Friday, January 18, 2008
World’s 10 Youngest Professionals
A professional gamer at the age of 2? Graduating at the age of 12 and attended the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago? A Microsoft certified professional at the age of 9? Find more about the world's 10 youngest professionals.
Contact lenses for superhuman vision
Contact lenses with metal connectors for electronic circuits were safely worn by rabbits in lab tests.
The Grandfather of all bad LSD trips
After spending several hours terrified that his body had been possessed by a demon, that his next door neighbor was a witch, and that his furniture was threatening him, Dr. Hofmann feared he had become completely insane. Stop looking at me, chair!
Film footage of the ice pick lobotomy
The film clip includes footage of Freeman performing the ice pick lobotomy
Myth Busted: Smokeless Tobacco Is Lesser Of Two Evils
Health officials are scrambling to come up with easier ways to quit, and many have toyed with the idea that smokeless tobacco could ease the transition off cigarettes. But research by University of Florida scientists suggests that tactic would be a catch-22, especially in younger smokers.
[video] Mouth Experiment? Oral Sex With a Camera?
A women use mouth to suck a virgulate camera. Maybe This video let you feel a little nasty. Japanese are so crazy!
Fighting vaccination since 1888
An 1888 Scientific American story shows that the opponents of vaccination were using the same flawed arguments in 1888 that they are using today.
Global warming? God wouldn’t allow it.
A juicy article about Conservative Christians actually not believing in global warming because God wouldn't allow it! Worth the reading!
Cultural differences alter the brain
New research shows that people from different cultures use their brains differently to solve basic perceptual tasks. Neuroscientists asked Americans and East Asians to solve basic shape puzzles while in a brain scanner. American brains had to work harder at relative judgments, while East Asian brains found absolute judgments more challenging.
Activation Of Stem Cells During Hair Regeneration Identified
"The research presents a new dimension for the regulation of hair re-growth and ultimately organ regeneration."
Ethical storm as scientist becomes first man to clone SELF
A scientist has achieved a world first... by cloning himself. In a breakthrough certain to provoke an ethical furore, Samuel Wood created embryo copies of himself by placing his skin cells in a woman's egg...
Giant self-destructing palm discovered in Madagascar
A huge new palm discovered in Madagascar flowers just once in a century and then dies. The tree puts all the resources it has accumulated into a single flowering event. The palm was discovered when a local palm enthusiast posted pictures of the tree on the PalmTalk bulletin board.
Introduction to Biotechnology
The term "biotechnology" refers to the use of living organisms or their products to modify human health and the human environment. Biotechnology combines disciplines like genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology and cell biology, which are in turn linked to practical disciplines like chemical engineering
Mad Scientist's Plot Thwarted By Budget Cuts
"My positronic raygun was nearly complete," said Mortis at a press conference Tuesday. "With one gigagram of destructonium [a rare element mined from a meteor belt that passes Earth once every 29 years], I could have ruled the world!"
Scientist becomes first man to clone HIMSELF
A scientist has achieved a world first... by cloning himself. In a breakthrough certain to provoke an ethical furore, Samuel Wood created embryo copies of himself by placing his skin cells in a woman's egg. The embryos were the first to be made from cells taken from adult humans.
Sickle Cell Patients in More Pain Than Previously Thought
Sickle cell anemia is a reality for millions of people with roots in Africa, the Mediterranean basin, the Middle East and parts of India. It's a genetic disease of the blood. Red blood cells, which usually look like donuts, deform into the shape of a crescent, or sickle blade shape, thus the name.
Are Aliens Among Us?
In pursuit of evidence that life arose on Earth more than once, scientists are searching for microbes that are radically different from all known organisms. We have always take for granted that life started once on Earth and that initial start gave rise to life as we know it. There is no reason life on Earth did try and take hold here before us
Scientists Develop Blackest Material Known to Man [w/PIC]
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers said on Tuesday they have made the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light.
Researchers Control Robot With Brain Signals
Scientists in Japan have succeeded in controlling a humanoid robot with signals from a monkey's brain.
Noble Prize Winner Explains How Stupid We Are
"Some people don't want to know," he said. "Eighteen percent of Americans think that the sun revolves around the earth."
Cosmic Cockroaches Develop Faster
Cockroaches conceived in space onboard the Russian Foton-M bio satellite have developed faster and become hardier than 'terrestrial' ones, a research supervisor said on Thursday.
New X-Ray Gun Sees Through Walls--Or Clothing!
A New hand-held X-ray gun allows the user to see through walls, murky water--or clothing!
Monitoring of A Polytrauma Patient
Patient with polytrauma is a critical patient. Such patients need to be intensively monitored to know how they are behaving. Monitoring allows early diagnosis and early intervention in case problem arises. The monitoring could be noninvasive (in which one need not to pierce the body) or invasive.
New X-Ray Gun Sees Through Walls--Or Clothing!
A New hand-held X-ray gun allows the user to see through walls, murky water--or clothing!
Genetic Counselor - Genetics has a new profession
Genetic counselors are health professionals who are trained to help families understand genetic disorders and to provide information and support to those families.
A Simple Voltage Regulator +22V -22V by TIP3055,TIP2955
The TIP2955/TIP3055 transistors should be satisfactory for a power supply feeding a single amplifier. If two amplifiers are to be fed from a single power supply, these transistors should be changed to higher power devices such as the MJ2955/2N3055. Adequate heat-sinking must be provided for whichever transistors are used.
Dreams Will Be The Movies Of Tomorrow
I dream a lot. More vivid than normal people. It's made me think that I might be abnormal in ways. I've come to accept it. That precious time we get to ourselves in REM sleep is when our eyes move around in the sockets rapidly responding to dreams as if they're seeing something,...
Memories & Photos of A Ghost Town & Mine That Dug It Away
The book "Copperfield Remembered" is about a town in Bingham Canyon, Utah that was mined away by the largest copper mine in the world. It adds to Utah History and Mining History. The town, mine, steam engines and steam shovels are shown in a picture-history described in detail. 300 pages, 142 photos, historic, human interest stories.
Turkish-Hong Kong Team Claims Finding Noah's Ark
It is the first time in the history of the Noah's Ark search that an exploration team is getting a material evidence and graphic documentation. This makes it not only a the significant breakthrough in the Noah's Ark-search, but one that is supported with the most substantial evidence in recent history.
NASA making an educational MMO.
NASA is developing an education MMO to develop people's skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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