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Glorious Dawn: Sagan, Hawking Sing (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 7

Astronomer and long time science advocate Carl Sagan once said that he was "not very good at singing songs." But on Nov. 9 in Washington D.C., his voice could be heard singing about the wonders of universe -- 13 years after ...


Ethics guide for rural MDs

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With an eye to small-town health professionals as well as to the people training students to practice medicine beyond metropolitan settings, Dartmouth's Department of Community and Family Medicine is unveiling the Handbook ...


Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898 (AP)

Notorious 'man-eating' lions of Tsavo likely ate about 35 people -- not 135, scientists say

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The legendary "man-eating lions of Tsavo" that terrorized a railroad camp in Kenya more than a century ago likely consumed about 35 people--far fewer than popular estimates of 135 victims, according to a new ...


Hunting for the Prozac gene

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prozac works wonders for some depressed people, but not for others. In some cases, patients derive little benefit and at worst, it can lead to bizarre hallucinations and fits of rage. Researchers and doctors remain puzzled ...


Alzheimer's researchers find high protein diet shrinks brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 4

One of the many reasons to pick a low-calorie, low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and fish is that a host of epidemiological studies have suggested that such a diet may delay the onset or slow the progression of Alzheimer's ...


Seeing a fabulous vision of the future

Technology / Business

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It was a harmonic convergence of scheduling that found me spending six solid hours with some of Silicon Valley's brightest minds. Without giving it much thought, I committed recently to a morning of meetings at Hewlett-Packard's ...


Flowering lantana draws butterflies -- but little water

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Big color, little water, lots of butterflies. How does that sound? That's the story of lantana in a nutshell. But I'm famous for verbosely pontificating on the attributes of plants whenever I have an audience, so let's dig ...


Dramatic biological responses to global warming in the Arctic

Dramatic biological responses to global warming in the Arctic

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (16) | comments 7

"The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past," says Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University. Post leads a large, international team that carried out ecosystem-wide ...


Are Sunspots Disappearing?

Are Sunspots Disappearing?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 15

The sun is in the pits of the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century. Weeks and sometimes whole months go by without even a single tiny sunspot. The quiet has dragged out for more than two years, prompting ...


A prototype of the X-47B Navy Unmannded Combat Air System (UCAS)

US military embraces robot 'revolution'

Electronics / Robotics

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (19) | comments 46

Robots in the sky and on the ground are transforming warfare, and the US military is rushing to recruit the new warriors that never sleep and never bleed.



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