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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
A Theory About Fate
A pair of otherwise distinguished physicists have suggested that the hypothesized Higgs boson, which physicists hope to produce with the collider, might be so abhorrent to nature that its creation would ripple backward through time and stop the collider before it could make one, like a time traveler who goes back in time to kill his grandfather.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry
DURANGO, Colo. – The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward.
For the Shaw brothers, who converted the downtown arts building and community center into a miniature solar power plant two years ago, each reverse rotation subtracts from their monthly electric bill. It also means the building at that moment is producing more electricity from the sun than it needs.
"Backward is good," said John Shaw, who now runs Shaw Solar and Energy Conservation, a local solar installation company.
More HERE.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
We're all mutants, say scientists
We all have at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology.
Study finds prime time on the Internet is 11 p.m.
It's 11 p.m. Do you know where your neighbors are?
Antibodies found that prevent HIV from causing severe AIDS
After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can prevent the virus from multiplying in the body and producing severe disease.
Underwater robot missing
Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea
Team of scientists find more than 40 previously unidentified species in remote volcanic crater
Longest piece of music
The world's longest piece of music is being performed live for the first time on a unique 20-metre-wide instrument at a concert in London.
First Genetic Link Between Reptile And Human Heart Evolution Found
Scientists have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other reptiles. The research shows how a specific protein that turns on genes is involved in heart formation in turtles, lizards and humans.
Study says gun shows are the leading source of guns used in crimes
A new report from UC Davis researchers finds that American gun shows are the leading source of guns used in crimes, not just in the United States, but Mexico and Canada as well.
'Plasmobot': Scientists To Design First Robot Using Mould
Scientists in England are to design the first ever biological robot using mould. Researchers are developing the amorphous non-silicon biological robot, plasmobot, using plasmodium, the vegetative stage of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum, a commonly occurring mould which lives in forests, gardens and most damp places in the UK. The research project aims to design the first every fully biological (no silicon components) amorphous massively-parallel robot.
Single molecule, one million times smaller than a grain of sand, pictured for first time
It may look like a piece of honeycomb, but this lattice shaped image is the first ever close-up view of a single molecule.
As hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms
The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods.
Poll: Most Don't Know What "Public Option" Is -- Including Pollsters
'Moon rock' in Dutch museum is just petrified wood
It's not green cheese, but it might as well be.
Scientists Find "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch"
'On-Hold' Music's Complex Science
Inside the young science of keeping callers on the line. Damn you, Erik Satie.
The Appendix: Useful - - and in Fact Promising
Who knew that the appendix was good for something?
Top 10 Useless Limbs (and Other Vestigial Organs)
Charles Darwin argued that vestigial organs are evidence of evolution and represent a function that was once necessary for survival, but over time that function became either diminished or nonexistent. We just think they're weird.
We all have at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology.
Study finds prime time on the Internet is 11 p.m.
It's 11 p.m. Do you know where your neighbors are?
Antibodies found that prevent HIV from causing severe AIDS
After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies that can prevent the virus from multiplying in the body and producing severe disease.
Underwater robot missing
Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea
Team of scientists find more than 40 previously unidentified species in remote volcanic crater
Longest piece of music
The world's longest piece of music is being performed live for the first time on a unique 20-metre-wide instrument at a concert in London.
First Genetic Link Between Reptile And Human Heart Evolution Found
Scientists have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other reptiles. The research shows how a specific protein that turns on genes is involved in heart formation in turtles, lizards and humans.
Study says gun shows are the leading source of guns used in crimes
A new report from UC Davis researchers finds that American gun shows are the leading source of guns used in crimes, not just in the United States, but Mexico and Canada as well.
'Plasmobot': Scientists To Design First Robot Using Mould
Scientists in England are to design the first ever biological robot using mould. Researchers are developing the amorphous non-silicon biological robot, plasmobot, using plasmodium, the vegetative stage of the slime mould Physarum polycephalum, a commonly occurring mould which lives in forests, gardens and most damp places in the UK. The research project aims to design the first every fully biological (no silicon components) amorphous massively-parallel robot.
