Posted May 11, 2008 at 02:50PM by Isaac C.
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Star Trek fans, here's something you might get a hoot out of:
NASA has developed
its own Tricorder. Ok, it's not exactly like the Tricorder, but it could be its ancestor. Details in the full article.
[Via NASA]
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Posted May 11, 2008 at 11:09AM by Isaac C.
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Love the sea? This new cemetery gives sea lovers the chance to spend their afterlife underwater. It kinda gives a new meaning to the phrase "sleeping with the fishes." More in the full article.
[Via Associated Press]
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Posted May 10, 2008 at 06:49AM by David T.
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Where were you last Tuesday, May 6, just after sunset? If you had swept your binoculars' view across the western horizon at the time, you may have noticed an interesting sight - a "meeting" of celestial bodies. That's right,
the planet Mercury and our moon seemed pretty much intertwined. More about the phenomenon in the full article after the jump.
[Via apod.nasa.gov]
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Posted May 10, 2008 at 01:18AM by David T.
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What exactly characterizes
video game addiction? Writer and researcher Neils Clark recently tackled this and other related questions at the 2008 Games for Health Conference. In his talk, Clark elaborated on the problem, its elements, real world relationships and possible solutions. More on those in the full article after the jump.
[Via Gamasutra]
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Posted May 09, 2008 at 02:36PM by Charles D.
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A new
environmental disaster was spotted in southern
Texas when a widening sinkhole as long as two football fields ended up swallowing an 18-wheeler truck and some oil equipment. Officials from Liberty County mentioned that there were no casualties so far and that the formation posed no threat to civilian areas. You can find out more about this by reading our full article after the jump.
[Via BBC News]
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Posted May 09, 2008 at 12:46AM by David T.
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Everybody can think of certain rare occasions when they were at the right place at the right time. That certainly applies to a group of tourists, their boat skipper and their tour operator. All of them managed to film some
killer whales holding a dolphin hunt in Algoa Bay, off the coast of
South Africa recently. More on this serendipitous find after the jump.
[Via The Herald Online]
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Posted May 08, 2008 at 11:46AM by Charles D.
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A new
NASA mission has been proposed which involves landing several astronauts on the Apophis asteroid,
predicted to strike the Earth by 2030. The mission will have a more observational nature rather than a violent one as astronauts will deliver samples taken off the space rock for scientists to study back on Earth. More details regarding this in our full article.
[Via guardian.co.uk]
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Posted May 08, 2008 at 11:31AM by Glen D.
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We've known for a long time that smaller bodies of water like ponds and
lakes absorb carbon. What we didn't know until recently was that they do the feat in dramatically faster ways than oceans and trees do. This discovery can have some good applications when you consider the kind of problems that the global community is facing today. Learn more about it in the full article up next.
[Via Iowa State University]
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Posted May 08, 2008 at 06:22AM by David T.
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Sometimes, what you think is the darkest thing you've ever seen really isn't that dark at all. Case in point: the gegenschein. No, it's not something you say after someone sneezes, though it does have something to do with
particles of dust. Find out more about the gegenschein in the full article after the jump.
[Via apod.nasa.gov]
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Posted May 07, 2008 at 06:05AM by David T.
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When we're hungry, food tends to look better to us than when we're not hungry. Blame it on a stomach "hunger hormone" by the name of ghrelin. A Montreal Neurological Institute study has been scrutinizing this in order to understand how to
treat obesity. More food for thought follows in the full article, right after the jump.
[Via Montreal Neurological Institue and Hospital]
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Posted May 07, 2008 at 02:01AM by David T.
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We've heard of vehicles and wills colliding, but there are other things way out there that
come into contact with each other - galaxies, for instance. The phenomenon in NGC 3256 is one good example of that. If you want to see a photograph of it, turn to the full article after the jump.
[Via apod.nasa.gov]
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Posted May 06, 2008 at 10:55PM by Sally B.
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Some of the other planets in the solar system have several moons, while the Earth
only has one. If you envy other planets because of this fact, then here's something that may soothe your anxiety: the Earth may have had several other moons in the past. Hit the full article to find out exactly why.
[Via Science Direct]
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Posted May 06, 2008 at 09:53PM by Nicolo S.
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Another alarming study regarding
global warming has surfaced, revealing that
tropical species are also in trouble. According to the
UCLA and the
University of Washington, warming can cause population of animals and insects in the tropics to decline, which adversely hurts the
ecosystem. See the full article for details.
[Via UCLA]
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Posted May 06, 2008 at 12:56PM by Enrico S.
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fuel cells have been found to be an
efficient and sustainable replacement
for fossil fuels. The one thing preventing this device from hitting the mass market is its price since these devices need a catalyst made of platinum, a very expensive metal. However, a researcher from the University of Basque Country may have just the solution to drive the cost down. To find out more, head on over to the full article.
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Posted May 06, 2008 at 05:31AM by David T.
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Granted,
mobile phones are usually utilized for communication purposes. Recently, however, these gadgets have taken on an entirely new role: that of saving lives when medical practitioners aren't physically around. The key word here is telemedicine. Find out all about it in the full article after the jump.
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Posted May 05, 2008 at 12:33PM by Isaac C.
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Prosthetics for humans are common. Prosthetics for animals aren't as common, but they're not unheard of - but prosthetics for sea creatures are a different matter. At least, this is the first time we've heard of a prosthetic tail. Meet Winter, the world's first bionic dolphin. Details in the full article.
[Via Daily Mail]
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Posted May 05, 2008 at 09:41AM by Isaac C.
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A year ago, scientists found that there really is such a thing as
an obesity gene. That statement isn't entirely accurate though. In reality, there's more than one "fat" gene. Now they've found two more. Details after the "read more" link below.
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Posted May 04, 2008 at 02:11PM by Isaac C.
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Is there such a thing as a killer meteor season for the Earth?
Scientists believe so. One theory says that
the killer meteor that
killed the dinos came during this kind of season. Scientists now believe we are
close to another such season. More details in the full article.
[Via Cardiff]
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Posted May 03, 2008 at 02:45PM by Isaac C.
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Scientists at
Hewlett-Packard have found a new type of component for an electrical circuit that, if developed, would mean that computers
will never have to boot up (except for the first time, at least). They call it the memory resistor, or memristor. Details after the "read more" link below.
[Via Reuters]
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Posted May 03, 2008 at 10:46AM by Isaac C.
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A new survey from the American Lung Association has revealed the most polluted cities in America.
Which cities topped the list? Pittsburgh ranked the highest in short-term
pollution, but
Los Angeles proved to be the most polluted on a year-round basis, as well as in terms of smog or ozone. Time to whip out the gas mask? If you want to know whether your city made the list, follow the "read more" link below.
[Via ABC News]
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