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

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Caterpillar’s Bad Breath Scares Off Predators

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/30/caterpillars-bad-breath-scares-off-predators/

Elephants Use Their Trunks to Ace Intelligence Tests

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131228-elephant-trunk-science-think-cognition-food-smell/

Clouds Detected on Alien Planet --New Hubble Discovery

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2013/12/clouds-observed-on-alien-planet-new-hubble-discovery.html

NASA Carbon Sleuth Gets Simulated Taste of Space

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-377

PBS Newshour | Tech’s next feats? Maybe on-demand kidneys, robot sex, cheap solar, lab meat

http://www.kurzweilai.net/pbs-newshour-techs-next-feats-maybe-on-demand-kidneys-robot-sex-cheap-solar-lab-meat

Clues to How Plants Evolved to Cope With Cold

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131222161805.htm

Rewriting our DNA promises amazing benefits, experts say By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/522.html

New MRAM technology promises memorable consumer electronics

http://www.gizmag.com/mram-universal-memory/30261/

America’s new rising threat: Antibiotic resistan

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/30/beware_the_antibiotic_tipping_point_partner/

Top Scientists of 2013

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/38650/title/Top-Scientists-of-2013/

Top 10 Retractions of 2013 A look at this year’s most memorable retractions

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38743/title/Top-10-Retractions-of-2013/

Monday, December 30, 2013

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Amazing science and technology innovations coming up in 2014

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/amazing-science-and-technology-innovations-coming-up-in-2014-29873072.html

"Human Brain Develops in Distinct Stages of Genetic Activity" --New Discovery

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2013/12/human-brain-found-to-develop-in-distinct-stages.html

Coca-Cola's Adorable Lies About Polar Bears

http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/coca-colas-adorable-lies-about-polar-bears

Waiting for a Supernova

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/waiting-for-a-supernova

Brainlike Computers, Learning From Experience

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/science/brainlike-computers-learning-from-experience.html

a robotic setting for the future of fashion manufacturing

http://sulia.com/channel/all-living/f/f7ac85c4-1610-4613-9cda-4ad39c9d396f/

Taiwan to phase out nuclear program by 2055

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asia/radio/program/connect-asia/taiwan-to-phase-out-nuclear-program-by-2055/1105804

Saturday, December 28, 2013

The science behind The Hobbit’s fiery dragon

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/science/the-science-behind-the-hobbits-fiery-dragon

A real-life Jurassic Park? Birds could be theoretically 'de-evolved' back to dinosaurs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/dinosaurs/10533240/A-real-life-Jurassic-Park-Birds-could-be-theoretically-de-evolved-back-to-dinosaurs.html

Science! New candy fights cavities

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/28/scientists_invent_magic_cavity_fighting_candy_partner/

Children at Lower Risk for Peanut, Tree Nut Allergies If Moms Ate More Nuts While Pregnant, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131223181813.htm

Common Disorders: It's Not the Genes Themselves, but How They Are Controlled

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131220113207.htm

Biologists Find Clues to a Parasite's Inconsistency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219200042.htm

Motor Excitability Predicts Working Memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131223083815.htm

Solitons in a Crystal: New Light Source Could Serve in Geo-Navigation, Search for Earth-Like Planets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131223100741.htm

Resistance Makes Waves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131223100707.htm

Making Sad Sense of Child Abuse

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131223181821.htm

Genetic Clue to Fighting New Strains of Flu

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131224183649.htm

Batteries as They Are Meant to Be Seen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131226181610.htm

Super-yacht not big enough? 'Seasteads' offer libertarians the vision of floating cities for the future

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/superyacht-not-big-enough-seasteads-offer-libertarians-the-vision-of-floating-cities-for-the-future-9026242.html

A “holy grail” of space discoveries: Exomoon possibly glimpsed

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/31/a_holy_grail_of_space_discoveries_an_exomoon_partner/

Friday, December 27, 2013

Can Machine Learning Fix a Broken Patent System?

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/12/18/can-machine-learning-fix-a-broken-patent-system/

Pentagon’s DARPA Laying Framework For Creating A Robotic Army

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=15887

Kaleidoscopic view of the Sun reveals hidden features

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2013/12/20/kaleidoscopic-view-of-the-sun-reveals-hidden-features/

Why Women’s Immune Systems Are Stronger Than Men’s

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/12/23/why-womens-immune-systems-are-more-sensitive-than-mens/

Drone-spotting: Survival guide informs on new breed of aerial predators

http://rt.com/news/drone-survival-guide-published-774/

This glass sphere might revolutionize solar power on Earth

http://themindunleashed.org/2013/12/glass-sphere-might-revolutionize-solar-power-earth.html

NASA's next robot rover squishes like a child's toy

http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/27/5246498/nasas-next-robot-rover-squishes-like-a-childs-toy

From solar-powered to hypersonic, a look at the top five aeronautical stories of 2013

http://www.gizmag.com/top-five-aeronatical-2013/30009/

Spike S-512 could be the world's first supersonic business jet

http://www.gizmag.com/spike-aerospace-s-512-supersonic-business-jet/30242/

Ninja Sphere: A one-stop intelligent Internet of Things platform for the home

http://www.gizmag.com/ninja-sphere-hub-internet-of-things/30240/

Google’s Schaft robot takes top spot at DARPA Robotics Challenge

http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-robotics-challenge-the-winners-are/30007/

Carmat self-regulating artificial heart implanted in first human subject

http://www.gizmag.com/carmat-self-regulating-artificial-heart/30237/

Scientists grow liquid crystal "flowers" to use as lenses

http://www.gizmag.com/liquid-crystal-flowers-to-use-as-lenses/30234/

CES debut for Avegant Glyph "Virtual Retinal Display" headsets

http://www.gizmag.com/avegant-glyph/30233/

Can A Fruit Fly Help Explain Autism

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/12/27/256904807/can-a-fruit-fly-help-explain-autism

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Scientists create Terminator-style muscle at 1,000 times human strength

http://rt.com/news/robotic-muscle-torsional-berkeley-626/

The French Pyrénées becomes the second-largest international dark sky reserve in the world

http://cosmicdiary.org/fmarchis/2013/12/19/the-french-pyrenees-becomes-the-second-largest-international-dark-sky-reserve-in-the-world/

Groundbreaking Study Shows How Gut Bacteria Can Ameliorate Autism-Like Symptoms

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/12/23/groundbreaking-study-shows-gut-bacteria-can-ameliorate-autism-like-symptoms/

