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

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Female Beetles: All They Need Is Love

http://www.livescience.com/45245-female-beetles-prefer-lovers.html

New Genetic Test Reveals Your Ancestral Origin

http://www.livescience.com/45215-genetic-ancestry-test-predicts-ancestral-origin.html?cmpid=557212

The politics of science fiction

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/04/29/the-politics-of-science-fiction/

Earth Is Safe: No Black Holes Spun Out of Atom Smasher, Yet

http://www.livescience.com/45243-no-black-holes-at-atom-smasher.html

Loss of Y chromosome can explain shorter life expectancy, higher cancer risk for men

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140428121205.htm

Naked mole rats and the secret to longevity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140428163635.htm

Coral reefs provide potent new anti-HIV proteins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140429092649.htm

Induced hallucination turns doctors into pizza chefs

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25459-induced-hallucination-turns-doctors-into-pizza-chefs.html

Doomed Space Cloud Nears Milky Way's Black Hole as Scientists Watch

http://www.space.com/25665-doomed-space-cloud-giant-black-hole.html

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

NASA Seeks Ideas For Affordable Missions To Europa

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/nasa-seeks-ideas-for-affordable-missions-to-europa

From Volunteers, a DNA Database

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/science/from-volunteers-a-dna-database.html

Scientists create circuit board modeled on the human brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140428134051.htm

Amazing New Surgery Called Deep Brain Stimulation

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/29/amazing-new-surgery-called-deep-brain-stimulation/

Scientists have built an ‘off switch’ for the brain

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/29/scientists-have-built-an-off-switch-for-the-brain/

Are You Ready for a Driver’s License for the Internet?

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/29/are-you-ready-for-a-drivers-license-for-the-internet/

Solar Eclipse Will Transform Sun into ‘Ring of Fire’

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/29/solar-eclipse-will-transform-sun-into-ring-of-fire/

Monday, April 28, 2014

Tiny Mite is World’s Fastest Land Animal

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/tiny-mite-world%E2%80%99s-fastest-land-animal

Male Scent Stresses Research Animals, Skewing Results

http://www.alnmag.com/news/2014/04/male-scent-stresses-research-animals-skewing-results

Scientists created the world’s smallest 3-D glasses — for a praying mantis!

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/28/scientists_created_the_worlds_smallest_3d_glasses_for_a_praying_mantis/

Have Bad Vision? This ‘Incredible’ & Simple Trick Allows You to See Clearly Without Glasses

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/04/27/have-bad-vision-simple-trick-allows-you-to-see-clearly-without-glasses/

Decoded fly genome offers clues about sleeping sickness

http://www.nature.com/news/decoded-fly-genome-offers-clues-about-sleeping-sickness-1.15098

Added DNA could be used to authenticate premium olive oil

http://www.gizmag.com/olive-oil-dna-counterfeiting/31798/

Nissan uses Ultra-Ever Dry for "first self-cleaning car"

http://www.gizmag.com/nissan-ultra-ever-dry-self-cleaning-car/31784/

Korner promises cheap and simple home security

http://www.gizmag.com/korner-home-security-system/31800/

IBM creates world's smallest magazine cover

http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-magazine-ibm-nano-chisel/31794/

Crowdfunding push to bring 36-year old spacecraft out of retirement

http://www.gizmag.com/isee-3/31795/

Cochlear implant enhances patient experience through gene therapy

http://www.gizmag.com/cochlear-implant-gene-therapy-nerve-regeneration/31786/

DARPA seeks drop-in autopilot system to assist pilots

http://www.gizmag.com/darpa-alias/31802/

Ultrasound device could help detect cause of heart attack

http://www.gizmag.com/ultrasound-device-detection-heart-attack/31810/

Tajima Motor Company to produce floating tsunami shelter

http://www.gizmag.com/tsunami-floating-shelter-safe-plus-tajima/31739/

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Arecibo Observatory Confirms Existence of Mysterious Intergalactic Radio Bursts

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/04/arecibo-observatory-confirms-existence-of-mysterious-intergalactic-radio-bursts/

WATCH: What's Inside an Inkjet Cartridge?

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/inkjet-cartridges-are-comprised-of-95-percent-83834078455.html

History of the modern silicon solar cell

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/History-of-the-modern-silicon-solar-cell-5428325.php

Nanotechnology in Medicine: Using Nanobots to Treat Cancer and Disease

http://energyfanatics.com/2014/04/24/nanotechnology-medicine-using-nanobots-treat-cancer-disease/

Traces of recent water on Mars: Liquid water on Mars as recently as 200,000 years ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140425075025.htm

Civil war inside our cells: Scientists show how our bodies fight off 'jumping genes'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140425091846.htm

Star is discovered to be a close neighbor of the Sun and the coldest of its kind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140425162339.htm

Slightly Scary CCTV Network Completely Run By AI

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/26/slightly-scary-cctv-network-completely-run-by-ai/

Friday, April 25, 2014

Why Can’t We Live Past 122?

