Toward drugs that will eliminate alcoholism

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 03 November 2009 12:33:39 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

A group of drunken fruit flies have helped researchers from North Carolina State and Boston universities identify entire networks of genes?also present in humans?that play a key role in alcohol drinking behavior.

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Koran verses appear on baby in Russia

post from Bad Astronomy on 03 November 2009 12:30:49 PM. © Bad Astronomy

In Russia, thousands of Muslims are flocking to see a baby who has verses from the Koran mysteriously appearing on his body:I’d like to be very clear here: this is not pareidolia, our ability to see patterns in random objects. The verses are[...]

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Enter The Yottabyte One Billion Petabytes!

post from Singularity Hub on 03 November 2009 12:29:27 PM. © Singularity Hub

I just saw a story about the NSA gearing up a datacenter to potentially hold a yottabyte of surveillance data. The whole surveillance angle itself is pretty interesting, but what caught my attention was the concept of the yottabyte. The yottabyte is 1024 bytes. That is three levels above the petabyte, which [...]

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Print on Your Wall With The Muralizer

post from Singularity Hub on 03 November 2009 11:40:38 AM. © Singularity Hub

Despite Singularity Hub’s blogginess (yes it’s a word) most of my posts aren’t inspired by personal real life events. Well today is different. After being chased by hundreds of costumed competitors through the streets of San Francisco on Halloween night (true story), I ended up at Noisebridge, a Bay Area hackspace. They have dozens of [...]

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NO PRAYERS!

post from Pharyngula on 03 November 2009 11:32:57 AM. © Pharyngula

One of our own, the godless Minnesotan Stephanie Zvan, is going under the knife for removal of some cancerous tissue today. If you're a useless fool, you might think entreating an imaginary and fickle deity would be the appropriate thing to do, but no…we know that is futile and insulting. However, one thing that isn't pointless is to leave a few messages as members of a community of caring human beings that we're looking forward to her return. So go do something social and personal and life-affirming, ok?

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Good Stuff

post from Mauka to Makai on 03 November 2009 11:28:34 AM. © Mauka to Makai

The 15th edition of Scientia Pro Publica is now up at Observations of a Nerd. It?s loaded with good stuff, including our post on Marine Mucilage. Here are some of our favorites:-A hilarious post about a vegetarian spider at Save Your Breath for Running[...]

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Harvard Grows Heart Tissue, Watches it Beat

post from Singularity Hub on 03 November 2009 11:25:27 AM. © Singularity Hub

It’s Alive! Researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital have succeeded in taking embryonic stem cells from mice and growing cardiovascular tissue. The research team, led by Dr. Kenneth Chien, believes that a similar process may one day serve to repair cardiac damage in humans. The work was recently published in the journal [...]

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MoJo got me

It's another podcast, this time with Mother Jones magazine.

I just finished cleaning up something like 400 spam comments made here, so it's with grim resignation that I notice the podcast already has a spam comment on it. Is there some reason my name should be associated with sanitary ball valves?

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Wireless Tech Taking a Toll on Earth Science and
Astronomy

From Scientific American: Nearly lost amidst the breathless anticipation of all things wireless--whether it's the latest smart phone, free Internet hotspot or GPS navigation system--is the potential impact these gadgets may have on scientific instruments that likewise need access t

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Science Chief Backs Cannabis View

From BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition: The UK government's chief science adviser has told BBC News that he supports the former chief drugs adviser's scientific view on cannabis. Professor John Beddington, the UK's chief scientist, would not b

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