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Decline of the Axolotl
Also in today's link roundup: The book industry has evolved, a mummy mystery is solved, and (of course) more.
11.10.2008 at 04:49pm - Comment by beautiful_letdowni was so going to say that too alyx
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Bad Market? Blame Men
It was only a matter of time before pop-news outlets pounced on a biological explanation for the tidal wave of bad credit and risky decisions that has engulfed the U.S. this month: it was those dang men and their raging hormones!
10.2.2008 at 12:42pm - Comment by beautiful_letdownfrom what i have read and seen, YES!!! this is so true, Sorry guys :)
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I've Heard That The Earth's Rotation Is Slowing. How Long Until Days Last 25 Hours?
We could all use an extra hour in the day, but clocks won't need to be extended anytime soon. The time the Earth takes to make a complete rotation on its axis varies by about a millionth of a second per day, says physicist Tom O'Brian of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. While some days are shorter than average, the planet's rotation shows a long-term slowing trend, ultimately leading to a longer day.
10.2.2008 at 09:57am - Comment by beautiful_letdowntimias...thats the best joke i have ever heard about Al Gore. I just got done laughing my butt off, and I am still tickled.But the down side to your comment is that now you've given Al gore the idea. He will not ask you for your name for the patent or whatever.
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The Latest Man-Made Organs
Almost 100,000 people languish on organ-transplant waiting lists. But new tissue-fabrication techniques should make swapping in a man-made liver as easy as snapping Lego bricks into place. Blood vessels Method: 3-D printer When: 5 years Gabor Forgacs, a tissue engineer at the University of Missouri, is making blood-vessel networks by culturing three types of vessel cells and loading them into a fridge-size bioprinter. This machine prints out the cells to build capillaries in preprogrammed patterns.
10.1.2008 at 08:58am - Comment by beautiful_letdownJFeatherston, kudos, mucho kudos. I think that would be cheating out science with science. But, hey its just like the saying, just because we use cheat codes doesn't mean we aren't smart.
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Video: Why Artificial Intelligence Threatens Actual Intelligence
Way back in 1919 Sigmund Freud postulated his concept of the uncanny. In the (cleverly named) The Uncanny, Freud explored a problem of aesthetics—when something is both familiar and unknown the experience of viewing it can be strongly unsettling. Fifty years later, roboticist Masahiro Mori presented his own work on the uncanny. Drawing heavily on his predecessor's work, Mori developed his "uncanny valley" hypothesis.
9.30.2008 at 12:16pm - Comment by beautiful_letdownnice one perkdog I would also like to apologize for my prior comment, the one asking who came up with the name uncanny valley?....yep, I obviously didnt read the story below.... *facepalm*
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Video: Why Artificial Intelligence Threatens Actual Intelligence
Way back in 1919 Sigmund Freud postulated his concept of the uncanny. In the (cleverly named) The Uncanny, Freud explored a problem of aesthetics—when something is both familiar and unknown the experience of viewing it can be strongly unsettling. Fifty years later, roboticist Masahiro Mori presented his own work on the uncanny. Drawing heavily on his predecessor's work, Mori developed his "uncanny valley" hypothesis.
9.30.2008 at 09:52am - Comment by beautiful_letdownI agree with ghost....but who came up with the name uncanny valley? it sounds ......very odd.
- Entertainment & Gaming
Playing Games With Science: N3wton
Newton's Third Law is often quoted as "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." As N3wton's title suggests, the Third Law is at the heart of this little physics-oriented computer game. Click to play. (Warning: there's music.)
9.28.2008 at 12:05pm - Comment by beautiful_letdownwhy do you need a mute button, whenyou could enjoy the awesome musical stylings of N3WTON. "I travel the road less traveled by most people in this world
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A Geek's Guide to Colleges
A. Find "Them"
University of California at Berkeley Where: Berkeley, Calif. Department: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) SETI@home taps the power of thousands of ordinary PCs over the Web to create, in effect, one of the most powerful supercomputers anywhere. It analyzes data from radio telescopes looking for signals from intelligent life. Berkeley students help improve the search algorithms and refine the software that ties all the computers together.9.14.2008 at 02:35pm - Comment by beautiful_letdown"I travel the road less traveled by most people in this world" Ok you need to realize that they are not talking sbout super geeks(the smart ones) they are talking about all those guys that are absolute let downs to society because all they do with their lives is comic books, tv, and video games that have high hopes for their future careers. you really need to learn how to look at things in context.....i hope i didnt upset anyone. sorry if i did.
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