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Giant Feathered Tyrannosaur Found in China
April 6, 2012 at 8:32 am by Tibor. There are
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This discovery provides "direct evidence for the presence of extensively feathered gigantic dinosaurs".
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Thousands of rare Irrawaddy dolphins found
January 12, 2012 at 10:34 pm by Tibor. There are
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Nearly 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, which are related to orcas or killer whales, were found living in freshwater regions of Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangrove forest and the adjacent waters of the Bay of Bengal, the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Societ
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Scientists Sequence Black Death Genome
October 12, 2011 at 5:20 pm by nova. There are
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Yersinia pestis – still causes plague today, and the modern strains are surprisingly similar to the ancient one.
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Photon Pulses Keep Heart Cells Beating
September 25, 2011 at 8:24 am by nova. There are
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A multidisciplinary group at Stanford University has developed human heart cells that can be paced with light via optogenetics.
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West Nile Virus May Cripple Galapagos
September 17, 2011 at 8:58 am by nova. There are
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Renewed vigilance over the biosecurity of the Galápagos Islands is needed, based on new research on the risk posed by West Nile virus.
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The Neuroscience of Free Will
June 7, 2011 at 7:28 pm by nova. There are
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Neuroscience of free will refers to recent neuroscientific investigations trying to answer the question of how much free will we actually have. It is both a philosophical and scientific question.
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Robert Hooke's Micrographia
June 5, 2011 at 7:16 pm by Tibor. There are
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The full biology book of Robert Hooke is now available for free online!
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IBM's Watson Sized Up For Medicine
May 14, 2011 at 7:31 pm by Tibor. There are
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“I see Watson’s capabilities, not as replacement for physicians but as an adjunct and tool to organize, highlight and prioritize information to make a physician more efficient and effective, and improve patient safety," says Dr. Eliot L Siegel.
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Tiny Robot Crawls Through Your Veins
April 5, 2011 at 10:15 am by pdpete. There are
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This tiny nano bot is 4mm from end to end,can crawl through your veins locate tumors and zap it with drugs.The bot is controlled by a elecromagnetic field outside the robot that propels it forward.
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Seperating Virus DNA from Human DNA
April 5, 2011 at 7:47 am by pdPete. There are
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia may help doctors make a faster diagnosis.
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(This flash map will show you earthquakes detected recently around the world.)
Posted on April 15, 2013 at 2:25 pm in Earth Sciences.
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(The amount of ice melting on the Antarctic Peninsula has increased dramatically in recent decades.)
Posted on April 15, 2013 at 2:16 pm in Earth Sciences.
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(Shodan is the world’s first computer search engine that lets you search the Internet for computers. Find devices based on city, country, latitude/longitude, host name, operating system and IP. “Shodan is a search engine for hackers both good and bad. Sho)
Posted on April 9, 2013 at 7:35 pm in Technology.
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(After 17-years living below ground, billions of cicadas belonging to Brood II are beginning to emerge across much of the eastern United States. )
Posted on April 8, 2013 at 5:32 pm in Living World.
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(By translating shapes into computerized images, this system can turn any surface into a touch-screen.)
Posted on April 1, 2013 at 8:28 am in Technology.
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(Two forthcoming European Physical Journal D papers challenge established wisdom about the nature of vacuum. )
Posted on March 26, 2013 at 4:55 am in Physics.
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(New developments in microscopy have allowed researchers to image individual bonds within a molecule — seeing down to the atom scale. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-can-now-see-individual-atoms-2012-9#ixzz2ONqAybqc)
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 10:06 am in Physics.
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(Mars One co-founder tells CBC about its proposed one-way trip to the Red Planet)
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 12:39 am in Astronomy.
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(A defense contractor better known for building jet fighters and lethal missiles says it has found a way to slash the amount of energy needed to remove salt from seawater, potentially making it vastly cheaper to produce clean water at a time when scarcity )
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 9:50 pm in Technology.
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(New research suggests it may be possible to learn complex tasks with little to no conscious effort, just like in The Matrix. Whoa, indeed.)
Posted on March 17, 2013 at 6:28 pm in Technology.
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(NASA technicians have just finished the mirror backplate support structure, a folding wing assembly designed with to safely collapse the beryllium mirror during flight, and expand it again in orbit.)
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 2:26 pm in Astronomy.
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(The new find solves a puzzle about where these big-fanged felines arose)
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 8:36 am in Earth Sciences.
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