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/04/why-cant-we-live-past-122/

Octillions of microbes in the seas: Ocean microbes show incredible genetic diversity

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=131198&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

Science Nation - Nanosponge decoy fights 'superbug' infections (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76tlg_8XZT0#t=30

Vaccination Has Saved 732,000 Children's Lives Since 1994

http://www.livescience.com/45111-national-vaccination-effects.html

Can Humans Hibernate? Ask the Dwarf Lemur

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/04/25/can-humans-hibernate-ask-the-dwarf-lemur/

Why You Shouldn't Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303456104579489510784385696

Walking Linked to More Creativity than Sitting

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/walking-linked-more-creativity-sitting?et_cid=3904057&et_rid=454967483&location=top

Lowly Y chromosome may deserve some respect after all

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0423/Lowly-Y-chromosome-may-deserve-some-respect-after-all

Skin Layer Grown in Lab Could Replace Animal Testing

http://www.alnmag.com/news/2014/04/skin-layer-grown-lab-could-replace-animal-testing?et_cid=3904986&et_rid=454967483&location=top

Neil DeGrasse Tyson reveals age of Earth, creationists’ heads collectively explode

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/25/neil_degrasse_tyson_reveals_age_of_earth_creationists_heads_collectively_explode_partner/

How do you make a 1-cent microscope lens? Just bake a batch in the oven

http://www.gizmag.com/baked-droplet-microscope-lenses/31783/

Steering wheel system could detect driver fatigue on the cheap

http://www.gizmag.com/steering-wheel-driver-drowsiness/31785/

University of Liverpool team aims to hit 90 mph in pedal-powered Arion1 Velocipede

http://www.gizmag.com/arion1-bicycle-world-speed-record/31772/

New DARPA program to develop prosthetics with lifelike sensory feedback

http://www.gizmag.com/haptix-darpa-proprioception-prosthetics/31790/

Solar Roadways installs energy harvesting parking lot

http://www.gizmag.com/solar-roadways-parking-lot/31780/

It's a bubble, but not as we know it

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423221607.htm

India Finds Fishy Ways to Fight Malaria

64,000 software engineers have settled with tech companies over wage collusion

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/04/24/64000-software-engineers-have-settled-with-tech-companies-over-wage-collusion/

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Liquid spacetime: What if spacetime were a kind of fluid?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423095208.htm

Scientists on Track to Assemble 3D Printed “Bioficial” Heart

http://lyranara.me/2014/04/24/scientists-on-track-to-assemble-3d-printed-bioficial-heart/

Researchers compare hip width and sexual behavior

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423101718.htm

Experimental Cochlear Implant Treatment Could Improve Hearing

http://www.livescience.com/45067-new-cochlear-implants-restore-hearing.html

Genetically engineered mosquitoes could be vital weapon against malaria

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/genetically-engineered-mosquitos-fight-malaria

Pain is a Great Motivator for Innovation

https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140421061358-206580-pain-is-a-great-motivator-for-innovation

Hearing quality restored with bionic ear technology used for gene therapy: Re-growing auditory nerves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423143011.htm

Atomic switcheroo explains origins of thin-film solar cell mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423150937.htm

Mapping the road to quantum gravity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423150939.htm

Superconducting qubit array points the way to quantum computers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423151033.htm

Cyber buddy is better than 'no buddy'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140423151037.htm

Computer algorithm outperforms humans on 'Labeled Faces in the Wild' benchmark

http://phys.org/news/2014-04-algorithm-outperforms-humans-wild-benchmark.html

Blood of world's oldest woman hints at limits of life

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25458

F.C.C., in a Shift, Backs Fast Lanes for Web Traffic

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/technology/fcc-new-net-neutrality-rules.html

Earth observation competition searching for outstanding application ideas

http://www.gizmag.com/copernicus-masters-applications-open/31719/

Google Street View users now able to "go back in time"

http://www.gizmag.com/google-street-view-time-travel/31766/

B612 Foundation highlights the risk of city-destroying asteroids

http://www.gizmag.com/b612-foundation-asteroid-impact-sentinel-satellite/31765/

Crystal-forming microparticles could lead to color-changing tanks and planes

http://www.gizmag.com/nanocrystal-camouflage/31767/

CATable: A cry for help from a desperate cat owner

http://www.gizmag.com/catable-cat-table/31769/

Chinese company uses 3D printing to build 10 houses in a day

http://www.gizmag.com/china-winsun-3d-printed-house/31757/

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A Possible Cure for Ebola Virus Infection?

http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2014/04/21/a_possible_cure_for_ebola_virus_infection_108610.html

Biochip mimics how the body produces platelets so they could be made in a lab

http://medcitynews.com/2014/04/biochip-mimcs-body-produces-platelets-address-challenges-platelet-transfusions/

"Going up" at 45 mph: Hitachi to deliver world's fastest elevator

http://www.gizmag.com/hitachi-worlds-fastest-elevator/31744/

Will superhuman powers give us superhuman problems?

http://www.gizmag.com/human-enhancement-issues/31743/

Scientists discover 'upside-down' planet

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Scientists-discover-upside-down-planet/articleshow/34074593.cms

Scientists think they can control weather with lasers

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/inducing-rain-lightning-weather-lasers/

Revealed: Scientists ‘edit’ DNA to correct adult genes and cure diseases

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-scientists-edit-dna-to-correct-adult-genes-and-cure-diseases-9273555.html

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

MRSA spreads in households

http://www.nature.com/news/mrsa-spreads-in-households-1.15080

Sentinel-1A satellite returns first shots of Earth

http://www.gizmag.com/sentinel-1a-earth-observation-copernicus-first-images/31698/

