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Science and Technology News
- Google's new web search changes
- Clamshell PCs join crowded market
- What makes a good dancer?
- Manx on the moon?
- India cashes in on smartphone apps
- HP sues Hurd over new Oracle job
- Making music from children's old toys
- What does the future hold for television?
- Data dilema: Privacy or personalisation?
- Phone app to monitor heartbeat
Why? Science (Podcasts)
- Episode 21 - How Does Your Brain Make Your Fingers Move?
- Episode 20 - Why does the human brain think so much?
- Episode 19 - Why Isn't Greenland a Continent?
- Episode 18 - Where Did Stuff Come From?
- Episode 17 - Why Can't Fish Remember Stuff?
- Episode 16 - Why Don't The Oceans Freeze?
- Episode 15 - What Happened to the Dinosaurs?
- Episode 14 - Why Do We Have a Tongue
Mind and Brain News
- New compound safely reduces plaques in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
- Decision-making deficits related to driving under the influence are often undetected
- Parents report a widely prescribed antibiotic is effective for fragile X treatment
- Consumers will pay more for goods they can touch
- Potential new drug for neurodegenerative disease identified
- Computer-based video analysis boosts data gathering in behavioral studies
- Research on team loyalty yields new insight into 'die-hard' fandom
- Reading food labels, combined with exercise, can lead to weight loss, study finds
Renewable Energy News
- Metal-mining bacteria are green chemists
- Off-the-shelf dyes improve solar cells
- A decade of studying the Earth's magnetic shield, in 3-D
- Can the world be powered mainly by solar and wind energy?
- Americans using less energy, more renewables
- Self-cleaning technology from Mars can keep terrestrial solar panels dust free
Space and Time News
- Laws of physics vary throughout the universe, new study suggests
- Big bang was followed by chaos, mathematical analysis shows
- Extreme X-ray source supports new class of black hole
- Land-use expert brings satellite data down to Earth
- Two Asteroids to Pass by Earth
- A Nearby Galactic Exemplar
- Can we spot volcanoes on alien worlds? Astronomers say yes
- Colorful mix of asteroids discovered, may aid future space travel
Strange but True!
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Science News (Yahoo!)
- Study: Flamboyant male dancing attracts women best (AP)
- Would you like 1 hump or 2 with your dinosaur? (AP)
- Turtle egg rescue at space center billed success (AP)
- Male Menopause: Reality or Myth? (LiveScience.com)
- British MPs to grill BP CEO Hayward (Reuters)
- BP seeks to shift blame for oil spill (AFP)
- To Find Alien Volcanic Eruptions, Look for Foul Gas (SPACE.com)
- Immune System Genes Show Links to Type 1 Diabetes (HealthDay)
Space News
- Lunar Pencil Lead: Graphite Found in Moon Rock Collected During Apollo 17
- 8 of the Most Extreme Places in the Solar System [Slide Show]
- Nearby asteroids are a diverse bunch in terms of reflectivity and composition
- Which Ray?: Conflicting Data on High-Energy Cosmic Rays Leave Their Source--or Sources--Unresolved
- A Little Flight Music: NASA Contest for Wake-Up Songs Prompts Astronauts to Recall Tuneful Highlights
- What Comes Next: Experts Predict the Future (preview)
- Distant astrophysical beacons reveal masses of the solar system's planets
- Death to Humans! Visions of the Apocalypse in Movies and Literature
Environment News
- Deepwater doom: Extinction threat for world's smallest seahorse
- Burn, baby, burn: Student-engineered stoves put to the test by Tanzanian women
- In the Market for Pollution: Selling the Blue Sky
- Organic Strawberries Beat Conventionally Grown In Test Plots
- Quantum Light Switch: Single Atom Acts as a Transistor for Photons
- Lessons learned? Engineering students set about designing a greener, more durable stove for African villagers
Environment News (2)
- Landfill could be greener than recycling when it comes to plastic bottles
- Potomac River Vegetation Showing Strong Signs of Recovery
- Ecuador's tallest waterfall to be destroyed by Chinese dam
- How to save the reefs
- As Greenland Melts
- The Role of Clouds on Earth's Climate
- Giant Greenland Iceberg -- Largest in the Northern Hemisphere -- Enters Nares Strait
Chemistry News
- Forcing mismatched elements together could yield better solar cells
- Nano-architectured aluminum has steely strength
- Breaking up phosphorus with ultraviolet light may offer a safer, simpler way to build many industrial and household chemicals
- New self-assembling photovoltaic technology repairs itself
- Listening to ancient colors: New technique may help restorers identify decades-old pigments
- Chemists, engineers achieve world record with high-speed graphene transistors
Physics News
- Forcing mismatched elements together could yield better solar cells
- Researchers hear puzzling new physics from graphene quartet's quantum harmonies
- Tractor beams come to life
- Galileo revisited: How ribbons roll
- The dance of hot nanoparticles
- Researchers show that the big bang was followed by chaos
- Physical environment influences stem cell development
Biology News
- Science & the Public: Gloves may head off ‘garden’ variety pneumonia
- Science & the Public: ‘Bug traps’ in Gulf to use BP oil as bait
- Science & the Public: Want a baby? Relax . . .
- Frogs leapt before they landed
- Methane releases in arctic seas could wreak devastation
- Parasite brood gets help from nearby microbes
- Science & the Public: Teeth as a forensic clock
- Science & the Public: A new source of dioxins: Clean hands
- Science & the Public: Rural ozone can be fed by feed (as in silage)
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