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Google Earth Reveals Sixth Sense of Cattle, Deer
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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If you lose your compass, you could use a cow instead: scientists say cattle and deer have a magnetic sense.
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Memory Disruption Could Aid Addicts
Posted: August 12th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Scientists have reduced the drug-seeking behaviors of cocaine-addicted rats by disrupting the memories they associate with getting high.
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Chemical Test Confirms Water on Mars
Posted: August 1st, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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NASA scientists reported yesterday that the Mars Phoenix Lander's thermal analyzer had chemically confirmed that water exists on Mars.
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Researchers Track Disease With Google News, Google.org Money
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Epidemiologists are tracking global disease by parsing Google News sources and public health list-serves into data that could provide an early warning about the next big disease outbreak.
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Tumor-Targeting Nanoparticles Stop Cancer From Spreading
Posted: July 7th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Scientists have been able to stop cancers in mice from spreading, using nanoparticles infused with cancer-fighting drugs. The technique allows for much smaller doses of the drug, which carries heavy side effects.
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DNA Technology Posts Exponential Speed Increases
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Wired Science
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A prominent genetics research facility, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, recently sequenced its trillionth base pair of DNA, illustrating the exponential increases in speed that new DNA sequencers have made possible.
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Gene Editing Could Make Anyone Immune to AIDS
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 5:16pm EDT by Wired Science
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A new experimental technique strips a key gene out of T-cells in mice, blocking their ability to produce a protein that HIV uses to enter and take over the T-cells. The result: cells that are nearly impenetrable to the virus.
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Some Proof That Marijuana Is a Powerful Medicine
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 4:31pm EDT by Wired Science
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Scientists prove that beta-caryophyllene, a chemical found in marijuana, soothes the immune system, increases bone mass, and blocks pain signals -- without causing euphoria or interfering with the central nervous system.
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California Traffic: Like a Wildfire Every 9 Days
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 4:59pm EDT by Wired Science
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While this week's wildfires might be more dramatic, California's on-road traffic generates as much carbon dioxide as all of them combined in a mere nine days.
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Scientists: It Once Rained on Mars
Posted: June 25th, 2008, 11:46am EDT by Wired Science
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Precipitation once fell on Martian soil, according to a new geochemical analysis, although the forecast probably permanently changed several billion years ago.
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Genetic Testing Company Details Regulatory Defense Plan
Posted: June 24th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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A high-profile genetic testing company reveals how they plan to stay in business after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from California's health department. Their argument? DNA is data.
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Are Internet Genetic Testing Services Really Illegal?
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 6:13pm EDT by Wired Science
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Your DNA might be your data, but governmental control over analyzing that data appears to be enshrined in California law.
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DNA Testing Company Stops Internet Sales in California
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 5:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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The regulatory battle over genetic testing has claimed its first victim in the state of California as HairDX shutters its direct-to-consumer Internet sales after being sent a cease-and-desist order from the state's public health department.
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Regulatory Deadline Looms over DNA Testers
Posted: June 22nd, 2008, 11:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Genetics testing companies face off against California's health department requirement that they submit plans for coming into compliance with the biological materials testing laws or face civil and criminal sanctions.
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GlaxoSmithKline Goes Open Source on Cancer Info
Posted: June 21st, 2008, 9:44pm EDT by Wired Science
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GlaxoSmithKline donates a massive amount of information -- gleaned from studying cancer cells -- to the online research community. The data, which now lives on a website run by the National Cancer Institute, should aid in the discovery of new drugs and blood tests.
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Mars Ice FAQ: How Do You Know It's Water?
Posted: June 20th, 2008, 4:02pm EDT by Wired Science
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Wired Science answers some of the most frequent questions about the Mars Phoenix Lander's discovery of water on the surface of Mars.
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Phoenix Lander Finds Water Ice on Mars
Posted: June 19th, 2008, 8:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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NASA Mars Phoenix Lander finds water ice on the red planet, NASA scientists announce via on their Twitter stream.
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Do Fear the Reaper: Readers Visualize Death Data
Posted: June 13th, 2008, 6:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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Two Wired.com readers, an actuary and a computer scientist, create exclusive visualizations of data on your risk-of-death from a variety of causes.