Kepler discovers most potentially habitable planet yet

http://www.gizmag.com/kepler-186f/31702/

Open-source beehives developed to tackle Colony Collapse Disorder

http://www.gizmag.com/open-source-intelligent-hives/31689/

Google Street View tech can solve CAPTCHA puzzles

http://www.gizmag.com/google-street-view-recaptcha/31711/

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures the birth of a new Saturnian moon

http://www.gizmag.com/saturn-cassini-nasa-moon-peggy/31713/

Fourth time lucky for SpaceX's CRS-3 Dragon launch

http://www.gizmag.com/crs-3-launch-spacex/31671/

LADEE probe hits the Moon at 3,600 mph

http://www.gizmag.com/ladee-moon-probe-impact-nasa/31708/

Nanoelectronic circuits reach speeds of 245 THz

http://www.gizmag.com/nanoelectronic-circuits-quantum-plasmonic-tunneling/31714/

BAE Systems develops a flat lens that acts like it's curved

http://www.gizmag.com/bae-systems-flat-lens/31715/

Eye-Opener: Naps Linked with Higher Risk of Death

http://www.livescience.com/44999-napping-death.html

Everything You Need to Know to Rebuild Civilization from Scratch

http://io9.com/everything-you-need-to-know-to-rebuild-civilization-fro-1566170266

NASA chief makes the case for going to Mars: Living on other planets is necessary for our survival as a species

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/22/nasa_chief_makes_the_case_for_going_to_mars_living_on_other_planets_is_necessary_for_our_survival_as_a_species/

Brain Injury Turns College Dropout Into Math Genius

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/22/brain-injury-turns-college-dropout-into-math-genius/

Floating nuclear plants could prove tsunami-proof

http://www.gizmag.com/floating-tsunami-proof-nuclear-plants/31693/

Monday, April 21, 2014

Ape builds fire and toasts marshmallows in amazing BBC video

http://www.aol.com/article/2014/04/21/ape-builds-fire-and-toasts-marshmallows-in-amazing-bbc-video/20872841/

Are Lab Mice of Men?

http://www.psmag.com/navigation/nature-and-technology/lab-mice-men-79467/

Powdered Alcohol Is Officially A Thing In The United States

http://io9.com/powdered-alcohol-is-officially-a-thing-in-the-united-st-1565530773

Using 3D Printers To Generate Villages Of Houses

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/using-3d-printers-generate-villages-houses

Computers in cockroaches? Is that a good idea?

http://labroots.com/user/news/daily/id/113/title/computers-in-cockroaches-is-that-a-good-idea

‘Impact Glass’ Stores Ancient Bio-data

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/%E2%80%98impact-glass%E2%80%99-stores-ancient-bio-data

LADEE, NASA's moon-orbiting robot, crashes down as planned

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/04/18/ladee-nasa-moon-orbiting-robot-crashed-down-as-planned/

Gene variant increases risk of colorectal cancer from eating processed meat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417191612.htm

Better way to deal with bad memories suggested

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140418141121.htm

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Why There Will Be A Robot Uprising

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/04/why-there-will-be-robot-uprising/82783/

Charles Darwin’s tragic error: Hitler, evolution, racism and the Holocaust

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/19/charles_darwins_tragic_error_hitler_evolution_racism_and_the_holocaust/

Google: We scan all Gmail messages

http://globalresearchreport.com/2014/04/19/google-we-scan-all-gmail-messages/

Gecko-like adhesives now useful for real world surfaces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140418141117.htm

Impact glass from asteroids and comets stores biodata for millions of years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140418141115.htm

'Exotic' material is like a switch when super thin

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140418141119.htm

'Dressed' laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140418141242.htm

SpaceX-3 launches science cargo to International Space Station

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140418212643.htm

Impact of childhood bullying still evident after 40 years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417212510.htm

ADHD: Scientists discover brain's anti-distraction system

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140418141244.htm

Boosting depression-causing mechanisms in brain increases resilience, surprisingly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417141821.htm

The story of animal domestication retold: Scientists now think wild animals interbred with domesticated ones until quite recently

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417090826.htm

Internet use may cut retirees' depression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140417124706.htm

Friday, April 18, 2014

‘Minority Report’ Movie Vindicated As KnightScope K5 Brings Precrime Technology To The Forefront

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=18579

Ancient soil provides clue to Greenland's green past

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0418/Ancient-soil-provides-clue-to-Greenland-s-green-past

Female Penis, Male Vagina: First Case of Genital Reversal in Nature Reported

http://www.livescience.com/44906-female-insect-with-penis-found.html

Why You Forget: 5 Strange Facts About Memory

http://www.livescience.com/44940-strange-facts-about-memory.html

Boeing-Built Fighter Jets Could Launch US Military Satellites Into Space

http://www.space.com/25549-boeing-fighter-jets-satellite-launches-darpa.html?cmpid=557158

Science Explains What Makes Babies So Cute

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/04/17/science-explains-what-makes-babies-so-cute/

Genetics link found in search for sweet strawberries

http://theconversation.com/genetics-link-found-in-search-for-sweet-strawberries-25706

In a cloning first, scientists create stem cells from adults

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/17/us-science-cloning-idUSBREA3G1KD20140417

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Star dust casts doubt on recent big bang wave result

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25420

First metritis vaccine protects dairy cows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140416112716.htm

Lifestyle determines gut microbes: Study with modern hunter-gatherers tells tale of bacteria co-evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140415133924.htm

Simplicity is key to co-operative robots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140416225324.htm

We want flying cars, not creepy robots that take care of grandma, study says

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/0417/We-want-flying-cars-not-creepy-robots-that-take-care-of-grandma-study-says

Powered by pee: New filtration system converts urine into water and electricity

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/16/powered_by_pee_new_filtration_system_converts_urine_to_water_and_electricity/

Here’s why scientists just published the recipe for superflu

http://globalresearchreport.com/2014/04/17/heres-why-scientists-just-published-the-recipe-for-superflu/