Scientists Make Crude Oil in Laboratory in About an Hour

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/12/24/scientists-make-crude-oil-laboratory-hour/

From Costa Rica’s Great Balls to Death Valley’s wandering rocks: The 10 bizarre phenomena that still have scientists baffled

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/25/from-costa-ricas-great-balls-to-death-valleys-wandering-rocks-the-10-bizarre-phenomena-that-still-have-scientists-baffled/

Monday, December 23, 2013

Parasitic DNA proliferates in aging tissues

http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2013/12/rte

How your computer’s secrets could be cracked by a smartphone just LISTENING to it as it runs its encryption software

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/23/how-your-computers-secrets-could-be-cracked-by-a-smartphone-just-listening-to-it-as-it-runs-its-encryption-software

Laser demonstration reveals bright future for space communication

http://phys.org/news/2013-12-laser-reveals-bright-future-space.html

Harry Potter-Style Invisibility Cloaks: A Real Possibility Next Christmas?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218130229.htm

First Battery-Powered Invisibility Cloak Designed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218130303.htm

With Surgical Robot, Similar Outcomes Higher Cost

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218170743.htm

Powerful Ancient Explosions Explain New Class of Supernovae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218133835.htm

World's First Text Message Using Vodka: Messages Sent Via Molecules Can Aid Communication Underground, Underwater or Inside the Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218170855.htm

Robotic Grasp: Robot Picks Up Castors as Fast as Blueberries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219093424.htm

First Cancer Operation Room With Navigator Is Created

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219123045.htm

New Evidence That Computers Change the Way We Learn

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219130731.htm

Mathematical Perspective of Seasonal Variations in Lyme Disease Transmission

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219131043.htm

Advances in Nanotechnology's Fight Against Cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219131227.htm

Ways of the Photoelectric Effect; How Physicists Have Learned How to Select Them

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219131229.htm

Survey Reveals Regulatory Agencies Viewed as Unprepared for Nanotechnology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219131235.htm

Going Big: Growing Network of Giant Radars Protects Against Missiles

http://www.raytheon.com/newsroom/feature/rtn13_radar/?sf1254071=1

New Data Compression Method Reduces Big-Data Bottleneck; Outperforms, Enhances JPEG

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219131237.htm

DNA Clamp to Grab Cancer Before It Develops

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219134451.htm

New Way to Map Important Drug Targets: Faster, More Accurate Imaging of Hard-To-Study Membrane Proteins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219142140.htm

New Salt Compounds Challenge the Foundation of Chemistry

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219142138.htm

Opposing Phenomena Possible Key to High-Efficiency Electricity Delivery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219142309.htm

Catching the Big Wave: 'Universal Ripple' Could Hold the Secret to High-Temperature Superconductivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219142315.htm

Graphene-Based Field-Effect Transistor With Semiconducting Nature Opens Up Practical Use in Electronics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219154409.htm

A Micro-Muscular Breakthrough: Powerful New Microscale Torsional Muscle/Motor from Vanadium Dioxide

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219200116.htm

Early Detection of Blinding Eye Disease Could Be as Easy as Scanning Barcode

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131220120835.htm

Prosthetic Hand With Sense of Touch Picks Stems From Cherries

http://singularityhub.com/2013/12/21/prosthetic-hand-with-sense-of-touch-picks-stems-from-cherries/

Sunday, December 22, 2013

The question is not whether we can upload our brains onto a computer, but what will become of us when we do

http://aeon.co/magazine/being-human/virtual-afterlives-will-transform-humanity/

Astronomers Still Puzzle Over 'Low Surface Brightness' Galaxies

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2013/12/22/astronomers-still-puzzle-over-low-surface-brightness-galaxies/

Youth-drug can 'reverse' ageing in animal studies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25445748

Scientists make significant step forward in biofuels quest

http://phys.org/news/2013-12-scientists-significant-biofuels-quest.html

Inside a Brain Circuit, the Will to Press On

https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20131205-inside-a-brain-circuit-the-will-to-press-on/

Wrong Molecular Turn Leads Down Path to Type 2 Diabetes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131220143530.htm

What the Genomic Revolution Means to You

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/the-next-generation-of-dna-sequencing

Volcanic lightning captured in a bottle

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24792-volcanic-lightning-captured-in-a-bottle.html

Astrophile: Heavy metal asteroid is a spacecraft magnet

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24793-astrophile-heavy-metal-asteroid-is-a-spacecraft-magnet.html

2013 review: The year in technology

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24776-2013-review-the-year-in-technology.html

Why do men have nipples?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131220-why-do-men-have-nipples

Saturday, December 21, 2013

The business of home automation is enabling the internet of things

http://gigaom.com/2013/12/21/the-business-of-home-automation-is-enabling-the-internet-of-things/

French company implants first artificial heart

http://www.infowars.com/french-company-implants-first-artificial-heart/

Researchers Generate Kidney Tubular Cells from Stem Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219195924.htm

Driving Force Behind Mitochondrial 'Sex' in Ancient Flowering Plant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131219195930.htm

Increasing Personal Savings, 'Groundhog Day' Way

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131220115807.htm

Starless Cloud Cores Reveal Why Some Stars Are Bigger Than Others

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131220143524.htm

Attack Drones, a Smelly Smartphone App and a Smart Paper Airplane-Jet

http://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/230442

Artificial worm starts to wriggle

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25461358

Sun’s Current Solar Activity Cycle Is Weakest in a Century

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/20/suns-current-solar-activity-cycle-is-weakest-in-a-century/

I, Frankenstein The uncanny, human inhumanity of Boston Dynamics’ androids.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/culturebox/2013/12/boston_dynamics_petman_and_bigdog_and_the_uncanny_valley.html

A Video Introduction to Aubrey de Grey: Renowned Gerontologist Moves Away from Immortality

http://www.singularityweblog.com/video-introduction-to-aubrey-de-grey/

Friday, December 20, 2013

Tomatoes May Lower Cancer Risk

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/12/tomatoes-may-lower-cancer-risk

HIV's Killer Tactics Revealed, New Therapy Approach Found

http://www.livescience.com/42101-how-hiv-kills-white-blood-cells-self-destruction.html

Turning back time: ageing reversed in mice

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24784-turning-back-time-ageing-reversed-in-mice.html

Why Apple’s Suburban Spaceship Could Lose the War for Tech Talent

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/12/apple-suburban-mothership/