Single molecule, one million times smaller than a grain of sand, pictured for first time
It may look like a piece of honeycomb, but this lattice shaped image is the first ever close-up view of a single molecule.
As hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms
The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods.
Poll: Most Don't Know What "Public Option" Is -- Including Pollsters
'Moon rock' in Dutch museum is just petrified wood
It's not green cheese, but it might as well be.
Scientists Find "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch"
'On-Hold' Music's Complex Science
Inside the young science of keeping callers on the line. Damn you, Erik Satie.
The Appendix: Useful - - and in Fact Promising
Who knew that the appendix was good for something?
Top 10 Useless Limbs (and Other Vestigial Organs)
Charles Darwin argued that vestigial organs are evidence of evolution and represent a function that was once necessary for survival, but over time that function became either diminished or nonexistent. We just think they're weird.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
New NIH chief: Turn science into better care, fast - Yahoo! News
An influential geneticist who wears his faith on his sleeve says that as the new director of the National Institutes of Health he won't inject his religious convictions into medical research while pushing cutting-edge science into better bedside care.
Brit scientists discover plant that eat rats | The Sun |News|Weird
A DEADLY plant that eats RATS has been discovered by British experts and it has been named after David Attenborough
DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated, Scientists Show - NYTimes.com
With fabricated blood or saliva, “you can just engineer a crime scene,” said the lead author of a new study.
Novelties - Mimicking Human Cartilage to Repair a Knee - NYTimes.com
An off-the-shelf plug inserted into the damaged area can guide formation of new bone and cartilage before dissolving in about six months.
Prehistoric 'Runway' Used by Flying Reptile | LiveScience
Prehistoric tracks suggest that pterosaurs preferred beach landings.
New York Thunderstorms: The Craziest Lightning Strikes Caught On Camera (VIDEO)
Tuesday's giant thunderstorm flattened cars, knocked down trees, and generally wreaked havoc throughout the area. Central Park alone lost over 100 trees, and parts of the Upper West Side and Bronx suffered significant damage.
Scientists: New species of worms release 'bombs' - Yahoo! News
Thousands of feet beneath the sea live worms that can cast off green glowing body parts, a move scientists think may be a defensive effort to confuse attackers. Researchers have dubbed the newly discovered critters
People Naturally Walk in Circles: Discovery News
If you're lost in the woods and you feel like you're walking in circles, you probably are.
Fixing sprawl and redesigning suburbia | Daily Loaf
Tampa Creative Loafing, shelter from the mainstream for news, event listings, dining, movies and music.
World population projected to reach 7 billion in 2011 - CNN.com
The world's population is forecast to hit 7 billion in 2011, the vast majority of its growth coming in developing and, in many cases, the poorest nations, a report released Wednesday said.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Tweeting Shooting Stars: World's First Mass Participation Meteor Star Party
Step Toward Quantum Computers: Sustained Quantum Information Processing
Scientists find an itchiness cell
Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific
Austrian Archaeologist has Indiana Jones moment in Mongolia
Putin dives to bottom of world's deepest lake
Step Toward Quantum Computers: Sustained Quantum Information Processing
Scientists find an itchiness cell
Scientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific
Austrian Archaeologist has Indiana Jones moment in Mongolia
Putin dives to bottom of world's deepest lake
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Big Blobs Change View of Evolution
On a submersible dive off the Bahamas, Mikhail V. Matz of the University of Texas at Austin and several colleagues were seeking big-eyed, glowing animals adapted to darkness. Yet as they cruised above the seafloor, the team was distracted by hundreds of bizarre, sediment-coated balls the size of grapes. Each sat at the end of a sinuous track in the seafloor ooze. Indeed, the balls appeared to have made the tracks; some even seemed to have rolled upslope.
The team collected specimens and identified the creatures as giant protozoans, Gromia sphaerica, each one a single large cell with an organic shell, or "test." When cleaned of sediment, the test feels like grape skin, but squishier, Matz says.
More HERE.
