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An amazing three-dimensional imaging screen Possibly the world's first three-dimensional imaging screen, called Nova, is installed at Zurich (Switzerland) main train station. 25'000 LEDs create impressively sharp images. "ontent from the sciences, arts and film as well as from the open community will appear on Nova", say the developers.

How Does Your Brain Respond to Gambling or Risks? In the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Science, UCLA psychologists present the first neuroscience research comparing how our brains evaluate the possibility of gaining versus losing when making risky decisions.

Eerie Horror Film Festival Announces Call for Entries Internationally recognized film festival seeks independent horror, science fiction and suspense themed films, screenplays and video games for their 2007 competition. Special discount for students ages 10 - 17. Awards for winners in several categories. Complete details available on the Eerie Horror Film Festival website.

Open Access to Science Under Attack An update on the battle over public access to scientific literature

Could this man's future fortune turn green? Science meets business.

Open Access to Science Under Attack Advocates of open access to scientific research may find themselves under fire from high-profile public relations flaks and high-powered lobbying groups.

Program Shows Improvement in Student Proficiency in Math, Science The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has released its first national impact report assessing the NSF Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program, which was established in 2002 to integrate the work of higher education with K-12 to strengthen and reform mathematics and science education.

Build your own NASA rocket Try NASA's Rocket Science 101, an interactive, animated "game" that lets you assemble your own rocket.

Top Ten Cybernetic Upgrades Everyone Will Want - Lifeboat Foundation Report Science fiction, computer games, anime… cyborgs are everywhere. Transhumanists are philosophers who believe that one day, cybernetic upgrades will be so powerful, elegant, and inexpensive that everyone will want them. This report lists ten major upgrades that I think will be adopted by 2050.

Water Sculptures Some marvelous pictures from Martin Waugh, an amazing artist with a degree in physics. He tries to captures the most beautiful shapes water can create when in motion. He combines art and science to photograph its movement by constantly changing the size and color, viscosity and surface tension, speed and position of the water drops.

Discovery on the Moon: Mankinds Most Important Find. The Most Important Discovery On the Moon mankin made was something sent there and later brought back. In this posting Xomba's science writer intimates why the late American Astronaut, Pete Conrad, thought he had helped to discover the most important thing mankind found on the Moon.

Capcom responds to AIAS snub The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has refused to nominate any Capcom published titles including Okami for its Interactive Achievement Awards. Capcom has responded by releasing a statement saying, "A product, individual or development team cannot and will not be nominated for an award unless a company buys its way in to the AIAS"

Measure for Measure Sarah E. Igo explores how the social sciences have changed the way America thinks of itself.

University of California Won't Admit Students Taught Intelligent Design "Teach what you like, it is all fine with us. But if you put ID in your science courses, we will not accept those courses as adequate for admission to our campus."

Popular, but False Science Myths Contemporary wisdom says that a duck's quack will never echo, that Nevada will soon become beach-front property, and that toast always lands buttered-side down. Science says otherwise.

Crossbow Pistol ala Science and Mechanics, March, 1963 Here's a wonderfully retro weapon, sure to get your Techie Retro Behind in some trouble, and be fun all the way.

Scientific Publishing Houses conspire to squash Open Access science profit-grubbing publishers hire anti-science PR firm to smear scientists trying to live up to their legal and moral obligations

26 Programming Proverbs Programmer or computer science majors should read and utilize these. From using the top-down approach to commenting. Really helpful and still relevant tips.

Top Ten Songs for the Science Afflicted. The dopest tunes that spew science..

Frankenchicken: How To Make a Transgenic Chicken and Drug-Filled Eggs Scientists recently made transgenic chickens that lay drug-filled eggs. Here's the instructions on how to make your own. TK Kenyon of Science for Non-Majors reports.

Exploiting space with low-cost satellites At a time when European science budgets are increasingly under pressure UK academia and industry representatives met in London to look at opportunities for exploiting space using low cost satellites.

The Calculus of Consciousness Here is a breakthrough in consciousness research and the philosophy of science. If this is correct, Transontology will be to the 21st century what relativity was to the 20th century. Heady stuff!

Debunking climate change and national security myths A must read for anyone who believes in the 'science' of global warming. A very readable article, that picks apart (unfortunately) common myths and misconceptions. Highly recommended. Digg it up and spread it around!

The Weather Channel Goes McCarthy On Global Warming Who do you suppose said the following on his/her Internet blog: “If a meteorologist has an AMS [American Meteorological Society] Seal of Approval which is used to confer legitimacy to TV meteorologists, then meteorologists have a responsibility to truly educate themselves on the science of global warming . . . . If a meteorologist can't speak to..

Tech talk on 'Human Computation' A 52 Minute talk by Luis von Ahn, an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University talk on human computation.

Science/Tech Website Sets Out To "Save The World" The world's first "Humanitarian Media Site" is called EducatedEarth.net and features science/tech videos, news, articles, and links. They are raising money in donations and giving away 10% of their profit to a publicly voted-upon charity every month. They are already on good terms with Greenpeace, UNICEF, and the World Wildlife Fund.

Science finds way to lace doughnuts with caffeine; Robitussin, NyQuil too! The AP is reporting that scientists have created a way to put caffeine in bagels and doughnuts without the bitter aftertaste. But a baker in 2003 was able to make doughnuts with other popular drugs, before the FDA had to step in.

Pic of the Giant Hornets Nest That Filled An Entire Car Here's a pic from Popular Science of the giant hornets nest that filled the inside of an entire car!!! The previous post on Digg about a similiar story had no pic.

Genes modified by diet The importance of epigenetics is still rising. A recent study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has shed light on a biological mechanism that could explain why some of us appear "programmed" to put on weight.

Researchers Find the Most Horrible Noise "Vomiting is officially the most horrible sound ever, according to over a million votes cast worldwide in a mass online science experiment."

The Top Ten Sci-Fi Films That Never Existed A top 10 of the greatest science fiction movies that were never actually filmed.

Tom Cruise a.k.a Jesus Christ Tom Cruise joined Scientology in the 1980s and has since become one of its top-ranking followers. The religion was started by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, who suggests that extra-terrestrial beings were sent to Earth by intergalactic ruler Xenu who then blew up the aliens with hydro...

It's Time to Start Planning for Lisp's 50th Birthday The 30th birthday of Lisp was celebrated at MIT from 28 November through 1 December 1989. That means that in just under a couple of years we will be celebrating 50 years of Lisp, and the numerous contributions it has made to computer science, artificial intelligence and software development over that timespan.

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