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Cyborg Beetles Powered By A Wing And A Piezolectric Prayer

Remember this day, friends. Remember when the cyborg beetles early first took flight in our labs and flew right into their world domination destiny. Look! Even now one of the brood is stealing a quarter, no doubt for financing purposes.


May 19, 2011
Science

Controversial Blood Test Predicts How Long You Will Live

A new test set to hit the market in Britain in the next year aims to tell patients how long they have to live, and naturally that’s not happening without controversy. The test measures a person’s telomeres, those structures found on the tips of chromosomes. The length of telomeres apparently correlates with how fast a person is aging biologically, and hence researchers want to offer individuals some insight into just how much longer their bodies can hold up.


February 23, 2011
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Aussie Researchers Create Plastic That Can Conduct Electricity

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In a nice discovery for Australian researchers at the University of Queensland and UNSW School of Physics, the team have created a plastic film that can conduct electricity in the same way metals conduct electricity across an electrical wire.


February 22, 2011
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Planet Earth in 2050: Beyond Thunderdome

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According to worried researchers at a recent US science conference, the planet cannot continue to sustain its present population targets without becoming ‘unrecognisable’ to how we view it today.


February 6, 2011
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Researchers May Have Found A Potential Cure For Type 1 Diabetes

Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical centre have found that suppressing a single hormone may eliminate the need for insulin injections and may make the condition completely asymptomatic.