2019-03-01
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We Will Soon be Texting Holograms
December 3, 2010You can teach your computer lots of things, but what can you teach your phone? We can now send people words, images and videos on our iphones--what if we could send them a moving, 3-D representation? And researchers at Fermilab... continued
Evolution
December 2, 2010When it comes to evolution, scientists tell us that we mammals started out small and only got to be human (and human-sized) after the dinosaurs died out. And diseases have their own evolution: How did HIV (and the AIDS it... continued
An Addiction YOU May Have
December 2, 2010You may pride yourself on the fact that you stay away from drugs, but if you eat too much, you may be an addict--to FOOD. Sweets and high-fat foods affect the brain the same way drugs do--and like drugs, eating... continued
Antimatter Captured (At Last!)
December 2, 2010At CERN, the particle collider in Geneva, scientists have captured antimatter atoms for the first time. Until recently, many physicists weren't sure that antimatter actually existed, except in the theory that postulates that during the Big Bang, when the universe... continued
Teach Your Computer Poetry & Slang
December 1, 2010Computer programmers are trying to teach computers to "speak" to us, and a better understanding of how we use acoustic cues to stress new information and put old information in the background may help them produce more realistic-sounding speech. How... continued
Famous Diet Book Now a Download
December 1, 2010Anne Strieber's famous diet book "What I Learned from the Fat Years" is now available as a download! When she found her clothes were getting too tight, she thought they had all shrunk, until she realized she had gained weight... continued
What Makes Homegrown Muslims Turn Radical?
December 1, 2010In the past few years, people in the US and UK have been horrified to discover that many of the terrorists in their midst are "home grown," that is, citizens of their countries who have embraced a radical version of... continued
What Light Does
December 1, 2010Sleep with the blinds closed! Exposure to even dim light at night is enough to cause physical changes in the brains of hamsters (and humans?) that may lead to depression. But light DOES kill superbugs, which must be why, when... continued
Why We’re Fat: Still a Mystery
November 30, 2010After eating that big turkey dinner, you're probably feeling fat, and most of us are fat and getting fatter--why is this? Most people would say it's because we eat too much and exercise too little. But that answer, while valid,... continued
Major NDE Study
November 29, 2010At 18 hospital emergency rooms here and in the UK, researchers have put pictures on the ceilings to test whether patients who are brought back to life after cardiac arrest can remember seeing the them during an NDE--an out-of-body experience.... continued