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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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• 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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• 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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• Computers SEE What Humans Are Thinking? Well, Maybe...

  Scientists, for the first time ever, used brain imaging to determined what moving images a person is seeing. What enabled this breakthrough was a brain imaging... Read more

  The 23 September 2011 by   Freeplanet
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• Can Neutrinos Travel Faster Than Light?

  

  image credit The speed of light is the Universe's ultimate speed limit, and much of modern physics - as laid out in part by Albert Einstein in his special theor... Read more

  The 23 September 2011 by   Gerard
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• An Interview with Pharmacologist David Kroll

  

  On synthetic marijuana, organic medicines, and drugs of the future. (Second post in the “Five-Question Interview” series.) Back in July, Addiction Inbox ran... Read more

  The 22 September 2011 by   Dirkh
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• A Planet With Two Suns

  

  Kepler 16b is a planet with two suns. The planet was recently discovered by the space-based Kepler satellite. Although multiple star systems are quite common,... Read more

  The 21 September 2011 by   Gerard
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• Time Travel Silliness

  

  by Conroy The latest time travel entertainment In a couple of weeks Fox will air Terra Nova, the most expensive television program in history. The... Read more

  The 16 September 2011 by   Conroy
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• Albert Szent-Györgyi's 118th Birthday

  

  Google is celebrating Albert Szent-Györgyi's 118th birthday today with a doodle. Albert von Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt was a Hungarian physiologist who won... Read more

  The 16 September 2011 by   Gerard
  

• 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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