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Narcissistic people most likely to emerge as leaders
eurekalert.org — When a group is without a leader, you can often count on a narcissist to take charge, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of leaderless groups. Narcissism is a trait in which people are self-centered, exaggerate their talents and abilities, and lack empathy for others. More… (General Sciences)
lekaheMercury exposed [video]
news.cnet.com — Spacecraft Messenger completed its mission early Tuesday and sent stunning images of planet Mercury back to Earth. CNET's Kara Tsuboi interviews a NASA planetary scientist about why there's been so little exploration of the solar system's smallest planet and what researchers hope to glean from this mission and a planned orbit in 2011.More… (Space)
brainnovateThe Solar System Looks Way Better Than It Used To (PICS) view!
MrBabyManHeavy Metal-Eating "Superworms" Unearthed in U.K.
news.nationalgeographic.com — Newly evolved "superworms" that feast on toxic waste could help cleanse polluted industrial land, a new study says. These hardcore heavy metal fans, unearthed at disused mining sites in Britain and Wales, devour lead, zinc, arsenic, and copper.More… (General Sciences)
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Nobel Prize In Physics For Symmetry Breaking Discoveries
treehugger.com — Today, the Nobel Prize in Physics was announced for important discoveries in the field of quantum physics. Yoichiro Nambu at Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, US, shares the prize with Makoto Kobayashi at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan, and Toshihide Masukawa at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical hMore… (General Sciences)
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Deadly Diseases Spreading Faster, Thanks to Global Warming
nytimes.com — A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday. "Even minor disturbances can have far reaching consequences on what diseases (wild animals) might encounter and transmit as climate changes."More… (Environment)
trinityjrThe Sharpest View of the Sun view!
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RIP Archaeologist Who Studied Biblical Sites
nytimes.com — Avraham Biran, excavated Tel Dan, an ancient city along Israel’s northern border, and uncovered what might be the earliest reference to the House of David. In 1993, after nearly three decades of digging at Dan, which is on the Syrian border and near the headwaters of the Jordan River, Dr. Biran and his colleagues discovered a foot-long piece of...More… (General Sciences)
noupsellSpace rock found on collision course with Earth
space.newscientist.com — For the first time, astronomers have found an object on a certain collision course with Earth.More… (General Sciences)
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The True Costs of Renewable Energy
livescience.com — As utility costs mount ever higher, Americans now have real options to take home energy matters into their own hands with "green" systems that can pay for themselves in as little as a few years. More… (Environment)
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NASA Spacecraft Finds the Sun is Not a Perfect Sphere
nasa.gov — “The sun is the biggest and therefore smoothest object in the solar system, perfect at the 0.001% level because of its extremely strong gravity,” says study co-author Hugh Hudson of UC Berkeley. “Measuring its exact shape is no easy task.”More… (Space)
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A Million Plastic Balls to Halt Carcinogens
popsci.com — Plastic spheres block sunlight and cancer. If you make a mess, just cover it up. That’s the theory behind the Department of Water and Power’s latest project in Los Angeles, which aims to prevent the formation of a carcinogen in two drinking-water sources, the Ivanhoe [pictured] and Elysian reservoirs.More… (General Sciences)
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Scientists Discover Fish in Act of Evolution in Africa
ecoworldly.com — In what could be a first in the world, a fish species known as cichlids has been discovered by scientists in the act of splitting into two distinct species in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake and one of the world’s biggest fresh water bodies.More… (General Sciences)
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The Most Advanced Hybrid Scooter Ever Designed! [PICS]
hellforleathermagazine.com — The Peugeot HYmotion3 is a hybrid scooter with 3 electric motors, a supercharged engine and gets 118mpg while keeping you dry in the rain. Oh, and it has 3 wheels. What are they smoking in France!More… (Environment)
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"Intelligent" Supercomputers Put to the Turing Test
maximumpc.com — This Sunday, six computer programs will be put through the Turing test in an attempt to win their creator not only an 18-carat gold medal and $100,000, but to prove that computers are capable of thought.More… (General Sciences)
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