 NASA Spacecraft Finds the Sun is Not a Perfect Sphere October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using NASA’s RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision. They find that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high solar activity ... | |
Musicians use both sides of their brains more frequently than average people October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that professionally ... | |
 Counterintuitive physics may help everyone drive home quicker October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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If you're trying to drive to a destination as quickly as possible, you might think that knowing the traffic conditions would help you choose the quickest route for yourself. Traffic reports and new GPS technologies ... | |
 Pterosaurs couldn't soar, says expert October 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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A Japanese researcher has put paleo-biologists in a flap by suggesting pterosaurs -- the winged lizards beloved of toymakers and dino movies -- were unable to fly, New Scientist says. | |
 Space tech helps to reach long-jump world record October 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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German athlete Wojtek Czyz, running with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 m and beating the previous world record by ... | |
Cannabis less harmful than drinking, smoking: report October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 77 vote(s)
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Cannabis is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, according to a report by a British research charity Thursday, which called for a "serious rethink" of drug policy. | |
 A new dinosaur species, Pachyrhinosaur lakustai, unveiled from Pipestone Creek, Alberta, Canada October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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The fossils revealed a herd of dinosaurs that perished in a catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago. The animals are characterized by a bony frill on the back of the skull ornamented with smaller horns. ... | |
Flexi display technology is now October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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Rigid television screens, bulky laptops and still image posters are to be a thing of the past as new research, published today, Thursday, 2 October, in the New Journal of Physics, heralds the beginning of a technological ... | |
 A Star That Bursts, Blinks and Disappears September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Twinkle, twinkle little star" goes the nursery rhyme. Now, astronomers are reporting on a strange case where one of the littlest of stars "twinkled" with gamma rays, X-rays, and light -- ... | |
 Nanowire technology could make LCDs brighter, thinner, and cheaper October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As nanoimprinting technology advances, scientists have shown that using nano-sized polarizers could significantly enhance the contrast ratio in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). For consumers, ... | |
Coastlines could be protected by 'invisibility cloak' October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have tested an 'invisibility cloak' that could reduce the risk of large water waves overtopping coastal defences. | |
Scientists explore putting electric cars on a two-way power street October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Think of it as the end of cars' slacker days: No more sitting idle for hours in parking lots or garages racking up payments, but instead earning their keep by providing power to the electricity grid. | |
 Space voyaging rock reveals insight into detecting life on other planets October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Intelligent life from other planets would be able to tell that Earth is inhabited if they had come into contact with a space voyaging piece of Orkney rock, scientists have revealed. | |
Strippers, armadillos inspire Ig Nobel winners October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years. So she and her colleagues decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab, that is. | |
During exercise, the human brain shifts into high gear on 'alternative energy' September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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Alternative energy is all the rage in major media headlines, but for the human brain, this is old news. According to a study by researchers from Denmark and The Netherlands published in the October 2008 print issue of The ... | |
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