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Embryonic pathway delivers stem cell traits
web.mit.edu — Studies of how cancer cells spread have led to a surprising discovery about the creation of cells with adult stem-cell characteristics, offering potentially major implications for regenerative medicine and for cancer treatment.More… (General Sciences)
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Astronomers measure temperature - 11 billion years ago
space.newscientist.com — We cannot go back in time and stick a thermometer in the early universe, but astronomers have done the next best thing, using an indirect technique to find out what the universe's temperatureMore… (Space)
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Wildlife populations are plummeting at a shocking rate
news.bbc.co.uk — Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to the Zoological Society of London. Populations of land-based species fell by 25%, marine by 28% and freshwater by 29%. Humans are wiping out about 1% of all other species every year in one of the "great extinction episodes" in Earth's history.More… (Environment)
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How to Escape From a Black Hole
universetoday.com — According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. In the 70's Stephen Hawking asserted that any information sucked inside a black hole would be permanently lost. But now, researchers have shown that information can be recovered from black holesMore… (Space)
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'Nail-biting' 7 minute descent to Mars - BBC NEWS
news.bbc.co.uk — Scientists are preparing for "seven minutes of terror" as a Nasa spacecraft makes a nail-biting descent to the surface of Mars.More… (Space)
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Tommy Lee saves the planet!
money.cnn.com — Well, not quite. But the rocker is just one of the stars of Discovery Communications' tacky-yet-shrewd Planet Green network.More… (Environment)
dimmerswitchGirl's twin found inside her stomach
cnn.com — Doctors say a 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was carrying her embryonic twin.More… (General Sciences)
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A Truck That Runs on Coffee Grounds
gas2.org — The truck above is also powered by a wood gas generator, except this one runs on coffee grounds. The Cafe Racer is a 1975 GMC pickup that essentially burns up used coffee to create a combustible gas. The gas is filtered on its way to the engine and, Viola, a caffeine-powered truck.More… (Environment)
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Floating wind turbines for maximum power
inhabitat.com — Floating wind turbines take advantage of air currents along the length of their shaft to generate electricity. Selsam’s prototypes produce 6000 watts in 32.5 mph winds - six times more power than a similarly sized seven foot single-rotor turbine can produce. More… (Environment)
MorphicMusicEarth Impacts Linked to Human-Caused Climate Change
nasa.gov — A new NASA-led study shows that human-caused climate change has impacted a wide range of Earth's natural systems, from permafrost thawing to plants blooming earlier across Europe to lakes declining in productivity in Africa.More… (Environment)
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Could Landfilling Trees Be a Solution to Global Warming?
thedailygreen.com — The whole problem with global warming starts with digging up and burning the carbon from plants and animals, in the form of coal and oil, that has been buried for millions of years. So two German scientists have a solution: Start burying stuff on a massive scale....More… (Environment)
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Whales are 'Cheetahs of the Deep': They Sprint After Prey!
news.bbc.co.uk — Super-fast pilot whales have been observed sprinting after prey, likely to include giant squid. The rapid pursuit has brought comparisons with the fleet-footed land predator, the cheetah. The cetaceans even use the same, highly specialised hunting strategy that cheetahs use, scientists report in the Journal of Animal Ecology.More… (General Sciences)
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GM Engineers Say All Cars Should Have Gas Mileage Displays
ecomodder.com — Unfortunately, even though it would improve gas mileage, the decision is up to the marketing people.More… (Environment)
SVOboyThe Sky Serpent: Twenty-Five Turbines in One
environmentalgraffiti.com — A California man has constructed a design that features twenty-five small turbines in lieu of the massive blades on a modern wind power plan. One day this may approach the production capacity of the behemoths.More… (Environment)
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The youngest supernova in the Milky Way
badastronomy.com — After searching for literally decades, astronomers have found a supernova in our galaxy! ... It’s located very near the center of the galaxy, about 28,000 light years away, and it’s only at most about 140 years old.More… (Space)
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