UK population must fall to 30m, says Porritt - Times Online
JONATHON PORRITT, one of Gordon Brown’s leading green advisers, is to warn
that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a
sustainable society.
Environmentalists Hail Earth Hour as a Big Success - ABC News
Wind-powered car breaks record
After 10 years, British engineer Richard Jenkins breaks the world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle.
Leaving computers on overnight = $2.8 billion a year
Sydney power blackout causes chaos
A severe power blackout brought chaos to downtown Sydney on Monday afternoon, causing peak-hour traffic jams as street signals failed and leaving workers stranded in lifts as they tried to make their way home.
Cost Works Against Alternative Energy in Time of Recession - NYTimes.com
As Congress debates new emissions restrictions, an underlying question is how much more Americans will be willing to pay to harness the wind and the sun.
Billion Tree Campaign Passes 3 Billion Mark | OneWorld.net (U.S.)
Long-necked dinos didn't reach for the skies
A fondly-held belief about long-necked sauropods, the giant four-footed dinosaurs beloved of monster movies and children, is most probably untrue, a dino expert said on Wednesday.
CT scan reveals hidden face under Nefertiti bust
Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt's most treasured artworks - the bust of Nefertiti has two faces.
9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas
Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report. The patients went to hospital emergency rooms 2,678 times from 2003 through 2008, said the report from the nonprofit Integrated Care Collaboration
Analysis: Obama no-nukes pledge not so farfetched
President Barack Obama's startling call Friday for a "world without nuclear weapons" brings to mind Ronald Reagan's idealistic, unfulfilled dream of eliminating the threat of nuclear annihilation.
Astronomers catch a shooting star for 1st time
For the first time scientists matched a meteorite found on Earth with a specific asteroid that became a fireball plunging through the sky. It gives them a glimpse into the past when planets formed and an idea how to avoid a future asteroid Armageddon.
Oil Companies Reluctant to Follow Obama’s Green Lead - NYTimes.com
The Obama administration wants to spend $150 billion to diversify energy sources by encouraging more renewable sources, but oil giants are hanging back.
Military sonar blamed for mass dolphin strandings - Times Online
Mass strandings of dolphins and whales could be caused because the animals are rendered temporarily deaf by military sonar, experiments have shown.
Kids Curb Marital Satisfaction
Parents all know that children make it harder to do some of the most enjoyable adult things. Bluntly put, kids can get between you.
Friendly 'Death Star' Laser to Recreate Sun's Power
Lasers have usually represented weapons of mass destruction in movies such as Star Wars, but a newly completed facility has begun harnessing lasers to create a fusion reaction rivaling the power of a miniature sun.
Astronaut Class of 2009 Has No Spaceship
Nearly five decades after announcing the seven original Mercury astronauts, NASA is again set to reveal a new class of spaceflyers. But the 2009 astronaut class will be the first in nearly 30 years that will enter training without the prospect of flying on the space shuttle.
Edge of Space Found
Hold on to your hats, or in this case, your helmets: Scientists have finally pinpointed
the so-called edge of space — the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space.
Study Finds Source of Self-Control, Maybe | LiveScience
Is religion the opium of the masses or does it help us stay in line?
Losing It: Why Self-Control Is Not Natural
After dinner last night, I lost my usual self-control and ate half a box of cookies.
I Am Ironman! | h+ Magazine
Cyberdyne Corporation of Japan, in conjunction with Daiwa House, has begun mass production of a cybernetic bodysuit that augments body movement and increases user strength by up to tenfold.
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts Iran's future | Video on TED.com
TED Talks Bruce Bueno de Mesquita uses mathematical analysis to predict (very often correctly) such messy human events as war, political power shifts, Intifada ... After a crisp explanation of how he does it, he offers three predictions on the future of Iran.
The Associated Press: New orangutan population found in Indonesia
Researchers Develop World's First Flying Microrobot For Microscale Applications
The microrobot discovery provides researchers with more control over the microscale environment, allowing them to move and place tiny objects with far greater precision. The microscale deals with tiny objects, at levels that are too small to be manipulated by humans.
Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?
