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Space Shuttle Endeavour's Last Journey
image credit It orbited the earth close to five thousand times, traveling over a hundred million miles in the process. Yet for the Space Shuttle Endeavour the journey to its final... Read more
Felix Baumgartner Makes History With 24-mile Jump from Space
Yesterday, the Austrian daredevil, Felix Baumgartner managed to break all-time free-falling world records by taking a dive from the edge of space. The 43-year-old badass became... Read more
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Silicon-silk Circuit That Dissolves Inside Your Body
A team from University of Illinois has cooked up a circuit that’s made of silicon, magnesium, and magnesium oxide and surrounded by a protective layer of silk... Read more
The 01 October 2012 by Ningauble
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Pleiotropy Saves the Day for Evolving New Genes
What is the origin of new genes? In order to do new stuff, new genes are needed. Where do they come from, then? Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) - direct... Read more
The 29 October 2012 by Bjornostman
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LabStrip iPhone App Can Make Scientists out of Everyone
We usually think of scientists as people in white coats doing their geeky work inside boringly cold and sterile laboratories. Not everyone thinks science is fun. Read more
The 27 October 2012 by Ningauble
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Patenting the Pauling Oxygen Meter
Series of diagrams of the Pauling Oxygen Meter. June 8, 1942. The story of how Linus Pauling’s Oxygen Meter came into being has already been well documented on... Read more
The 10 October 2012 by Scarc
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Want to Be Unhappy? Trying to Be Happy Will Do It!
I'm finding the "Anxiety" topic in the Opinionator series at the NYTimes to be a real treat. This entry by British expatriate Ruth Whippman brings back... Read more
The 01 October 2012 by Deric Bownds
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The Encultured Brain: A Book Review
How biology and culture jointly define us. Anyone who follows academia knows that the broad category of courses known as the Liberal Arts has been going... Read more
The 24 October 2012 by Dirkh
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Felix Baumgartner's Historic Fall
The 14 October 2012 Society
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Ochman on bacterial evolution
The 10 October 2012 Biology
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Frozen In Amber: 100-Million Year Old Spider Attacking A Wasp
The 09 October 2012
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New fanged dwarf dinosaur found
The 04 October 2012