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Paperblog Editor's Pick

• The Physics Book

  

  I've been reading Cliff Pickover's 'The Physics Book' lately with much interest. Besides being a science writer he's also the author of Reality Carnival, one... Read more

  The 24 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• Decoding Dope

  

  Why marijuana gets you high, and hemp doesn’t. Cannabis sativa comes in two distinct flavors—smokeable weed, and headache-inducing hemp. The difference... Read more

  The 23 October 2011 by   Dirkh
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• Famous Scientists As Children

  

  image credit The scientists in this article left an indelible mark on the world and lived adult lives which will be remembered forever. Yet they were once... Read more

  The 23 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• Quantum Levitation

  A demo from the Tel-Aviv University with quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field. They are suspending a superconducting disc above or below a set of... Read more

  The 19 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• The Discovery Of Luminescence: The Bolognian Stone

  

  image credit In 1602 Vincenzo Casciarolo, a cobbler by trade and dilettante alchemist who pursued transformation of humbler materials into gold, discovered wha... Read more

  The 18 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• Unravelling The DNA Of World's Oldest Woman

  The Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the world when she died at the age of 115, appears have rare mutations in her DNA. Henny van Andel-Schipper was bor... Read more

  The 16 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• The Most Well-Preserved Dinosaur Skeleton Ever Found In Europe

  

  Researchers say this specimen is about as close to perfect as fossils come. Unveiled last Thursday by scientists from the Bavarian paleontological and ecologica... Read more

  The 15 October 2011 by   Gerard
  

• Unexplored Antarctic Underground Lake Could Contain Climate Change Clues

  

  A British expedition is setting off to Antarctica to search for new forms of life in a lake deep beneath the ice sheet. Read more

  The 11 October 2011 by   Periscope
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• Bath Salts, Graphically

  

  What you need to know about mephedrone. The Pat Moore Foundation has put together this nifty chart as a primer on mephedrone, the amphetamine-type stimulant... Read more

  The 05 October 2011 by   Dirkh
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• Arctic Ozone Layer Hole in Sudden Expansion

  

  Say your prayers and ready the evacuation rockets – there’s a new massive hole in the ozone layer. But is it our fault, and should we really be worried? Read more

  The 03 October 2011 by   Periscope
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