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Five Physics Lessons for Obama
This is a must read. Advice to Obama from the author of Physics for Future Presidents in this month's Foreign Policy. |
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Twelve Virtues of Rationality
Twelve Virtues of Rationality. A must read. |
Oct 2, 2008 |
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Jet Man to cross English Channel
Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, aka the Jet Man, is slated to attempt to rocket into the history books by becoming the first person to fly across the English Channel using a single, jet-propelled wing attached to his back From national geographic "Jet ... |
Sep 25, 2008 |
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Inside the vaccine-and-autism scare
Eleven studies now show that the MMR vaccine doesn't cause autism (the most recent just came out). Six have shown that thimerosal doesn't cause autism; three have shown thimerosal doesn't cause neurological problems. Studies showing the opposite, like ... |
Sep 21, 2008 |
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Paint your roof white, save the planet
According to a new study by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory scientists, there's an astonishingly low-tech solution that may help to cool the planet and reverse global warming. Paint your roof white. From Paint your roof white, save the planet - Machinist ... |
Sep 14, 2008 |
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Debunking an Autism Theory
Ten years ago, a clinical research paper triggered widespread and persistent fears that a combined vaccine that prevents measles, mumps and rubella — the so-called MMR vaccine — causes autism in young children. That theory has been soundly refuted by a ... |
Sep 11, 2008 |
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Weapons-Grade Lasers by the End of '08?
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman is promising the Pentagon that it'll have weapons-grade electric lasers by the end of 2008. Which means honest-to-goodness energy weapons might actually become a military reality, after decades of fruitless searching. ... |
Sep 2, 2008 |
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Measles fears prompt MMR campaign
Extra vaccine supplies and funding are being made available. An epidemic of measles - which can be fatal - could potentially affect up to 100,000 young people in England alone. The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Experts say ... |
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Five Reasons You Don't Have a Personal Jet Pack Yet
Flying around with your own personal jet engine, strapped to your back, has been one of the hallmarks of futurism for decades. Which sucks, because futuristic stuff is supposed to eventually happen. So why the hell aren't we all flying to work via ... |
Jul 28, 2008 |
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One in Eight High School Biology Teachers Still Teach Creationism
25% said they devoted classroom time to creationism or intelligent design. Of these, about one-half -- 12% of all teachers -- called creationism a "valid scientific alternative to Darwinian explanations for the origin of species," and the same number ... |
May 19, 2008 |
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Smarter Isn't Better
Dr. Kawecki and like-minded scientists are trying to figure out why animals learn and why some have evolved to be better at learning than others. One reason for the difference, their research finds, is that being smart can be bad for an animal's health. ... |
May 6, 2008 |
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Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102
Albert Hofmann, the mystical Swiss chemist who gave the world LSD, the most powerful psychotropic substance known, died Tuesday at his hilltop home near Basel, Switzerland. He was 102. From Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102 - New York ... |
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Study Finds Vaccine Preservative Is Not Linked to Risks of Autism
LOS ANGELES (AP) Autism cases in California continued to climb even after a mercury-based vaccine preservative that some people blame for the neurological disorder was removed from routine childhood shots, a study has found. Researchers from the State ... |
Jan 8, 2008 |
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Twelve Commandments for Serious Eaters
The best advice on eating healthy that I've heard in a while comes from food author Michael Pollan. Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot. |
Jan 6, 2008 |
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stem-cell research breakthrough
Stemming the controversy: Scientists announced Tuesday that they've discovered a way to cultivate stem cells using skin cells instead of embryos. This could mean that potential cures for everything from Parkinson's disease to Alzheimer's might circumvent ... |
Nov 23, 2007 |
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Journalist Test Drives The Pain Ray Gun
The Silent Guardian is essentially (even though the creators prefer you not refer to it as such) a ray gun, emitting a focused beam of radiation similar to your microwave tuned to a specific frequency to stimulate human nerve endings. From Slashdot | ... |
Sep 19, 2007 |
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U.S. Bee Collapse May Be Due to Alien Virus
An imported virus may be a culprit in the puzzling disappearance of honeybees in the United States, experts say. Ever since the colony collapse disorder (CCD) epidemic was first reported in 2006, beekeepers across the country have seen adult bees ... |
Sep 7, 2007 |
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spiderman's fingers
A team of Italian scientists says their latest nanotech discovery is the secret to the wall-scaling Spiderman suit. From Wired Science - Wired Blogs Yet more proof that nanotech and biotech are going to make the future really weird. This leads ... |
Sep 1, 2007 |
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Fungi Make Biodiesel Efficiently at Room Temperature
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology have found a much better way to make biodiesel. Their new method could lower the cost and increase the energy efficiency of fuel production. Instead of mixing the ingredients and heating them ... |
Aug 22, 2007 |
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Spontaneous Human Combustion
How could a man catch fire -- with no apparent source of a spark or flame -- and then burn so completely without igniting anything around him? Dr. Bentley's case and several hundred others like it have been labeled "spontaneous human combustion" (SHC). ... |
Aug 21, 2007 |