Use of Tor pointed FBI to Harvard University bomb hoax suspect

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/20/use-of-tor-pointed-fbi-to-harvard-university-bomb-hoax-suspect/

See The Invention That Just Changed Biking Forever

http://sharepowered.com/community/copenhagen-wheel-mit-bike-invention/

Antarctica Diamonds? Discovery of kimberlite suggests they are there

http://www.aol.com/article/2013/12/19/antarctica-diamonds-discovery-of-kimberlite-suggests-they-are-t/20792501/

DNA Motor 'Walks' Along Nanotube, Transports Tiny Particle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217155337.htm

The Most Amazing Science Images of 2013

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/20/the-most-amazing-science-images-of-2013/

Stuck for Words? Then try these tongue twisters: Why 'pad kid poured curd pulled cold' is so difficult to say By Harry Mount

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/12/no_author/the-toughest-tongue-twister-in-the-english-language/

Toe Fossil Provides Complete Neanderthal Genome

www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/science/toe-fossil-provides-complete-neanderthal-genome.html

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Moderate Alcohol Consumption Boosts Body's Immune System, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217171008.htm

Researchers Solve Longtime Mystery Of How Marijuana Causes Memory Loss

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/12/researchers-solve-longtime-mystery-of.html

How the Brain Creates Personality: A New Theory

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/12/how-brain-creates-personality-new-theory.html

FDA: Ritalin May Cause Extended Erections In Children

http://thelibertybeat.com/fda-ritalin-may-cause-extended-erections-in-children/

General Atomics tests UAV that can "sense and avoid" other aircraft

http://www.gizmag.com/uav-sense-avoid-test-general-atomics/30184/

Stem Cells Offer Clues to Reversing Receding Hairlines

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218171236.htm

3-D Tissue Printing: Cells from the Eye Inkjet-Printed for the First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218100227.htm

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Significant Advance Reported With Genetically Modified Poplar Trees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217134714.htm

Zebra stripes mystery 'explained'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/25260311

Sun will ‘flip upside down’ within weeks, says Nasa

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/18/sun-will-flip-upside-down-within-weeks-says-nasa/

Overworked Cellular Machines May Explain Gaucher Disease Link to Parkinson's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217123858.htm

Exposing the Roots of the Lithium Battery Problem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217134710.htm

Space Suit for Asteroid Work

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/12/space-suit-for-asteroid-work.html

Cats Are Just as Loving as Dogs. Maybe More So

http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/cats-are-just-as-loving-as-dogs-maybe-more-so

The News About the Universe Isn't Good

http://bigthink.com/rightly-understood/the-big-squeeze-may-have-sarted-the-news-about-the-universe-isnt-good

The Future of Sex is Buried in the Sock Drawer

http://bigthink.com/amped/the-future-of-sex-is-buried-in-the-sock-drawer

IBM looks towards a learning world with annual "5 in 5" list

http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-5-in-5/30162/

Smoking Changes Our Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217085225.htm

How Household Dogs Protect Against Asthma and Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216155042.htm

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

When Will Earth Lose Its Oceans?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216142310.htm

Bonobos Stay Young Longer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131216080425.htm

'Chemobrain' linked to disrupted brain networks

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-chemobrain-linked-disrupted-brain-networks.html

Brain Neurons Subtract Images, Use Differences

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131217104240.htm

The return of the female condom?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25348410

Severed hand kept alive on man's ankle

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25405543

Where no man had gone before: The 45th anniversary of Apollo 8

http://www.gizmag.com/apoll-8-45th-anniversary/29991/

No Two People Smell the Same With nearly a million variations on 400 smell receptors, everyone senses smell differently

https://today.duke.edu/2013/12/hiroodor

Is Alien Life Surfacing Nearby?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-shostak/is-alien-life-surfacing_b_4449910.html

New algorithm uses subtle changes to make a face more memorable without changing a person's overall appearance

http://phys.org/news/2013-12-algorithm-subtle-person.html

Wi-Fi Could Harm Your DNA

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/16/wi-fi-could-harm-your-dna/

8 Robotics Companies Acquired by Google in Last 6 Months — Humans to Become Obsolete

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/16/8-robotics-companies-acquired-by-google-in-last-6-months-humans-to-become-obsolete/

Scientists discover second, secret DNA code

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/17/scientists-discover-second-secret-dna-code/

Are the websites you're using tracking what you type?

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/17/are-the-websites-youre-using-tracking-what-you-type/

Monday, December 16, 2013

Yes, You Can Turn a Paper Airplane Into a Smartphone-Powered Jet

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230400

Top 10 things you CAN'T have for Christmas 2013

http://www.gizmag.com/top-10-christmas-wishlist-2013/30133/

Engineers Make Strides Toward Artificial Cartilage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131213135518.htm

FDA: Antibacterial scrubs might be worse than plain soap

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2013/1216/FDA-Antibacterial-scrubs-might-be-worse-than-plain-soap

Heavy Marijuana Users Have Abnormal Brain Structure, Schizophrenia Link

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/12/heavy-marijuana-users-have-abnormal-brain-structure-schizophrenia-link

Researchers Print Fully Functional Loudspeaker

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2013/12/researchers-print-fully-functional-loudspeakerhttp://www.laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2013/12/researchers-print-fully-functional-loudspeaker

World’s Largest Super Volcano In Yellowstone Park Could Wipe Out 2/3 Of America

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=15849

Here's what China's Yutu rover is doing on the Moon

http://io9.com/heres-what-chinas-yutu-rover-is-doing-on-the-moon-1483746967

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Want To Get Girls And Minorities Into Coding? Stop Making Computer Science An Elective

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3023167/want-to-get-girls-and-minorities-into-coding-stop-making-computer-science-an-elective

Google buys a Mobile Military Robot Manufacturer

http://stockpumper.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/google-buys-a-mobile-military-robot-manufacturer/

Sonar Directly Impacts Whale Behavior, According to Military Study

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/12/14/sonar-directly-impacts-whale-behavior-according-military-study/

Shaken, Not Stirred: A Medical Diagnosis and Psychological Evaluation of James Bond

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/shaken-not-stirred-a-medical-diagnosis-and-psychological-evaluation-of-james-bond

Are Tech Giants’ Offices the Cathedrals of the Future?

http://bigthink.com/Picture-This/are-tech-giants-offices-the-cathedrals-of-the-future