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GPS-Equipped iPhone Could Enable New Citizen Science
Posted: June 9th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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The iPhone's new price and geolocation tools could bring a new army of data-collecting citizen-scientists to bear on the world's environmental problems.
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The Lost Space Colonies of NASA
Posted: June 9th, 2008, 1:05pm EDT by Wired Science
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A Swinging '70s take on space colonies, courtesy of the (paisley) suits at NASA.
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Genomics Started With Boozing Session in Maine
Posted: June 7th, 2008, 12:30am EDT by wired science
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When our children's children look up the word "genomics," they'll learn that it was born in Maine.
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Senate Begins Largely Symbolic Climate-Change Debate
Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 11:50pm EDT by Wired Science
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In a minor landmark, the Senate began a floor debate about a climate-change bill today, although few expect the legislation to become law.
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World Sci Fest: Youth Pills, Future Cities and Oliver Sacks' Hallucinations
Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 2:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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Creating affordable longevity drugs, engineering sustainable cities and an author's account of odd sensory experiences following partial vision loss are just a few of the subjects covered in the five-day celebration of all things science.
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Phoenix Landing Rockets May Have Already Uncovered First Ice Sample
Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 1:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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Retro rockets used in the Phoenix Mars Lander's descent have uncovered a large bright ice-like patch just beneath the topsoil, well before digging has begun on the red planet's surface.
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What Does It Mean to Be Human?
Posted: June 1st, 2008, 4:15pm EDT by wired science
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What does it mean to be human? And can science illuminate the answers? A star-studded panel of scientists discusses these heady themes at the World Science Festival in New York City.
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Japanese Websites Make Suicide a Breeze
Posted: June 1st, 2008, 2:30pm EDT by wired science
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Wired Science discusses an alarming new trend in Japan: Websites that explain simple ways to commit suicide with household chemicals that have led to deaths and emergency room nightmares.
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Five People Who'll Make You Feel Good About the Future
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by wired science
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When contemplating the world's environmental problems, it's sometimes hard not to feel like humanity is screwed. But then you attend an event like Future Cities, a panel of sustainability experts at the World Science Festival, and it seems like we might just figure out how to thrive on this planet after all.
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Why Are Senior Female Scientists So Heavily Outnumbered by Men?
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by wired science
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Why is there such a discrepancy in the number of male vs. female scientists in academia? Wired Science considers the funny math in the world of academic science.
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The Persistence of Vision: A Story of Freakish Perception
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 12:00am EDT by wired science
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Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks speaks at the World Science Festival about the deterioration of his sight following a bout with a rare and malignant form of cancer behind his right eye.
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Q&A: Exclusive Interview With the Phoenix Mars Lander
Posted: May 30th, 2008, 7:10pm EDT by Wired Science
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In this question-and-answer session, we talk with the Twitter persona of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, then reveal the true identity of @MarsPhoenix.
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Neuroscientist: Poetry Comes From Synesthesia, Tree-Climbing
Posted: May 30th, 2008, 3:20pm EDT by Wired Science
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A prominent neuroscientist told a crowd at the World Science Festival that the curious phenomenon of synesthesia -- in which some people "taste" colors or "hear" smells -- is simply a consequence of the aptitude humans evolved for abstraction.
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New Report Reveals Huge Variation Between Cities' Carbon Footprints
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 2:25pm EDT by Wired Science
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A new report shows that urban dwellers have a smaller carbon footprint than their rural neighbors, but that even greater variations exist between cities.
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Ancient Martian Ocean Would Have Been Salty 'Dead Sea'
Posted: May 29th, 2008, 11:00am EDT by Wired Science
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As scientists and space fans around the world wait to see if the Phoenix Lander will discover water on Mars now, a separate group of scientists have some bad news about the possible presence of life in ancient Martian oceans: The water was probably too salty and acidic to allow life to develop.
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Could Methane Trigger a Climate Doomsday Within a Human Lifespan?
Posted: May 28th, 2008, 3:25pm EDT by Wired Science
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Researchers have released new evidence for the idea that Earth's climate can rapidly shift from glacial to tropical when rising temperatures trigger the thawing of frozen methane.
