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Doubt Cast On Man Found To Be Conscious After 23-Year Coma
6:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Remember that story about the guy who was supposedly revealed to be fully conscious (but physically paralyzed) and not in a 23-year coma? There are some serious concerns about the validity of that discovery, with some calling it bogus. More »
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Hacked Email Archive Fuels Climate Skeptics’ Conspiracy Theories
4:00PM Rosa Golijan | The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia keeps some of the most accurate climate records which are key to many climate change debates. Its email archives were hacked, and now it’s the centre of another conspiracy claim. More »
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11:20AM Matt Buchanan | I know it’s science, which is ostensibly more objective than human intuition, but there’s something unnerving about an MRI brain scan being admitted as evidence in a murder trial in Chicago, the first in the US. More »
How Your Brain Will Betray You In A Court Of Law
11:20AM Matt Buchanan | I know it’s science, which is ostensibly more objective than human intuition, but there’s something unnerving about an MRI brain scan being admitted as evidence in a murder trial in Chicago, the first in the US. More »
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Gift Guide For Space Jockeys
9:20AM Jesus Diaz | Hey you, Ground Controls and Major Toms orbiting out there! If you’re a space aficionado or know someone who’d like to blast into the cosmos, it’s time to take your protein pills. Here’s the definitive go/no-go holiday gift list. More »
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Obama’s Plan To Help Next Generation Science Geeks
10:51PM Danny Allen | Wow, this is great. The “Educate to Innovate” campaign will aim to improve US students’ grounding in science, technology, engineering, and maths education through $US260 million in public-private partnerships, plus the first “National Lab Day” to update school science labs. More »
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Shockwaves To The Crotch Treat Erectile Dysfunction
5:20PM Rosa Golijan | We’ve heard that just about anything could give you ED, so what to do when things down below just aren’t working? You could pop lil’ blue pills or you could go with something more reliable: Shockwaves to the crotch. More »
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Brain Scan Finds Man Was Not In A Coma – 23 Years Later
1:28PM CNET | Rom Houben has been trapped in a series of worst nightmares, including trying for 23 years to alert those around him that he was not in a coma. A new report suggests he’s not alone in his experience. More »
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Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM’s Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
9:35AM Jason Chen | The cat brain simulation IBM supposedly pulled off has just been called out as a “PR stunt” by the leader of the Blue Brain project, who says that it’s all a “mass deception of the public.” More »
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LHC First Particle Beams Collision Doesn’t End The World
8:10AM Jesus Diaz | Hey, we are alive! At the end we didn’t need any escape pods: The Large Hadron Collider has smashed two particle beams together for the first time. However, the unknown is still ahead of us as they ramp things up: More »
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1:00AM Mark Wilson | Some time during a six-hour space walk last week, astronaut Robert Satcher managed to capture this shot of himself… via himself. Today, the STS-129 will be completing their third and final space walk. [NASA]
Astronaut Self-Portrait
1:00AM Mark Wilson | Some time during a six-hour space walk last week, astronaut Robert Satcher managed to capture this shot of himself… via himself. Today, the STS-129 will be completing their third and final space walk. [NASA] 
