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Science 2.0 attempts to use the networking power of the web- like My Space, Facebook, You Tube, or Twitter- to create new and useful knowledge.
Consider the classic problem of comorbidities. Some 17 million people in Britain have a chronic...
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If you said they are reddish in color, you are partially right. Actually, they can be any of several colors including blue.
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One of the first names sent into space were engraved on a plate and attached on board Pioneer 10 some years ago. Pioneer 10 has become the first artificial object to leave the solar system.
You now have a further opportunity to send your name...
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It's sad that they had to shoot it, but hunters in northern Canada made an exciting discovery when they shot a polar bear, only to find that it had spots of dark fur.
Of course, the fun part is making up the name of the animal. Is it a...
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I'd like to say sorry for my lacklustre enthusiasm as of late. I promise to post some exciting biology stories as soon as I get a chance.
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NASA now invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.
Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to...
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The knotted scientist and wizard of us, noted for his bad spills and pantfalls, has achieved spiritual and intellectual perfunction through eaing his own words.
"It's psycho Delphic, baby!" the wizardly scientist said with great flailing,...
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We in Australia have one of the oddest creatures ever to walk the planet. The platypus lays eggs like a bird, produces milk like a cow and releases snake-like venom from its ankles.
A cross between a beaver and a duck, it has the tail...
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Last year comet Holmes made the news is a big way. The seemingly little known comet makes a spectacle of itself practically overnight.
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I hate to tell you that I told you so, but read it for yourself. When the 'scientists' start claiming that even cold weather is caused by global warming, they really have an agenda on their hands.
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Using the resources of the Brain Research Center at UCLA, this film illustrates the development of neuroscience, from its reliance on information from brain injuries and from autopsies, through to new insights discovered with electronic...
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The Month of May looks very promising for Aquarids meteor shower. There are several meteor showers in the Southern Hemisphere during the year, the Eta Aquarids in May are one of the best.
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A portion of the brain that helps us respond to odors and process emotions may be malfunctioning in severely depressed individuals, say researchers who measured the brain activity of individuals presented with smells like roses and rotten...
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Everyone likes bamboo: it's cool-looking, it's useful, it makes you feel like you're in ancient China, it's fun to say.
But bamboo has an unexpected benefit, especially when combined with skilled horticulture:
"Heard of the United Nations...
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Before and after: After cutting off the tip, Lee Spievack's finger was back to normal in one month
Scientists are claiming an amazing breakthrough - regrowing a man's severed finger with the aid of an experimental powder.
Here is yet...
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Brain Mind Lecture 6: Limbic System, Overview: Amygdala, Hypothalamus, Hippocampus, Hallucinations, Memory, Emotion, Sexuality, Amnesia, Flashbacks, PTSD, Brain Mind Lecture 6, Rhawn Joseph, Ph.D.
These are introductory lectures providing...
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New research suggests that declarations of love, jokes, or words of anger are best remembered when they are heard through the left ear, while instructions, directions and non-emotional messages have more impact on the right side.
It is all...
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The complex circuitry interconnecting different areas in the brain, known collectively as white matter, is composed of millions of axons organized into fascicles and bundles. Upon macroscopic examination of sections of the brain, it is...
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A Johns Hopkins University biologist, in research with implications for people suffering from seasonal affective disorder and insomnia, has determined that the eye uses light to reset the biological clock through a mechanism separate from...
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Ugly cats are just not worth the effort...
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