Meet The Most Brilliantly Shiny Natural Object on
Earth

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 11 September 2012 01:23:27 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From DVICE: Isn't this pretty? It's a little fruity berry type thing called Pollia condensata, from Africa, and it's the shiniest thing on the planet. We're talking "shiny" like Firefly shiny: something brilliant and awesome and sparkly that lasts forever, because there's no actual pigme

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Scientists Develop Robotic Tentacle That Can Pick
Flowers

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 11 September 2012 01:16:54 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Engadget: Researchers have created a new soft appendage made from flexible plastic, that uses three compartmentalized air channels to achieve a snake-like range of movement. The touch of the tentacle is so light, that it is able to pick flowers without damage. While suggested applic

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Reminder: Uwingu enters final week

post from Bad Astronomy on 11 September 2012 01:00:41 PM. © Bad Astronomy

Uwingu is an interesting idea: an effort by space scientists to fund space exploration and research using a for-profit basis. I’ve written about them before (please click that for details and info) and trust the people involved enough to promote[...]

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Patriot Day - A Look Back on 9/11

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 11 September 2012 01:00:00 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

I was in study hall when it happened. An announcement came over the loud-speaker that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. I didn't even know much about what that building was, except that it was big and important; I couldn't really grasp what they had said. But shortly after, we were all sen

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Mushroom compound extends livesof dogs with
cancer

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Dogs with hemangiosarcoma that were treated with a compound derived from the Coriolus versicolor mushroom had the longest survival times ever reported for dogs with the disease.

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Harvard Team Creates Extremely Stretchy Gel To
Replace Damaged Cartilage In Joints

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 11 September 2012 12:46:27 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From INHABITAT: A team from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have managed to create an extremely tough gel that is capable of being stretched to 21 times its length. It is hoped that the gel, known as hydrogel, will be able to be used in replacing damaged cartila

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From bible-belt pastor to atheist leader

post from Top stories on 11 September 2012 12:21:08 PM. © Top stories

Late one night in early May 2011, a preacher named Jerry DeWitt was lying in bed in DeRidder, La., when his phone rang. He picked it up and heard an anguished, familiar voice. It was Natosha Davis, a friend and parishioner in a church where DeWitt had preached for more than five years.

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Can wind-generated elecrtricity meet demand

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Adapting a sophisticated climate model, researchers show that there is plenty of wind available to supply half to several times the world's total energy needs within the next two decades.

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Spring arrives to Vesta's north pole, as Dawn
departs, plus a request for citizen scientists

Dawn's last images of Vesta peek into previously shadowy north polar territory. As the spacecraft leaves Vesta behind, its science team requests help from the public.

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