universe/this-super-camera-captures-whats-beyond-human-comprehension

Masturbation: "An Evolutionary Magic Trick"

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/hour-our-brains-evolved-to-make-us-master-pornographers

Why You Shouldn't Have Sex for Your Health

http://bigthink.com/postcards-from-zizek/why-you-shouldnt-have-sex-for-your-health-2

Engineer Petitions White House for Real-Life Starship Enterprise

http://www.livescience.com/25989-starship-enterprise-white-house-petition.html

What is love? Five theories on the greatest emotion of all

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/13/what-is-love-five-theories

Andy Kessler: In the Privacy Wars, It's iSpy vs. gSpy Big Brother is watching us. But we are watching back.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323984704578206063994711952-lMyQjAxMTAzMDAwNDEwNDQyWj.html

New Method for Collagen Scaffolds: Slice, Stack, Roll

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121227110724.htm

Nature | News Memory molecule dethroned Two studies refute an enzyme’s essential role in remembering and forgetting.

http://www.nature.com/news/memory-molecule-dethroned-1.12139?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130108

Wasp larva disinfects its roach meal from within

http://www.nature.com/news/wasp-larva-disinfects-its-roach-meal-from-within-1.12154?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130108

Kurzweil's "How to Create a Mind" is Severely Lacking

http://www.science20.com/eye_brainstorm/blog/kurzweils_how_create_mind_severely_lacking-97013

3-D sonar provides new view of Civil War shipwreck

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/19/3_d_sonar_provides_new_view_of_civil_war_shipwreck/

Lessons in Mindfulness from Sherlock Holmes

http://bigthink.com/book-of-the-month/lessons-in-mindfulness-from-sherlock-holmes-brain-addict

Is a Picture Still Worth a Thousand Words?

http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/is-a-picture-still-worth-a-thousand-words

Buying the N.Y.S.E., in One Shot

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/business/jeffrey-sprechers-improbable-path-to-buying-the-nyse.html

The First Rule of Brainstorming: Suspend Disbelief

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/business/kon-leong-of-zl-technologies-on-encouraging-creativity.html

Google’s Alternative to the Password

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/126762-2013-01-19-googles-alternative-to-the-password.htm

Ray Kurzweil Plans to Create a Mind at Google—and Have it Serve You

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/126761-2013-01-19-ray-kurzweil-plans-to-create-a-mind-at-googleand-have.htm

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Indicted tycoon Kim Dotcom launches new site Defiant German-born internet entrepreneur unveils "Mega" site on anniversary of his arrest on US racketeering charges.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/01/20131203823121181.html

'Rogue planet' spotted 100 light-years away

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20309762

Electron Microscopy: the Future of Sequencing?

http://www.biotechniques.com/news/biotechniquesNews/biotechniques-337235.html

Can meditation reduce your risk of having a heart attack or stroke?

http://www.boston.com/dailydose/2012/11/14/can-meditation-reduce-your-risk-having-heart-attack-stroke/Ou7y4lnxzpm5dBNpd8pyFK/story.html

Weed Warnings

http://www.genomeweb.com//node/1154351?hq_e=el&hq_m=1410950&hq_l=1&hq_v=203d2b54c8

Captive Animals Show Signs of Boredom

http://www.alnmag.com/news/captive-animals-show-signs-boredom

Gene Predicts Time of Death

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/gene-predicts-time-of-death/81247651/

Artificial wombs: is a sexless reproduction society in our future?

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pelletier20121113

Does chocolate make you clever?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20356613

Can a Cardboard Bicycle Change The World?!

http://www.singularityweblog.com/cardboard-bicycle/

Innovative medical textiles eliminates bacteria

http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_11_12_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=28033

X Prize to Sequence Genomes of World’s Oldest People. Hopes To Unlock Secrets of Longevity

http://singularityhub.com/2012/11/19/x-prize-to-sequence-genomes-of-worlds-oldest-people-hopes-to-unlock-secrets-of-longevity/

Slow, Steady & Easy Breathing

http://blog.imva.info/medicine/slow-steady-easy-breathing/

Michio Kaku: Can Nanotechnology Create Utopia?

http://www.singularityweblog.com/michio-kaku-can-nanotechnology-create-utopia/

Google Takes You on a Mind-Boggling Trip to 100,000 Stars

http://mashable.com/2012/11/17/google-100000-stars/

Longevity Shocker! Exercise Increases Life Expectancy Regardless Of Your Weight

http://singularityhub.com/2012/11/20/longevity-shocker-exercise-increases-life-expectancy-regardless-of-your-weight/

Jellyfish Inspires Cancer Detector

http://www.technewsdaily.com/15583-jellyfish-inspires-cancer-detector.html

Brain-like chip outstrips normal computers

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628925.100-brainlike-chip-outstrips-normal-computers.html

Extreme recycling turns poo into food

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628923.600-extreme-recycling-turns-poo-into-food.html

Huge Mars Colony Eyed by SpaceX Founder Elon Musk

http://www.space.com/18596-mars-colony-spacex-elon-musk.html

The emerging science of ‘collective intelligence’ — and the rise of the global brain

http://io9.com/5962914/the-emerging-science-of-collective-intelligence--and-the-rise-of-the-global-brain

"Gravity Doesn't Exist" Is this Fundamental Phenomenon of the Universe an Illusion?

