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After a decadelong chase, Rosetta preps to tag a comet
The European spacecraft has been hunting down one
particular comet at high speeds for several years. Now, after a long
nap, its target is within sight.
Articleby Eric Mack
Dear Govt: Change typeface, save millions. Yours, Suvir, 14
14-year-old Suvir Mirchandani discovers that
printer ink is more expensive than Chanel No. 5. So he tries to find a
typeface that uses less of it. And the government could save millions.
Articleby Chris Matyszczyk
Study finds online gamers aren't anti-social basement dwellers -- they're highly social
After observing the behaviors of thousands of
gamers, with a focus on "massively multiplayer online role-playing
games" such as World of Warcraft, researchers conclude that loners are
the outliers, not the norm.
Articleby Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
Cyborgs to vie in Olympics for robot-assisted athletes
Get ready for the Cybathlon. The first Olympics
for augmented humans will take place in Switzerland in 2016 and feature
some of the top assistive gear around.
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Ring around the asteroid: Scientists make surprise discovery
Silly asteroid, rings are for Saturn! Not
anymore. Astronomers have discovered an asteroid hosting a ring system
of its very own.
Articleby Amanda Kooser
Dad turns kid into lightsaber-wielding superhero
Through the magic of special effects, a dad turns
his son into “Action Movie Kid” in a series of YouTube videos that show
what happens when a kid’s imagination meets a grown-up’s.
Articleby Michael Franco
Sobriety app with panic button helps addicts stay on the wagon
According to the first large, randomized clinical
trial to test this kind of stop-drinking app, 52 percent of users
stayed dry for a year after leaving treatment, as opposed to only 40
percent of a control group that didn't have the app.
Articleby Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
Lab-made mini human to screen drugs, toxins
Work begins on Athena, a $19 million project that
seeks to create artificial organs that work in concert inside a
human-like test dummy that could reduce reliance on animal testing.
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The smaller the cereal flake, the more you'll eat
Committed researchers at Penn State discover that
the size of your flake dictates the size of your intake. Oddly, though,
the smaller the flake, the more you'll want to eat.
Articleby Chris Matyszczyk
If you want to spot a liar, trust your gut, research says
Research from UC Berkeley suggests that instinct is a far better judge of the mendacious than is any rational process.
Articleby Chris Matyszczyk
NASA spots Washington mudslide from space
Satellite shots from the Earth Observatory show
the stunning scope of the mudslide that claimed lives and homes in the
remote town of Oso, Wash.
Articleby Eric Mack
Watch a woman get a 3D-printed skull
When a Dutch woman with a rare condition needed a new skull, surgeons 3D-printed one for her and put it on her brain like a cap.
Articleby Michael Franco
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