Preventing AI from developing anti-social and potentially harmful behaviour

http://phys.org/news/2014-04-ai-anti-social-potentially-behaviour.html

Raspberry Pi Keeps Wowing Us Even Two Years After Launch

http://singularityhub.com/2014/04/17/raspberry-pi-roundup/

Nasal Spray Could Protect against Any Flu

http://www.alnmag.com/news/2014/04/nasal-spray-could-protect-against-any-flu

Woman's Ear Reattached with Help of Leeches

http://www.livescience.com/44882-ear-reattachment-leeches.html

Researchers produce amazing new alternative energy sources

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/researchers-produce-amazing-smart-alternative-energy-sources-213337487.html

Astronomers Have Found the First Earth-Sized, Habitable Zone Planet

http://io9.com/astronomers-have-found-the-first-earth-sized-habitable-1564345380

How Do Sperm Recognize Eggs? Mechanism Finally Found

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/04/16/how-do-sperm-recognize-eggs-mechanism-finally-found/

Honeybees in East Africa Resist Deadly Pathogens

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140416-honeybees-africa-kenya-disease-nosema-varroa-resistance-genetics-pesticides/

Social Futurist revolution & the Zero State Amon Twyman Amon Twyman

http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/twyman20140416

DARPA is turning drones into wireless hotspots

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/17/darpa-is-turning-drones-into-wireless-hotspots/

‘Kill Switch’ Included on All Cell Phones Made in U.S. by 2015

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/17/kill-switch-included-on-all-cell-phones-made-in-u-s-by-2015/

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Are Robonauts Better Than Astronauts?

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/are-robonauts-better-than-astronauts-2

We Will Live Again (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp0iYp4nQnE#t=716

Project Ara: Google says 'next 5 billion' will build their phones

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2014/0416/Project-Ara-Google-says-next-5-billion-will-build-their-phones

Sharks not 'living fossils,' non-living fossil reveals

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0416/Sharks-not-living-fossils-non-living-fossil-reveals

How to test the twin paradox without using a spaceship

http://theconversation.com/how-to-test-the-twin-paradox-without-using-a-spaceship-25458

Esophagus Grown And Transplanted With Tissue Engineering In Regenerative Medicine Breakthrough

http://www.medicaldaily.com/esophagus-grown-and-transplanted-tissue-engineering-regenerative-medicine-breakthrough-276886

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Ballroom Brainwaves A neuroscientist studies the brains of tango dancers in an attempt to understand interpersonal connectedness.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/39584/title/Ballroom-Brainwaves/

Severe sleep apnea linked to increased risk of stroke, cancer, death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414154456.htm

Why Artificial Intelligence Might Not Destroy Us After All

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/04/why-artificial-intelligence-might-not-destroy-us-after-all/

House windows that double as solar panels? Shiny quantum dots brighten future of solar cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414123820.htm

Babies prefer fairness -- but only if it benefits them -- in choosing a playmate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414134051.htm

Cybersecurity researchers roll out a new heartbleed solution: Red Herring creates decoy servers, entraps, monitors hackers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414150658.htm

Cosmic slurp: Supercomputers help astronomers understand and predict how black holes swallow stars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414150848.htm

Faithful allies since the Cretaceous: Symbiosis between beewolves and protective bacteria originated millions of years ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414154450.htm

We're over the hill at 24, study says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414172240.htm

Exotic hadron particles detected at CERN: Bizarre matter defies known physics

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0415/Exotic-hadron-particles-detected-at-CERN-Bizarre-matter-defies-known-physics

Scientists make flat surface behave like spherical antenna

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0415/Scientists-make-flat-surface-behave-like-spherical-antenna

Bacterial tricks for turning plants into zombies

http://www.nature.com/news/bacterial-tricks-for-turning-plants-into-zombies-1.15011

Metabolic quirks yield tumour hope

http://www.nature.com/news/metabolic-quirks-yield-tumour-hope-1.15005

Exotic space particles slam into buried South Pole detector IceCube detected three neutrinos that could have radiated from titanic explosions in the depths of space.

http://www.nature.com/news/exotic-space-particles-slam-into-buried-south-pole-detector-1.15036

Nanoparticles make turkey eggs tough to crack

http://www.nature.com/news/nanoparticles-make-turkey-eggs-tough-to-crack-1.15039

Ancient Mars probably too cold for liquid water

http://www.nature.com/news/ancient-mars-probably-too-cold-for-liquid-water-1.15042

Sperm RNA carries marks of trauma

http://www.nature.com/news/sperm-rna-carries-marks-of-trauma-1.15049

21st Century: a brief trek through our technology-rich future By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/537.html

8 stunning photos of last night’s spooky “Blood Moon”

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/15/8_stunning_photos_of_last_nights_spooky_blood_moon/

How Flesh-Eating Bacteria Evolved To Be Deadly

http://www.livescience.com/44817-how-flesh-eating-bacteria-evolved.html

What Mars One Needs is Genetically Altered Human Colonists

http://www.21stcentech.com/mars-genetically-altered-human-colonists/

Reduction in HPV in young women in England following national immunization program

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414092123.htm

Google buys web-beaming solar drones capable of flying for years at a time

http://rt.com/usa/google-buys-drones-titan-aerospace-488/

Patients with kidney failure to get a new lease on life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140414123651.htm