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/11/gravity-doesnt-exist-is-gravity-an-illusion.html

NIH study shows improvements in animals with Down syndrome characteristics

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/releases/Pages/113012-down-syndrome-mice.aspx

Tiny Wrench Untwists DNA

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/tiny-wrench-untwists-dna/81247719/

Voyager 1 Spacecraft Enters New Realm at Solar System's Edge

http://www.space.com/18743-voyager-spacecraft-solar-system-edge.html

Laser beaming could make power lines obsolete (1:23)

http://uk.reuters.com/video/2012/12/11/laser-beaming-could-make-power-lines-obs?videoId=239797939&videoChannel=76

Monkey brain area keeps count of kindnesses

http://www.nature.com/news/monkey-brain-area-keeps-count-of-kindnesses-1.12116

China Opens Longest High-Speed Rail Line

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/business/global/worlds-longest-high-speed-rail-line-opens-in-china.html

STANFORD GROUP SUCCESSFULLY FABRICATES ‘PEEL AND STICK’ SOLAR CELLS

http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/18/stanford-group-successfully-fabricates-peel-and-stick-solar-cells/

Doctors Use Brain Scanner To Communicate With ‘Vegetative’ Patient

http://singularityhub.com/2012/11/23/doctors-use-brain-scanner-to-communicate-with-vegetative-patient/

Algorighm improves speed and accuracy of neural prosthetics

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20121119/ReFIT-algorithm-improves-speed-and-accuracy-of-neural-prosthetics.aspx

Apes Have Midlife Crises, Too—And It May Help Them Middle age ruts may act as natural motivators, scientist says.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121119-apes-happiness-midlife-crises-science-animals/

Crawling Bio-Robot Runs on Rat Heart Cells New machine could someday attack human disease, scientists say.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121119-biobot-hearts-robots-cells-health-science-disease/

Human Obedience: The Myth of Blind Conformity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121120193529.htm

Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T. (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XOLOLrUBRBY#

Bloodletting: Return of a radical remedy

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628912.200-bloodletting-return-of-a-radical-remedy.html?full=true

Brain waves encode rules for behavior

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/brain-waves-encode-rules-for-behavior-1121.html

Virtual economy looms as digital cash grows up

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628925.200-virtual-economy-looms-as-digital-cash-grows-up.html?full=true

New Study Reveals the Key to Maintaining Healthy Knees

http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/45259

Parrots Use Sounds Like People Use Names

http://sciencenordic.com/parrots-use-sounds-people-use-names

Confirmed: US planned to nuke the moon

http://rt.com/usa/news/us-moon-nuclear-project-631/

A bacteria cocktail that kills infection

http://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?id=/research/headlines/news/article_12_11_21_en.html&item=Infocentre&artid=28233

Prevent Low Bone Density Naturally with Vitamin C

http://naturalsociety.com/prevent-low-bone-density-naturally-vitamin-c/

New Study: 1/3 of Tumors Found in Mammograms are Harmless

http://naturalsociety.com/one-third-tumors-mammograms-harmless/

Placebo Effect Goes beyond Humans

http://www.alnmag.com/news/placebo-effect-goes-beyond-humans

Brain Area's Role in Decision-making Pinpointed

http://www.alnmag.com/news/brain-areas-role-decision-making-pinpointed

Deleting Gene Reverses Sex of Male Mice

http://www.alnmag.com/news/deleting-gene-reverses-sex-male-mice

Scientists make wheat genetic code breakthrough

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/28/us-wheat-genes-idUSBRE8AR10020121128

A soft drink a day raises prostate cancer risk: study

http://www.lef.org/news/LefDailyNews.htm?NewsID=16943&Section=DISEASE&utm_source=DailyHealthBulletin&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Disease&utm_content=Body+Title&utm_campaign=DHB_121128

Bigfoot Genome?

http://www.biotechniques.com/news/biotechniquesNews/biotechniques-337678.html

European Agency's Final Verdict on Controversial GM Study: Not Scientifically Sound

http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/11/european-agencys-final-verdict-o.html