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Researchers Recover 1,000-Year-Old Viking DNA
Posted: May 28th, 2008, 2:40pm EDT by Wired Science
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Researchers in Denmark have recovered DNA from skeletons in a Viking graveyard that dates to 1000 AD. Besides sounding like the beginning of a Hollywood blockbuster, the discovery is notable for the extreme measures the researchers took to avoid contaminating the DNA samples.
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The Birth of a Virus, In Pictures
Posted: May 27th, 2008, 9:34am EDT by Wired Science
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Scientists have for the first time photographed the birth and early development of a virus, an advancement which could help unlock the secrets of not only HIV but all viruses. The technique, described in the journal Nature, is also said to have almost limitless application throughout biology.
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Teen Science Whiz Isolates Plastic-Bag-Munching Bacteria
Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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A 16-year-old in Ontario defies scientific odds and conventional wisdom by decomposing a plastic bag with dirt, yeast and tap water.
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Are Aliens Using Neutrinos to Contact Us?
Posted: May 22nd, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Neutrino detectors like the 2,450-meter-deep "IceCube" that U.S. scientists are currently building in Antarctica might eventually help in the search for extraterrestrial life.
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NASA Discovers Galaxy's Most Recent Supernova
Posted: May 14th, 2008, 1:10pm EDT by Wired Science
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NASA announced that the Chandra X-Ray Observatory has discovered the most recent supernova found yet, an explosion that's just 140 years old.
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Über-Investor: Gas Will Reach $10 a Gallon and Make U.S. Greener
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 6:40pm EDT by Wired Science
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Billionaire investor Steve Novogratz doesn't see the price of gas coming down any time soon, but that might not be a bad thing as rising energy prices help drive investment in greener technologies that the world needs.
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Q&A: NASA Scientist Answers Your Questions About Lying in Bed for 90 Days
Posted: May 9th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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A senior NASA research scientist answers your questions about the agency's Bed Rest Study, in which participants are paid $17,000 to lie in bed for 90 straight days.
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Tech Stars Predict the Near Future at New Yorker Conference
Posted: May 8th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Wired Science's Brandon Keim reports from The New Yorker conference, "Stories from the Near Future," which features visions of the next decade presented by the biggest names in science, technology and culture.
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New Anti-Obesity Drugs Could Stunt Kids' Brains
Posted: May 7th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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A weight-loss drug that promises to stop "the munchies" by blocking the brain's cannabinoid receptor could have negative repercussions on brain development.
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How Scuba Tanks and Bungee Cords Could Save NASA a Fortune
Posted: May 7th, 2008, 4:20pm EDT by Wired Science
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A new modular satellite platform could save NASA millions of dollars by letting them use the same basic design for a variety of unmanned missions, from Earth orbiters to moon landers to Mars orbiters. Wired.com has exclusive video of the satellite testing.
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NASA Offers $5,000 a Month for You to Lie in Bed
Posted: May 7th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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In an effort to study the effects of near-zero gravity on the human body, NASA is seeking volunteers for an experiment in which participants will lie down for 90 straight days.
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Why Can't Hollywood Get Science Right?
Posted: May 2nd, 2008, 1:20pm EDT by Wired Science
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Hollywood gets science wrong, an author of a new book on the subject argues. But maybe that's right.
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MIT Class Calculates Carbon Footprint of 'The Man'
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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An MIT professor and his students have calculated the minimum energy usage and carbon footprint of Americans, effectively revealing how much energy is required by the current American way of life.
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Home Tweet Home: Energy-Savvy House Broadcasts on Twitter
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 4:20pm EDT by Wired Science
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IT engineers with a bent for home improvement are taking their energy monitoring onto the Internet. One house Twitters about its energy usage while another broadcasts to its human overlords about what's in the fridge.
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The Counterintuitive Evolutionary Lesson of Nutcracker Man
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 4:15pm EDT by Wired Science
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The big, burly teeth of an early branch on the human family tree turn out to have mostly nibbled on fruit, highlighting a lesson for biologists that the meaning of an adaptation isn't always obvious.