Monday, April 14, 2014

New software accurately predicts what your children will look like as adults

http://www.gizmag.com/software-predicts-kids-look-when-older/31601/

Land Rover reveals "invisible" bonnet for Discovery Vision concept

http://www.gizmag.com/land-rover-transparent-bonnet/31557/

Britain's Ministry of Defence using robot soldier for testing protectvie suits

http://www.gizmag.com/robot-protective-suit-test-porton-man-mod/31523/

OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return spacecraft gets go-ahead

http://www.gizmag.com/osiris-rex-design-review-lockheed-asteroid/31592/

The rise of London's skyline – more than 230 new towers planned

http://www.gizmag.com/london-skyline-skyscrapers-town-planning/31610/

Brazilian ecologists launch app to reduce roadkill

http://www.gizmag.com/urubu-app-roadkill/31616/

Astronauts to get green thumbs with NASA sending veggie garden to the ISS

http://www.gizmag.com/veggie/31613/

Toyota's astonishing new Atkinson Cycle engine delivers 78 mpg

http://www.gizmag.com/toyota-atkinson-engines-improved-thermal-fuel-efficiency/31615/

Guest post: I am my mother’s chimera

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/2014/04/13/guest-post-i-am-my-mothers-chimera/

Oxytocin Boosts Dishonesty The so-called “love hormone” can make people more dishonest when it serves the interests of their group.

http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/39595/title/Oxytocin-Boosts-Dishonesty/

Sharks contain more pollutants than polar bears

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411091417.htm

Green space keeps you from feeling blue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411153322.htm

Sunday, April 13, 2014

What happens when we try to manipulate our voice to attract a mate? Her voice is hot, his is not

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411153320.htm

Hepatitis C treatment cures over 90 percent of patients with cirrhosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140412093400.htm

Security 'bad news for sex drive' A woman's sex drive begins to plummet once she is in a secure relationship, according to research.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4790313.stm

Forgive yourself if you want to live longer, scientists say

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/forgive-yourself-if-you-want-to-live-longer-scientists-say-9248685.html

Scientists grow cartilage to reconstruct nose

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140410194644.htm

'Body hack' app by math researchers shortcuts jet-lag recovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140410194609.htm

‘Modern marvel’: New U.S. Navy destroyer Zumwalt christened in Maine

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/12/navys-new-destroyer-to-be-christened-in-maine/

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Tibetan Plateau was larger than previously thought, geologists say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411091949.htm

Taking iron improves women's exercise performance, study shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411092312.htm

Eye of the beholder: Improving the human-robot connection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411092314.htm

Protein researchers closing in on the mystery of schizophrenia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411103132.htm

Development of new cell models that report circadian clock function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411103134.htm

Brain cell discovery could open doors to targeted cancer therapies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411103136.htm

How nerve cells flexibly adapt to acoustic signals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411103138.htm

Facial selection technique for ads can increase buyers by 15 percent, study says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411103140.htm

Computer rendering: Graduate student brings extinct plants 'back to life'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140411153848.htm

What is a 3D printer? 3D Technology and the Medical Industry

http://energyfanatics.com/2014/04/10/what-is-3d-printer-technology-improve-medical-industry/

Friday, April 11, 2014

‘Cherry tree from space’ amazes and baffles Japan

http://www.thenational.ae/world/east-asia/cherry-tree-from-space-amazes-and-baffles-japan

'My goal is to own John Lennon’s DNA': Canadian dentist plans to CLONE former Beatle from a pulled wisdom tooth and raise the child as his own son

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2600738/My-goal-John-Lennons-DNA-Canadian-dentist-plans-CLONE-former-Beatle-pulled-wisdom-tooth-raise-child-son.html

Deploying the Body’s Army Using patients’ own immune systems to fight cancer

Arabs need third way between religious and military regimes Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2014/04/egypt-military-rule-failure-islamists-choice.html

Johammer electric motorcycle breaks 200 km range, looks like you're riding a terrified snail

http://www.gizmag.com/johammer-electric-motorcycle/31575/

Sunlight Generates Hydrogen in Silicon

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/sunlight-generates-hydrogen-silicon

Scientists grow viable vaginas from girls' own cells

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/10/us-organs-vaginas-idUSBREA3924L20140410

First 'Exomoon' Around Alien Planet Possibly Found

http://www.space.com/25438-exomoon-around-alien-planet-discovery.html

Commercial Space Bill Would Bolster Utility of Experimental Permits

http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/40179commercial-space-bill-would-bolster-utility-of-experimental-permits

Teleportation From One Location to Another

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/11/teleportation-from-one-location-to-another/

Thursday, April 10, 2014

European Space Agency’s Sentinel Program Gives Us a Fresh Look at Earth

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/04/european-space-agencys-sentinel-program-gives-us-a-fresh-look-at-earth/

Regular aerobic exercise boosts memory area of brain in older women

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140408213545.htm

NASA announces plans for Mars landing — but first it will send astronauts to an asteroid

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/09/nasa_announces_plans_for_mars_landing_but_first_it_will_send_astronauts_to_an_asteroid/

Deep space mystery: Dark matter may be destroying itself in Milky Way’s core

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/10/deep_space_mystery_dark_matter_may_be_destroying_itself_in_milky_ways_core_partner/

Exotic Space Particles Slam into Buried South Pole Detector

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ice-cube-detects-high-energy-neutrinos/

DNA nanobots deliver drugs in living cockroaches

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25376-dna-nanobots-deliver-drugs-in-living-cockroaches.html#.U0RShq1dXcg

How can NASA put a two-story building on Mars? Its very own flying saucer.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0410/How-can-NASA-put-a-two-story-building-on-Mars-Its-very-own-flying-saucer

Futuristic Dress Made by Studio Roosegaarde Becomes Transparent When You're 'Turned On' [WATCH]

http://www.latinpost.com/articles/10244/20140408/futuristic-dress-made-by-studio-roosegaarde-becomes-transparent-when-youre-turned-on-watch.htm