For the first time, scientists have isolated a parasite from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee colony depopulation syndrome. They then went on to treat the infection with complete success.
All Octopuses Are Venomous
Contrary to what was known, all octopuses are venomous, a new study finds.
Blind to be cured with stem cells - Times Online
BRITISH scientists have developed the world’s first stem cell therapy to cure
the most common cause of blindness.
that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a
sustainable society.
the so-called edge of space — the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space.
the most common cause of blindness.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
BBC E-mail: Chimpanzees exchange meat for sex
** Chimpanzees exchange meat for sex **
Chimpanzees enter into long-term deals, exchanging meat for sex, say researchers who studied behaviour in Ivory Coast.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7988169.stm
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The four-eyed spookfish may have seemed strange enough. Now researchers say it doesn't really have four eyes. Instead, it is the known first vertebrate to use mirrors, rather than lenses, to focus light in its eyes. “In nearly 500 million years of vertebrate evolution, and many thousands of vertebrate species living and dead, this is the only one known to have solved the fundamental optical problem faced by all eyes — how to make an image — using a mirror," said Julian Partridge from the University of Bristol.
While the spookfish looks like it has four eyes, in fact it only has two, each of which is split into two connected parts. One half points upwards, giving the spookfish a view of the ocean — and potential food — above. The other half, which looks like a bump on the side of the fish's head, points down. These diverticular eyes, as they are called, are unique among all vertebrates in that they use a mirror to make the image, Partridge and colleagues found.
More HERE.
Cold fusion debate heats up again
Researchers at a meeting in the US claim renewed evidence for the long-discredited idea of fusion at room temperature.
Astronauts fail to budge stuck cargo carrier
The key to energy independence: Go fly a kite!
Stranded whales returned to sea off SW Australia
Eleven long-finned pilot whales were returned to sea Tuesday after surviving a mass stranding on a remote southwest Australian beach, but they appeared disoriented and were trying to return to shore, an official said.
Gang of Juvenile Dinosaurs Discovered
Three juvenile Triceratops, a species thought to be solitary, died together in a flood and now have been found in a 66 million-year-old bone bed in Montana, lending more evidence to the idea that teen dinosaurs were gregarious gangsters.
Tennis Player Sarah Gronert Born With Male And Female Genitalia
Female tennis player born with male and female genitalia is competing in the WTA. Some say her competing against women should be disqualified since she has an unfair advantage. Sarah Gronert had an operation to remove the genitalia.
Shining Solar Beacon Lights the Way for the Weary Traveler
Avid skiers may soon find a shining new example of sustainable shelter on their next trip to the Swiss Alps. The Monte Rosa Hut, developed by the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) and winner of Holcim Awards Bronze 2008 Europe, is an alpine shelter that uses state of the art technology
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Rare Fossil Octopuses Found
It's hard enough to find fossils of hard things like dinosaur bones. Now scientists have found evidence of 95 million-year-old octopuses, among the rarest and unlikeliest of fossils, complete with ink and suckers.
Dinosaur find raises debate on feather evolution
A small dinosaur that once roamed northeastern China was covered with a stiff, hairlike fuzz, a discovery that suggests feathers began to evolve much earlier than many researchers believe; maybe even in the earliest dinosaurs. Scientists had previously identified feathers and so-called "dinofuzz" in theropods, two-legged meat-eaters that are widely considered the ancestors of birds.
Terrafugia - Transition®, the Roadable Light Sport Aircraft
Space station's new solar wings open easily
Astronauts successfully unfurled the newly installed solar wings at the international space station Friday, a nerve-racking procedure that went exceedingly well and brought the orbiting outpost to full power.
Bill in Texas would allow creationists to grant Masters of Science degrees
On to Z! Quirky regional dictionary nears finish
If you don't know a stone toter from Adam's off ox, or aren't sure what a grinder shop sells, the Dictionary of American Regional English is for you.
Feinstein: Solar energy could destroy the Mojave Desert
Deadly nerve toxin affecting deep ocean creatures
A nerve toxin produced by marine algae off California appears to affect creatures in the deep ocean, posing a greater threat that previously thought, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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