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LSD Inventor Albert Hofmann Dies at 102
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 8:20pm EDT by Wired Science
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The Swiss scientist who synthesized lysergic acid diethylamide -- and accidentally took the first LSD trip -- departs for the great beyond.
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Sorry, Absinthe Trippers: Scientists Say You're Just Really Drunk
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Wired Science
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German chemists turned their spectrometers and chromotagraphs on absinthe to bring you hard evidence that the liquor, famed for its hallucinogenic properties, is actually just very strong booze.
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Top 5 Reasons to Dislike Pre-Med Students
Posted: April 19th, 2008, 1:30pm EDT by wired science
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The mercenary tactics of pre-med students can be tremendously annoying, but these students may be victims of a broken system. The standards for medical school admissions are so stringent that scholars must nearly abandon their individuality and give up everything but ceaseless study.
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Sort Tons of Beach Trash With Wired's Spreadsheet
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 4:35pm EDT by Wired Science
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The Ocean Conservancy announced this week that their volunteers found six million pounds of trash on the world's beaches in a single day; now, they've released their data to Wired.com for your perusal.
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Complete Darwin Papers Debut on Internet
Posted: April 17th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Cambridge University has put the complete works of Charles Darwin online. The originator of one scientific revolution is paid tribute by the fruits of another.
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Better Bass: Skip the Subwoofer, Hack Your Hearing?
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 6:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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Scientists have deduced the exact ratio in the curvature of the cochlea that is responsible for mammals' ability to hear the low-frequency sounds we call bass.
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Yuri's Night: The Complete World Space Party Users Guide
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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We present you with a guide to Yuri's Night, the world's largest party celebrating space and space culture, which is going down this Saturday.
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Hurricane's Deep Ocean Roar Sounds Its Strength
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Scientists determine that the acoustic signature of a hurricane heard through a "hydrophone" deep in the ocean is related to the strength of its winds. It could be a cheaper hurricane measurement system for developing countries.
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Show Us Your Hilarious Shrine to Science
Posted: April 11th, 2008, 2:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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Desperate scientists built a shockingly geeky shrine to lasers, but we want you to send Wired.com your even nerdier monuments to the science gods.
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Orbiter Captures High-Res Color Pics of Martian Moon
Posted: April 10th, 2008, 5:15pm EDT by Wired Science
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NASA has released new pictures of the Martian moon Phobos in glorious high-resolution and color.
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Texans Build World's Most Powerful Laser
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 11:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have built the world's most powerful laser, a machine that produces one million billion watts of power for a tiny fraction of a second.
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Clinton and Obama Talk Religion, Not Science
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 6:15pm EDT by Wired Science
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Church and state are supposed to be separate, but presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would still rather talk God than science.
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Enter Navigenics, Where Personal Genomics Gets More Medical
Posted: April 8th, 2008, 11:00am EDT by Wired Science
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Personal genomics company Navigenics has launched with a plan to move your genome from your cells onto your doctor's clipboard.
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Top 5 Recreational Drug Experiments
Posted: April 5th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by wired science
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Recreational drugs are a ridiculously fun topic for scientific research. They could also be the inspiration for powerful new medications. We are often amazed by the fascinating, and sometimes hilarious, stories that make their way into peer-reviewed journals. Here are some of our faves.
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Europeans Show Off Possibly Useful, Definitely Bizarre Inventions
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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This mini-gallery showcases the inventions of the wacky mix of French tinkerers, Italian inventors and Spanish visionaries that the 36th International Exhibition of Inventions drew to Geneva this year.
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Scientists Find Another, More Reasonable Universe
Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 3:10pm EDT by Wired Science
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String theorists have discovered an alternate universe where climate change is taken seriously, cheeseburgers are good for you, and April Fools' Day falls on April 3
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Scientists Stream Human-Free Antarctic Soundscape
Posted: April 1st, 2008, 6:35pm EDT by Wired Science
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German scientists have dropped a microphone under the Antarctic sea ice to learn how a human-free ocean sounds, and you can listen in live.
