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by PeD | 02-02-2012

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Science converts thoughts into speech (VIDEO)www.bbc.co.ukScientists have unveiled a new technique for decoding human brainwaves and then converting them into speech. Science converts thoughts into speech (VIDEO)www.bbc.co.ukScientists have unveiled a new technique for decoding human brainwaves and then converting them into speech.

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by PeD | 01-31-2012

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El Nino Climate Pattern May Influence Disease Outbreaks Globallywww.scientificamerican.comNew research draws a connection between climate conditions, birds and flue pandemics

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by PeD | 01-30-2012

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How ‘Space Weather’ Affects Planes And Power Grids (AUDIO)www.npr.orgThis week solar flares sent a huge blast of X-rays and charged particles screaming towards the Earth. Solar astronomer David Hathaway and physicist Doug Biesecker discuss the sun’s explosive behavior, and how that ‘space weather’ affects satellites, airplanes and the electric grid. The first sexual revolution: lust and liberty in the 18th centurywww.guardian.co.ukAdulterers and prostitutes could be executed and women were agreed to be more libidinous than men – then in the 18th century attitudes to sex underwent an extraordinary change. Faramerz Dabhoiwala on the surprising history of modern sexuality

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by PeD | 01-28-2012

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Fracking Quakes Shake the Shale Gas Industrywww.technologyreview.comWell shutdowns prompted by fracking-induced seismicity may inspire technology tweaks.

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by PeD | 01-27-2012

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Mars Pictures: NASA Releases New Images From Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (PHOTOS)www.huffingtonpost.comNASA on Wednesday added four spectacular images to its 20,500-photo database of high-resolution images of Mars.

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by PeD | 01-26-2012

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Blue Marble 2012: NASA Releases High Definition Image Of Earth (PHOTO)www.huffingtonpost.comNASA on Wednesday released “Blue Marble 2012,” a view of the home planet that the agency calls the “most amazing high definition image of Earth.” Unlike the original Blue Marble — the iconic 1972 photograph taken by the Apollo 17 crew while they were on their way to the moon. ‘Invisibility cloak’ breakthroughwww.bbc.co.ukFor the first time researchers achieve the “cloaking” of a three-dimensional object to make it invisible as viewed from any angle.

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by PeD | 01-25-2012

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Oldest dinosaur nest site foundwww.bbc.co.ukA nesting site for dinosaur eggs found in South Africa is 100 million years older than the previous oldest site, palaeontologists say.

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by PeD | 01-24-2012

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Storms In The Void: Space Weather And Childhood’s Endwww.npr.orgThe most powerful solar storm to blast the Earth since 2005 reminds us that our modern society, with its dependance on electronics in the sky and on the ground, is vulnerable to a type of weather we rarely think about: space weather.

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by PeD | 01-18-2012

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The Daily Galaxy supports strike against web censorshipsopastrike.comInternet goes on strike — blackout everywhere. This Wed Jan 18, many of your favorites sites will be unavailable to you to stop web censorship. Tell everyone, petition even more sites to join.

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by PeD | 01-17-2012

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Martin Luther King – I Have A Dream Speech – August 28, 1963 (VIDEO)www.youtube.comI Have a Dream Speech Martin Luther King’s Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.