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Physicists to re-run the experiments that produced faster-than-light neutrinos [Physics]
Results from independent cross-checks of last month's FTL neutrino findings wont start rolling in for at least a few more months. In the meantime, however, physicists at the OPERA lab who made the initial observations will be running their experime… Continue reading
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Physicists to re-run the experiments that produced faster-than-light neutrinos [Physics]
Results from independent cross-checks of last month's FTL neutrino findings wont start rolling in for at least a few more months. In the meantime, however, physicists at the OPERA lab who made the initial observations will be running their experime… Continue reading
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The story behind the world’s first cancer vaccine [Public Science Triumphs]
The world’s first vaccine designed to prevent cancer was not developed by a pharmaceutical company. Instead, its development was funded by public institutions on two continents, including three universities, and the U.S. National Cancer Institute. The … Continue reading
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The story behind the world’s first cancer vaccine [Public Science Triumphs]
The world’s first vaccine designed to prevent cancer was not developed by a pharmaceutical company. Instead, its development was funded by public institutions on two continents, including three universities, and the U.S. National Cancer Institute. The … Continue reading
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Scientists offer a miracle cure for the effects of alcohol poisoning: strawberries [Chemistry]
Drinking can wreak havoc on your insides, and not just the relatively short-lived brand of havoc brought on by a one-night drinking spree. We’re talking long-term damage to the mucous membrane of your stomach that can give rise to all manner of gastroi… Continue reading
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Tagged Anthocyanin, antioxidants, biochemistry, biology, Chemistry, Fb, Maurizio Battino, Sara Tulipani, science, Strawberries, syndicated, tweet
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Scientists offer a miracle cure for the effects of alcohol poisoning: strawberries [Chemistry]
Drinking can wreak havoc on your insides, and not just the relatively short-lived brand of havoc brought on by a one-night drinking spree. We’re talking long-term damage to the mucous membrane of your stomach that can give rise to all manner of gastroi… Continue reading
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Tagged Anthocyanin, antioxidants, biochemistry, biology, Chemistry, Fb, Maurizio Battino, Sara Tulipani, science, Strawberries, syndicated, tweet
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Why does eating a spoonful of this powder turn sourness to sweetness? [Food Science]
Miraculin is a special protein that makes people perceive sour tastes as sweetness instead. At least, for a limited time. Now we know why it works.
Taste adventurers will be interested in a little chemical named miraculin. It was used in West Africa a… Continue reading
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Faster-than-light neutrinos could be proof of extra dimensions [Physics]
The recent announcement that neutrinos had been observed seemingly going faster than the speed of light sent shockwaves through the physics community. But there’s one possible explanation that could keep Einstein’s relativity intact and open up a whole… Continue reading
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The molecule "arsole" is named for exactly what you imagine it is [Chemistry]
Science yields many rewards. There’s the awed hush at nerd cocktail parties when you mention what you do, the sweet smell of urea in the morning, and the ability to name, or nickname, the things that you discover. Plenty of people name things after the… Continue reading
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What are the very punniest scientific names? [Taxonomy]
You've gotta give it up for creative taxonomists — the scientists responsible for naming, and thereby classifying, newly discovered species. Without them, we'd never have species with names like the ant pictured above, who is named after a sc… Continue reading
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Coffee stops cancer! Again! [Food Science]
Coffee! Is there anything it can’t do? We’ve already seen it linked to dropped rates of breast and prostate cancer, and now it seems to guard against skin cancer too.
Okay, to be fair, it’s caffeine that’s the cause this time. Red Bull, tea, black bla… Continue reading
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Microcredit loans do help, but not in the way we thought [Economics]
Microcredit institutes like Kiva claim to help small business in the developing world by offering small loans to people who aren’t able to get them through the normal channels. Their claim is that these tiny loans help the people who are the most impo… Continue reading
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Medical science proves that fearing illness makes your illness worse [Terror]
When in a cardiac emergency, your body turns your own worst fears against you. The more acutely you feel fear, the worse your heart problem gets. It’s like the plot of IT, but without the bad special effects.
One of first books to really scare me was … Continue reading
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In the Portal fan movie Outside Aperture, it’s cake time! [Video]
Fans of Valve video games sure love making hyper-detailed fan movies. The latest one, Outside Aperture, tells the hidden history of what happened after the first Portal. It’s not canonical, but it’s cute.
Here’s the description of Outside Aperture from… Continue reading
Wearing sunglasses can save you from migraines [Optics]
If you suffer frequent migraines, you probably already know that tinted lenses are your friend - but now we have scientific proof. Precision tinted lenses have been known for years to provide relief for migraine sufferers and people hit with certain … Continue reading
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What’s really going on with the latest Higgs boson rumor? [Skepticism]
Rumors are again swirling that the Higgs boson, the missing subatomic particle of the Standard Model, has been found at last. But where did these reports come from, and should we believe them? Let’s take a look at the evidence.
Reports like this circul… Continue reading
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The Pioneer Anomaly is finally solved, thanks to 1970s computer graphics [Physics]
The Pioneer 10 and 11 probes are currently heading out of the solar system, but they’re not quite doing it quickly enough. This physics-defying anomaly has stubbornly defied explanation, but an old computer graphics technique has finally solved the con… Continue reading
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io9 Book Club Reminder: We’ve got free epub copies of God’s War, this month’s selection [Io9 Book Club]
The io9 Book Club meets once per month to discuss a book, then chat with the author. In March, we’re meeting on the 29th to discuss God’s War by Kameron Hurley. We also have free epub copies of the book for you!
Watch for a post on the 29th announcing… Continue reading
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No, alien life was not discovered this weekend [Aliens]
If you’ve been scanning the internet this weekend, chances are you’ve seen that particular Fox News story about alien bacterial fossils being discovered on meteorites. The findings in the Fox story were published in the Journal of Cosmology, which is l… Continue reading
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The hagfish eats in the most disgusting way possible [Biology]
The hagfish is an evolutionary throwback that definitely lives up to its name. When the eel-like creature finds a carcass on the seafloor, it burrows inside the dead meat and starts eating…not just with its mouth, but with its skin.
The trick of abso… Continue reading