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Amaze your friends with these surprising quirks of numbers. (9 More Of The Most Controversial Facts In Mathematics. http://t.co/HUF966ROyX) Via Charles Fischer
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When people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to researchers.
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Singularity is near. The natural progression of human evolution with a just little twist — technology. In other words, super intelligence will soon become a part of our daily lives and man will be merged with machine. Via jean lievens
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Tiny, glowing robots could soon be injected into the eye to alert doctors of low oxygen levels that can lead to blindness.
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“Every passing hour brings the Solar System forty three thousand miles closer to Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules — and still there are some misfits who insist that there is no such thing as progress.” So wrote Kurt Vonnegut in...
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Twitter has a pretty bad reputation caused by a lot of people twittering about their personal issues. But is that really what Twitter is about? Researchers just discovered that this typical Twitter behavior actually decreases your followers. Time for a do’s and don’t list.
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You have no idea just how bonkers high-frequency trading is making the stock market until you actually see it in action. A terrifying new video by the research firm Nanex offers just such an opportunity: It shows one half-second of trading in just one stock, boring old Johnson & Johnson, on May 2. The video slows down the trades so that the milliseconds -- thousandths of a second -- tick slowly by, and so that human eyes can comprehend what's happening.
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The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a symbol of spiritual purity and longevity. Its seeds can survive up to 1,300 years, its petals and leaves repel grime and water, and its flowers generate heat to attract pollinators.
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Many people express objections against child labor, exploitation of the workforce or meat production involving cruelty against animals. At the same time, however, people ignore their own moral standards when acting as market participants, searching for the cheapest electronics, fashion or food. Thus, markets reduce moral concerns.
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The world’s first gun made using a 3D printer is successfully tested in the US by a group planning to make the blueprints available online.
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Going on a blind date? Here's a tip: Don't bring your phone.
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Three recent studies provide a glimpse into nature's most gruesome diet--and what it reveals about evolution.
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People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. |
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Main Point: Researchers have found that blood of youngsters can rejuvenate the heart of the old ones - at least in mice. Published in: Cell Study Further: Previously, researchers found that the blo... 
BEST-CAEXI 's curator insight,
May 12, 2013 10:59 AM
Jeune sang peut donner un nouveau souffle aux plus anciens
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Are you suffering from 'Pinterest stress'? 42 percent of surveyed mothers in the United States say they spend too much time comparing their domestic accomplishments to others on the photo-sharing site.
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Medieval churches and port buildings still visible off the English coastline. 
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May 10, 2013 7:35 PM
Having scored today the highest CO2 levels in human history, how many of the world's cities will follow the same fate?
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The iPhone Mashup Shoe design by Alan Nguyen of Freedom of Creation, a Dutch 3D printing house, is a pair of 3D printed platform heels with a holster on the side to hold an iPho...
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NAO Robot writes any word you ask him, and spells the word as he writes it.
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People who observed their own brain activity using real-time fMRI feedback were better able to control and reduce their anxiety, a new study says.
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Blueprints for the world's first 3D printable handgun took refuge Friday at file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, upsetting a US government attempt to get them off the Internet.
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Empty space isn't really...empty. To create a truly empty vacuum would cost a large amount of energy to create, so much energy so that the vacuum would be full of fluctuations.
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Birdsong isn't just beautiful to listen to, it is increasingly being used in some rather unusual ways.
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Can a nightingale's song help you pass an exam or a blackbird's twittering encourage you to open a bank account? Sound experts are using it to do both.
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"Oscillate" is the title of my thesis animation done at the MFA Computer Art program in the School of Visual Arts located in New York City.
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Jumping is very, very useful for a robot. Sand Flea uses it to get over obstacles. RHex can do that and more: It's learning to cross gaps by employing a series of jumps. And if that series of jumps is extended, it provides a quick transition method from stationary to a running gait. Jumping is also good if you’ve got a sensor that you need to be at a certain height to use, or if you need to flip yourself over.
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Toward a Vocabulary of Legged Leaping," by Aaron M. Johnson and D. E. Koditschek from the University of Pennsylvania's Kod*lab, was presented this week at ICRA 2013 in Germany.
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Women who talk about eating, exercise or their bodies in a negative way--what researchers call "fat talk"--are less well-liked than those who say positive |
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