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Stephen Hawking goes on Safari in Search of African Einstein
timesonline.co.uk — Professor Stephen Hawking, who has devoted his career to finding the origins of the universe, is to begin a new search – for Africa’s answer to Einstein. Despite suffering from motor neurone disease which has left him almost completely paralysed, Hawking, 66, has made the journey to South Africa to launch the project today.More… (General Sciences)
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Worlds Spookiest Weapons
popsci.com — Cyborg Animals, psychotropics and Flying LasersMore… (General Sciences)
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Lasers May Treat Cancers of the Larynx
nytimes.com — A new outpatient laser procedure could eliminate the need for radiation treatment for cancer of the larynx if the tumors are detected early.More… (General Sciences)
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Sahara made slow transition from green to desert
physorg.com — A picture taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satelliteon shows dust blowing northward out of the Sahara Desert and over the Mediterranean Sea. The Sahara became the world's biggest hot desert some 2,700 years ago after a very slow fade from green.More… (Environment)
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Sexy orchids do more than embarrass wasps
news.yahoo.com — Orchids that mimic female wasps may not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into spreading their pollen -- they also seduce them into wasting valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday.More… (General Sciences)
bamafunEarly plans for LHC visible in 1993 screen shot of CERN site
science-community.sciam.com — Check out this screen shot from the world's first Web site, http://info.cern.ch/, which went live 15 years ago. Note the multicolored diagram in the background. That's an early schematic of ATLAS, one of two enormous particle detectors recently installed at the Large Hadron Collider, set to fire up later this year at CERN.More… (General Sciences)
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Giant bacterium carries thousands of copies of its genome
nature.com — It seems like a peculiar case of genomic overkill: a single-celled bacterium has been found that keeps tens of thousands of copies of its genome.More… (General Sciences)
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Ancient Antarctic lake may hide life unseen for ages
dailygalaxy.com — Could ancient life be living today? Locked miles beneath the Antarctic surface, these lakes have not touched our atmosphere for millions of years. What will we find there?More… (General Sciences)
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Why don't amateur astronomers report seeing UFOs?
badastronomy.com — The fact they don't -- despite spending more time looking at the sky than anyone -- is what Bad Astronomy blogger Phil Plait calls *his* favorite reason for not believing that UFOs are alien spacecraft. Plait also shares another writer's "snarky" list of Top 10 reasons not to believe. Tin-foil brigade howling in 4, 3, 2, 1 ...More… (Space)
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Startup Promises Solar Energy As Cheap As Fossil Fuels
inhabitat.com — Energy company Sunrgi recently announced an astounding new solar system that will break our grids free from the fossil fuel lockdown. Their Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaics promise a low-cost, high-efficiency system with an incredible projected energy pricing of 5 cents per kilowatt. This puts solar on par with the cost of coal, natural gas, etc..More… (Environment)
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Data recovered from Columbia Space shuttle disaster!
spaceandtechnology.com — Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes.More… (Space)
spaceandtechOne Word: Bioplastics
greentomarrow.com — It’s been 40 years since Mr. McGuire pulled Benjamin Braddock withdrawal apart from his degree and said: “I just want to say one word to you. … Just one word are you listening? Plastics …. There is a great future in plastics. ” The future is still in plastics, but today Mr. McGuire probably whisper, “bioplastics”. More… (General Sciences)
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Computer Game's High Score Could Earn The Nobel Prize
sciencedaily.com — Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness those finely honed skills to make medical discoveries, perhaps even finding a cure for HIV.More… (General Sciences)
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APOD: Stars and Mars
apod.nasa.gov — Wandering through the evening sky, on May 4th planet Mars stood in line with Castor and Pollux, the two bright stars of the constellation Gemini. In this time exposure of the celestial alignment, Mars actually takes on a distinct yellowish hue, contrasting in color with Pollux; a giant star known to have a Jupiter-class planet, and CastorMore… (Space)
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Scientists Build Nano Hot Rods
sciam.com — Like a team of laboratory gearheads, Arizona State University (A.S.U.) researchers have found a way to soup up microscopic "nanomachines" that may someday be used to deliver lifesaving medications or test the quality of drinking water in remote regions of the world.More… (General Sciences)
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