 The new shape of music: Music has its own geometry, researchers find April 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 124 vote(s)
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The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries. More than 200 years ago Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ... | |
 Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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A Silicon Valley start-up called E-Fuel is showing exactly how ethanol can live up to its name as "the people´s fuel." The company recently announced that it will soon start selling a home ethanol system, ... | |
 Strap-On Helicopter Could Offer Solo Flying Experience May 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 76 vote(s)
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Ever since the first human saw a bird soaring through the clouds, our species has harbored a great envy for the freedom that flying gives. | |
 Researchers Prove Existence of New Basic Element for Electronic Circuits -- 'Memristor' April 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 177 vote(s)
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HP today announced that researchers from HP Labs have proven the existence of what had previously been only theorized as the fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering. | |
 80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer in the US May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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Green Vehicles, a company based in San Jose, California, has recently revealed that it will begin selling two lithium-ion-powered electric vehicles early this summer. The three-wheeled TRIAC is a highway-capable ... | |
 Nanobacteria – Are They Alive? April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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Tiny particles called nanobacteria have intrigued researchers in many ways since their discovery 20 years ago, but perhaps the most controversial question they pose is whether or not they are alive. | |
 You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother's diet influences infant sex April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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New research by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford provides the first evidence that a child’s sex is associated with the mother’s diet. Published today, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society ... | |
New insights on link between early consumption of cows’ milk and Type-1 diabetes May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Researchers in Maine report a new explanation for the mysterious link between consumption of cows’ milk protein in infant formula early in life and an increased risk of later developing Type-1 diabetes. A protein in cow’s ... | |
 Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Oxford chemists have found a way of using carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the food industry. | |
 Space scientist says texting is four times more expensive than receiving scientific data from space May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending texts via mobile phones works out to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope. | |
Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 58 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. | |
 Goodbye, Bunny Ears: Future Antennas May be Flat April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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The long, wiry antennas that protrude from airplanes, cars, cell phones – and even the bunny ears on some TVs – may one day become novelty items. Researchers are developing a smart-skin antenna that is simply ... | |
Chocolate bar shown to lower cholesterol April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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The results of a University of Illinois study have demonstrated an effective way to lower cholesterol levels – by eating chocolate bars. | |
 Belief in God 'childish,' Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 81 vote(s)
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Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday. | |
 Harnessing sunlight on the cheap May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 81 vote(s)
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For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point. | |
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