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The Defense Department's research arm will seek proposals next month for solutions to technology hurdles in super high-speed flight with a goal of testing a full-scale … More »US to begin new phase of hypersonic flight program
The Defense Department's research arm will seek proposals next month for solutions to technology hurdles in super high-speed flight with a goal of testing a full-scale hypersonic X-plane in four years.
- Alaska aquarium cares for abandoned beluga calf AP - 14 hrs ago
Marine mammal specialists from across the country have descended on an Alaska aquarium to help care for a baby beluga whale that became separated from its mother shortly … More »Alaska aquarium cares for abandoned beluga calf
- The Scienceblogging Weekly (July 6th, 2012) Scientific American - 4 hrs ago
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- Plastic Electronics Cease Stretching Credulity Scientific American - 9 hrs ago
An experimental electronic plastic's liquid-metal interior keeps electrical connections intact even after the plastic stretches to more than four times normal size. Larry … More »Plastic Electronics Cease Stretching Credulity
An experimental electronic plastic's liquid-metal interior keeps electrical connections intact even after the plastic stretches to more than four times normal size. Larry Greenemeier reports.
- Gravitionally Lensed Light Caused By Ancient Massive Galaxy Cluster Scientific American - 14 hrs ago
Astronomers observed light warped by the lensing effect of a massive galaxy cluster more than 10 billion light years away, the most distant cluster ever responsible for … More »Gravitionally Lensed Light Caused By Ancient Massive Galaxy Cluster
Astronomers observed light warped by the lensing effect of a massive galaxy cluster more than 10 billion light years away, the most distant cluster ever responsible for perceived lensing. Evelyn Lamb reports.
- You wanted to know: who are these scientists? Introducing: Jack DiTullio Scientific American - 16 hrs ago
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You wanted to know: who are these scientists? Introducing: Jack DiTullio
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- The Higgs Boson and my mom Scientific American - 19 hrs ago
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- Leggy Robot (Almost) Moves Like Jagger Scientific American - Thu, Jul 5, 2012
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- Brain Bluffs Humans Differently Than Machines Scientific American - Thu, Jul 5, 2012
The temporal parietal junctions of poker players behaved differently when they were bluffing another human versus bluffing a computer. Cynthia Graber reports More »Brain Bluffs Humans Differently Than Machines
The temporal parietal junctions of poker players behaved differently when they were bluffing another human versus bluffing a computer. Cynthia Graber reports
- The Garden of Our Neglect: How Humans Shape the Evolution of Other Species Scientific American - Thu, Jul 5, 2012
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The Garden of Our Neglect: How Humans Shape the Evolution of Other Species
- You wanted to know: who are these scientists? Introducing: Kay Bidle Scientific American - Thu, Jul 5, 2012
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You wanted to know: who are these scientists? Introducing: Kay Bidle
- Who Deserves a Higgs Boson Nobel? One Scientist, or Many LiveScience.com - 8 hrs ago
There's the science, and then there's the glitter. As researchers celebrate the best-yet evidence of the existence of the Higgs boson, some are already thinking about … More »Who Deserves a Higgs Boson Nobel? One Scientist, or Many
- Drone Census Tracks US Government's Secret Swarms LiveScience.com - 9 hrs ago
Who flies the robotic skies? Drones have evolved from the U.S. military's battlefield scouts into the hottest new gadgets for Homeland Security and local police departments. … More »Drone Census Tracks US Government's Secret Swarms
- In Meditation, One Approach Doesn't Fit All LiveScience.com - 9 hrs ago
If you've tried mediation and don't think it's your cup of tea, you might want to test out another technique before giving up on the practice entirely, advocates say … More »In Meditation, One Approach Doesn't Fit All
If you've tried mediation and don't think it's your cup of tea, you might want to test out another technique before giving up on the practice entirely, advocates say.
- Future Male Birth Control Could Be Offered in Gel Form LiveScience.com - 9 hrs ago
Men might one day be able to slather a gel on their backs and shoulders that protects against getting their partners pregnant. More »Future Male Birth Control Could Be Offered in Gel Form
Men might one day be able to slather a gel on their backs and shoulders that protects against getting their partners pregnant.
- Space Station 'Disaster Cam' Will Watch Out for Earth LiveScience.com - 11 hrs ago
A camera headed for the International Space Station has the resolution to spot objects as small as cows down below — but it's using that power to take pictures of floods, … More »Space Station 'Disaster Cam' Will Watch Out for Earth
- Tropical Storm Daniel Spawns Giant 'Hot Towers' LiveScience.com - 11 hrs ago
Tropical Storm Daniel, the fourth named storm of the East Pacific season, has roared to life in the Pacific Ocean, and a satellite peering through the top of the storm … More »Tropical Storm Daniel Spawns Giant 'Hot Towers'
- Swirling Currents Fuel Huge Ocean Blooms LiveScience.com - 11 hrs ago
The North Atlantic is currently bursting with color as blooms of microscopic plants erupt on the surface of the chilly sea. But these expanses of plankton, which provide … More »Swirling Currents Fuel Huge Ocean Blooms
The North Atlantic is currently bursting with color as blooms of microscopic plants erupt on the surface of the chilly sea. But these expanses of plankton, which provide the basis for the area's food chain and help take in enormous quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, wouldn't be possible without swirling currents …
- Robot Legs Mimic How Babies Walk LiveScience.com - 11 hrs ago
The first pair of biologically accurate robot legs can walk like clumsy human babies placed on a treadmill — placing one foot in front of the other with surprising c … More »Robot Legs Mimic How Babies Walk
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