Man Versus Machine: When It Comes to Scale, It's Advantage Computers

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/15/the-great-game-and-the-conquest-of-eurasia-towards-a-world-war-iii-scenario/

Saturday, December 14, 2013

When Space Planes Come to Town

http://lisaleaks.com/2013/12/14/when-space-planes-come-to-town/

Scientists Improve Human Self-Control Through Electrical Brain Stimulation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131213094949.htm

China’s First Moon Probe Makes Successful Landing

http://science.time.com/2013/12/14/chinas-first-moon-probe-makes-successful-landing/

Neurons in amygdala of autistic individuals have reduced sensitivity to eye region of others’ faces

http://www.psypost.org/2013/11/neurons-in-amygdala-of-autistic-individuals-have-reduced-sensitivity-to-eye-region-of-others-faces-21497

Microbiome insights add up to top science story of 2013

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/microbiome-insights-add-top-science-story-2013

Risk of Big Earthquakes May Be Underestimated, Scientist Says

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/13/risk-of-big-earthquakes-may-be-underestimated-scientist-says/

Video: A Potato Battery Can Light Up a Room For Over a Month

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/14/video-a-potato-battery-can-light-up-a-room-for-over-a-month/

Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venting Off Jupiter Moon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131212113349.htm

Most Widely Used Cellphone Encryption Technology ‘Easily Cracked’ by the NSA to Listen in on You!

http://vineoflifenews.com/most-widely-used-cellphone-encryption-technology-easily-cracked-by-the-nsa-to-listen-in-on-you/

Friday, December 13, 2013

New Definition for Old Age

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131212100144.htm

Genetics accounts for more than half of variation in exam results

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/11/genetics-variation-exam-results1

Protein Triggers Rapid Evolution in Fish

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/12/protein-triggers-rapid-evolution-fish

A 47-Year-Old Prediction Comes True

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131213160729-4444200-a-47-year-old-prediction-comes-true

Combining Mutants Results in 5-Fold Lifespan Extension in C. Elegans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131212123309.htm

From Friend to Foe: How Benign Bacteria Evolve Into Virulent Pathogens

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131212185831.htm

Mars One: the dream of a reality-TV funded colony in space gets closer

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/13/mars-one-the-dream-of-a-reality-tv-funded-colony-in-space-gets-closer/

The TSA Is No Match For This Mad Scientist: Man Builds Deadly Weapons With Items He Bought AFTER Going Through Airport Security

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/13/the-tsa-is-no-match-for-this-mad-scientist-man-builds-deadly-weapons-with-items-he-bought-after-going-through-airport-security/

Forget the Big Bang - 'Rainbow Gravity' theory suggests our universe has NO beginning and stretches out infinitely

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2521901/Forget-Big-Bang--Rainbow-Gravity-theory-suggests-universe-NO-beginning-stretches-infinitely.html

HEL-MD takes out mortars and UAVs with vehicle-mounted laser

http://www.gizmag.com/hel-md-vehicle-mounted-laser-test/30116/

Micro laser sintering technology to 3D print tiny metal parts

http://www.gizmag.com/micro-laser-sintering-3d-prints-tiny-metal-parts/30115/

Rinspeed shows what the self-driving car will be like to ride in

http://www.gizmag.com/rinspeed-self-driving-concept/30104/

Store Mannequins With RFID Tracking Now Recording Everything You Do (VIDEOS)

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=15838

Thursday, December 12, 2013

The Top 10 Science Stories of 2013

http://discovermagazine.com/galleries/2013/dec/top-10-science-stories-of-2013

How strong is tech relationship between Israel and US?

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/business/2013/12/technology-relation-israel-us-patents-investments-academy.html

Weird object hints at Saturn's moon-making skill

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24738

Poverty Influences Early Brain Development

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/12/poverty-influences-early-brain-development

3D Motion Tracking System Follows You Through Walls

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/videos/2013/12/3d-motion-tracking-system-follows-you-through-walls

Mystery Object Blocking Five-Story Tall ‘Bertha’ Tunnel-Boring Machine in Seattle

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/12/mystery-object-blocks-bertha-the-giant-tunnel-boring-machine-in-seattle/

New Wi-Fi Technology Can Track You Through Walls

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/12/new-wi-fi-technology-can-track-you-through-walls/

Yellowstone Super-Volcano is FAR Bigger Than Previously Thought

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/12/yellowstone-super-volcano-is-far-bigger-than-previously-thought/

Archaeology vs. Physics: Conflicting roles for old lead

http://www.gizmag.com/relics-physics-archaeology-roman-lead/30032/

Spanking Children Slows Cognitive Development and Increases Risk of Criminal Behavior, Expert Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131211103958.htm

Lizard Has One-Way Breathing; Hints at How Dinosaurs Breathed?

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/11/lizard-has-one-way-breathing-hints-at-how-dinosaurs-breathed/

A Cybernetic Implant That Repairs Brain Damage

http://io9.com/a-cybernetic-implant-that-restores-function-to-damaged-1480353775

Considering the humanity of nonhumans

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/science/considering-the-humanity-of-nonhumans.html

Chameleons Use Colorful Language to Communicate: Chameleons' Body Regions Are 'Billboards' for Different Types of Information

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131211134233.htm

Constantly Taking Photographs STOPS Our Brains From Remembering What Happened

http://the-trumpet-online.com/constantly-taking-photographs-stops-brains-remembering-happened/

Million dollar prize announced for invention of a bioengineered liver

http://neworgan.org/prize.php

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Which Languages Will Survive on the Internet?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/12/11/most_languages_aren_t_going_to_make_it_online.html

How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/09/how-journals-nature-science-cell-damage-science

Recipe for a Universe: Apply Heat and Stir

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131210071946.htm

Ancient Crater Could Hold Clues About Moon's Mantle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131209181137.htm

Astronomers Solve Temperature Mystery of Planetary Atmospheres

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131210091134.htm

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Hears Amateur Radio Operators Say 'Hi': Message Was First-Of-Its-Kind for an Interplanetary Spacecraft

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131210152531.htm

Story of how a severed arm was reattached (D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131210152533.htm

New Compound Dramatically Reduces Joint Inflammation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131210152535.htm

We're Not Likely to Get Fried Bygamma Ray Burst

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131210152537.htm

Ceiling microphones and inner-body microchips: Google engineer predicts company’s next steps

http://rt.com/usa/google-microphones-scott-huffman-022/

Excalibur Precision Guided Extended Range Artillery Projectile

http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/excalibur/

Plants send signal attracting birds when insects attack

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/23/plants-send-signal-to-fight-off-insects/2855761/

Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram

http://www.nature.com/news/simulations-back-up-theory-that-universe-is-a-hologram-1.14328

Amazing 360 degree look inside Britain's newest Typhoon fighter

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10508091/Amazing-360-degree-look-inside-Britains-newest-Typhoon-fighter.html

Mars One is one step closer to its dream of colonizing Mars

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-mars-one-lockheed-martin-20131210,0,7744696.story

Invasive Cockroach Found In NYC Can Take The Cold

http://www.mintpressnews.com/invasive-cockroach-found-nyc-can-take-cold/174934/

How Twitter tracks the websites you visit, and how to stop it

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/12/11/how-twitter-tracks-the-websites-you-visit-and-how-to-stop-it/

You Are What Your Father Eats: Father's Diet Before Conception Plays Crucial Role in Offspring's Health, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131210113315.htm

Neural Prosthesis Restores Behavior After Brain Injury

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131209152259.htm

DARPA Designs Satellite Capable of Surveying 40% of Earth

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/11/darpa-designs-satellite-capable-of-surveying-40-of-earth

Music Brings Memories Back to the Injured Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131210072030.htm

New Drug Approach Could Lead to Cures for Wide Range of Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131209181101.htm

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Earth science: Under the volcano

http://www.nature.com/news/earth-science-under-the-volcano-1.14323

Hopes raised for simplification of cancer research

http://www.nature.com/news/hopes-raised-for-simplification-of-cancer-research-1.14318

Why fruitflies know their beer

http://www.nature.com/news/why-fruitflies-know-their-beer-1.14327

Mercury shrinking more than thought

http://www.nature.com/news/mercury-shrinking-more-than-thought-1.14331

Someone’s Been Siphoning Data Through a Huge Security Hole in the Internet

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/12/bgp-hijacking-belarus-iceland/

Testing Honda's "mind-controlled" UNI-CUB β

http://www.gizmag.com/riding-hondas-uni-cub/29887/

Wokart: The 70 km/h go-kart for the water

http://www.gizmag.com/wokart-go-kart-for-the-water/28015/

Volocopter flies past crowdfunding goal

http://www.gizmag.com/e-volo-prototype-crowdfunding/30057/

DARPA developing giant folding space telescope

http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-folding-telescope/30039/

Mini-Tumbler Batcart ready to do battle on the back nine

http://www.gizmag.com/batmobile-golf-cart/30023/

Drugs to fix "misfolded" proteins could cure a range of diseases

http://www.gizmag.com/pharmacoperones-drug-protein-misfolding/30074/

Curiosity dates rock, finds potential good news for astronauts and search for life

http://www.gizmag.com/curiosity-life-radiation/30062/

Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She’s A Robot

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/10/meet-the-robot-telemarketer-who-denies-shes-a-robot/

Harvesting Electricity: Triboelectric Generators Capture Wasted Power

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131209104916.htm

Big Idea 2014: You Will Transform Your Own Biology

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131210130858-75054000-big-idea-2014-you-will-transform-your-own-biology

Future of surveillance: a world that anticipates our every move By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/519.html

NASA | Alex Young Interview About Our Sun’s Magnetic Flip

http://ahankell.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/nasa-alex-young-interview-about-our-suns-magnetic-flip/

Monday, December 9, 2013

Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Leukemia, Other Blood Cancers

http://consumer.healthday.com/cancer-information-5/leukemia-cancer-news-99/gene-therapy-shows-promise-against-blood-cancers-682876.html

Mad Science: “We’re now able to eavesdrop on the brain in real life”

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/09/mad-science-were-now-able-to-eavesdrop-on-the-brain-in-real-life/

The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry: An Oral History

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-05/the-rise-and-fall-of-blackberry-an-oral-history

Israeli Researchers Discover New Method to Prevent Alzheimer's

http://www.shalomlife.com/health/21234/israeli-researchers-discover-new-method-to-prevent-alzheimers/

David Lang: My underwater robot

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

Scientist Who Discovered THC Receives Honorary Degree

http://www.hightimes.com/read/scientist-who-discovered-thc-receives-honorary-degree

Could the Latest NASA Mission Lead to Space Grass?

http://www.hightimes.com/read/could-latest-nasa-mission-lead-space-grass

Day of the drone

http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2013/12/amazon?fsrc=scn/li/wl/bl/dayofthedrone

Hard rock life

http://phys.org/news/2013-12-hard-life.html

Surprising Diversity in Aging Revealed in Nature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131208133634.htm

A List of Reasons Why Our Brains Love Lists

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/12/a-list-of-reasons-that-our-brains-love-lists.html

Vast Freshwater Reserves Found Beneath the Oceans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131208085304.htm

US tests classified spy drone with ‘superior stealth, efficiency capabilities’

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/09/us-tests-classified-spy-drone-with-superior-stealth-efficiency-capabilities/

This crime-predicting robot aims to patrol our streets by 2015

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/09/this-crime-predicting-robot-aims-to-patrol-our-streets-by-2015/

China eyes artificial rain to fight pollution

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/09/china-eyes-artificial-rain-to-fight-pollution/

Weather weapons have existed for over 15 years, testified U.S. Secretary of Defense

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/09/weather-weapons-have-existed-for-over-15-years-testified-u-s-secretary-of-defense/

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Health expert calls for age of consent to be lowered to 15

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/health-expert-calls-for-age-of-consent-to-be-lowered-to-15-8945235.html

Killing cancer like the common cold

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/07/health/cohen-cancer-study/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

Intricacy of Comet Lovejoy's Tail Captured

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131206090943.htm

Trucks a Significant Cause of Severe Accidents, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205220041.htm

Three-Dimensional View Helps Laser in Building New Molecules

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131206091057.htm

Squeezing Transistors Really Hard Generates Energy Savings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131206091423.htm

Growing Giants: Huge Grains of Copper Promote Better Graphene Growth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131206111711.htm

Frequent Cell Phone Use Linked to Anxiety, Lower Grade, Reduced Happiness in Students

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131206124425.htm

Laser Instrument On NASA Mars Rover Tops 100,000 Zaps

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131206144219.htm

Giant alien world discovered where it should not exist

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-gigantic-alien-planet-discovered-where-it-shouldnt-be-20131205,0,5223068.story

