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Gene Responsible for DEET Resistance Believed Dominant in Mosquitoes

• May 5, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Science
Tags: Aedes aegypti, DDT, DEET, dengue fever, DNA, genetics, malaria, mosquito, West Nile virus

Lasers Another Tool in the Climate Engineer’s Box of Tricks?

• May 2, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Science, Technology
Tags: climate engineering, cloud seeding, global warming, lasers, nucleation, plasma channel, rain, silver iodide, Teramobile laser, University of Geneva

Reintroduction of Oxygen May Increase Morbidity Following Cardiac Arrest

• April 27, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in Science
Tags: cardiac arrest, cardiopalegia, death, health, heart attack, heart-lung bypass, medicine, oxygenation, University of California

Hallucinogenic Mushrooms Strongly Correlate to Depression Relief in Terminal Cancer Trial

• April 13, 2010 • 1 Comment

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Tags: anxiety, BFRU, cancer, depression, hallucinogenic mushrooms, health, Johns Hopkins University, psilocybin, Roland Griffith

Strong Magnetic Fields Muddle Moral Inferences

• April 1, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Science, Technology
Tags: health, magnetism, MIT, morality, neurology, right temporo-parietal junction, theory of mind, transcranial magnetic stimulation

I’m Related to that Guy from Denisova

• March 25, 2010 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: Altai Mountains, Archeology, Denisova Cave, Ebu Gogo, Flores, Homo floresiensis, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Siberia

Exceeding the Bounds of Magnetism?

• March 21, 2010 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: extreme magnetism, Fe16N2, Maglev, magnets, University of Minnesota, x-ray magnetic circular dichromism

Wii Therapy

• March 8, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Science, Technology
Tags: Nintendo Wii, physical therapy, rehabilitation, stroke, Wolf Motor Function Test

When it Comes to Martian Rovers, Let’s Just Roll with It

• March 7, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Science, Technology
Tags: Mars, NASA, robotics, Spirit, tumbleweed rover

Chilean Quake Accelerated Earth’s Rotation, Shortened the Day

• March 2, 2010 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: center of mass, Chile, Earth, earthquake, subduction

There are some who call me… Tim?

• March 1, 2010 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: Bad Astronomy, java games, My Solar System, orbital physics, PhET Interactive Solutions, Tim the Enchanter

Crow Ingenuity Makes Birdwatching a Little Less Lame

• February 25, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Science
Tags: birds, crows, evolution, flight, John Marzluff, memory, tool use

The Bloom Box

• February 24, 2010 • 9 Comments

Posted in Science, Technology
Tags: Bloom Box, Bloom Energy, energy, Energy Server, solid oxide fuel cells

Brain Cancer Treatment: Shaken, Not Stirred

• February 18, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Science, Technology
Tags: apoptosis, Argonne National Laboratory, cancer, health, nanotechnology, neurology

Outer Space: Even More Dangerous than Previously Believed

• February 17, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Science
Tags: hydrogen, Johns Hopkins University, LHC, m-theory, milky way, space travel, William Edlestein, wormholes