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Do you like nuclear weapons?If you respond yes to that, I think you have lost your mind. While I understand the value of an overwhelming force to end a bloody world war, it's also something that can't be unmade. We had opened "Pandora's Box", the belief went.
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Do you like nuclear weapons?If you respond yes to that, I think you have lost your mind. While I understand the value of an overwhelming force to end a bloody world war, it's also something that can't be unmade. We had opened "Pandora's Box", the belief went.
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The U.S. Supreme Court just released a groundbreaking decision about the ability to patent genes – the assembly instruction for life. Amid much discussion about potential implications for the biotech industry, a separate, extremely troubling aspect of this decision has largely slid under the radar: one of the SCOTUS Justices dissented with basic science saying he is "unable to affirm... knowledge or even my own belief" in high school biology
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Around The Arctic June 2013The Arctic is currently primed for rapid and extensive ice loss, unless we see some very unusual weather conditions this Summer.The state of the ice can be seen in the following series of satellite images from NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System - EOSDIS. EOSDIS produces near real-time data and makes images such as the Arctic mosaic and the Near Real Time (Orbit Swath) Images available on the web.
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Where would Clark Kent go to change into tights in the era of cell phones? Henry Cavill ponders many heavy, existential questions in "Man of Steel."With today's release of the summer action flick "Man of Steel," Emory Looks at Hollywood focuses on the classic hero's journey of Clark Kent and Superman.Sure, a lot of adolescents think that they're bullet proof and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. But Clark Kent really possesses those special powers. Growing up with his "normal" […]
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How a sketch on a placemat became a symbol for Seattle.
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You know what. I can’t say anything nice about Uri Geller. So I will just laugh and pass this on for your amusement. Uri Geller psychic spy? The spoon-bender’s secret life as a Mossad and CIA agent revealed. A new…Continue →
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via beastsillustrated:
The second heaviest bird in the world, the cassowary is a territorial creature that can be quite aggressive against any other birds it encounters. It will make a brief exception for mating, though as soon as the eggs are laid, the mating pair are quick to separate again. It is the male however who stays behind, watching over the emerald green eggs for several months, even though they might not all be his.
Wow, Alexander Vidal’s illustration of a cassowary almost
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Peer into the center of the Milky Way with this stunning time-lapse video from Chile’s Paranal Observatory, by photographer Stéphane Guisard. Pretty perfect for a Friday, eh?
The bright streak that traverses our sky is the actual disk of our galaxy, the “milk” in our “way” is from the density of stars along the disk-like plane of our spiral home. You can also see a couple of our neighboring galaxies in there, dusty splotches against the inky dome.
Rebecca Rosen has more, with a nice
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Probably the oddest thing that ever happened to her while gardening… Local woman digs up two-headed piglet » Local News » Meadville Tribune. It sounds like a tabloid headline: “Local woman digs up two-headed piglet in backyard.” But it actually…Continue →
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These might look like mugshots of unsavory patrons that frequent the Mos Eisley Cantina, but they’re actually the posterior ends of larvae from 6 different species of crane flies. The dark circles […]
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This is the Three Wattled Bell Bird, recorded in Costa Rica, Central America.
Because of the secretive behavior of this bird, it is often only detected by the distinctive bell-like call given by the males. At close range, the vocalization of many in Costa Rica is heard as a complex three-part song, the “bonk” giving the bird its name. This hollow, wooden “bonk” is thought to be among the loudest bird calls on Earth, audible to humans from over 0.5 mi (0.80 km)
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The US Supreme Court came down with its ruling on the Myriad case. Maybe somewhat expected, the Supreme Court ruled that as genes are considered “naturally occurring,” they are not patent eligible. This is not surprising, although quite a relief at least (a good thing). The idea of a company being able to patent genes […]
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What do chimpanzees, honey bees, wood ants and woolly bear caterpillars have in common? They all practice medicine without a license."These animals use medicines that they find in the environment they live in to fight their parasitic diseases," says Emory biologist Jaap de Roode. In a recent TedxEmory talk (see above video), de Roode describes recent findings about "animal doctors" in nature and the potential for humans to learn from them.Related:The growing buzz on animal self-medication The
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Is this sacreligious? Some think so. The mold stain or bird crap wasn’t? Dog Butt Looks Like Jesus Christ In A Robe (PHOTO) Reddit user Feature_Creature posted a rather old photo of a pug’s butt that appears to show Jesus’ face,…Continue →
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Jun 14 2013 - 10:15am
By: Sara Suchy, Inside Science News Editor
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Why is it that some songs get your toes tapping and others leave you cold? Part of the answer may lie in the unique shape of your skull.
In addition to the obvious social and cultural influences on musical preference, there are
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A Sunken Egyptian City is Rediscovered, Stunning Researchers and Enthusiasts Alike by Khalil A. Cassimally: Named Thonis by the Egyptians who built it but known as Heracleion to the Greeks of the time, this great city was once a central part of ancient Egypt. Older than Alexandria, Thonis was probably founded during the eighth century [...]
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I spend my Fridays ‘off’ with my kids, but my working mom-writer life means that I almost always have a few business tasks to do, too. Even when Curious George [...]The post Friday Snapshot: Churning at the pool appeared first on The Science Writers' Handbook.
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There are an inordinate number of ways to mimic a leaf, as it turns out, as is beautifully illustrated below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjSP2xYZm8 Imagery Sources: Work by Josiah Townsend, … Continue reading →
