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Science on a budget

Submitted by Zinger on November 1, 2007 - 09:04. | | |

Microscopes made from bamboo bring biology into focus

Cables to lay foundation for deep sea observatory

Submitted by Zinger on August 23, 2007 - 09:03. | |

More than 900 kilometres of fibre-optic cable is about to become the backbone of the first real-time

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Radar reveals vast medieval Cambodian city: study

Submitted by Zinger on August 15, 2007 - 12:16. | | |

A medieval settlement surrounding Angkor, the one-time capital of the illustrious Khmer empire which

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Apollo mission archives now digitized and online

Submitted by Zinger on August 10, 2007 - 08:46. | | | | |

Johnson Space Center and Arizona State University's Space Exploration Resources are scanning and cre

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The downside of diversity

Submitted by Zinger on August 7, 2007 - 20:07. | | | | |

A Harvard professor's research suggests that diversity can 'bring out the turtle is all of us' and t

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Volunteers sought for 520-day Mars flight simulation

Submitted by tigerincanada on June 21, 2007 - 20:16. | | |

How good are you at staying sane? Does 520 days in a simulated Mars expedition module with five othe

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Sound and salt (video link)

Submitted by Zinger on June 1, 2007 - 22:50. | | |

Vibrations from pure tones make salt crystals form distinct patterns. Turn your volume down before v

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Modern Students Devour Old Math

Submitted by Zinger on May 28, 2007 - 12:30. | | | | |

Modern students are turning to math tricks found in Vedic texts to speed up their calculations. See

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Historian James R. Fleming urges caution about a quick technological fix to global warming

Submitted by jcarman on April 9, 2007 - 15:28. |

In the Spring issue of The Wilson Quarterly, historian James R. Fleming urges caution

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Private rocket rides into space

Submitted by tigerincanada on March 21, 2007 - 19:18. | |

Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) has lofted it's Falcon-1 rocket on t

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Draw your simulation

Submitted by Zinger on February 12, 2007 - 23:40. | | | |

The white board like you've never seen it before - turn your sketches into real time design simulati

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Satelite radio the green way

Submitted by tigerincanada on January 28, 2007 - 21:03. | | |

The European Space Agency has developed a system which would allow television satelites to be reused

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Diabetes breakthrough?

Submitted by Zinger on December 17, 2006 - 00:24. | | |

Scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabete

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Lost knowledge regained: hessian crucibles explained

Submitted by Zinger on December 11, 2006 - 07:30. | | | | |

Researchers reveal that Hessian crucible makers made use of an advanced material only properly ident

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Hints of Star Trek: Power Gels

Submitted by Zinger on December 9, 2006 - 10:09. | | |

Scientists say Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) gels may one day be used to power miniature robots or other

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It's true - you can't always believe what you see

Submitted by Moose on December 4, 2006 - 19:40. | | | |

The brain pathways for eye movement and perception operate independently, the researchers say.

Early sketch of Stonehenge found

Submitted by Moose on December 3, 2006 - 11:04. | | |

The earliest known sketch of Stonehenge found in a 15th century manuscript

Think Yourself happier

Submitted by Zinger on December 2, 2006 - 22:09. | | |

Prescription: Think of three good things that happened today and analyze why they occurred. Long ter

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Blood molecules used to create complex that can separate hydrogen and oxygen

Submitted by Zinger on December 2, 2006 - 22:05. | | | |

Scientists have combined two molecules that occur naturally in blood to engineer a molecular complex

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Pocket Labs

Submitted by Zinger on November 30, 2006 - 23:51. | | | |

University of Waterloo researchers create miniature electronics capable of detecting environmental t

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Smart Homes In South Korea

Submitted by Zinger on November 26, 2006 - 14:46. | |

Science and tech magazines in North America have often shown us pictures of what smart homes will be

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Canadian Invention - Eliminating the Need for Household Chemicals?

Submitted by Zinger on November 23, 2006 - 13:28. | | | |

System uses ozone-treated water to kill bacteria and sanitize fruits and vegetables

New Mexican Telescope

Submitted by Zinger on November 23, 2006 - 12:46. | | |

Mexican President Vicente Fox has inaugurated a giant telescope that could help scientists uncover c

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Surprise: Humans Have Greater Differences in DNA Than Previously Thought

Submitted by Zinger on November 23, 2006 - 12:45. | | |

Scientists say that surprisingly many large chunks of human DNA differ among individuals and ethnic

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Cancer and Stem Cells

Submitted by Zinger on November 22, 2006 - 21:51. | | | |

Mounting evidence suggests that cancer's real culprits -- the roots of perhaps every tumour -- are a

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Modern technology busts Victorian plaigirists

Submitted by Zinger on November 22, 2006 - 21:06. | | | | |

A novel use for Google book search? In a strange twist of fate, literary scholars may be able to use

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marker-assisted selection - alternative to GM food?

Submitted by Zinger on November 19, 2006 - 14:30. | | | | | |

New technologies may make gene splicing and transgenic crops obsolete. The new agricultural technolo

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Ancient African Texts Document Fantastic Written History

Submitted by Zinger on November 16, 2006 - 12:14. | | | |

150,000 brittle manuscripts, with more yet to be discovered, show a golden age in Timbuktu; scripts

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Canadian academics fear US Patriot Act

Submitted by Moose on November 11, 2006 - 12:55. | | | |

The Patriot Act, which allows U.S. authorities to sweep through databases, has prompted Canadian pos

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Bacteria that live on uranium?

Submitted by Moose on November 9, 2006 - 12:02. | | | | | |

Researchers have found bacteria that live in rocks 2.8 kilometers below Earth's surface and rely on

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