Solar Impulse 2 will fly around the world on solar power alone

http://www.dvice.com/2014-4-9/solar-impulse-2-will-fly-around-world-solar-power-alone

3D print yourself a drone in just 24 hours

http://www.dvice.com/2014-4-9/3d-print-yourself-drone-just-24-hours

How many people do we need for a viable space colony?

http://www.dvice.com/2014-4-8/how-many-people-do-we-need-viable-space-colony

3D printing brings the cities of the future into miniature reality

http://www.dvice.com/2014-4-4/3d-printing-brings-cities-future-miniature-reality

The Many Alternative Computing Worlds of Linux

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/technology/personaltech/the-many-alternative-computing-worlds-of-linux.html

Engineers unveil round-the-world attempt solar aircraft

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/aerospace/news/engineers-unveil-round-the-world-attempt-solar-aircraft/1018376.article

An Ancient Impact That Dwarfs The Dinosaur-Killing Blast

http://spaceref.com/earth/an-ancient-impact-that-dwarfs-the-dinosaur-killing-blast.html

Prepare for drones that ‘perch’ on power lines to recharge, never have to land

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/9/prepare-drones-perch-power-lines-recharge-never-ha/

Processing new information during sleep compromises memory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140408213358.htm

Permanent tattoos inked by hacked 3D printer

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229634.600

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Will NASA's moon missions survive the chill of a lunar eclipse?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0409/Will-NASA-s-moon-missions-survive-the-chill-of-a-lunar-eclipse

DARPA's New Biotech Unit Will Try to Create New Life Forms

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/darpas-new-biotech-unit-will-try-to-create-artificial-life-forms

Building Your Own Space Station? There’s an App for That

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/04/building-your-own-space-station-theres-an-app-for-that/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=building-your-own-space-station-theres-an-app-for-that

Mars, Earth & Sun To Align In Rare Space Event

http://www.davidreneke.com/mars-earth-sun-to-align-in-rare-space-event/

Can We Make Cities Invisible to Earthquakes?

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/04/can-we-make-cities-invisible-to-earthquakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-we-make-cities-invisible-to-earthquakes

How coughs and sneezes float much farther than you think

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140408112111.htm

Living organ regenerated for first time: Thymus rebuilt in mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140408115610.htm

Language structure: You're born with it

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140408122316.htm

NASA Releases More Than 1,000 Computer Codes to Spark Innovation

http://www.space.com/25401-nasa-computer-codes-released-public.html

Humans and Neandertals interbred, new method confirms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140408111228.htm

Antimicrobial from soaps promotes bacteria buildup in human noses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140408074944.htm

Brain ‘15-second delay’ shields us from hallucinogenic experience – research

http://rt.com/news/brain-neuroscience-visual-information-709/

Hidden miracles of the natural world (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_hidden_miracles_of_the_natural_world

Darpa’s Robots Could Soon Assemble Satellites in Space

http://www.wired.com/2014/04/dangerroom_0404_satellite_robots/

Why Heartbleed is the most dangerous security flaw on the web

http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/8/5594266/how-heartbleed-broke-the-internet

Navy’s New Rail Gun Weapon Kills At Seven Times The Speed Of Sound

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=18129

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Energizing sick mitochondria with vitamin B3: Effective treatment for mitochondrial disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407090403.htm

Can We Genetically Improve Intelligence? (video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr5n_ZOZ6E8

Human Destiny is to Eliminate Death — Essays & Debates on Immortality

http://www.kurzweilai.net/human-destiny-is-to-eliminate-death-essays-debates-on-immortality

Quest for immortality spurs breakthroughs in human-machine merge By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/536.html

Caffeine Find Paves Way for New Alzheimer's Drugs

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/caffeine-find-paves-way-new-alzheimers-drugs

Dinosaur Chase Re-Created in 3D

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/dinosaur-chase-re-created

Who Owns Outer Space?

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/who-owns-outer-space

Exploring Parallel Universes

http://bigthink.com/big-think-tv/exploring-parallel-universes

SpaceHabs: One man's architectural vision for colonizing Mars

http://www.gizmag.com/mars-one-architecture-versteeg/31228/

Nanodot-based smartphone battery that recharges in 30 seconds

http://www.gizmag.com/nanodot-smartphone-battery-30-second-recharge/31467/

Paralyzed Patients Move Again with Spinal Stimulation

http://www.livescience.com/44669-paralyzed-patients-move-spinal-stimulation.html

Stress alters children's genomes

http://www.nature.com/news/stress-alters-children-s-genomes-1.14997

Secret Spaceplane, Mystery Mission

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/08/secret-spaceplane-mystery-mission/

Mortality risks of being overweight or obese are underestimated

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407143719.htm

Movies synchronize brains: Brain activity patterns show remarkable similarities across different people

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407090615.htm

Ancient shrimp-like animals had 'modern' hearts and blood vessels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407090727.htm

Procrastination and impulsivity genetically linked: Exploring the genetics of 'I'll do it tomorrow'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407101718.htm

“Within 5 Years” – Robot Replacement of Human Workers Predicted to Accelerate

http://globalresearchreport.com/2014/04/08/within-5-years-robot-replacement-of-human-workers-predicted-to-accelerate/

Monday, April 7, 2014

U.Va. Smashes Barrier to Growing Organs from Stem Cells

http://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-smashes-barrier-growing-organs-stem-cells

