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Large Hadron Collider sets new record for beam energy -- 3.5
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Operators of the world's largest atom smasher on Friday ramped up their massive machine to three times the energy ever previously achieved, in the run-up to experiments probing the secrets of the universe.
Acne drug prevents HIV breakout
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Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a safe and inexpensive antibiotic in use since the 1970s for treating acne effectively targets infected immune cells in which HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, lies dormant and prevents them from reactivating and replicating.
Biology May Not Be So Complex After All, Physicist Finds
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Centuries ago, scientists began reducing the physics of the universe into a few, key laws described by a handful of parameters. Such simple descriptions have remained elusive for complex biological systems -- until now.
The First Known Robot Was Created Around 400 BC
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The first known robot was created around 400-350 BC by the mathematician Archytas and was a steam powered pigeon.
For One Instant, Physicists May Have Broken a Law of Nature
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For a brief instant, it appears, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island recently discovered a law of nature had been broken.
'Glow-in-the-dark' Sperm Sheds Light On Sexual Selection
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Previously unobservable events occurring between insemination and fertilization are the subject of a groundbreaking new article in Science magazine.
Nature by Numbers
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A short movie inspired on numbers, geometry and nature, by Cristóbal Vila. Absolutely stunning.
Researchers Successfully Create 3-D Invisibility Cloak
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European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional 'cloak', a study published Thursday in the US-based journal Science showed.
Indonesian 'hobbit' challenges evolutionary theory
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Her scientific name is Homo floresiensis, her nickname is "the hobbit," and the hunt is on to prove that she and the dozen other hobbits since discovered are not a quirk of nature but members of a distinct hominid species.
Infrared thermal imaging around the home
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Thermal imaging, or infrared thermography, makes it possible for us to "see" the amount of heat given off by everyday household objects. In the image above, a tea bag is lifted out of a hot cup of tea. The colours show temperature variation. The temperature scale runs from white (warmest) through yellow, orange, red, purple and black (coldest)
Life Without Water?
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On Saturn's giant moon Titan, it is so cold that water is frozen as hard as granite. And yet there is a complete liquid cycle of methane and ethane. Scientists wonder whether there could also be life.
How Grenades Work [Infographic]
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Oh, man. Not only does this infographic show how modern time-delay grenades work, it actually walks you through a bit of the history of the handheld explosive. All while setting a new standard for stick figure abuse!
The world's only immortal animal | Yahoo! Green
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The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth.
Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span.
Nano-Antennas Could Help Keep Quantum Secrets
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Miniaturized television aerials made from gold nanorods could provide a way to control light on a chip — opening up the channels of quantum communication.
Dolphins Experience Great Stress When Humans Swim w/Them
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British study indicates wild dolphins experience "incredible stress" at the hands of well-meaning human swimmers and that such interactions harm dolphins' feeding, sleeping and socialization patterns...
Controversy Erupts Over Captive Endangered Bat Colony
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A bitter controversy is brewing over a captive colony of endangered Virginia big-eared bats, founded inNovember as a hedge against disease driving the species to extinction in the wild.
Of 40 bats put in the colony, only 10 have survived.
11 Ways Tomorrow's Internet Will Change Everything
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Universities crumble, religion withers, "dream logic" reigns. In a long essay for cerebral Web magazine The Edge, David Gelernter explores the future of the Internet, which he says is about to take on a far more significant role in human society.
Scientists supersize quantum mechanics
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A team of scientists has succeeded in putting an object large enough to be visible to the naked eye into a mixed quantum state of moving and not moving.
New Game Theory Book Claims to Predict the Future.
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In his new book, The Predictioneer, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita describes a computer model based on game theory which he - and others - claim can predict the future with remarkable accuracy.
Lunar Orbiter Spots Long Lost Russian Rover
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has picked out the final resting place of the Soviet Lunokhod 2 rover.
Why Women Prefer Feminine Looking Men Over Masculine Men
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British women now prefer feminine looking men over their more rugged counterparts because they no longer need to worry about the survival of the fittest, new research suggests.
The Anatomy of a Fart.
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Did you know that no two farts are exactly alike? It’s true. Farts are sort of like snowflakes in that regard. Little, invisible, smelly, snowflakes.
Medieval child's brain to unlock human thought processes
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The almost perfectly preserved brain of a medieval toddler who died 800 years ago is set to provide ground-breaking information into human thought processes.
Study: Today's youth aren't ego-driven slackers after all
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Today's youth are generally not the self-centered, antisocial slackers that previous research has made them out to be, according to a provocative new study co-authored by a Michigan State University psychologist.
Algae's solar electrons hijacked to steal power
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An international gang of biologists has carried out an audacious heist, stealing valuable electrons from photosynthesising algae.The power grab could open a route to more efficient exploitation of photosynthesis to power machines...........
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