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Huge Planet Defies Explanation
space.com — Astronomers have sighted a very dense planet-sized object that orbits its parent star in just four days and six hours.More… (Space)
adrian67
Cheap Catalyst Could Turn Sunlight and Water Into Fuel
blog.wired.com — A new catalyst makes it feasible to split water with solar power. MIT chemists say the catalyst, used in conjunction with cheap photovoltaic solar panels, could lead to inexpensive, simple systems that use water to store the energy from sunlight. In the process, this may have cleared the major roadblock on the long road to fossil fuel independence.More… (General Sciences)
MakiMaki
Hawaii First State to Require Solar Water Heaters
ecogeek.org — The state of Hawaii has become the first in North America to require solar water heaters in new homes. The bill, signed into law by Republican Governor Linda Lingle this week, prohibits issuing building permits for single-family homes that do not have solar water heaters.More… (Environment)
South Koreans Clone Cats that Glow in the Dark
breitbart.com — South Korean scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases, officials said Wednesday. In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams. More… (General Sciences)
khym54Testing quantum weirdness on a large scale
sciencenews.org — Signals from space to Earth using quantum technology could establish the reality of Einstein's worst fear, that the theory of relativity cannot be made compatible with quantum requirements. It is an open issue whether quantum laws, originally established to describe nature at the microscopic level of atoms, are also valid at the macroscopic level.More… (General Sciences)
tomboy501
2012: No Planet X
universetoday.com — Apparently, Planet X (a.k.a. Nibiru) was spotted by astronomers in the early 1980's in the outermost reaches of the Solar System. So what does this mean to us? Millions, even billions of people will die, global warming will increase; earthquakes, draught, famine, wars, social collapse, even killer solar flares will be caused by Nibiru blasting...More… (Space)
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Scientists to Make Cows Fart Like Kangaroos to Cool Earth
inhabitat.com — Cow farts are a source of greenhouse gases, while kangaroo farts are methane free thanks to a particular bacteria in their stomachs. Now, in a bizarre twist of science-reality, scientists from Australia are trying to neutralize cow-produced methane by transferring that kangaroo bacteria to cattle and sheep’s guts. More… (Environment)
ahoySynthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms
washingtonpost.com — The Washington Post reports that researchers are poised to cross a dramatic barrier: the creation of life forms driven by completely artificial DNA.More… (General Sciences)
guyroStudy: Why Pregnant Women Don't Topple
forbes.com — With all that growing weight up front, how is it that pregnant women don't lose their balance and topple over? Scientists think they've found the answerMore… (General Sciences)
BurentoScientists treat cancer as an infectious disease -- with promising results
physorg.com — Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown for the first time that cancers can be successfully treated by targeting the viruses that cause them. The findings, published in the October 31 issue of PloS One, also raise the possibility of preventing cancer by destroying virus-infected cells before they turnMore… (General Sciences)
maheshee11Dead Catacombs in Paris [terrible photos]
awcpictures.com — The catacombs of Paris are XVIII centuries. It's a 300 km of underground space, 800 hectares, but for tourists it's only 1.5km!More… (Environment)
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Solar Efficiency Record Broken
ecogeek.org — When it comes to eeking another fraction of a percentage point of power out of a solar panel, we're pretty good at not paying attention. I mean, what's the difference between 40.7% and 40.8% anyway? Generally these efficiency gains aren't all that important to the future of the solar economy. Yes, it's a new world record, but the photovoltaic moduMore… (Environment)
upick
Ancient Snake Had 2 Legs
news.bbc.co.uk — A fossil animal locked in Lebanese limestone has been shown to be an extremely precious discovery - a snake with two legs. The specimen sheds new light on the evolution from legged reptiles to modern day snakes.More… (General Sciences)
ZeroBananas
What do the Presidential candidates think about science?
badastronomy.com — It’s now a wee bit easier to see what’s what, because Physics Today has a site with links to the Presidential candidates’ thoughts on science. More… (Space)
dadaguruU.S. May Start Phasing Out Incandescent Light Bulbs In Favor Of CFL's
newstarget.com — The Energy Committee of the U.S. Senate is drafting a bill that would phase out the use of incandescent light bulbs in the United States. The move to ban incandescent bulbs is part of a wider attempt to curb U.S. energy usage in order to address the problem of global warming.More… (Environment)
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