Canadian Cyborg Documents The Reality Behind Today’s Cyborg Tech

http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/31/canadian-cyborg-documents-the-reality-behind-todays-cyborg-tech/

Belly bacteria boss the brain Gut microbes can change neurochemistry and influence behavior

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/333870/title/Belly_bacteria_boss_the_brain

Hollywood Screenwriters and Scientists: More Than an Artistic Collaboration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828171208.htm

Sutureless Method for Joining Blood Vessels Invented

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828141052.htm

New Method Detects Emerging Sunspots Deep Inside the Sun, Provides Warning of Dangerous Solar Flares

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819141524.htm

Astrophysicists Simulate a Milky Way-Like Galaxy; Supercomputer Experiment Supports Cosmological Model of a 'Cold Dark Matter' Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829131317.htm

In Cell Culture, Like Real Estate, the Neighborhood Matters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828171224.htm

The Brittleness of Aging Bones: More Than Loss of Bone Mass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829114727.htm

Astrophysicists Solve 40-Year-Old Mariner 5 Solar Wind Problem: Turbulence Doesn’t Go With the Flow

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110826085147.htm

Geometry of Sex: How Body Size Could Lead to New Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828210652.htm

Black Death Bacterium Identified: Genetic Analysis of Medieval Plague Skeletons Shows Presence of Yersinia Pestis Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829173751.htm

Bilingual Babies' Vocabulary Linked to Early Brain Differentiation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829070559.htm

Poor Sleep Quality Increases Risk of High Blood Pressure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829164644.htm

Protecting Cells: Evidence Found for a Neuronal Switch to Prevent Neurodegenerative Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110824142842.htm

Mind-Altering Microbes: Probiotic Bacteria May Lessen Anxiety and Depression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110829164601.htm

Halfway point for 1,001 genomes quest

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110828/full/477014a.html

Common Cause of All Forms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110821141115.htm

Evangelical Scientists Debate Creation Story

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/23/0324258

Laughter Has Positive Impact On Vascular Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110828101806.htm

LHC results put supersymmetry theory 'on the spot'

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/642873-lhc-results-put-supersymmetry-theory-on-the-spot

US Military Awards Huge Contract to Recon Robotics for Micro-Robot Kits

http://www.azorobotics.com/news.aspx?newsID=1977

Lawrence Solomon: Science getting settled. New, convincing evidence indicates global warming is caused by cosmic rays and the sun — not humans

http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/08/26/lawrence-solomon-science-now-settled/

50th anniversary of Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-50th-anniversary-stanley-milgram-obedience.html

Early Embryos Can Correct Genetic Abnormalities During Development, Researchers Find

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110705071546.htm

Feeding the Five Thousand -- Or Was It Three? Researchers Claim Most Crowd Estimations Are Unreliable

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110824191733.htm

Exotic Galaxy Reveals Tantalizing Tale

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825135156.htm

Uncovering the Spread of Deadly Cancer: New Imaging Device Enables Scientists to See Tumor Cells Traveling in the Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110826111227.htm

Life Expectancy Success Story

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825202411.htm

Breakthrough in Genetics of Fibroids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825141623.htm

New Score Can Tell Doctors How Long Cancer Patients Have Left to Live

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825193101.htm

Cars Could Run On Recycled Newspaper, Scientists Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110825105024.htm

T-Cell Discovery Holds Promise for Organ Transplant and Immunodeficiency Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823104942.htm

Could New Drug Cure Nearly Any Viral Infection? Technology Shows Promise Against Common Cold, Influenza and Other Ailments, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110826134012.htm

Black Death study lets rats off the hook

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/642821-black-death-study-lets-rats-off-the-hook

No bones about it: Eating dried plums helps prevent fractures and osteoporosis

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-bones-dried-plums-fractures-osteoporosis.html

Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-eradicating-dangerous-bacteria-permanent.html

Plesiosaurs Did Not Lay Eggs!

http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com/2011/08/plesiosaurs-did-not-lay-eggs.html

Thanks for the Immunity DNA, Neanderthals

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39943

Why are we Running out of Drugs?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39942

The Psychology of Signs

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39941

Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

http://olddogg.com/space/astronomers-discover-planet-made-of-diamond/

Apple's Next Innovation: Wireless Charging

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39912

Sony execes believe emotion-reading games possible in 10 years

http://www.gamergaia.com/home/gaming-news/45-industrial/1778-sony-executives-believe-emotion-reading-games-possible-in-10-years.html

Space Elevator by 2040? Enthusiasts keep the dream alive By Dick Pelletier

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/399.html

Nanoscale superclusters that mirror living systems

http://www.kurzweilai.net/nanoscale-superclusters-that-mirror-living-systems

Sexual satisfaction tied to overall 'successful aging' as reported by women age 60 to 89

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-sexual-satisfaction-tied-successful-aging.html

Scientists Who Cloned Dolly the Sheep Plan to Clone Endangered Scottish Wildcats Using Eggs From Spayed Pets

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-08/scientists-who-cloned-dolly-sheep-plan-clone-wildcats-using-eggs-spayed-pets

Parasite Uses the Power of Attraction to Trick Rats Into Becoming Cat Food

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819141519.htm

New Piece to the Puzzle of Brain Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819092421.htm

Under-Reported Greenhouse Gas Statistics? Sketchy Emission Reports Revealed by Swiss Measurements

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818132150.htm

Coronary Calcium Beats C-Reactive Protein for Predicting Heart Attack and Stroke Risk, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818190555.htm

Growth of Cities Endangers Global Environment, According to New Analysis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819155428.htm

Spoilt Food Soon a Thing of the Past?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819081912.htm

Four-Year-Olds Know That Being Right Is Not Enough

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818154351.htm

Cholesterol-Lowering Statin Drugs Can Reduce the Risk of Stroke, but Sometimes Should Be Avoided, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110819092427.htm

Filling Without Drilling: Pain-Free Way of Tackling Dental Decay Reverses Acid Damage and Re-Builds Teeth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823115402.htm

A Cloud over Ownership Online services set content free from the physical world's constraints—including those that have defined the very idea of possession.

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38391/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-08-24

What Kind of Force Is Gravity?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39895

Uncivilization Festival Contemplates the Apocalypse

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39894

Mars' Soil Suitable for Life

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39892

A Small Step for a Robot, A Great Leap for Space Travel?

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39869

Toward Fusion Energy

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39888

Robotic arm and claw sculpted entirely from ShapeLock

http://hackaday.com/2011/08/19/robotic-arm-and-claw-sculpted-entirely-from-shapelock/

Record Companies Lose in Cloud-Music Ruling

http://bigthink.com/ideas/39863

Web Surfing At Work Can Boost Productivity

http://tech.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/22/1529249

Earth Ejecta Could Seed Life On Europa

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=11/08/22/1256246