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06-01-2010 , 01:19 PM

Ryanb9

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Zeno feel free to edit this post or delete it and start your own if I fail:

SMP-related news articles preferably from a reliable source; gogogo!

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06-01-2010 , 01:47 PM

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oh! me likey!

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06-01-2010 , 01:59 PM

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Risk of giant quake off American west coast goes up
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/1005....2010.270.html

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06-01-2010 , 02:49 PM

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Muon -> Tau

http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegrea...riment_ca.html

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06-01-2010 , 06:07 PM

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Researchers Discover New Mechanism for Clearing Blockages from Smallest Blood Vessels
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/may2010/nia-26.htm

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06-03-2010 , 10:15 AM

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I think is a good idea, helps everyone to get information that they may not be aware of or would not search for, or information on the latest discoveries etc. The reliable source is also key, only use respectable and reliable sources on science, math, technology etc.

-Zeno

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06-04-2010 , 02:23 AM

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Scientists breed Goats to produce spider silk (in their lactate). Promising for mass produced spider-web products.

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06-04-2010 , 05:37 PM

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Evolutionary insights caught on camera
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/1006....2010.279.html

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06-04-2010 , 09:25 PM

Insp. Clue!So?

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Deep impact:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...upiter-impact/

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06-07-2010 , 02:30 PM

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Glaciers' wane not all down to humans
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/1006...l/465677a.html

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06-07-2010 , 10:21 PM

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All this excitement is rooted in analyses of chemical data returned by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. One study suggested that hydrogen was flowing down through Titan's atmosphere and disappearing at the surface. Astrobiologist Chris McKay at NASA Ames Research Center speculated this could be a tantalizing hint that hydrogen is getting consumed by life.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...on-100607.html

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06-09-2010 , 02:03 PM

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Possible snake shortage looms
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gene...shortage_looms

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06-20-2010 , 03:13 AM

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Triple-punch gene therapy targets HIV
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/1006....2010.301.html

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06-20-2010 , 02:43 PM

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Metals that are "self-healing"

http://agmetalminer.com/2010/06/15/m...al-themselves/

http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspi...themselve.html

Science Abstract:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/conten.../327/5973/1631

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06-20-2010 , 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeno

Science Abstract:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/conten.../327/5973/1631

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It says to ask you for user name / password to read the full text

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06-25-2010 , 07:24 AM

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this isn't a news article per se but it's a really good read:

wasn't sure if i should start a new thread on it

New thread; preferably in other topics, as it really doesn't fit SMP.

Also this thread is for interesting 'new' ideas or advances or discoveries in Science/Technology so the article does not fit the thread and will be deleted so the thread is not derailed.

-Zeno

Last edited by Zeno; 06-25-2010 at 10:16 AM. Reason: Delete link; give explanation

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06-28-2010 , 06:13 PM

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For climate relief, US will turn to gas

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/1006....2010.318.html

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...estimate that the US could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector by at least 10 percent virtually overnight by shutting down inefficient coal-fired plants and ramping up gas-powered generators.

Burning natural gas to generate electricity emits roughly half as much carbon dioxide as coal

This is good for me, the fam is in the business of making electricity from methane

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06-28-2010 , 11:36 PM

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people should also posts good RSS feeds they know of. i was thinking about starting a thread like this but figure i'll just tack on here.

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06-29-2010 , 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by furyshade

people should also posts good RSS feeds they know of. i was thinking about starting a thread like this but figure i'll just tack on here.

i've mostly just been subscribed to techcrunch, slashdot, kurzweilAI, and nextbigfuture.
cut back on my blog reading lately though.

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07-06-2010 , 01:29 AM

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What the hyena's laugh tells: Sex, age, dominance and individual signature in the giggling call of Crocuta crocuta
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/10/9

This is more of a research paper than an article but you can read the abstract if you don't want to read the entire study (however it is well written and worth the read if you're interested and have time).

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07-17-2010 , 03:10 PM

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Fossil skull fingered as ape–monkey ancestor
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/1007....2010.354.html

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"It turns out it's not an ape, it's not a monkey, it's something intermediate," says Zalmout, a palaeontologist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and an author of a paper published in Nature today.

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07-29-2010 , 04:52 PM

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Big Bang Abandoned in New Model of the Universe
A new cosmology successfully explains the accelerating expansion of the universe without dark energy; but only if the universe has no beginning and no end.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/25492/#