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500 Million y.o Fossil Of Stromatolite Discovered In US
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Scientists have confirmed that an approximately 500 million-year-old stromatolite was recently discovered at the Boxley Blue Ridge Quarry near Roanoke, Virginia. This is the first-ever intact stromatolite head found in Virginia, and is one of the largest complete "heads" in the world, at over 5 feet in diameter and weighing over 2 tons.
Complete Radio Created from a Single Carbon Nanotube
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A single nanotube serves as all major components of a radio: antenna, tuner, amplifier, and demodulator. The radio
’s extremely small size could enable radical new apps such as radio controlled devices in the bloodstream, or simply smaller, cheaper, and more efficient cellphones. Check out what Eric Clapton's "Layla" sounds like through the nanotube
New West Nile virus strain may worsen epidemic
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A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.
The virus infected an estimated 175,000 people last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in its weekly report on death and disease on Thursday.
U.S. not prepared for possible asteroid strike
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On the 100th anniversary of the devastating Tunguska event in Siberia, scientists and an Orange County congressman urge the government to take further defensive measures against near-Earth objects. A group of scientists draw attention to their belief that the United States is not doing enough to defend the planet against the dangers.
Outdoor BBQ: A 700,000-year-old Ritual
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As we all stand around waiting for the fire to die down so that we can make s'mores, it's also a time to ponder the notion that the barbecue is a ritual 700,000 years old or more, and it might have something to do with our big brains.
Earth's Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast
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Rapid changes in the churning movement of Earth's liquid outer core are weakening the magnetic field in some regions of the planet's surface, a new study says.
Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill
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Scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet that the anti-aging benefits of calorically restricted diets can be duplicated -- minus the near-starvation -- by a pill.
Body's Own 'Cannabis (Marijuana)' Is Good For The Skin
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Scientists from Hungary, Germany and the U.K. have discovered that our own body not only makes chemical compounds similar to the active ingredient in marijuana (THC), but these play an important part in maintaining healthy skin.
Meet Father of the 'God Particle'
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Peter Higgs, a 79-year-old might be a shoo-in for a Nobel prize for the fundamental particle he proposed in 1964 - known as the Higgs boson or, more colourfully, the God Particle - but he is a reluctant rock-star scientist, too self-deprecating to even refer to the particle by name. He prefers to call it the "boson named after me".
Digg users cannot form lasting relationships?
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A generation growing up with social networking websites such as Facebook and Digg are unable to form lasting relationships and are at increased risk of behaving impulsively, an expert has warned.
Could One Email Have Stopped a $1.4B Stealth Bomber Crash?
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Small errors, it now turns out, caused a large accident.
The Only Known Public Photograph Of A P-G Cloud On A Rocket
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NASA's Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket lifts off from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A on July 16, 1969.
Wired Editor says scientific method is obsolete. Oh really?
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The Internet has caused a lot of trouble. Now, according to Wired Magazine's editor, today's wealth of data has made the scientific method unnecessary. Others counter, saying the Internet is not the entire world, contrary to what Anderson may believe.
Truck transporting 12 million bees overturns in Canada
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A truck transporting 12 million bees has overturned on a road in Canada, causing problems for motorists.
Pandemic! 10 of the Deadliest Diseases
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What makes a disease deadly in the twenty-first century? Medicine has never been more advanced; our understanding of spread and infection, never more sophisticated. And yet, we may be poised for the largest and most devastating pandemic the human race has ever encountered.
Intuition Can Be Explained
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Intuition, or tacit knowledge, is difficult to measure, so it is often denigrated. A new dissertation in education research from Link
öping University in Sweden shows that there is a neurobiological explanation for how experience-based knowledge is created.
How a Giant Solar Tower Could Power the Future
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A new energy concept called a solar tower could generate enough electricity for 200,000 homes. Looking like a giant smokestack, it would release no noxious fumes — just sun-heated air. Demonstrated more than 20 years ago, the basic design calls for solar collectors to warm the air near Earth's surface and then channel it up the tall central tower.
How Scientists Brought Magic Mushrooms Into the Mainstream
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For a time, it seemed that convincing America's premier research institutions to fund or sponsor research on hallucinogenic drugs was nearly impossible. In fact, the recent Journal of Pharmacology study on magic mushroom effects represents a 30-year effort to rebuild legitimate psychedelic research programs from the ashes of 1960.
Quantum Mechanics: New insights into “blinking” phenomenon
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More than a century ago, at the dawn of modern quantum mechanics, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Neils Bohr predicted so-called “quantum jumps.” He predicted that these jumps would be due to electrons making transitions between discrete energy levels of individual atoms and molecules. Although controversial in Bohr’s time, [...]
Poll: US Taxpayers Want More Funding for Scientific Research
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Substantial majorities of US voters not only favor solving major issues through scientific research, but they appear to be willing to spend money on doing so.
More Evidence for a Revolutionary Theory of Water
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Recent X-ray Spectroscopy studies have revealed that modern theories of the structure of liquid water are incorrect. (Courtesy: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
3 Ideas That Are Pushing the Edge of Science
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Sperm-powered medical nanobots that can clear blood clots and prevent strokes. "Focus" fusion power that's ridiculously cheap and safe. A model of the universe with four dimensions of space
—and two dimensions of time.
What Hit Siberia 100 Years Ago? Tunguska Event Still Puzzles
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The year is 1908, and it's just after seven in the morning. A man is sitting on the front porch of a trading post at Vanavara in Siberia. Little does he know, in a few moments, he will be hurled from his chair and the heat will be so intense he will feel as though his shirt is on fire.
Tumor Cells Can Be Reversed and Converted to Normal Cells
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By lowering the levels of a certain molecule, scientists have found a way to convert tumor cells into normal cells that reproduce and die like normal cells.
Plants That Eat Animals [PICS] (Here Kitty, Kitty...)
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The plants eat moths, insects; some carnivorous plants also eat frogs, mice, other mammals.(Not sure about cats, really.) Big gallery, with lot of good pics, including of some pretty strange looking plants. Pics can be enlarged. (Gallery doesn't give detail on food eaten by each plant; but info is available elsewhere on site.)
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