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Einstein's Formula Finally Proven
news.yahoo.com — It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc2 has finally been corroborated, thanks to a heroic computational effort by French, German and Hungarian physicists.More… (General Sciences)
Thesoilawyer99% of Texas Science Professors Discredit Intelligent Design
blogs.dallasobserver.com — Of the 1,019 faculty members to whom the surveys were sent, 464 responded -- and fewer than 1 percent checked off the box marked, “Modern evolutionary biology is mostly wrong. Life arose through multiple creation events by an intelligent designer, although evolution by natural selection played a limited role.”More… (General Sciences)
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Billions Of Particles Of Anti-matter Created In Laboratory
sciencedaily.com — Take a gold sample the size of the head of a push pin, shoot a laser through it, and suddenly more than 100 billion particles of anti-matter appear. “We’ve detected far more anti-matter than anyone else has ever measured in a laser experiment,” said Hui Chen, a Livermore researcher who led the experiment.More… (General Sciences)
ironeusGreat Pyramid Mystery to Be Solved by Hidden Room?
news.nationalgeographic.com — A sealed space in Egypt's Great Pyramid may help solve a centuries-old mystery: How did the ancient Egyptians move two million 2.5-ton blocks to build the ancient wonder? More… (General Sciences)
hdar3415God and Evolution Can Co-exist, Scientist Says
livescience.com — A scientist is going public with his Christian belief in God and acceptance of evolution, in the wake of the Dover trial and recent, high-profile scholarly writings that have highlighted the contradictions between religiosity and science.More… (General Sciences)
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Doctors unveil first ever whole stem cell organ transplant
dailymail.co.uk — A mother of two has become the first person in the world to undergo a whole organ transplant grown from her own stem cells. The British scientists are hailing a new dawn in transplant surgery.More… (General Sciences)
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Scientific Proof That You Make Your Own Breaks
rd.com — For centuries, people have recognized the power of luck and have done whatever they could to try seizing it. We still do it today, though few, if any, of us worship tree gods. So why do we pass this and other superstitions down from generation to generation? The answer lies in the power of luck....More… (General Sciences)
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Skinny models a 'turn off' in advertising, claim scientists
telegraph.co.uk — It has been a golden rule of advertising from its inception - thin models sell more products to women. The only trouble is, it is not true, claims new research. Researchers have found that skinny models are actually a turn off to consumers in TV commercials and other advertising. More… (General Sciences)
Large Hadron Collider repairs to cost $21 million
physorg.com — Fixing the world's largest atom smasher will cost at least 25 million francs ($21 million) and may take until early summer, its operator said Monday. The cost of the work will fall within CERN's existing budget.More… (General Sciences)
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Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science
blog.wired.com — A new crop of supercomputers is breaking down the petaflop speed barrier, pushing high-performance computing into a new realm that could revolutionize science more profoundly than at any time since Galileo, leading researchers say.More… (General Sciences)
SirPopperMaterial Slicker than Teflon Discovered by Accident
newscientist.com — A superhard substance that is more slippery than Teflon could protect mechanical parts from wear and tear, and boost energy efficiency by reducing friction. The "ceramic alloy" is created by combining a metal alloy of boron, aluminium and magnesium (AlMgB14) with titanium boride (TiB2). It is the hardest material after diamond and cubic boron nitriMore… (General Sciences)
Can everyone be a genius?
timesonline.co.uk — The brain is not, as the brain trainers like to say, a muscle. It is a mix of fat, water and proteins driven by electricity and chemicals called neurotransmitters. The plasticity of the brain means that it is able, in the face of injury or decay, to find ways of adapting itself to preserve strong patterns of activity.More… (General Sciences)
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2,900-Year-Old Gravestone Reveals Ancient Belief System
io9.com — A 2,900-year-old gravestone from the ancient kingdom of Sam'al, located in what is today southeastern Turkey, has shed light on an ancient religious belief heretofore unknown. The gravestone, called a stele, is in nearly pristine condition and archaeologists were able to translate all the writing on it. More… (General Sciences)
New Quantum Weirdness: Balls That Don't Roll Off Cliffs
sciam.com — A good working definition of quantum mechanics is that things are the exact opposite of what you thought they were. Empty space is full, particles are waves, and cats can be both alive and dead at the same time. Recently a group of physicists studied another quantum head spinner. More… (General Sciences)
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Study: Facial Scars Make Men More Attractive to Women
telegraph.co.uk — A facial scar, preferably one that looks like it was inflicted in anger rather than the aftermath of chickenpox or acne, increases men's attractiveness to a woman for a short-term relationship, according to researchers. More… (General Sciences)
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