20 healthful foods that cost less than $1 a serving, and what the chances are that the kids will eat them…
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There Are 27 Million Slaves Worldwide Right Now [PIC]
Here’s a primer to modern slavery.
Aug
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Perpetually Falling Woman Learns Balance with Her Tongue
“Cheryl Schiltz, who is now 50 years old, contracted a bacterial infection following a hysterectomy, and was subsequently treated with gentamicin. Excessive use of this antibiotic damages the semi-circular canals, three joined structures in the inner ear which give us our sense of balance” neurophilosophy
Aug
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“Nanosculpture” Could Enable New Heat Pumps and Energy Conv
Researchers discover method to induce, suppress “branching” of nanorods
A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat.
Aug
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2008
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Developped: New Method to Manipulate Genetic Material
“Open source
” strategy should be valuable tool for genomic research, gene therapy “This method is going to be a turning point in the way we manipulate genomes,” Voytas said. “It will allow any researcher to make a change to genetic material.”
Aug
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GovIt Vote YES on HR 5843 to legalize cannabis
HR 5843 To eliminate most Federal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use, and for other purposes.
Aug
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Lock made of light: Data transfer using quantum cryptography
Electronic communication is becoming more secure all over the world. Siemens IT Solutions and Services, Austrian Research Centers (ARC) and Graz University of Technology have joined forces to develop the first quantum cryptography chip for commercial use. The chip, which protects data by generating a completely random sequence of numbers
Aug
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Lego Robot Sends Pictures from Space
Last tuesday, a group of professors, students and robotics hobbyists launched the H.A.L.E. (High Altitude Lego Extravaganza): seven Lego Mindstorms robots attached to a weather balloon, which exploded at 30km over the Earth surface.
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Researchers may have found cosmic Rosetta stone
Star light, star bright. The first star grew fast, but began slight. The first cosmological object formed in the universe was a tiny protostar with a mass of about 1 percent of our sun, according to U.S. and Japanese researchers who spent years developing a complex computer simulation of what it was like after the Big Bang that formed the universe.
