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The Shape Of A Man's Urine Stream Can Diagnose Prostate Problems

Monitoring The Stream New research shows the shape of a man's urine stream can help diagnose urinary tract problems like an enlarging prostate. joshme17 via Flickr Researchers in the UK have found that...

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Daily Infographic: How Facebook Photos Go Viral

Marvin Stamen George Takei--an actor some of you may recognize from the original Star Trek series, has a knack for posting viral photos on Facebook. Recently, the social media giant asked Stamen, a San...

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12 Beautiful Photos Of Google's (Problematic) Data Centers

Colorful Pipes Pipes carry water to and from a data center In The Dalles, Oregon. GoogleThey're gorgeous images, published with convenient timing. Click here to enter the gallery Two things need to be...

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Fun Times! Come Learn About the Next Deadly Outbreak

Wrath Goes Viral Swine Flu. SARS. Ebola. They're not just the makings of a great movie plot. Drop into Science & the City tonight to learn the science behind viral outbreaks. Was the movie...

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Hackers Could Access Pacemakers From A Distance And Deliver Deadly Shocks

Artificial Pacemaker Wikimedia CommonsLoopholes could switch off pacemakers, rewrite their firmware and infect other pacemakers with deadly code. Pacemakers could be infiltrated to deliver deadly...

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A Drug That Removes Bad Memories While You Sleep

Erasure Lab mice administered a drug can forget fear-inducing memories in their sleep WikimediaSleep-based therapy could provide more effective treatment for PTSD. Memory-erasure technology is finally...

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Updated Theory: A Huge Chunk Of Earth, Blasted Away In A Collision, Is Now...

Moon Formation In The Late Hadean Period courtesy of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum New findings demonstrate how the moon could have been made from Earth parts, not kamikaze-planet pieces. New...

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Why Is NASA Developing Nasal Spray For The Masses?

Nasal Spray WikimediaAstro-spray: Coming to a drugstore near you? You probably have some of NASA's inventions lying around your house. Memory foam? Check. Water filters? Yep. Smoke detectors? Thank...

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V-Moda M-100 Review: The Headphones That Made Me Love Headphones

V-Moda M-100 On Post Stan HoraczekThrow away your crappy headphones. V-Moda's M-100s are incredible. The single best non-essential tech item--like, not a laptop or smartphone--that you can buy is a...

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Rogue Geoengineer Dumps 100 Tons Of Iron Off Canada's West Coast

Algal Blooms Along Canada's West Coast Left: George dumping iron into the ocean (via New Energy Times). Right: This August 2012 NASA satellite data shows relatively high concentrations of chlorophyll...

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Spontaneous Combustion Is Easier Than You Think

Combustion Science An exothermic reaction takes place between potassium permanganate and glycerin. As the reaction speeds up, generating heat, the mixture eventually catches on fire. Mike WalkerPlaying...

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Megapixels: The James Webb Space Telescope Gets Chilled to 400 Degrees Below...

Cold Chamber Click here to see this amazing image even larger. NASA/Chris Gunn In 2018, NASA will launch the James Webb Space Telescope, which will boast mirrors approximately seven times larger than...

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Cruising Through The Throwback Game L.A. Noire With Someone Who Was There

L.A. Noire Rockstar Games In L.A. Noire, you play a detective cracking cases on the mean streets of 1940s Los Angeles. One of the most heralded parts of the game was its historical accuracy: The...

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Newsweek's Print Edition Is Dead

Less Like Heaven, More Like Digital Purgatory Perhaps Newsweek was simply trying to instill confidence in its print edition before sending it to that shimmering recycling bin in the sky. swanksalot via...

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GameSci: LittleBigPlanet Karting Gives You Rules Hoping You'll Break Them

LittleBigPlanet Karting SonyThere's nothing more formulaic than karting games--but in the new LBPK, gamers are encouraged to take that formula and blow it up. We talk to the game's creators to see why...

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Check Out The Most Richly Detailed Image Ever Taken Of Uranus

The New Face of Uranus Two faces of Uranus, as seen from the Keck II telescope in Hawaii. The Keck telescopes' adaptive optics made this image possible. Lawrence Sromovsky, Pat Fry, Heidi Hammel, Imke...

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Exposing Kids To 10 Hours Of Science A Year Makes Them Smarter

Get Them Hooked Early Lotzman Katzman via FlickrCrack open those books, kiddies! Low-income minority fourth-graders from south L.A. improved their test scores in math and language after they got just a...

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Daily Infographic: Who's Been In The Most James Bond Movies?

James Bond Actors Network Ramiro Gómez,, Exploring DataAn interactive graphic shows the connections between 300 actors in 23 007 films The 50th anniversary of James Bond--and the upcoming release of...

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13 Of The Year's Most Stunning Wildlife Photos

Relaxation Jasper Doest/Natural History MuseumUp close with a Japanese macaque, a look at a menacing Florida alligator, and more great shots from the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer Of The...

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How An Architectural Photographer Turned Google's Boring Server Warehouses...

Pretty Servers Connie Zhou Our friends at Pop Photo talked to Connie Zhou, who took absolutely stunning photos of what might seem horribly boring: Google's server centers. Zhou is typically an...

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