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Top 5 Real Biology Concepts in BioShock
Posted: March 29th, 2008, 1:30pm EDT by wired science
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BioShock isn't meant to be a science lesson, but it contains some jargon and ideas that would be familiar to any life science student. Our Wired Science blog team got in touch with Ken Levine, the creative director at 2K games, to learn about the real science that he slips into an amazing game.
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Creationism Takes a Hit: Complexity Not Bad For Evolution
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 5:15pm EDT by Wired Science
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Creationists say that as creatures get more complicated, evolution gets harder. Now, new research by evolutionary biologists appears to refute that assertion.
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Colbert, Kamen Solve the World's Water Problems
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:30am EDT by Wired Science
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The inventor of the Segway demonstrates his water purifier on the Colbert Report and it works -- even filtered through some corn chips thoughtfully provided by the host.
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A Thin Silver Lining to Antarctic Ice Collapse
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:10am EDT by Wired Science
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The collapse of a huge piece of western Antarctic ice is a dire warning of global warming, but there is a little good news: It won't cause a rise in the ocean level by melting, and it won't cause glaciers to fall into the sea.
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The Cigarette of the Future: All the Cancer, None of the Nicotine
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Wired Science
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Tobacco companies have spent millions tweaking the tobacco plant trying to make a less harmful butt, but a former FDA official argues the best cigarette for the public's health would take all the high out of smoking.
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Top 5 Reasons It Sucks to Be an Engineering Student
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 11:00am EDT by Wired Science
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Engineering students share their gripes: bad textbooks, boring professors and few hands-on projects.
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Why Doesn't Cable News Cover Science?
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 6:30pm EDT by Wired Science
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A new study finds that cable television news programs dedicate a mere six minutes per five hours of programming.
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The Internet Is Changing the Scientific Method
Posted: March 6th, 2008, 2:15pm EST by Wired Science
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A scientist is arguing that the time for Science 2.0, in which collaboration is as important as observation, has come.
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A Beginner's Guide to Muslim Bioethics
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 3:15pm EST by Wired Science
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Scholars say that Islamic law is surprisingly receptive to new biotechnologies like stem cell research, cloning, and gene therapy.
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Babies See Pure Color, but Adults Peer Through Prism of Language
Posted: March 3rd, 2008, 6:00pm EST by Wired Science
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As humans grow older, their instinctive perception of color gives way to one mediated by the constructs of language.
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Scientists Unearth Fossils of One-Ounce Primate in Mississippi
Posted: March 3rd, 2008, 5:30pm EST by Wired Science
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Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of a one-ounce primate in Mississippi, providing new information on what North America was like 55 million years ago.
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Sex-Changing Chemicals Make Male Starlings Sing Sweet Songs
Posted: March 1st, 2008, 9:00pm EST by wired science
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A study by researchers at Cardiff University, published this week in Public Library of Science ONE, finds that pollutants that turn male fish into females have an unexpected effect on starlings: They cause the guys to sing sweet songs that females find irresistible.
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First 10 Teams Register to Compete for Lunar X Prize
Posted: February 21st, 2008, 6:00pm EST by Wired Science
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The first 10 teams to officially register for Google's $30 million robotic race to the moon promise to win. They'll compete with other great robotics teams, such as the crew from Carnegie Mellon University who won the Darpa Urban Challenge and the Romanians who made a run for the money in the Ansari X Prize.
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The Problem of Scale in Environmental Solutions
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 3:30pm EST by Wired Science
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With several panels dedicated to biofuels at the AAAS annual meeting, the sustainability of growing a large percentage of our transportation fuel is emerging as a major theme of the conference. Alexis Madrigal reports from Boston.
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And the 14 Grand Engineering Challenges of the 21st Century Are ...
Posted: February 15th, 2008, 6:00pm EST by Wired Science
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Eighteen of the world's smartest people, from Larry Page to J. Craig Venter, make a 14-point to-do list to save the world.
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Malfunctioning Mitochondria May Cause Heart Disease
Posted: February 15th, 2008, 1:30pm EST by Wired Science
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Researchers confirm a link between mitochondrial defects and heart disease in mice -- a discovery that could eventually help prevent heart disease in humans.
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World's Scientists Converge on Boston for AAAS
Posted: February 15th, 2008, 1:00pm EST by Wired Science
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The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science attracts more than 8,000 scientists for discussions and presentations of all types. Wired Science provides full coverage from Friday through Monday.
