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Follow  |   Public Spot created by LouisK the 10/09/2008  |  Visited : 5858  |  Channel: Science, History, Religio   |  Abusive content
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LouisK says : good news

Stem cells could be used to cure deafness

Researchers have taken the first step towards curing deafness with stem cells grown in the laboratory.

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guardian.co.uk   |   the 03/04   |   Add or View Comment
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LouisK says : but who produces the electricity? that technique forces us to build atomic plants.

Better batteries are on their way

IF YOU want to buy an electric car, you can. Tesla Motors, a firm based in San Carlos, California, will sell you a nifty open-top sports job for $109,000. Not cheap, admittedly, but cheap to run. Plugged in overnight, it can be refuelled for the equivalent[...]

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economist.com   |   the 16/03   |    1 Comments 
LouisK says : wow

Kepler spacecraft will hunt for planets that are just right for life

The most extensive search for Earth-like planets that could harbour life beyond the solar system is due to get under way in the early hours of tomorrow morning with the launch of a one-tonne spacecraft from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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guardian.co.uk   |   the 06/03   |   Add or View Comment
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LouisK says : genius ideas of google.

Google Earth adds insight into Earth's oceans

For the past three years, Google Earth has given its hundreds of millions of users a way to explore, tag and discover the surface of our planet. Well, the land parts at least.

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guardian.co.uk   |   the 03/02   |    1 Comments 
LouisK says : science porving that common sense is right?

Reading Bridget Jones could improve your love life, new study shows

It's the news we've all been waiting for: reading a good book prepares you for real life. Scientists have found that, far from being a way to avoid reality, burying yourself in the disastrous romantic adventures of Bridget Jones or following Oliver Twist[...]

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guardian.co.uk   |   the 02/02   |   Add or View Comment

Which sex has better arm control, plus Obama's scientific promise

Science Weekly: War of the sexes

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guardian.co.uk   |   the 26/01   |   Add or View Comment

Human beings are born with numbers on the brain

“One great blooming, buzzing confusion” was how William James, a 19th-century psychologist, described the way he thought the world looked to a newborn baby. But these experiments, and many others like them over the past few decades, have convinced[...]

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economist.com   |   the 14/01   |   Add or View Comment
LouisK says : time for geeks?

Scientific evidence becomes politically fashionable again

ONE of the stranger beliefs of some politicians is that if they treat nature like a troublesome opponent and ignore it, it might go away and stop bothering them. In the opinion of many scientists George Bush, America’s retiring president, was just such[...]

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economist.com   |   the 13/01   |   Add or View Comment
LouisK says : new worlds new planets!

Science Friday Newsbriefs: Liquid Mirror Lunar Telescope

Scientists may have figured out a way to make a new telescope that can out-observe the most powerful space telescopes by a factor of a thousand. The secret to the design? A liquid mirror.

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sciencefriday.com   |   the 09/01   |   Add or View Comment

Science Friday Archives: Plug-In Cars

While politicians and economists argue over what should be done to shore up the American auto industry, we'll take a look at progress towards a plug-in cars. Could the current financial crisis help provide the jolt needed to get electric cars and advanced[...]

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sciencefriday.com   |   the 07/12/2008   |    1 Comments 
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