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• 5 Surprising Facts About Nikola Tesla

  

  image credit Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his... Read more

  The 08 October 2013 by   Gerard
  

• Removing Friction

  

  With Google turning 15 this week, I’ve been pondering about just how much friction has removed from our lives because of technology (and web technology in... Read more

  The 06 October 2013 by   Betchaboy
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• Tanzanian Lake Turns Birds into Calcified Statues

  

  There’s a lake in Tanzania and is named Natron. The lake has a basic pH between 9 and pH 10.5 and takes its name from natron, a naturally occurring compound mad... Read more

  The 04 October 2013 by   Ningauble
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• Nokia Engineers Use Lightning to Charge Mobile Phone

  

  Harnessing the power of lightning to charge your mobile phone is much more impressive (and innovative!) than using wireless charging accessories for Lumia. Read more

  The 02 October 2013 by   Dailyfusion
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• MIT And Harvard Create Real Life Lightsaber.

  

  Via Yahoo: ”That’s because I can’t decide if it’s more important that researchers at MIT and Harvard have just managed to create a previously unobserved form... Read more

  The 28 September 2013 by   Ceboscuit
  

• Are Space and Time Real?

  

  "Physicists have discovered a jewel-like geometric object that dramatically simplifies calculations of particle interactions and challenges the notion that spac... Read more

  The 25 September 2013 by   Stephendeangelis
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• Science Immortalised in Cartoon Version 2.0

  

  © Seppo LeinonenI’m in the middle of participating in a short-course on science communication based at the University of Helsinki‘s Lammi Biological Station... Read more

  The 24 September 2013 by   Bradshaw
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• The Origins Of The Periodic Table

  

  image credit: DePiep cc The periodic table is a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements, organized on the basis of their atomic numbers, electron... Read more

  The 21 September 2013 by   Gerard
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• Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning

  

  These days, most of the arguments that involve the subject of artificial intelligence (AI) and whether it will ever be achieved are really about artificial... Read more

  The 16 September 2013 by   Stephendeangelis
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• Dopamine, Rewards, and the Brain

  

  The neurotransmitter dopamine is one we all seem to have heard about, claimed to be central to love, gambling, reward, addiction, etc. A recent article by Howe... Read more

  The 05 September 2013 by   Deric Bownds
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