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Introducing The Pancake: A Less Annoying Way To Move Through Google Street View
Seeded on Mon Jun 8, 2009 1:02 PM EDT (TechCrunch)
Moving around in Google Street View is not always intuitive. You always end up clicking aimlessly a few times before you can really figure out how to move about.
Genetically engineered circuits can count cellular events
Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 10:24 AM EDT (MIT)
MIT and Boston University engineers have designed cells that can count and "remember" cellular events, using simple circuits in which a series of genes are activated in a specific order.
Your Manga Collection Could Get You 15 Years in Prison for Child Porn
Seeded on Thu May 28, 2009 11:24 AM EDT ([Geeks Are Sexy])
An Iowa man recently pled guilty to one count of "possessing obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children" and to one count of mailing obscene material. He faces a maximum of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. This obscene material? Manga.
Virtual fossils reveal how ancient creatures lived
Seeded on Thu May 28, 2009 11:13 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
BEHIND the war of words over the significance of Ida, the 47-million-year-old primate fossil unveiled last week, a quiet revolution in palaeontolgy is unfolding.
Sweet tooth drives tool use in chimpanzees
Seeded on Thu May 28, 2009 7:54 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
IF YOU'RE impressed that chimps can use tools to hunt or crack nuts, wait till you hear what they do when foraging for honey.
Turbo-evolution shows cod speeding to extinction
Seeded on Wed May 27, 2009 11:56 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
Fishing is causing cod to evolve faster than anyone had suspected it could, fisheries scientists in Iceland have discovered. This turbo-evolution may be why the world's biggest cod fishery, the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, crashed in 1992 and has yet to recover.
The Most Important Principle for Success: Don't Eat the Marshmallow Yet
Seeded on Wed May 27, 2009 11:51 AM EDT ([Geeks Are Sexy])
In the following video presentation, Joachim de Posada shares a landmark experiment on delayed gratification — and how it can predict future success. With priceless video of kids trying their hardest not to eat the marshmallow.
Mars robots may have destroyed evidence of life
Seeded on Mon May 25, 2009 10:38 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
HAVE Mars landers been destroying signs of life? Instead of identifying chemicals that could point to life, NASA's robot explorers may have been toasting them by mistake.
Scientology trial due in France
Seeded on Mon May 25, 2009 7:53 AM EDT (BBC News)
The Church of Scientology is set to go on trial in France, accused of organised fraud. The case centres on a complaint by a woman who says she was pressured into paying large sums of money after being offered a free personality test.
Milk is a gateway drug to bourbon
Seeded on Sun May 24, 2009 2:13 PM EDT (Raw Story)
You have never before seen -- nor will you ever see again -- FBI director Robert Mueller so thoroughly humbled in a discussion about drug policy before the United States Congress.
'Wolf man' condition down to huge DNA malfunction
Seeded on Sun May 24, 2009 9:23 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
A 31-year-old Chinese man whose body is 96 per cent coated in hair has an extra chunk of DNA that could explain his condition – called congenital generalized hypertrichosis terminalis (CGHT).
Fast-spinning pulsar seen stealing from neighbour
Seeded on Sun May 24, 2009 9:19 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
A neutron star with a cosmic case of indigestion could help to explain why some of these ultra-dense stellar embers spin much more quickly than others.
HIV vaccine turns muscle into antibody factories
Seeded on Sun May 24, 2009 8:40 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
HOW do you deal with a virus which attacks the immune system that is trying to fight it off? It's a question HIV researchers have been trying to solve for years, and now they may have come up with a solution: bypass the immune system altogether.
Google's Chrome 2.0: First Impressions
Seeded on Sun May 24, 2009 8:25 AM EDT (PC World)
Google Chrome is a browser whose only claim to fame (aside from being a Google product) is its speed and simplicity.
Ancient teeth hint that right-handedness is nothing new
Seeded on Sun May 24, 2009 7:11 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
Ancient bones suggest "lefties" have been coping with a right-handed world for more than half a million years. A study of Homo heidelbergensis, an ancestor of Neanderthals, seems to show that the ancient humans were predominately right-handed.
Can robots ever be like humans?
Seeded on Sun May 24, 2009 6:22 AM EDT (BBC News)
Simple tasks such as walking and picking up objects are part of everyday life for people, but such mundane tasks still present major challenges for today's robots.
Body burners: The forensics of fire
Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 11:30 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
THE fire started with a match held under a cotton blanket close to the man's waist. Within 2 minutes, the flames had spread across the single bed he was lying on and were consuming his cotton sweatshirt and trousers.
Shellfish reefs are 'most imperilled sea habitat' - environment - 22 May 2009 - New Scientist
Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 11:04 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
GLOBALLY, 85 per cent of reefs have been lost. Destructive fishing practices, disease and coastal development threaten many of the survivors.
South Africa's President Zuma Outlines Crime Plan
Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 10:44 AM EDT (IOL)
Improved policing will play a critical role in President Jacob Zuma's administration's strategy to fight crime, he said on Friday. Speaking at the University of Zululand during a graduation ceremony, Zuma said his government had taken a no-nonsense approach to fighting crime.
Your browser used to have a 'serious' security flaw
Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 9:42 AM EDT (Technology Review)
Making Internet communications secure means shutting off ways for an unauthorized person to access secret information. This is easier said than done.
Fake millions found in Mafia raid
Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 7:58 AM EDT (BBC News)
Italian police say they have seized $10m (7.1m euros; £6.3m) in fake money and a large arms cache from the houses of a Mafia boss and his relative.
Is Poisonous Pollen Enough To Put Bees Off Their Dinner?
Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 7:38 AM EDT (Science Daily)
Chemical weapons against uninvited dinner guests: ETH Zurich scientists test whether the pollen of certain flowers contains toxins that give bees an upset stomach and protects the plant from the diligent pollen gatherers.
How cellphones will enhance reality
Seeded on Thu May 21, 2009 11:06 AM EDT (newscientist.com)
Despite decades of hype, virtual reality has never really managed to live up to, well, reality. But new applications that blend real and virtual worlds via the medium of a smartphone may have the missing ingredient needed to make the technology take off.
Ancient Gem-Studded Teeth Show Skill of Early Dentists
Seeded on Thu May 21, 2009 10:47 AM EDT (National Geographic)
The glittering "grills" of some hip-hop stars aren't exactly unprecedented. Sophisticated dentistry allowed Native Americans to add bling to their teeth as far back as 2,500 years ago, a new study says.
Move to outlaw two 'party' drugs
Seeded on Thu May 21, 2009 10:29 AM EDT (BBC News)
Two "party" drugs linked to the death of young people will be banned under plans unveiled by the Home Office. The move will make BZP - also known as herbal ecstasy - and industrial solvent GBL, sold as a "legal high", illegal.
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Introducing The Pancake: A Less Annoying Way To Move Through Google Street View