Legendary Stradivarius Loses to New Violins in Blind Tests

http://www.livescience.com/44651-new-violins-beat-stradivarius.html

Private Moon Race Will Be Televised, Aims for 2015 Lunar Landing

http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/03/17/exxonmobil-russia-rosneft-gas-export-weapon

Smoking visibility mapped for the first time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140406162424.htm

Zombie cancer cells eat themselves to live

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140405233847.htm

Self-assembled silver superlattices create molecular machines with hydrogen-bond 'hinges' and moving 'gears'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140406162247.htm

Key cells in touch sensation identified: Skin cells use new molecule to send touch information to the brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140406162249.htm

Groundbreaking optical device could enhance optical information processing, computers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140406162455.htm

Medical breakthrough: New blood test could be a quick accurate way to detect solid cancers

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/07/medical_breakthrough_new_blood_test_could_be_a_quick_accurate_way_to_detect_solid_cancers/

How Earth got its tectonic plates

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-how-the-earth-got-its-plates-20140404,0,2472994.story

Surgical robot snakes its way down the throat

http://www.gizmag.com/flex-system-surgical-snake-robot/31510/

Self-balancing MiP robot is ready to roll

http://www.gizmag.com/mip-balancing-robot/31513/

Altaeros set to break world record with 1,000 foot-high floating wind turbine

http://www.gizmag.com/altaeros-floating-wind-turbine/31525/

The long and the short of telomeres: Loneliness impacts DNA repair, parrot study shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140404221746.htm

Check Out These Amazing Towers In Ethiopia That Harvest Clean Water From Thin Air

http://urbantimes.co/2014/04/towers-harvesting-water/

Hidden Energy Inside Your Pocket Change By Tess Pennington

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/04/tess-pennington/create-your-own-voltaic-pile/

Friday, April 4, 2014

Cosmic codes: NASA releasing information on more than 1,000 projects

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/04/cosmic_codes_nasa_releasing_information_on_over_1000_projects/

New research suggests microbes may be responsible for the largest extinction in history

http://www.gizmag.com/mit-mass-extinction-microbe-methanosarcina/31465/

ChocaByte promises 3D chocolate printing for US$99

http://www.gizmag.com/chocabyte-promises-3d-chocolate-printing-for-us99/31430/

Old toilets recycled into new "green" cement

http://www.gizmag.com/ceramic-waste-cement/31495/

Stanford scientists find a new way to turn graphite into diamond

http://www.gizmag.com/graphite-synthetic-diamond-platinum-stanford/31496/

Hummingbird speciation really hummed, say scientists

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0404/Hummingbird-speciation-really-hummed-say-scientists

Could transplant drugs replace antiretrovirals in HIV treatment?

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/274977.php

Nanoballoons, Lasers Team to Fight Cancer

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/nanoballoons-lasers-team-fight-cancer

Meet ‘Robo-roo’, the bizarre bionic KANGAROO that can hop forever thanks to its self-recharging legs

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/04/meet-robo-roo-the-bizarre-bionic-kangaroo-that-can-hop-forever-thanks-to-its-self-recharging-legs/

New insights into quantum dynamics and quantum chaos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140402153621.htm

Ancient volcanic explosions shed light on Mercury's origins

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140402153625.htm

Bruising detection system can distinguish between accident, real harm in child injuries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403095405.htm

How electrodes charge and discharge: Analysis probes charge transfer in porous battery electrodes for first time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403095417.htm

Nanoparticles cause cancer cells to self-destruct

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403105812.htm

Tiny power generator runs on spit

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403105814.htm

Fermi data tantalize with new clues to dark matter: Gamma rays from center of Milky Way galaxy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403123628.htm

'Unbreakable' security codes inspired by nature

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403132111.htm

Quantum cryptography for mobile phones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403132331.htm

Energy breakthrough uses sun to create solar energy materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403132353.htm

Meet space station’s small satellite launcher suite

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403134941.htm

Monster 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster is bigger than thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403141831.htm

Researchers design trees that make it easier to produce paper

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403142031.htm

Researchers probe the next generation of 2-D materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403212533.htm

Quantum computing: Quantum photon properties revealed in another particle -- the plasmon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403212611.htm

New U.S. time standard: Atomic clock will neither gain nor lose one second in about 300 million years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403212613.htm

Off the shelf, on the skin: Stick-on electronic patches for health monitoring

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403212615.htm

Gravity measurements confirm subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140403142019.htm

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Rear view cameras to be mandatory in all new cars in the US by 2018

http://www.gizmag.com/nhtsa-rearview-camera-mandatory/31487/

DualWingGenerator mimics flapping wings to harvest energy

http://www.gizmag.com/festo-dualwinggenerator-turbine-energy-wind/31478/

How old is the moon? New dating method offers clues. A new study found that the moon was formed just 100 million years after the solar system came into being.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0403/How-old-is-the-moon-New-dating-method-offers-clues

Hidden sea on Saturn's moon Enceladus revealed, boosting hopes for life

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0403/Hidden-sea-on-Saturn-s-moon-Enceladus-revealed-boosting-hopes-for-life

First peanut genome sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140402105958.htm

Most comprehensive wiring diagram of the mammalian brain to date

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140402133943.htm

'Love Hormone' Oxytocin May Intensify Orgasms

http://www.livescience.com/44574-oxytocin-sex-orgasm.html

Inside the Military’s New Office for Cyborgs

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/03/inside-the-militarys-new-office-for-cyborgs/

The discovery that could rewrite physics (video)

http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_adams_the_discovery_that_could_rewrite_physics

Physicists are building an NSA-proof Internet

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/03/physicists_are_building_an_nsa_proof_internet_partner/

