August 22, 2012 officially proclaimed "Space Day"
in California

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Governor Brown has declared August 22, 2012 "Space Day." I'm not sure what it means, but I love the repeated use of the word "whereas."

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Self-charging power cell converts and stores
energy in a single unit

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Researchers have developed a self-charging power cell that directly converts mechanical energy to chemical energy, storing the power until it is released as electrical current.

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Thinking and choosing in the brain

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The frontal lobes are the largest part of the human brain, and thought to be the part that expanded most during human evolution. Damage to the frontal lobes?which are located just behind and above the eyes?can result in profound impairments in higher-level reasoning and decision making.

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How DNA damage affects protein synthesis

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Transcription is a cellular process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to messenger RNA for protein production.

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The correlation of charitable giving with income
and religiosity

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A new study by the Chronicle of Philanthropy breaks down charitable giving by zip code. As a function of their income, the northeast regions of the country seem to give proportionately less than the south.

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Sleep improves memory in people with Parkinson's
disease

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People with Parkinson's disease performed markedly better on a test of working memory after a night's sleep, and sleep disorders can interfere with that benefit, researchers have shown.

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Dont get mad, get creative

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It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge. A study by a Johns Hopkins University business professor finds that social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking, particularly in individuals with a strong sense of their own independence.

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Vicarious gets $15M to search for the key to
artificial intelligence

Founders Fund and Dustin Moskovitz?s Good Ventures have led a $15 million round in a company that is trying to replicate the intelligence of the human brain in software. Vicarious? goal is to help humanity thrive by inventing the algorithm to create to intelligent machines.

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'Electronic nose' prototype developed

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Research by Nosang Myung, a professor at the University of California, Riverside, Bourns College of Engineering, has enabled a Riverside company to develop an "electronic nose" prototype that can detect small quantities of harmful airborne substances.

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Sea life 'facing major shock'

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Life in the world?s oceans faces far greater change and risk of large-scale extinctions than at any previous time in human history, a team of the world?s leading marine scientists has warned.

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