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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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Software to video meteors (and other stuff in the sky)

Science – UFOCapture is a Windows application that helps you videotape meteors and other fast-moving stuff in space. You hook up a sensitive video camera to your computer, point it out your window, and while you slumber, the software saves all the good bits.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 07:44pm

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More than half Philippine fauna nearly extinct: official

Science – More than half the birds, amphibians and mammals found only in the Philippines are either threatened or nearly extinct, the environment and natural resources department said Monday.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 07:34pm

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The Pole star comes to life again

Science – An international team of astronomers has observed that vibrations in the Pole star, which had been fading away to almost nothing over the last hundred years, have recovered and are now increasing. And the astronomers don't know why.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 07:29pm

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Health officials tout computer prescribing

Health & Fitness – Those hard-to-read scribbled prescriptions from doctors could soon become a rarity. Beginning Jan. 1, the federal government will boost Medicare's payments to doctors that send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy rather than writing them out on paper and handing them to the patient.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 07:19pm

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Bubble fusion scientist charged with scientific misconduct

Science – A Purdue University nuclear engineer who claimed to have carried out tabletop nuclear fusion is responsible for two instances of scientific misconduct, a report made public today concludes.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 07:10pm

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Livers from older donors work well in transplants

Health & Fitness – Liver transplant patients who receive an organ from a donor age 60 or older do just as well as patients getting a liver from a younger donor, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 07:03pm

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Laser resurfacing fixes wrinkles, study finds

Health & Fitness – Laser treatment can remove wrinkles better than some newer procedures, dermatologists reported on Monday.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 06:58pm

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Magnetic sense linked to molecule

Science – Fruit flies use cell sensitive to blue and UV light for magnetosensitivity

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 06:51pm

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Musical relativity

Science – Here's a neat idea for a concert that's going to blow a few minds if it ever takes to the stage.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 06:40pm

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Human-frog hybrids aid autism investigations

Health & Fitness – Fusing together brains cells and eggs from a carnivorous frog could help scientists understand the root cause of the condition and possibly lead to a treatment

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 06:36pm

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Exotic Materials Using Neptunium, Plutonium Provide Insight into Superconductivity

Science – Physicists at Rutgers and Columbia universities have gained new insight into the origins of superconductivity - a property of metals where electrical resistance vanishes - by studying exotic chemical compounds that contain neptunium and plutonium.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 06:31pm

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A dash of lime -- a new twist that may cut CO2 levels back to pre-industrial levels

Science – Scientists say they have found a workable way of reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere by adding lime to seawater.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 21, 2008 06:10pm

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Young, Gay and Murdered

Gay & Lesbian – Kids are coming out younger, but are schools ready to handle the complex issues of identity and sexuality? For Larry King, the question had tragic implications.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 20, 2008 07:15pm

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Chemical breakthrough turns sawdust into biofuel

Science – A wider of range of plant material could be turned into biofuels thanks to a breakthrough that converts plant molecules called lignin into liquid hydrocarbons.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 12:45pm

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8 Signs the Animal Kingdom is Out of Whack

Science – A polar bear clinging to a melting iceberg may the poster child for global warming, but rising temperatures, pollution and other human activity are also affecting the animal kingdom in far subtler ways.

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