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The Coming Death Shortage »
Posted by: Jordan 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
In its epic tawdriness the Marshall affair was natural fodder for the tabloid media. Yet one aspect of it may soon seem less a freak ...
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Labmeeting: A Social Network For Scientists »
Posted by: Jordan 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Scientists are not the most social people on the planet. Many of them would rather be holed up in their labs trying to make the ...
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Life In a Bubble: Scientists Uncover Undewater Insects' Secret »
Posted by: Jordan 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Hundreds of insect species spend much of their time underwater, where food may be more plentiful. MIT mathematicians have now figured out exactly how those ...
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Water on Mars Confirmed? »
Posted by: pagey 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
In a discovery that could qualify as one of the most important in the history of space, NASA’s Phoenix mission may have confirmed the ...
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Prehistoric land under the sea »
Posted by: Fedquip 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
A look at an undersea geological mystery uncovered by marine biologists.
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Mars Express acquires sharpest images of martian moon Phobos »
Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Mars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:50 CEST on 23 July, flying past at 2.96 km/s, only ...
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Prelude to the Higgs:
A work for two bosons in the key of Z »Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the US Department of Energy's Fermilab have announced the observation of pairs of Z bosons, force-carrying particles produced ...
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UT Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel of HIV »
Posted by: Nowalive 2 months, 1 week ago in News
HOUSTON— (July 3, 2008)— Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the ...
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Ancient Greeks used "computer" to set Olympics date »
Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
A mechanical brass calculator used by the ancient Greeks to predict solar and lunar eclipses was probably also used to set the dates for the ...
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Was ancient Greek 'computer' an astronomical tool? »
Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Inscriptions on a mysterious 2000-year-old clockwork device suggest that the artifact was inspired by earlier devices made by the great Greek mathematician Archimedes.
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Surfing faster than the speed of light »
Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
It may be possible to break the speed of light by surfing down the side of the 'bubble', say US physicists
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Exercise in a pill? Researchers find two »
Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Researchers who genetically engineered "marathon mice" that could run for hours have found two pills that can mimic the effects -- and they have already developed ...
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Plants Talk, Even Eavesdrop »
Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
It's bad enough when a parasite latches on to your body to suck you dry. But when it starts eavesdropping on your communications, enough ...
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Universe's first stars bulk up in new simulation »
Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
The very first stars were indeed giants, according to a new simulation. It shows that huge stars coalesced out of the primordial gas about 300 ...
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'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar power revolution »
Posted by: capn_caveman 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major ...
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