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A Harvard Neuroscience Scheme To Change Decisions In Your Brain
Brain PowerMedi-MationA researcher wants to reverse your choices before you even know you've made them. This week at the British Neuroscience Association, Harvard scientist Gabriel Kreiman described a...
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This Is The First Bear To Get Brain Surgery
Asiatic Black Bear RecoveringMatt Hunt via National GeographicChampa, a 3-year-old Asiatic black bear, was operated on to cure hydrocephalus. Meet Champa, the first bear to have brain surgery.Rescued...
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Renault's New Electric Concept Car Looks Like A Firefly On Acid
Twin'Z concept car, 11RenaultWelsh design star Ross Lovegrove helped create the nature-inspired Twin'Z city car. Click here to enter the galleryFrench carmaker Renault and Welsh industrial designer...
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How Do You Order A Beer With Bitcoins?
Bitcoin Coinsvia BitcoinTalk"That'll be 0.17637075920 BTC, please." A bar called EVR opened up near our office a few months ago--one of the very few New York City establishments that accept payment in...
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Glow-Stick Waterfalls And Other Amazing Images From This Week
Glowing WaterfallsSean Lenz and Kristoffer Abildgaard via ColossalPlus a brand-new species of hermit crab, a keyboard-inspired couch and more Click here to enter the gallery   Â
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Test For HIV With A DVD Player
Lab On DVD unitKTH Royal Institute of TechnologyIn the age of Blu-Ray and Hulu, maybe DVDs are becoming less relevant. But researchers have just made a crazy invention with one: a device that simply...
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Russia Is Investing $50 Billion In Its (Very Ambitious) Space Program
Soyuz Rocket EnginesNASAPresident Vladimir Putin has announced a space initiative to put a person on Mars, build a moon base, and shoot down any foreign threats. Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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Edible Electronics Will Spy On Your Intestines
Robo-NurseTavis CoburnDevices inside pills could monitor health issues or deliver targeted cancer drugs. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing edible electronic devices that could...
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REI CEO Sally Jewell To Be Sworn In As Secretary Of The Interior
In Focus President Barack Obama, new Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and outgoing secretary Ken Salazar on February 6, after Obama announced Jewell as pick for the position. Official White House Photo...
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Are Southerners Fat, Or Just More Honest About Their Weight?
Fitness ScalepuuikibeachA study suggests that consistently ranking Southern states as the heaviest isn't a (completely) accurate portrayal. Studies have shown that the South is the most obese part of...
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Human Ancestor Reconstructed, Halfway Between Chimp And Human
Australopithecus sediba Left: human. Center: Au. sediba. Right: chimpanzee. Lee Berger/ Uni of WitwatersrandA recent descendent of Homo gets a complete skeleton. In 2008, researchers found remains of a...
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Stephen Hawking Says Humans Won't Survive Another 1,000 Years On Earth
Stephen HawkingWikimedia CommonsPhysicist Stephen Hawking, speaking at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said if humans don't migrate from the planet Earth to colonize other planets,...
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To Prevent Wind Turbines From Killing Birds, Add Blinds?
Artist's rendition of the new wind turbine design installed between two buildingsUniversity of WollongongA new bird-friendly wind turbine Farzad Safaei's recent invention looks a bit like window...
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Every Single Person In The World On One Chart
Person No. 5,227,080,0647 Billion WorldWhat does 7 billion look like in a browser window? When you read on your computer screen that world population has surpassed 7 billion, as it did in 2011, it's...
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Did You Pay To Name A Planet? You Got Scammed
An artist's rendering of an exoplanet seen from its moon IAUThe International Astronomical Union issues a special report to let you know you've probably been screwed. Most of the more than 800...
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What You Need To Know About The New Bird Flu
In A Meat Market Caged domestic pigeons in a meat market in eastern China. This photo was taken in 2009, in a location several hours north by car from the provinces where confirmed H7N9 cases have...
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New Species Of Brazilian Porcupine Found, Has Very Cool Rubbery Nose
Brazilian PorcupineAPHi friend! Your Linnaean name means "hope." Hope you don't go extinct too soon after we found you! Brazilian porcupines are recognizable as porcupines to us North Americans due to...
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The Week In Numbers: Our Time Left On Earth, The Distance A Nipple Travels,...
Crowdfunding Pays OffJesse Lenz$50 billion: the amount Russia will invest in an ambitious space program to put a person on Mars, build a moon base, and shoot down foreign threats9%: the portion of...
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Your Brain Pattern Could Be Your Password
EEG CapWikimedia Commons"Pass-thoughts" can be used wirelessly to authenticate users. When it's been a while since you last signed into your bank account, password hints can trigger your memory and...
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A Robot Helps To Put Together An IKEA Table
It's a start. Have you ever had trouble assembling IKEA furniture? Trying until you're convinced there must've been a screw that fell out or something and are the legs of this table backwards and look...
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