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10 Vital Questions 10 Vital Questions is an experiment/journal/record/interview campaign. The same 10 questions are asked of various people, in an attempt to record the current perception, and anticipated effects, of science and technology on society at the time of writing, and into the future.

Mathematical Simulation May Help Ease Airport Congestion Researchers at Purdue University have created a mathematical simulation that could be used in a new national strategy to ease airport congestion and improve the overall transportation system.

NASA Data Captures El NiÃ's Return In The Pacific NASA satellite data indicates El NiA has returned to the tropical Pacific Ocean, although in a relatively weak condition that may not persist and is currently much less intense than the last major El NiA episode in 1997-1998.

'Real Man' Stereotypes Keep Depressed Men From Treatment The "strong, silent type" of self-image cherished by many men, combined with social stigma, are major reasons why older American males are less likely than women to seek and receive treatment for depression, researchers say.

Watch the hilarious ceremony for the IgNobel prize 2006 The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize winners were awarded on Thursday night, October 5, at the 16th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at Harvard's Sanders Theatre.So, you think science and scientists are boring? Then you have to see this!

Science of Bread One of our essential food groups. The science behind making BREAD. Imagine a continuum of breads, ranging from the thinnest flatbreads to the fluffiest brioche.

Hungry Critters Attack NYC Ships The city's waterfront is getting cleaner, and bothersome river critters not seen in hundreds of years are once again attacking wooden ships and piers.

Little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman and Atomic Physics Short film on Richard Feynman's famous quip about fundamental physics as seen via quantum mechanics. Touches upon Einstein's E=MC2, Newton's law of gravity and the motion of planets, and the future of science.

Topic Overview: Tropical Beginnings As explorers investigated the world in centuries past they began pondering a puzzle called the "latitudinal diversity gradient." That's science talk for: The farther you go from the tropics, the fewer different kinds of plants and animals there are. The answer: It's both.

Genetic evidence for punctuated equilibria In a paper in the journal Science, researchers report evidence for rapid evolutionary change interspersed with periods of relative stability.

Science Fiction P2P Reputation Currency Is Now Running Code Whuffie, once a dream, described in a science fiction book, is now running code. Now when you share and help people you get paid in the ultimate currency - respect - your social capital with your friends and like minded strangers. Are you ready for the Bitchun Society? Will you work for whuffie?

Rev3 - Mysteries of Science Explained - Episode 2 This episode teaches viewers how to piss in their own ass... Rev3 is pumping out some funny shit! Props to Rose and the gang, things are looking up!

Three ways science tells us that we're not as rational as we think A POUND gained is the same as a pound lost, right? Not according to neuro-economics. There is a mountain of evidence that the fear of losing money is felt far more powerfully than the desire to make it

It's a vision thing Resolution isn't just a computer thing, it matters in eyes too, and having more photoreceptors means an organism can determine its surroundings better, in just the same way that Xbox 360 games work better in HD.

Is evolution gradual or punctuated? Although evolutionary biologists don't like the Discovery Institute's "Teach the Controversy" suggestion, it's not because they don't think that there are no controversies to be taught. It's just that they'd prefer to see the actual controversies taught, rather than the manufactured ones that Discovery uses.

Computer science videos This site contains links to a lot of computer science videos.

NSF awards ipIQ contract to measure global scientific research trends The NSF has selected ipIQ to analyze the vitality of US and international science and engineering enterprise. Now ipIQ is to develop indicators that measure patterns and trends in worldwide scientific research, drawing upon its 30-year history of developing metrics that measure innovation, quality, intellectual property, knowledge flow, emerging...

Non-freezing penguin feet and other oddities explained If you have ever wondered why hair turns grey, fingers get crinkled in the bath or if the Great Wall of China really is visible from space, Mick O'Hare has the answers.

LSD treatment for alcoholism For the past five years, Dr. Erika Dyck has been unearthing some intriguing facts related to a group of pioneering psychiatrists who worked in Saskatchewan, Canada in the '50s and '60s.

Intelligence Linked to Breast-Feeding Breast-fed children are more intelligent than their bottle-fed counterparts, but this has nothing to do with the content of the milk they receive, a study published in the British Medical Journal said.

Cat Lovers Lining Up for No-Sneeze Kitties A small California biotech company says it is ready to deliver the Holy Grail of the $35 billion pet industry: a hypoallergenic cat. At the start of next year, the first kittens — which the company calls “lifestyle pets� — will go home to eager owners who have been carefully screened and have been on a waiting list for more than two years.

Remains of giant camel discovered in Syria DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Swiss researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria.

Map 100 Different Human Genomes in 10 Days -- Win $10 Million Dollars! The X-Prize Foundation wants to inspire someone to map 100 different human genomes in just 10 days. And just to spice things up, it is offering another $1 million if the team can decode the genomes of 100 more people, including some wealthy donors and celebrities such as Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and Google co-founder Larry Page.

A New Nanoscale View Of The Biological World Echoing the journey through the human body in Fantastic Voyage, doctors might soon be able to track individual donor cells after a transplant, or to find where and how much of a cancer treatment drug there is within a cell.

Some people still thank Google Scientists find Google Scholar service to be very efficient in their work.

Remains of giant camel discovered in Syria Swiss researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria.

High-res camera spots visitor on Mars Cameras from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have taken photos of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity near the rim of the Victoria crater.

Scientists look to place a pro-science president Scientists and engineers have a right, indeed an obligation, to enter the political debate when the nation’s leaders systematically ignore scientific evidence and analysis, put ideological interests ahead of scientific truths, suppress valid scientific evidence and harass and threaten scientists for speaking honestly about their research.

A View of the Universe Before the Big Bang What happened before the big bang? Cosmologists have long speculated that a universe much like ours could have collapsed in a big crunch and then bounced back. Physicist Abhay Ashtekar and his colleagues show how that could happen using an alternative to string theory known as loop quantum gravity.

Come Visit Newport, Oregon Newport, offers a variety of lodging and activities for families. In the downtown core is Mariner Square, home to Wax Works Museum, Under Sea Gardens and Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. Hatfield Marine Science Center and the Oregon Coast Aquarium are another must visit. Untouched Beaches and Preserved Lighthouse are magical experiances for all.

String Theory Alternative Could Lead to Final Theory of Everything Loop quantum gravity, a theory that explains space and time as a network of discrete dots, could explain the emergence of matter and energy as tangles in the network. A New Scientist article entitled You Are Made of Spacetime explains new research by physicists Lee Smolin, Carlo Rovelli, Fotini Markopoulou-Kalamara, and others.

Hi-res camera spots visitor on Mars Cameras from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken photos pf the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity near the rim of "Victoria crater."

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