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• Planet with Two Suns Discovered; Researchers Nickname It “Tatooine”

  

  Scientists have announced the discovery of a new planet, Kepler 16-b, which has two suns. Is this a new Tatooine, Luke Skywalker's home planet in Star Wars? Or... Read more

  The 16 September 2011 by   Periscope
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• Day and Night

  

  by ConroyA day/night map of the worldJust a few days ago, September 23rd to be precise, was the September equinox. The date when the sun passes the Equator on... Read more

  The 28 September 2011 by   Conroy
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• The Biology of Stimulants, Or Why You Can’t Stay High Forever

  

  An essay on the losing battle for perpetual reward. The amphetamine high, like the cocaine high, is a marvel of biochemical efficiency. Stimulants work... Read more

  The 28 September 2011 by   Dirkh
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• What Do We Mean When We Talk About Craving?

  

  An essay on drug addiction and need. For years, craving was represented by the tortured tremors and sweaty nightmares of extreme heroin and alcohol withdrawal... Read more

  The 15 September 2011 by   Dirkh
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• Is Shoplifting the Opiate of the Masses?

  

  Another look at "behavioral addictions" and the DSM-V. The DSM-V, when it debuts it 2012, is set to replace the category of “Substance-Related Disorders” with ... Read more

  The 01 September 2011 by   Dirkh
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• UARS Satellite Re-Enters the Atmosphere

  

  UARS: coming to an Earth near you. Photocredit: Wikipedia Are we all doomed – again? This time it isn’t the financial crisis, it’s Asterix’s greatest fear –... Read more

  The 23 September 2011 by   Periscope
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• The Purpose Of Bird-Egg Coloration

  

  image credit Want to see an enduring source of scientific dispute and perplexity? Go to your refrigerator, open a carton of eggs, and look at their speckles.... Read more

  The 23 September 2011 by   Gerard
  

• Is Google Changing The Way We Think?

  

  Is Google making us stupid or is it in fact an extension of our knowledge. ‘Google and Memory’ is an infographic by onlinecolleges.net that compiles data... Read more

  The 23 September 2011 by   Utpalpande
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• Electron Microscope Food Pictures

  

  That's not an aerial landscape photo you see above. It's a picture of a fortune cookie taken with the help of an electron microscope. Karen Alpert specializes i... Read more

  The 16 September 2011 by   Gerard
  

• Can Things Travel Faster Than Light? Possibly.

  

  The entire world could be shaken to its foundations, as physicists claim to have observed certain particles travelling faster than the speed of light. So was ol... Read more

  The 23 September 2011 by   Periscope
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