ananyo writes “A burger made entirely from lab-grown meat is expected to be unveiled by October this year. But costing in excess of $250,000, it’s not going to be flying off supermarket shelves quite yet. The lab meat is produced using adult stem cells, which are then grown on scaffolds in cell-culture media. Because such lab-assembled muscle is weak, it has to be ‘bulked up’ by exposing to electric shocks. The researchers, based in the (more…)

New submitter linjaaho writes “I work as lecturer in a polytechnic. I think traditional exams are not measuring the problem-solving skills of engineering students, because in normal job you can access the internet and literature when solving problems. And it is frustrating to make equation collections and things like that. It would be much easier and more practical to just let the students use the internet to find information for solving (more…)

eldavojohn writes “Scientists at Fermilab have decided that it’s high time they build a ‘holometer’ to test the smoothness of space-time. Theoretical physicists like Stephen Hawking have proposed that space-time is not smooth but it’s been a lot of math and no actual data. The Fermilab team plans to build two relatively small devices that act as ‘holographic interferometers’ to measure the shaking or vibration in split beams of light traveling through (more…)

The crash-test dummies have taken up residence at the Smithsonian. No, not those Crash Test Dummies. You know – Vince and Larry, the guys who have been features in public service announcements going back to 1985. It’s become one of the most successful safety campaigns in U.S. history, so they rightly…

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Coach Joachim Loew believes his Germany team face a “tough job” to beat England when the two teams meet in the World Cup knockout round on Sunday.

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We test 10 popular antivirus apps to find out which are best at defeating today’s myriad malware menaces

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Anthony Clark and Heather Olver face a a tricky start at the European Badminton Championships, as governing body targets medals.

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Home fertility tests aren’t just for women anymore. A new device that checks a man’s sperm count is soon to go on sale in the UK.

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Graeme Swann takes five wickets as England beat South Africa by an innings and 98 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the Test series.

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World champion Jenson Button is relishing going head-to-head with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren in 2010.

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