Body odor changes following vaccination

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140402211946.htm

Morning rays keep off pounds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140402212531.htm

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Researchers Discover Why Zebras Have Stripes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/why-do-zebras-have-stripes_n_5071018.html

Bacteria brews biofuel with potential to replace high-energy rocket fuel

http://www.gizmag.com/bacteria-rocket-biofuel-georgia-tech/31414/

Accuracy International's L115A3 sniper rifle does it again – six kills from one bullet

http://www.gizmag.com/l115a3-sniper-rifle-six-kills-one-bullet-afghanistan/31455/

Wind energy: New insight into best arrangement of wind turbines on large installations

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401111959.htm

Breast milk and diet up to two years old: A means of preventing the risk of child obesity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401112115.htm

Human 'hairless' gene identified: One form of baldness explained

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401112113.htm

Depressed young men at highest risk of becoming sedentary later

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401131031.htm

Enhanced autopilot system could help prevent accidents like 2009 Air France 447 crash

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401122326.htm

'Sewing machine' idea gives insight into origins of Alzheimer's

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401122336.htm

Misleading mineral may have resulted in overestimate of water in moon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401131137.htm

Did Europeans Get Fat From Neandertals?

http://news.sciencemag.org/archaeology/2014/04/did-europeans-get-fat-neandertals

Just because it's diet doesn't mean it won't give you diabetes: Even just two lower calorie soft drinks a day could cause problems for women in later life

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2592739/Just-diet-doesnt-mean-wont-diabetes-Even-just-two-lower-calorie-soft-drinks-day-cause-problems-women-later-life.html

DARPA Launches Biological Technologies Office

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/02/darpa-launches-biological-technologies-office/

Bleach vs. Bacteria: How the Body Does Spring Cleaning

http://www.livescience.com/44552-bleach-bacteria-spring-cleaning-nigms.html

Your Accurate "Inner Lie Detector"

http://labroots.com/user/daily-news/article/id/100/title/your-accurate-inner-lie-detector-

Mind-controlled suit aims to make wheelchairs obsolete

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/02/mind_controlled_suit_aims_to_make_wheelchairs_obsolete/

Amazon Introduces fireTV Set-Top Box, Gaming Console Hybrid

http://mashable.com/2014/04/02/amazon-fire-tv-2/

Computer maps 21 distinct emotional expressions -- even 'happily disgusted'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331153518.htm

Self-healing engineered muscle grown in the laboratory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331153606.htm

3D Printers Pose Threat to Global Economy

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/04/3d-printers-pose-threat-to-global-economy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3d-printers-pose-threat-to-global-economy

Does Antimatter Fall Up?

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/04/does-antimatter-fall-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-antimatter-fall-up

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

In Bjørndalen, Norway, a Small Cabin Enjoys Some of the World's Fastest Internet

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303325204579467542262163298

Monkey caloric restriction study shows big benefit; contradicts earlier study

http://www.news.wisc.edu/22672

Genetic cause of heart valve defects revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331130656.htm

Blood test helps predict heart attack risk for patients with chest pain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331114459.htm

Vibration may help heal chronic wounds, researchers say

http://news.uic.edu/vibration-may-help-heal-chronic-wounds-researchers-find

New human trial shows stem cells are effective for failing hearts: Bone marrow-derived stem cells injected directly into heart muscle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331130858.htm

Proteins discovered in gonorrhea may offer new approach to treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331131010.htm

Anti-anxiety drugs, sleeping pills linked to risk of death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140331130846.htm

NASA's Spitzer Telescope Brings 360-Degree View of Galaxy to Our Fingertips

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-088&utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NASAJPL&utm_content=spitzer20140320

New eco-hybrid fuel could help to reduce shipping pollution

http://www.gizmag.com/eco-hybrid-fuel-shipping-emissions/31423/

Latest XPrize challenges teams to deliver a TED Talk using artificial intelligence

http://www.gizmag.com/ai-xprize-ted-talk/31435/

R/C Bullet car sets new world record of 188 mph

http://www.gizmag.com/rc-bullet-car-188-mph/31433/

Scientists confirm the discovery of the first ringed minor planet

http://www.gizmag.com/minor-planet-asteroid-chariko-rings/31434/

Industry heavyweights come together to standardize the Internet of Things

http://www.gizmag.com/att-cisco-ge-ibm-intel-industrial-internet-consortium/31438/

World's tallest observation wheel gives a taste of the high life in Las Vegas

http://www.gizmag.com/las-vegas-high-roller-observation-wheel/31441/

Laser-trapped Particle Breaks Second Law of Thermodynamics

http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/laser-trapped-particle-breaks-second-law-thermodynamics

Watch George Lucas reveal how the lightsaber really works

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/01/watch_george_lucas_explain_the_magic_and_technology_behind_the_lightsaber/

Weird cosmos: Major scientific breakthrough could completely alter our view of the universe

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/01/weird_cosmos_major_scientific_breakthrough_could_completely_alter_our_view_of_the_universe_partner/

Absurd Creature of the Week: The 6-Foot Earthworm That Sounds Like a Draining Bathtub

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/01/absurd-creature-of-the-week-the-6-foot-earthworm-that-sounds-like-a-draining-bathtub/

End of the water bottle? Edible algae ‘balloon’ could cut plastic waste

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/01/end-of-the-water-bottle-edible-algae-balloon-could-cut-plastic-waste/

‘British scientists clone dinosaur’: They haven’t, they won’t and they never will – here’s why

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2014/04/01/british-scientists-clone-dinosaur-they-havent-they-wont-and-they-never-will-heres-why/