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

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Workplace Noise-Related Hearing Loss Affects Sleep Quality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110125091822.htm

Antioxidants in Pregnancy Prevent Obesity in Animal Offspring

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314143450.htm

Nanorods Could Greatly Improve Visual Display of Information

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110314140630.htm

Marangoni Convection in Space: Observing Wine-Glass Phenomenon in a Gravity-Free Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110313125522.htm

Couples Sometimes Communicate No Better Than Strangers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110120090954.htm

Materials Identified That May Deliver More 'Bounce'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110309131940.htm

Multiple Taste Cell Sensors Contribute to Detecting Sugars

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307151909.htm

Thrill-Seeking Females Work Hard for Their Next Fix, Rat Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311122119.htm

Shape Memory Polymers Shed Light on How Cells Respond to Physical Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310121021.htm

Computer Model Shows Importance of Feet, Toes in Body Balance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310131051.htm

Better Brain Wiring Linked to Family Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110303111423.htm

Interactive graphic: Japan's deadly seismic history

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/03/interactive-graphic-japans-dea.html

Hydrogen fuel for cars comes a step nearer An oil shock is a real possibility and Britain needs to decrease its dependence on the fuel as soon as possible, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne claimed earlier this month.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/8379357/Hydrogen-fuel-for-cars-comes-a-step-nearer.html

Early Europeans unwarmed by fire The first hominins to migrate into Europe may have done so without fire.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110314/full/news.2011.158.html

US free-speech law offers protection — at a price Some fear that law to aid whistle-blowers will expose researchers to smear campaigns.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110314/full/471276a.html

European Court of Justice rejects stem-cell patents Researchers surprised by judge's conservative stance.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110310/full/news.2011.152.html

Virology: Fighting for a cause When Judy Mikovits found links between chronic fatigue syndrome and a virus, the world took notice. Now, she's caught between the patients who believe her work and the researchers who don't.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110314/full/471282a.html

Friendly bacteria fight the flu Microbes trigger immune response that suppresses infections.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110314/full/news.2011.159.html

Do gut bacteria worsen malnourishment? Human microbiota could be behind why deficient diets leave only some children seriously ill.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110310/full/news.2011.151.html

Rats wake up for behavioural research Tiny imaging device allows scans of animals while they are awake. Tiffany O'Callaghan

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110313/full/news.2011.155.html

First lupus drug in half a century approved A therapeutic antibody is the first success in a wave of experimental therapies aimed at tackling the autoimmune disease.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110310/full/news.2011.150.html

Hidden toll of embryo ethics war Federal funds continue to be withheld for stem cells derived without destroying embryos.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110314/full/471279a.html

Gates' Future of Education Straight Out of '60s

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/03/14/177240

40th Anniversary of the Computer Virus

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/03/14/227248

Net Sees Earthquake Damage, Routes Around It

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/03/14/2110229

Should We Have a Right To Be Forgotten Online?

http://yro.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/03/14/1919238

The Life of a Cybercrime Investigator

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/03/14/1720208

Effect of daily aspirin on long-term risk of death due to cancer: analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21144578

Monday, March 14, 2011

Nanopore sequencing Towards the 15-minute genome Genetics: Pulling strands of DNA through tiny holes, called nanopores, could dramatically speed up the sequencing of human genomes

http://www.economist.com/node/18304268?story_id=18304268

HAARP caused Japan Earthquake: Benjamin Fulford

http://www.ufo-blogger.com/2011/03/japan-earthquake-tsunami-haarp.html

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

Video: DIY Cyborgify-Your-Own Cockroach Kit Lets You Steer Real Live Bugs Around

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2011-03/diy-cyborg-cockroach-kit-lets-you-put-your-pets-work

Meet Japan's Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-03/six-robots-could-shape-future-earthquake-search-and-rescue

Internet will soon be top choice to get news in America as it overtakes newspapers for first time

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366052/Internet-popular-news-platform-use-smartphones-electronic-tablets-grows.html

SXSW Interactive: What Comes After the Information Age? By Steven James Snyder

http://techland.time.com/2011/03/14/sxsw-interactive-what-comes-after-the-information-age/

Testosterone Linked to Men's Ability to 'Woo' Potential Mates

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311122123.htm

Atlantis Found? Film Highlights Professor’s Efforts to Locate Fabled Lost City

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110312135018.htm

Smart Materials for High-Tech Products: Hard, Viscous or Watery at the Touch of a Button

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311121836.htm

Color View from Orbit Shows Mars Rover Beside Crater

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311140302.htm

Scientists Reveal Role of Light Sensor in Temperature Sensation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310141425.htm

Chilly Times for Chinese Dinosaurs: Abundance of Feathered Dinosaurs During Temperate Climate With Harsh Winters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311173104.htm

Extra Iron Doesn't Help Many Pregnant Women, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311121840.htm

New York man faces five years in jail for ‘linking’ to online videos

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/10/new-york-man-faces-five-years-in-jail-for-linking-to-online-videos/

A Game Played In the URL Bar

http://idle.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/03/13/1537230

Old Man Murray Wikipedia Controversy Continues

http://news.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/03/13/1550234

Ebooks are making me recall the history of mass-market publishing

http://www.idealog.com/blog/ebooks-are-making-me-recall-the-history-of-mass-market-publishing

Jack Dorsey Tweets A Fascinating Twitter History Lesson, 5 Years After Work On "Twttr" Began

http://www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorsey-twttr-history-2011-3

The Most Distant Mature Galaxy Cluster: Young, but Surprisingly Grown-Up

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110309073719.htm

Sunday, March 13, 2011

What did the Romans ever do for us (if they didn't build our roads)? Dig unearths highway built before Emperor Claudius invaded By David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/what-did-the-romans-ever-do-for-us-if-they-didnt-build-our-roads-2238592.html

Congo Impact Crater Confirmed

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/03/congo-impact-crater-confirmed.html

Extreme Galaxies

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/03/extreme-galaxies.html

Speed Demon Star Creates a Shock

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311131624.htm

Snails' Complex Muscle Movements, Rather Than Mucus, Key to Locomotion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110307101442.htm

New Method for Studying Molecule Reactions a Breakthrough in Organic Chemistry

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310151215.htm

Keys to Long Life? Not What You Might Expect

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311153541.htm

Low Cost Solar Cells: New European Record in Efficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311131734.htm

Pregnancy Anemia Linked to Childhood Wheezing and Asthma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310210412.htm

Not Actually Bad at Math or Auto Repair? Women Fear Being Stereotyped by Male Service Providers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110214163104.htm

Giftedness Linked to Prenatal Exposure of Higher Levels of Testosterone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311153549.htm

Nanoscale Whiskers from Sea Creatures Could Grow Human Muscle Tissue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110311121844.htm

Why Low Birth Weight Is Linked to Obesity Later in Life: Study Provides Explanation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310070311.htm

Surgery Without External Scars Is Gaining Traction: Organ Removal Through Body’s Orifices Is Minimally Invasive Approach to Surgery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110310151212.htm

Consumer Beware: Rejecting an Option May Make You More Likely to Choose It Later

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110214163106.htm

Does the Brain Explain Your Mind?

http://bigthink.com/idea_feed_items/4991

Are We Forgetting How to Remember?

http://bigthink.com/idea_feed_items/4993