Ex-Official Says FBI Can Secretly Activate an Individual’s Webcam Without the Indicator Light Turning On

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/07/the-fbi-can-secretly-activate-an-individuals-webcam-without-the-indicator-light-turning-on/

Simple Solar Invention Transforms Ocean Water Into Drinking Water

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/08/simple-solar-invention-transforms-ocean-water-into-drinking-water/

Saturday, December 7, 2013

'Spinning Trap' Developed to Measure Electron Roundness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205171707.htm

Researchers Create Nonlinear Light-Generating Zero-Index Metamaterial

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205171715.htm

NASA Goddard Planetary Instruments Score a Hat Trick

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205185611.htm

How Mosquitoes Are Drawn to Human Skin and Breath

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205141852.htm

Coffee or Beer? The Choice Could Affect Your Genome

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205142127.htm

Hummingbird Metabolism Unique in Burning Glucose, Fructose Equally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205165823.htm

New Genetic Research Finds Shark, Human Proteins Stunningly Similar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205165827.htm

Discovery of Partial Skeleton Suggests Ruggedly Built, Tree-Climbing Human Ancestor

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205185609.htm

How Water Dissolves Stone, Molecule by Molecule

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131205185613.htm

I 3D-Printed An AR-15 Assault Rifle — And It Shoots Great!

http://www.businessinsider.com/i-3d-printed-an-ar-15-assault-rifle--and-it-shoots-great-2013-12

HIV virus returns after cure hope rose 2 Boston patients had transplants of marrow, halted powerful drugs

http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/12/05/hiv-virus-returns-after-cure-hope-rose/kSUyH1YkgJ27AP4aZwpUXJ/story.html

Not your average drone: new technology the US military is developing (+video)

http://backcountryvoices.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/not-your-average-drone-new-technology-the-us-military-is-developing-video/

Dolphins aren’t as special as you think

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/07/dolphins_arent_as_special_as_you_think/

Cassini Captures Amazing High-Res Animation of Saturn’s Mysterious Hexagon

http://www.mfs-theothernews.com/2013/12/south-african-communist-party-confirms.html

Circadian timing may give edge to West Coast NFL teams in night games

http://www.psypost.org/2013/11/circadian-timing-may-give-edge-to-west-coast-nfl-teams-in-night-games-21452

Gates Foundation Funds 11 Next-Generation Condoms

http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=307112

Marijuana and Man Boobs: the scientific evidence

http://www.libertarianrepublican.net/2013/12/marijuana-and-man-boobs-scientific.html

Friday, December 6, 2013

How China's Chang'e-3 Moon Rover Yutu Works (Infographic)

http://www.space.com/23855-how-china-change3-moon-rover-works-infographic.html?cmpid=556067

Does Australia Have A Space Future?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2013/12/06/does-australia-have-a-space-future/

Algorithm lets quadcopters keep flying on three or less propellers

http://www.gizmag.com/quadcopter-failure-algorithm/30031/

App turns smartphones into 3D scanners

http://www.gizmag.com/smartphone-3d-scanner-app/30034/

Engineers create origami-inspired solar array for space deployment

http://www.gizmag.com/origami-inspired-solar-array-space/30016/

Pointy pulses improve optical fiber throughput by a factor of 10

http://www.gizmag.com/optical-fiber-throughput-breakthrough/30038/

US Navy launches drone from submerged submarine

http://www.gizmag.com/submarine-uav-launch/30027/

Meet the Germans who want to move to Mars

http://www.thelocal.de/20131205/meet-the-germans-who-want-to-move-to-mars/

Facebook use 'can reveal if you're a psychopath'

http://www.thelocal.se/20131129/facebook-updates-can-reveal-if-you-are-a-psychopath-lund-sahlgrenska

Israel's Killer Robots (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCAOUlF-nAg

Psychedelic Images of Terrifying Viruses

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/06/psychedelic-images-of-terrifying-viruses/

Sharks Do Get Cancer: Tumor Found in Great White

http://www.livescience.com/41655-great-white-shark-cancer.html

Thursday, December 5, 2013

NASA Finds Reducing Salt Is Bad for Glacial Health - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

http://www.scoop.it/t/the-related-researches-news-of-dr-john-ward/p/4012232727/2013/12/06/nasa-finds-reducing-salt-is-bad-for-glacial-health-nasa-jet-propulsion-laboratory

Berkeley Lab researchers achieve nanoscale shape-memory effect

http://www.kurzweilai.net/berkeley-lab-researchers-achieve-nanoscale-shape-memory-effect

Hubble traces subtle signals of water on five distant planets

http://www.kurzweilai.net/hubble-traces-subtle-signals-of-water-on-five-distant-planets

Ten Times More Throughput On Optic Fibers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204091423.htm

Virtual Wall Could Stop Spread of Oil and Help Build Invisible Barrier for Oil Spills

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204112036.htm

New Scheme Uses Shared Visual Cues to Help People Remember Multiple Passwords

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204123736.htm

Can iPads Help Students Learn Science? Yes, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204123738.htm

Mysteries of Earth's Radiation Belts Uncovered by NASA Twin Spacecraft

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204123742.htm

Fledgling Supernova Remnant Reveals Neutron Star's Secrets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204181425.htm

The First Decade: Team Reports On US Trials of Bioenergy Grasses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204123832.htm

Pomelo fruit inspires high-strength hybrid metal

http://www.gizmag.com/pomelo-fruit-aluminum-hybrid/30018/

Knightscope reveals robotic security guard

http://www.gizmag.com/knightscope-k5-k10-robot-security-guard/30024/

Voxan Wattman claims to be "most powerful electric motorcycle in the world"

http://www.gizmag.com/voxan-wattman-electric-motorcycle/30014/

A Wild Brazilian Cat is Actually Two Separate Species

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/11/27/a-brazilian-wild-cat-is-actually-two-separate-species/

Comet ISON: IT’S ALIVE! IT’S DEAD! For Now, Both…

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2013/11/29/ison-alive-dead-both/

Google and Facebook click with Israeli tech

http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/113747/google-and-facebook-click-israeli-tech

Crocodiles Are Cleverer Than Previously Thought: Some Crocodiles Use Lures to Hunt Their Prey

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204182433.htm

New Study Suggests Low Vitamin D Causes Damage to Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202121101.htm

SkyJack: Hacker-drone that can wirelessly hijack & control other drones

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/05/skyjack-hacker-drone-that-can-wirelessly-hijack-control-other-drones/