Lego-like DNA Building Bricks

http://www.biotechniques.com/news/biotechniquesNews/biotechniques-337718.html

Stem cells being made from blood

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20539835

New, Faster Way To Make Vaccines – Use Messenger RNA

http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/03/new-faster-way-to-make-vaccines-use-messenger-rna/

On Closest Planet to the Sun, NASA Finds Lots of Ice

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/science/space/mercury-home-to-ice-messenger-spacecraft-findings-suggest.html

New computer model of the brain focuses on seeing and doing

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-new-model-brain-can-memorize-numbers-answer-iq-questions-20121129,0,2428635.story

DNA Directly Photographed for First Time

http://news.yahoo.com/dna-directly-photographed-first-time-193138553.html

Earth seen from the International Space Station – timelapse video

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2012/nov/29/earth-international-space-station-timelapse-video

Childhood Trauma Can Alter DNA

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/childhood-trauma-can-alter-dna/81247708/

Dopamine Not about Pleasure (Anymore)

http://www.alnmag.com/news/dopamine-not-about-pleasure-anymore

Comprehensive Algae Fuels Report - the most detailed report covering all aspects of algae biofuels. If you are keen on exploring algae fuels business, this is a must read report for you. It can save your company years of research into this domain.

http://www.oilgae.com/

Security Obsession Drives 100 Scientists from NASA: Top Security Clearance Needed to Help Steer the Curiosity Rover?

http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/1452

Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell generates electricity from living plants

http://www.gizmag.com/plant-microbial-fuel-cell/25163/

Search for Life Suggests Solar Systems More Habitable than Ours

http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/hotplanet.htm

Gene Mutations Began Showing Up In Last 5,000 Years Of Human Evolution

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112738844/human-gene-mutations-5000-years-112912/

Breaking ice: Gazprom’s LNG tanker opens first Arctic sea route

http://rt.com/business/news/tanker-arctic-sea-route-complete-337/

Hubble Ultra Deep Field 3D What happens when you point the Hubble Space Telescope to a seemingly blank patch of sky? A view that takes you to the edge of the universe!

http://www.flixxy.com/hubble-ultra-deep-field-3d.htm

Stress Found to Shrink Important Regions of the Brain

http://naturalsociety.com/stress-found-shrink-important-regions-brain/

University Uses Tesla Technology to Wirelessly Charge Electric Bus

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/12/university-uses-tesla-technology-to.html

Gene switch found to help a heart heal itself

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22588-gene-switch-found-to-help-a-heart-heal-itself.html

Stem Cells Provide Hope For Glaucoma Treatment

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/253518.php

Deepest Mandelbrot Set Zoom Animation ever - a New Record! 10^275 (2.1E275 or 2^915)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0jGaio87u3A#

Brain Tumor Cells Successfully Destroyed in Mice

http://www.alnmag.com/news/brain-tumor-cells-successfully-destroyed-mice

Natural cure: Scientists create stem cell contact lens

http://rt.com/news/eye-lens-stem-cells-489/

Your Quick Thinking Subconscious Mind The Good and the Bad

http://www.increasebrainpower.com/quick-thinking.html

Hey, Ladies! Thinking About Ditching Your Period? A Doctor Answers 12 Puzzling and Hopeful Questions Valerie Tarico Valerie Tarico Ethical Technology

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tarico20121208

5 Reasons We May Live in a Multiverse

http://www.space.com/18811-multiple-universes-5-theories.html

Zombie Caterpillar Fungus Could Heal Humans

http://www.care2.com/causes/zombie-caterpillar-fungus-could-heal-humans.html

In Girl’s Last Hope, Altered Immune Cells Beat Leukemia

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/health/a-breakthrough-against-leukemia-using-altered-t-cells.html

Brain cells made from urine

http://www.nature.com/news/brain-cells-made-from-urine-1.11985

Norway Begins Four Year Test Of Thorium Nuclear Reactor

http://singularityhub.com/2012/12/11/norway-begins-four-year-test-of-thorium-nuclear-reactor/

Ultrasound mosquito repellents: Zapping the myth

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20669080

TedxVienna - Federico Pistono - Robots Will Steal Your Job, but That's OK (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYIfeZcXA9U

Epigenetics Underpins Homosexuality

http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/epigenetics-underpins-homosexuality/81247763/

Efficacy of Tobacco Taxes Tied to Gene Type

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/efficacy-of-tobacco-taxes-tied-to-gene-type/

Porcupine Quills Reveal Their Prickly Secrets

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/12/porcupine-quills-reveal-their-pr.html

Protein Found Responsible For Some Genetic Deafness

http://www.insidescience.org/content/protein-found-responsible-some-genetic-deafness/867