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Astronauts As Alien Life Hunters?
By admin on October 10, 2011 | Comments Off
astroengine writes “Ever since the last NASA space shuttle mission touched down in Florida on July 21, there has been a spirited debate in articles and blogs across the Internet over the future of humans in space. Everyone seems to be asking: What’s the point of spending shedloads of cash getting mankind into space when robots can do it at a fraction of the cost? Well, pending any great (and unexpected) advance in robotics, our adaptability in space (more…)
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Digestive problems early in life may increase risk for depressionBy admin on May 16, 2011 | Comments Off
Depression and anxiety may result from short-term digestive irritation early in life, according to a study of laboratory rats by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The findings suggest that some human psychological conditions may be the result, rather than the cause, of gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome.
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Hot Wheels builds giant ramp for real-life record jump at Indy 500By admin on April 12, 2011 | Comments Off
For this year’s Indianapolis 500, the marketing brains at Hot Wheels will attempt to break the world record for longest jump by a four-wheel vehicle. Doing so requires a 90-foot ramp mounted on a 10-story-tall bedroom door. Dear. Lord.
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Real life HAL 9000: computers reacting to human emotions?By admin on March 3, 2011 | Comments Off
We are posed on the brink of computers recognizing and responding to users’ emotions. Would you view that as cool or as a privacy invasion? Are you ready for HAL 9000 in real life?
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The Boy Who Stole Half-Life 2By admin on February 22, 2011 | Comments Off
The thinking behind and the aftermath from the Half-Life 2 source code robbery
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Life Inside Locker Rooms (Gallery)By admin on September 21, 2010 | Comments Off
An inside look at what life is like in an sports’ locker room.
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Transition Metal Catalysts Could Be Key To Origin of LifeBy admin on September 6, 2010 | Comments Off
An anonymous reader writes “One of the big, unsolved problems in explaining how life arose on Earth is a chicken-and-egg paradox: How could the basic biochemicals — such as amino acids and nucleotides — have arisen before the biological catalysts (proteins or ribozymes) existed to carry out their formation? In a paper appearing in the current issue of The Biological Bulletin, scientists propose that a third type of catalyst could have (more…)
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New and Old Experiments Combine To Help the Search For Life On MarsBy admin on September 3, 2010 | Comments Off
jamie sends in a story about an unexpected finding by the Phoenix Mars Lander which has shed new light on experiments done by the Viking landers back in 1976. The Viking experiments found traces of chlorine compounds that were interpreted to be the result of contamination from cleaning fluids on Earth. In 2008, an experiment done by Phoenix found percholates in the soil, which came as a surprise to researchers. After doing tests on similar soil from (more…)
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Official forum changes, real life names to be displayedBy admin on July 9, 2010 | Comments Off
All of Blizzard’s forums will soon display real life names. No more anonymity. Goodbye trolls!
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Herschel Space Observatory Finds Precursors of Life In OrionBy admin on March 7, 2010 | Comments Off
ogre7299 recommends an announcement out of Cal Tech on a milestone for HIFI, the Herschel Space Observatory’s Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared. “The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed the chemical fingerprints of potential life-enabling organic molecules in the Orion Nebula, a nearby stellar nursery in our Milky Way galaxy. … This detailed-spectrum, obtained with the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) — one of (more…)
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