Mobileye Sexy Commercial Collision Prevention Systems Carjam TV Car TV Show 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJnhV1PKY8

How Legless, Leaping Fish Living On Land Avoids Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202105303.htm

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Disrupts Brain Circuitry: No Safe Level of Drinking During Pregnancy, Neuroscientist Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131203105940.htm

Phone with e-ink second screen launched

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25201195

The Secret Beauty of the World Wide Web

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131203090708.htm

Signs of Water Found on 5 Alien Planets by Hubble Telescope

http://www.space.com/23814-alien-planets-water-hubble-telescope.html?cmpid=556066

Phobias may be memories passed down in genes from ancestors

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10486479/Phobias-may-be-memories-passed-down-in-genes-from-ancestors.html

Almost human? Google's developing robots

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2013/1204/Almost-human-Google-s-developing-robots

Tongue-Drive Wheelchair Works Better Than Sip-And-Puff System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131203141834.htm

Fear of Being Single Leads People to Settle for Less

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131203133728.htm

Studies: Moral Outrage May Influence Jurors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131203141808.htm

Google Unveiling the New RFID Microchip Devices of the Future (Video)

http://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/google-unveiling-the-new-rfid-microchip-devices-of-the-future-video/

Philips developing LED-embedded carpets to replace public signs

http://www.gizmag.com/philips-led-carpet/29865/

NASA Sunjammer solar sail prepares to shoot the breeze

http://www.gizmag.com/sunjammer-test-deployment/29245/

World's largest ship floated for the first time

http://www.gizmag.com/prelude-flng-worlds-largest-ship/30013/

Webcast: SpaceX Launches Commercial Satellite Into Orbit on Falcon 9 (Video)

http://www.space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html

Spooky Physics Phenomenon May Link Universe's Wormholes

http://www.space.com/23809-quantum-entanglement-links-wormholes.html

Secretive Blue Origin Company Test Fires New Rocket Engine | Video

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/News/146319-2013-12-04-secretive-blue-origin-company-test-fires-new-rocket-engine-video.htm

Colored Plastic Doubles Solar Cell Power

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/522156/colored-plastic-doubles-solar-cell-power/

Let's grow algae in sewage then use it to power things

http://www.dvice.com/2013-12-2/lets-grow-algae-sewage-then-use-it-power-things

Low-cost, open-source 3D printer looks beyond plastic

http://www.gizmag.com/low-cost-open-source-3d-printer-metal/29998/

Stone Age Tools Found in Crete Prove Man Sailed the Sea at Least 130,000 Years Ago

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/12/stone-age-tools-found-in-crete-prove.html

Self-contained powered Copenhagen Wheel hits the market – at last

http://www.gizmag.com/superpedestrian-mit-copenhagen-wheel/29994/

On Data Horticulture

http://bigthink.com/amped/on-data-horticulture

Is Google Glass the End of Privacy?

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/is-google-glass-the-end-of-privacy

For China, the Moon is a Giant Helium Balloon Not a Rock

http://bigthink.com/endless-innovation/for-china-the-moon-is-a-giant-helium-balloon-not-a-rock

Robot Handjobs Are The Future, And The Future Is Coming

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/robot-handjobs-are-the-future-and-the-future-is-coming/5283e961fe34444eb70002bd

7 Ways to Build Better Humans

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131204173812-107961-7-ways-to-build-better-humans

Gene testing firm 23andMe halts marketing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25209956

New Russian Submarines Are So Silent That The U.S. Navy Calls Them “Black Holes”

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/04/new-russian-submarines-are-so-silent-that-the-u-s-navy-calls-them-black-holes/

A taste of the horrible things to come for Windows XP

http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-taste-of-horrible-things-to-come-for.html

Joseph Carvalko on Singularity 1 on 1: Have Confidence To Reach Beyond!

http://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-carvalko-techno-human-shell/

Google Puts Money on Robots, Using the Man Behind Android

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/technology/google-puts-money-on-robots-using-the-man-behind-android.html

Chinese State Media Brags of Plan to Establish “Death Star” Moon Base

http://www.infowars.com/chinese-state-media-brags-of-plan-to-establish-death-star-moon-base/

Microsoft working on a smart bra to measure mood

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25197917

Treating Sex Work as Work

http://venitism.blogspot.com/2013/12/treating-sex-work-as-work.html

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

This Is the Man Bill Gates Thinks You Absolutely Should Be Reading

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/vaclav-smil-wired

Scientists create malware that communicates using sound, no network required

http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/03/audio-malware/

Dual protein knockout could lead to new male contraceptive

http://monash.edu.au/news/show/dual-protein-knockout-could-lead-to-new-male-contraceptive

Watch a baby elephant’s first year in two minutes

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/03/watch_a_baby_elephants_first_year_in_two_minutes/

Rensselaer researchers to map step-by-step mechanism of photosynthesis

http://phys.org/news/2013-12-rensselaer-step-by-step-mechanism-photosynthesis.html

Inheritance of acquired characteristics

http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2013/12/inheritance-of-acquired-characteristics.html

Battleship attactica: Soundwave-borne viruses ‘can stop fleets’

http://globalresearchreport.com/2013/12/03/battleship-attactica-soundwave-borne-viruses-can-stop-fleets/

Male and Female Brains Really Are Built Differently

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/male-and-female-brains-really-are-built-differently/281962/

Human Stem Cells Used to Create Lung Tissue

http://www.livescience.com/41617-lung-cells-from-human-stem-cells.html

'Designer Sperm' Inserts Custom Genes Into Offspring

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202171926.htm

Boeing's CRVS: Total Immersion Flight Training

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdA-N5j6LBo#!

Instagram Success: These Types of Images Drive the Most Engagement (Infographic)

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/229901

Information dissipation as an early warning signal

http://www.alphainterface.com/2013/11/30/information-dissipation-as-an-early-warning-signal/

Beyond GDP: Get Ready For A New Way To Measure The Economy

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/11/29/beyond-gdp-get-ready-for-a-new-way-to-measure-the-economy/

You Can’t Be Fit and Fat

http://healthland.time.com/2013/12/02/you-cant-be-fit-and-fat/

Drug detectives: scientists want to crowdsource the discovery of new antibiotics

http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/2/5159796/project-iliad-crowdsourced-antibiotic-discovery

Economic Development Can Only Buy Happiness Up to a 'Sweet Spot' of $36,000 GDP Per Person

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131127225439.htm

NASA Holds Google+ Hangout on Cassini's Findings at Saturn

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-344#!