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New CO2-Capturing Material Could Make Power Plants Cleaner
Posted: February 14th, 2008, 5:45pm EST by Wired Science
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Chemists unveil a type of material that could eventually help power plants generate electricity without emissions.
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Humans Screwing Up More Than Half of World's Oceans
Posted: February 14th, 2008, 5:15pm EST by Wired Science
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A new map of human impacts on marine ecosystems shows that more than half of the world's ocean area has already been profoundly affected by humans -- and just four percent is still in pristine condition.
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Underwater Robot Test is Practice for Jovian Moon
Posted: February 11th, 2008, 2:45pm EST by Wired Science
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NASA scientists are testing a hardy underwater robot that will ply the waters of Wisconsin, then the Antarctic before heading to the icy seas of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons.
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Date Set for Presidential Candidate Debate on Science 2008
Posted: February 11th, 2008, 2:30pm EST by Wired Science
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The organizers of Science Debate 2008 have sent invitations to the leading presidential candidates in both parties for an April 18 debate that will focus on hot-button science issues like evolution, climate change and stem cell research.
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The Bioethics of a Three-Parent Embryo
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 4:25pm EST by Wired Science
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The announcement that British scientists have created an embryo containing the DNA of three people has bioethicists scratching their heads.
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Berkeley to Host Tribute to Missing Renowned Scientist Jim Gray
Posted: February 1st, 2008, 1:00pm EST by Wired Science
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Berkeley will host a tribute for Jim Gray, the renowned former Microsoft engineer who went missing at sea in January 2007.
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Highlights From the New Peer-Reviewed Creation Science Journal
Posted: January 31st, 2008, 12:00am EST by Wired Science
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If you're looking to bolster an intelligent-design argument, the Answers Research Journal features "creationist researchers, scientists and theologians" tackling non-evolutionary, young-earth theories. It's joining the internet age, jumping online with downloadable articles, branching out from its old-fashioned, print-only format.
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What Bush Should Have Said About Energy and China
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 3:00pm EST by Wired Science
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George Bush's State of the Union Address included a $2 billion fund dedicated to helping developing countries like China produce cleaner energy, but it didn't come close to addressing the scale of the global energy crisis.
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Bush Praises Skin-to-Stem-Cell Breakthrough in State of Union
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 12:35am EST by Wired Science
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In his final State of the Union address, President Bush praised "reprogramming" as an ethical way to get embryonic stem cells and called on Congress to ban cloning.
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Wired Readers Name Our New Geological Age
Posted: January 28th, 2008, 5:00pm EST by Wired Science
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Scientists say humans have altered the earth right into a new geological age. Here's you're chance to help name our new era.
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Wired Science Reveals Secret Codes in Craig Venter's Artificial Genome
Posted: January 28th, 2008, 2:30pm EST by Wired Science
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Wired Science reveals the secret messages encoded into the world's first manmade bacterial genome by the scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute.
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New Gamma-Ray Observatory Launches This Spring
Posted: January 25th, 2008, 5:30pm EST by Wired Science
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NASA's new Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, scheduled for completion in May, could help scientists learn more about the mysterious gamma rays generated in "staggeringly distant" galaxies.
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Will Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Lift Off?
Posted: January 25th, 2008, 12:00am EST by Wired Science
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Wired's Michael Belfiore goes past Virgin's PR machine to assess the problems of Virgin Galactic's space venture. Pilot Brian Binnie and passengers talk risks and rewards.
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Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Scientific Data
Posted: January 18th, 2008, 3:00pm EST by Wired Science
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First Image Returned of Mercury's Previously Unseen Hemisphere
Posted: January 16th, 2008, 2:40pm EST by Wired Science
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Genetically Fortified Carrot Could Launch GMO 2.0
Posted: January 16th, 2008, 2:30pm EST by Wired Science
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FDA: Don't Ask, Don't Tell on Cloned Meat
Posted: January 15th, 2008, 2:30pm EST by Wired Science
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The FDA approves meat from cloned animals for human consumption and does not require special labeling.