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Lice Genome Sequenced
July 4, 2010 at 11:21 am by nova. There are
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This undated handout photo provided by the CDC, courtesy of Frank Collins, PhD., shows a human body louse. Sometimes scientific research can be a lousy job. Literally. In their quest to understand how life works, researchers reported Monday they have sequ
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Snails On Speed Shed Light On Human Memory
May 28, 2010 at 4:15 pm by nova. There are
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Pond snails make unlikely speed freaks. But dosing the gastropods on methamphetamine is helping us understand how certain "pathological memories" form in human addicts.
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Humanity Has Cured The Ebola Virus!
May 28, 2010 at 4:15 pm by nova. There are
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An RNA-based drug has treated an infection of the deadly Ebola virus – the first drug to have been shown to do so in all recipients.
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Mouse Grown From Induced Stem Cells
November 13, 2009 at 1:24 pm by nova. There are
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Thanks to a little mouse named Tiny, researchers have now shown that full, living mammals can be grown from so-called induced pluripotent stemcells.
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How Your Brain Sees The Virtual You
November 9, 2009 at 9:09 am by nova. There are
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As players who stay up all night fighting imaginary warriors demonstrate, slipping into the skin of an avatar, and inhabiting a virtual world can be riveting stuff. But to what extent does your brain regard your virtual self as you?
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Researchers Make Stem Cell Breakthrough
March 2, 2009 at 8:44 am by grim. There are
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Breaking discovery of a new method to generate stem cells without the use of embryonic tissue.
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Devices Aid The Deaf by Translating Sound Waves to Vibrations
February 27, 2009 at 7:27 am by grim. There are
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Tactile devices, which translate sound waves into vibrations that can be felt by the skin, can help overcome the obstacles of lip reading by conveying nuances of speech that can't be gleaned from lip reading.
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How Cells Handle Broken Chromosomes
February 18, 2009 at 6:06 am by grim. There are
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Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry discovered a novel cellular response towards persistent DNA damage.
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Man Appears Free of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant
February 12, 2009 at 6:40 am by grim. There are
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A 42-year-old HIV patient with leukemia appears to have no detectable HIV in his blood and no symptoms after a stem cell transplant from a donor carrying a gene mutation that confers natural resistance to the virus that causes AIDS.
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(This unnamed, conceptual, robot could carry around 320 seedlings in a single load and would operate relatively autonomously.)
Posted on September 7, 2010 at 12:45 pm in Tech.
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(Most Canadians have no idea how close they came to an invasion.)
Posted on September 6, 2010 at 7:37 am in Humanity.
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(Orcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars's equator, in the eastern hemisphere of the planet.)
Posted on September 4, 2010 at 6:13 pm in Astronomy.
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(Enjoy this shocking National Geographic documentary about the darker side of diamonds.)
Posted on August 30, 2010 at 6:01 pm in Humanity.
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(ESA PR-17 2010 ESA and NASA have selected the scientific instruments for their first joint Mars mission. )
Posted on August 19, 2010 at 10:36 am in Astronomy.
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(Macaques who witness conflict often seek out the company of other bystanders – perhaps as a way to relieve tension within the group as a whole.)
Posted on August 19, 2010 at 6:15 am in Nature.
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(Weeks after the U.S. government claimed that the "vast majority" of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has been taken care of, oil has possibly been found deep on the Gulf seafloor, scientists announced this week.)
Posted on August 19, 2010 at 6:14 am in Nature.
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(New species are continually emerging from the ocean depths, comprehensive record of biodiversity reveals.)
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 10:43 am in Nature.
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(Look to the skies on the nights of August 3rd and 4th, we may be in for a lights show as the highly charged particles of a massive explosion on the Sun hit our atmosphere. Read on for more information.)
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 7:12 am in Astronomy.
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(Remote-controlled planes can be much more than the palm-sized toys you find at toys stores and hobby shops.)
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 5:55 am in Tech.
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(The Chinese government this week announced the oil spill is all cleaned up in Dalian harbor, off the north coast of Liaoning province in China.)
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 5:40 am in Nature.
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(The animals likely died of illness and malnutrition.)
Posted on July 26, 2010 at 12:46 pm in Nature.
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(Plastiki, a 60 foot vessel buoyed by over 12,000 2-liter plastic bottles, sailed into the Sydney Harbor today, completing a 130 day, 8000 mile journey from San Francisco. )
Posted on July 26, 2010 at 8:50 am in Humanity.
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(It was bright, fierce and thankfully short. A mysterious event in a distant galaxy has blasted our solar system with the most powerful burst of X-rays ever recorded, temporarily blinding an astronomical satellite.)
Posted on July 25, 2010 at 10:48 am in Astronomy.
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(This Popular Science special feature from 1925 gives a rare insight into that generation’s hopes and dreams for the future. Click the pic below for the full image!)
Posted on July 23, 2010 at 8:51 am in Humanity.
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