Single Spray of Oxytocin Improves Brain Function in Children With Autism, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202162115.htm

Agilent Extends Frontier of Atomic Force Microscopy with Next-Generation AFM

http://newshub.agilent.com/2013/12/03/agilent-extends-frontier-of-atomic-force-microscopy-with-next-generation-afm/

To create a super-intelligent machine, start with an equation

http://rockstarresearch.com/to-create-a-super-intelligent-machine-start-with-an-equation/

Physicists Study Coldest Objects in Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131127225443.htm

Scientists Seek Other Scientists for Cosmology Problem

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131128124142.htm

Pushing Limits of Light Microscopy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131128133915.htm

Snapshots Differentiate Molecules from Their Mirror Image

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131128141329.htm

Scientists Stitch Up Photosynthetic Megacomplex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131128141359.htm

Iron-Based Process Promises Greener, Cheaper, Safer Drug, Perfume Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131128141417.htm

Architects of Nanoworld Behind the Screens

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131129101757.htm

Electricity Generated from Weight of Traffic and Pedestrians

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131129101759.htm

Telescope to Track Space Junk Using Youth Radio Station

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131129101801.htm

Enhancing Efficiency of Complex Computations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131129101805.htm

Controversy Over Use of Roman Ingots to Investigate Dark Matter, Neutrinos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131129101905.htm

'Nanosponge Vaccine' Fights MRSA Toxins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131201140205.htm

Mystery of Neutron Stars Heats Up: Previously Unknown Layers Where Rapid Neutrino Cooling Occurs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131201140211.htm

Comet ISON May Have Survived

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131201182910.htm

Robot Designed to Guide Insertion of Needles, Catheters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202082420.htm

Defending Against Electromagnetic Attacks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202082543.htm

Amplifying Our Vision of the Infinitely Small

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202121057.htm

New Algorithm Finds You, Even in Untagged Photos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202121248.htm

Nanorobot for transporting drugs in the body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202121534.htm

Forget the Needle; Consider the Haystack

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131202121546.htm

Monday, December 2, 2013

More Clues to Life in the Oceans — on an Alien Moon, That Is

http://science.time.com/2013/12/02/more-clues-to-life-in-the-oceans-on-an-alien-moon-that-is/

The first person in the world to become a government-recognized cyborg

http://io9.com/the-first-person-in-the-world-to-become-a-government-re-1474975237

Mice can inherit learned sensitivity to a smell

http://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/12/smell_epigenetics_ressler/index.html

48C Superconductor

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/12/48c-superconductor.html

New Type of Quasar Found

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/12/new-type-of-quasar-found.html

Lasers Might Cure Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2013/12/lasers-might-cure-alzheimers-and.html

thingCHARGER lets users charge devices without blocking outlets or running wire

http://www.gizmag.com/thingcharger-outlet-charger/29965/

Chameleon-like Lucid Stead shack illuminates the desert

http://www.gizmag.com/lucid-stead-shack/29962/

Tin-based stanene could conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency

http://www.gizmag.com/stanene-topological-insulator/29976/

New lithium/sulfur battery doubles energy density of lithium-ion

http://www.gizmag.com/lithium-sulfur-battery-energy-density/29907/

India's MOM Mars probe sent on its way

http://www.gizmag.com/india-mom-mars-orbit-insertion/29977/

Sunfriend UV wristband encourages healthy sun exposure without sunscreen

http://www.gizmag.com/sunfriend-uv-wristband/29979/

Solar pressure may help Kepler return to planet-hunting duties

http://www.gizmag.com/kepler-repair-k2-solar-pressure/29925/

SmartWig: Sony wants to sweep wearable electronics under the rug

http://www.gizmag.com/sony-patent-application-smartwig/29974/

Meet Patrick Soon-Shiong, The LA Billionaire Reinventing Your Health Care

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/01/patrick-soon-shiong_n_4351344.html

Amazon Reveals It Wants To Deploy Delivery Drones. No Joke.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/01/amazon-prime-air-delivery-drones_n_4369685.html

Inside the World Memory Championships With Croydon hosting the 2013 World Memory Championships, The Telegraph went to south London to find out more

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/12/no_author/can-you-memorize-501-digits-in-5-minutes/

The State Of The US Economy In One Awesome Annotated Heatmap

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-regional-economic-map-nov-2013-2013-11

Found! First Known Predator To Lure Prey By Mimicking Flowers

http://www.livescience.com/41605-predator-lures-prey-by-mimicking-flowers.html?cmpid=556083

Physics Debunked?

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/12/02/physics-debunked/

Sunday, December 1, 2013

India's Mars Mission En Route to Find Clues to Methane and Ancient Water Enigmas

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2013/12/indias-mars-mission-en-route-to-find-clues-to-methane-and-ancient-water-enigmas.html

Do Black Holes Come in Size Medium?

http://thesop.org/story/20131201/do-black-holes-come-in-size-medium.html

Group Thinks Anonymity Should Be Baked Into the Internet Itself

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/521856/group-thinks-anonymity-should-be-baked-into-the-internet-itself/

Israel to privatize famed Uzi submachine gun's maker

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_to_privatise_famed_Uzi_submachine_guns_maker_999.html

Spiders In Your Fruit: A Good Thing

http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eek-squad/spiders-your-fruit-good-thing?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=3&con=spiders-in-your-fruit-a-good-thing

This 6-Foot, 330-Pound Robot May One Day Save Your Life

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/11/atlas-robot/

China readies to launch first moon rover mission

http://www.webpronews.com/china-readies-to-launch-first-moon-rover-mission-2013-11

Cities of Knowledge: Why We Learn Faster in Cities Than We Could On Our Own

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/cities-of-knowledge-why-we-learn-faster-in-cities-than-we-could-on-our-own

The Smartest Kids in the World

http://bigthink.com/specific-gravity/the-smartest-kids-in-the-world

Not Going to Finish Your Vegetables? Blame Your Genes.

http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/not-going-to-finish-your-vegetables-blame-your-genes

The Three Values of Science

http://bigthink.com/experts-corner/the-three-values-of-science

PhD Should Be PSD (Problem-Solving Degree)

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/phd-should-be-psd-problem-solving-degree

World's top geneticist says human beings (including Muslims) descended from apes and pigs!

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/11/world.html