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I'm an engineer, but my true passion is for pure science. First loves are: physics, astronomy, space exploration, Earth sciences, and mathematics. I currently reside in Columbus Ohio and I am a RABID Buckeye fan. Email: capncaveman1@gmail.com

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Why quantum mechanics might be wrong

Science – The question of whether quantum mechanics is correct could soon be settled by observing the sky - and there are already tantalizing hints that the theory could be wrong.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 07:13pm

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Are there nuclear reactors at Earth's core?

Science – Fission reactors may have been burning for billions of years.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 07:03pm

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NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder

Science – New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. The findings suggest any liquid water that might exist below the planet's surface, and any possible organisms living in that water, would be located deeper than scientists had suspected.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 06:56pm

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Astronomers baffled by weird, fast-spinning pulsar

Science – Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun -- an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 06:50pm

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New time-lapse analysis could spell trouble for chemistry theory

Science – Chemists can now watch the structures of molecules as they change shape, much like shooting multiple frames of a galloping horse. The new view reveals that when certain molecules switch between different conformations, they do so less often than expected - a finding that could require chemists to revise their theories.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 06:09pm

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Animal Prosthetics: A Leg Up on a Bad Break

Pets – Amputee animals have a hard life. In the last few years, more and more disabled creatures of different species are being helped by modern technology, and by the researchers and volunteers who go the extra mile.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 05:53pm

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Astronomers measure temperature of the early universe

Science – We cannot go back in time and stick a thermometer in the early universe, but astronomers have done the next best thing, using an indirect technique to find out what the universe's temperature was 11 billion years ago.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 05:46pm

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MIT solves gravity-defying bird beak mystery

Science – As Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has now explained exactly how some shorebirds use their long, thin beaks to defy gravity and transport food into their mouths.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 05:41pm

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Physicists Demonstrate How Information Can Escape From Black Holes

Science – Physicists at Penn State have provided a mechanism by which information can be recovered from black holes, those regions of space where gravity is so strong that, according to Einstein's theory of general relativity, not even light can escape.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 07:16pm

Bird flu pandemic seen needing multiple drugs
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Bird flu pandemic seen needing multiple drugs

Health & Fitness – Governments need to stockpile different sorts of flu drugs -- not just Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu -- to counter the danger of resistance in a pandemic triggered by bird flu, British experts said on Wednesday.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 07:02pm

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Strength Training: More Than an Exercise in Vanity

Health & Fitness – Muscle researchers say it is important because muscle health is emerging as an important part of overall health. And, they say, when it comes to muscles, bulk does not matter.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 06:35pm

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Prehistoric Inca neurosurgery

Health & Fitness – A new study by two American anthropologists now provides evidence that the Incas performed trepanation to treat head injuries; that the procedure was far more common than was previously thought; and that the Incan practitioners of trepanation were highly skilled surgeons with a detailed knowledge of the anatomy of the skull.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 06:29pm

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Huge hole in the cosmos disappears

Science – NOW you see it, now you don't. A giant hole in the cosmos that shocked astrophysicists last year may not exist after all. A re-examination of the area has found that the 'void', which supposedly contained far fewer stars and galaxies than expected, could be a statistical artifact.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 06:16pm

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Studies Confirm Greenhouse Mechanisms Even Further Into Past

Science – The newest analysis of trace gases trapped in Antarctic ice cores now provide a reasonable view of greenhouse gas concentrations as much as 800,000 years into the past, and are further confirming the link between greenhouse gas levels and global warming, scientists reported today in the journal Nature.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 06:05pm

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Teens reach linguistic peak in online chat

Science – LOL, OMG and TTYL: parents and teachers worry that teenagers' use of these and other forms of online shorthand is harming their language skills. Perhaps they will take comfort from a study suggesting that instant messaging (IM) actually represents "an expansive new linguistic renaissance".

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