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Scientists 3-D Print A Bionic Ear With Help From A High School Kid
3-D Printed Bionic EarFrank WojciechowskiNanoparticle antennae are woven right into the organic tissue of the ear! A team of scientists at Princeton University--along with one very savvy high school...
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Scientists Create Hybrid, Air-Transmissible Bird Flu Strains
Pandemic FearsWikimedia Commons/cc licensedFollowing a moratorium on "dangerous" flu research, new studies reshuffle the molecular mechanisms that allow bird flu to infect humans. The most recent bird...
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NASA Wants To Send Your Haiku To Mars
Mount SharpNASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSSSubmit your three-line ode to the red planet by July 1! When NASA launches the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft in November, it wants to pack...
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OpenWorm Is An Open-Source Virtual Worm, Accurate In Every Way
Elegant Elegans The OpenWorm 3D Browser iPhone app lets you peek into C. elegans at the cellular level. MetaCell, LLCAn international programming project aims to create virtual nematode life....
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Why Your Grocery Store Is Installing Military Cameras
QueVision display in a Krogervia KrogerSurprisingly, it's not about catching petty thieves. The retail giant Kroger is using infrared cameras in 95 percent of its stores, and if all goes as planned, no...
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Watch Live As This Solar-Powered Plane Embarks On A Flight Across The U.S.
Solar Impulse will attempt to fly across the United States using nothing but sunlight for fuel. A solar-powered airplane is set to embark on a historic flight across the United States this morning....
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An iPhone Case For Cops That Can Scan Irises On The Fly
AOptix Scannervia The VergeLook to the iris. Iris scanning as a form of biometric recognition doesn't get as much attention as retinal scanning or fingerprints, but it's got a lot of advantages. Irises...
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Wing And A Scare
The GatekeeperCourtesy Cedar Fair EntertainmentA record-breaking roller coaster that mimics the thrill of stunt flying. In the competitive world of roller-coaster design, engineers often obsess about...
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The World's Largest Rubber Duck And Other Amazing Images From This Week
Rubber DuckyFlorentijn Hofman via Design TaxiPlus insects wearing hats made of water, Apple's new headquarters and more Click here to enter the gallery   Â
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In A Quest For Immersive Gaming, A Device That Shocks You While You Play
Haha. Now we are having fun! So much fun! Here's a thing you don't hear often when making a purchase: this product is "medical compliant." "Here are your skis! They are medical compliant." "This is the...
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How Game Controllers Evolved [Infographic]
From Tennis For Two to PlayStation 4. Today's game controllers aren't totally original. There was a long, generational evolution that got them there, as this incredibly comprehensive infographic from...
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Acer Announces Weird Folding Laptop With The Trackpad In The Wrong Place
Acer Aspire R7 HingeAcerAn easel-inspired hinge turns this singularly weird laptop into a tablet or an all-in-one. At an event this morning in New York City, Acer announced a slate of new gadgets, some...
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These Robots Are In A Relationship (And They Fight All The Time)
Robot arm commences passively-aggressively doing the dishes Meet Vincent and Emily. They're a robotic couple created by artists Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler and Carolin Liebl as an examination of human...
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What Makes Ebola So Deadly?
Ebola Virion An electron micrograph of an Ebola virion, with added color. CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith, downloaded from Wikimedia CommonsEbola viruses prevent the body from mounting an immune response against...
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Duuude, Finally: Drones That Deliver Beer
Beer DroneOppiKoppiTVNerds and frat boys: brothers in beer drops. This August, drones will drop payloads all over South Africa's OppiKoppi music festival, and there's a good chance no one will mind....
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Me, Me, Me: People Who Overuse The First-Person Singular Are More Depressed
"Me, Myself, and I" words linked to depressionDreamstimeA new study links first-person singular pronouns to relationship problems and higher rates of depression. Researchers in Germany have found that...
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Coming Soon: A Cure For Gray Hair?
Hair Dye Ad Circa 1843 People have worried about gray hair for a long time. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-34040Researchers are studying a cream that restores pigmentation to people with...
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New Dinosaur Species Found In China
Aorun zhaoi SkullJames ClarkA new dinosaur found in China may be the oldest of its kind--and a crucial link between lizard-like dinosaurs and the feathered, late-period creatures that bore a closer...
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Replace Your Lights With These Genetically Engineered Glow-Plants
Now on Kickstarter. Light bulbs are so 19th century. Why not genetically engineer yourself a glowing plant instead? A team of scientists on Kickstarter is asking for donations to make it happen. The...
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6 Of The Weirdest Things Science Has Recently Revealed About The Past
Franken-muuuuuummy!Mike Parker Pearson, University of SheffieldAncient toothaches, smells, franken-mummies, and more! Scientific studies do a pretty good job of answering questions about how the world...
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