If you shut yourself in a room and devise some abstract mathematics for the sake of sheer intellectual fascination, you might not expect your scribblings to have any relevance to the real world. [More]
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Feed SubscriptionThe Molecules That Made the Universe
“We are starstuff”, it’s a well-used phrase in popular astronomy (yes, we are. [More]
Read More »Pockets of high radiation remind of Fukushima plant danger
TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Pockets of lethal levels ofradiation have been detected at Japan's crippled Fukushima [More]
Read More »Blog Network Monday Marathon
I hope you had a great time over the weekend and are ready for the work week. [More]
Read More »Chewed Plants Can Boost Their DNA
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Read More »Placenta Feeds Itself to Fetus in Times of Starvation
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Read More »Best of July 2011 at A Blog Around The Clock
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a very long time, probably remember the high frequency of posting I used to have here.
Read More »Jupiter Mission Counts Down
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Read More »Fast Brake: Drivers’ Brain Waves Show Intent to Stop Before the Act
What if your car knew what you were going to do before you did it? What if, say, the car slowed down by itself in an emergency in response to your reaction, even before you had a chance to hit the brakes
Read More »Identity – what is it really?
There has been quite a lot of discussion (again, groan, I know) about pseudonymity and anonymity online, due to Google Plus decision to delete accounts that seem (to them, within their cultural frames) to be pseudonymous. [More]
Read More »Himalaya glaciers shrinking on global warming, some may disappear
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three Himalaya glaciers have been shrinking over the last 40 years due to global warming and two of them, located in humid regions and on lower altitudes in central and east Nepal, may disappear in time to come, researchers in Japan said on Tuesday. [More]
Read More »August 2011 Advances: Additional resources
Efforts to grow neurons from schizophrenia patients, surprising facts about the latest E.
Read More »NASA Spacecraft Shows Giant Asteroid Vesta Like Never Before
A NASA spacecraft orbiting the huge asteroid Vesta is beaming home images that reveal the giant space rock like never before, showing its battered and pockmarked surface in stunning detail. [More]
Read More »How Saving Energy Means Conserving Water in U.S. West
California likes to think of itself as being ahead of the curve. So when the state set out to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, regulators did all the right things - stringent tailpipe standards for cars, tighter codes for buildings, higher renewable energy standards for utilities. Then they took one of the most aggressive energy-saving steps of all.
Read More »A Better Lithium Battery?
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come one step closer to replacing the lithium-ion batteries that power phones, laptops and electric cars with a device that stores far more energy for the same weight. The device is known as a lithium-air or lithium-oxygen battery.
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