Science Fiction News
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How Your Asthma Can Help You Heal
As medical science delves deeper into
the connection between mind and body, intriguing
research is uncovering the connection between
asthma and your emotional health. Which
asthma-associated mindset are you?
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This Science Book Rocks!!! Best
ever!!
Hilarious book covering most fields
of science. Don't read if you need to get
something else done in the next few hours.
The pictures are the best. It was a 1986
Hugo Award Winner.One quote: "A full discussion
of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle may
be found in the Appendix. Then again, it
may not."
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60% Would Donate Embryos To Stem
Cell Research
About 60% of people who have embryos
stored at U.S. fertility clinics would be
very or somewhat likely to donate them for
stem cell research, according to a survey
published Thursday in the online edition
of the journal Science.
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Ozone Controversy Science vs. EPA
vs. Industry
The EPA is proposing more stringent
air quality standards for ozone levels.
But environmentalists and scientific experts
says it's not enough. Proponents of industry
think it's too much. Read what each side
has to say about the controversy.
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NASA Prepares for Performing New
Science on the Moon
NASA has selected proposals, including
two from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, Calif., for future lunar science
activities. In addition, the agency has
established two new programs that will enhance
research made possible by the Vision for
Space Exploration.
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Free Books On Fiction -- Weekend
Browsing & Reading
Bookyards section on Fiction is competed.With
almost 2,000 free works available, this
section is divided into the following categories.Action
and AdventureFantasy, Science FictionHorrorMysteryNovelsRomanceShort
Stories
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Sharks with frickin’ laser beams
attached to their heads
This year the Pentagon will spend $78
billion about half of all government research
and development dollars on a variety of
projects, according to the American Association
for the Advancement for Science (AAAS).
The vast majority - about $68 billion -
goes to traditional spending, like weapons
development and space systems. But some
fringe rese
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A beach ball star, and, later a
miniature black hole
I want your help in describing (based
on real science) and visualizing (any CG
animators out there?) what it would be like
to have a large mass star (the kind destined
to go supernova and leave behind a black
hole/gravity well) suspended in my living
room.
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How uninformed environmentalism
kills tens of thousands of people
1962's Silent Spring was a clarion call
for people who feared man's tendency to
destroy nature. Unfortunately, the biggest
impact the book has had has been the unnecessary
deaths of many thousands of poor around
the world. Bad science and alarmist thinking
-- from eugenics to Silent Spring -- is
a significant threat to man's future.
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Cadaver Calculator - How much is
your body worth?
So you've bitten the big one and instead
of pushing up daisies your loved ones decided
it would be best to sell your body to science.
This survey will tell you approximately
how much money they'd get for it. Cadaver
values are primarily based on overall health
and the level of interest your corpse holds
to the medical research industry.
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Mashable Blogging Toolbox
As you might or might not have noticed
I have just started my own blog. The road
to starting your own blog on your own domain
is a treacherous one that is intimidating
to say the least for those that are not
technically savvy. I happen to be a Computer
Science major, so I guess I lucked out.
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