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NASA Begins Hunt for New Meteor Showers

NASA Begins Hunt for New Meteor Showers

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It started out as a normal day. NASA astronomer and meteor expert Bill Cooke woke up, dressed, and went to his office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Colleagues greeted him as usual, there was no hum ...





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Stem cells restore mobility in neck-injured rats (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created 5 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical ...


Interstitial macrophages: immune cells that prevent asthma

Medicine & Health / Research

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The continual presence in the air of the microbe-derived molecule LPS promotes asthma in some individuals. What prevents inhalation of LPS from promoting asthma in most individuals is not well understood. However, researchers ...


Members of an Australian college have provoked outrage after they launched a "pro-rape" group on website Facebook

Australian students 'pro-rape' Facebook scandal

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Members of an elite Australian college linked to Sydney University provoked outrage Tuesday after it was revealed they had set up a "pro-rape" group on social networking site Facebook.


Darwin meets Facebook

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Natural history plans to chart life on earth, yet the discipline risks being buried under a landslide of painstakingly collected data that isn't always used. Now researchers at London's Natural History Museum have created ...


The upside of feeling down

The upside of feeling down

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 3

A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...


Planetary Society plans new 'solar sail'

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 16 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(AP) -- Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft that will be propelled by the ...


The bizarre lives of bone-eating worms

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 16 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The females of the recently discovered Osedax marine worms feast on submerged bones via a complex relationship with symbiotic bacteria, and they are turning out to be far more diverse and widespread than scientists expected. ...


Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Spell Relief for Millions of Diabetics (w/ Video)

Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Spell Relief for Millions of Diabetics (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn researchers have developed a tiny wireless device that can be inserted under a patient?s skin to monitor blood glucose levels over a period of several months.


Researchers produce world’s first transgenic sweet sorghum

Biology / Biotechnology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ (University of Queensland) researchers are leading green energy technology with confirmation of the world’s first transgenic sweet sorghum plants.


Reduced muscle strength associated with risk for Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 17 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Individuals with weaker muscles appear to have a higher risk for Alzheimer's disease and declines in cognitive function over time, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Neurology.



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