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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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Miniaturized scanner zooms in on disease

Health & Fitness – A handheld nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scanner that can diagnose diseases and identify pathogens has been built by scientists in the US.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:48am

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Strategy to stop a pandemic

Health & Fitness – New approach could effectively use a scarce supply of vaccine

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:45am

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Fossil finds suggest an early origin for human speech

Science – It may be time to rethink the stereotype of grunting, wordless Neanderthals. The prehistoric humans may have been quite chatty - at least if the ear canals of their ancestors are any indication.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:43am

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Surprisingly Rapid Changes In Earth's Core Discovered

Science – The movements in the liquid part of the Earth's core are changing surprisingly quickly, and this affects the Earth's magnetic field, according to new research from DTU Space.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:40am

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Can tomatoes carry the cure for Alzheimer's?

Health & Fitness – Study shows how transgenic plants are used to produce a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:38am

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Global warming will push Russia to destruction: WWF

Science – Global warming will sow destruction across Russia and ex-Soviet states, a report said on Tuesday after the world's richest countries issued targets on harmful emissions that environmentalists criticized as too soft.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:32am

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Ridding meat of E. coli

Health & Fitness – You may be able to enjoy a rare hamburger soon, thanks to a discovery made by a team of University of Alberta researchers.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 01:47pm

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Team finds language without numbers

Science – An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of "one" or any other specific number, according to a new study from an MIT-led team.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 01:30pm

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Wine chemical improves health but not longevity

Health & Fitness – Two studies find ways to improve the health of mice, but fail to find any life-extending effect with either the chemical or a key aging protein

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 12:57pm

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Microwave ray gun controls crowds with noise

Gadgets & Tech – A US company claims it is ready to build a microwave ray gun able to beam sounds directly into people's heads.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 12:55pm

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Does Herpes Cause Brain Cancer?

Health & Fitness – The deadliest and most common type of brain cancer has a strange bedfellow: cytomegalovirus, a kind of herpes present in about 80 percent of the U.S. population. Now scientists are exploiting this coincidence to treat the cancer with a vaccine that targets the virus and slows tumor regrowth.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 11:15am

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Researchers study woman who acquires new accent after stroke

Health & Fitness – A woman in southern Ontario is one of the first cases in Canada of a rare neurological syndrome in which a person starts speaking with a different accent, McMaster University researchers report in the July issue of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 11:02am

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Deep Trouble in the North Sea

Science – Global warming is forcing North Sea fish to head to greater depths.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 09:12am

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Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened by New Evidence Located in Ohio, Indiana

Science – Was the course of life on the planet altered 12,900 years ago by a giant comet exploding over Canada? New evidence found by UC Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ken Tankersley and colleagues suggests the answer is affirmative.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 08:59am

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Worms do calculus to find meals or avoid unpleasantness

Science – Thanks to salt and hot chili peppers, researchers have found a calculus-computing center that tells a roundworm to go forward toward dinner or turn to broaden the search. It's a computational mechanism, they say, that is similar to what drives hungry college students to pizza.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 03, 2008 08:52am

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