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by PeD | 01-16-2012

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Glacier Time Lapse Video Reveals ‘Epochal Change’ (VIDEO)vimeo.comCaptured between May 2007 and September 2011, by the photographer and his team, the stunning images show the rate at which the world is losing its glaciers. IBM makes 12-atom magnetic memorywww.bbc.co.ukIBM researchers test the limits of magnetic memory storage by creating a bit made of only 12 atoms.

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by PeD | 01-15-2012

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Jet Lag: What’s Causing One of the Driest, Warmest Winters in History?: Scientific Americanwww.scientificamerican.comThe jet stream controls winter weather, but strange forces are controlling the jet stream this season

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by PeD | 01-11-2012

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Alaskan town ‘buried’ in snow (VIDEO)www.bbc.co.ukA state of emergency has been declared in an Alaskan town which is all but buried in snow.

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by PeD | 01-10-2012

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Almost One In Three U.S. Warplanes Is a Robotwww.wired.comRemember when the military actually put human beings in the cockpits of its planes? They still do, but in far fewer numbers. The Mystery Behind Anesthesiawww.technologyreview.comMapping how our neural circuits change under the influence of anesthesia could shed light on one of neuroscience’s most perplexing riddles: consciousness.

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by PeD | 01-09-2012

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Obama holds strong to protect Grand Canyon from uranium miningwww.guardian.co.ukPresident Obama to introduce 20-year ban of uranium mining on 1m square acres of Grand Canyon, despite political pressure

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by PeD | 01-08-2012

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Mount Etna erupts: Spectacular night footage of volcano eruption in Italywww.youtube.comEurope’s highest active volcano, Mount Etna has begun spewing lava again. The Sicilian volcano sent bright orange balls of lava straight up into the air and …

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by PeD | 01-07-2012

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Fracking will poison New York’s drinking water, critics warnwww.guardian.co.ukOpponents of controversial gas drilling method condemn plan as environmental agency sounds alarm bells over staffing levels

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by PeD | 01-06-2012

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‘Chimera’ monkeys created in lab by combining several embryos into one (VIDEO)www.guardian.co.ukThe macaque monkey chimeras each contain cells originating in different embryos with distinct genomes

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by PeD | 01-05-2012

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Vinnie Jones’ hard and fast Hands-only CPR (VIDEO)www.youtube.comVinnie Jones shows how hard and fast Hands-only CPR to Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees can help save the life of someone who has had a cardiac arrest. The Holl… Space Junk Flies at You in New 3D Film on Debris Threat (VIDEO)www.space.comThe new IMAX film Space Junk 3D showcases the dangers from space junk and orbital debris clogging the corridors around Earth.

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by PeD | 01-04-2012

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Hot Dogs | How It’s Made (VIDEO)www.youtube.comFind out how hot dogs go from raw meat at a factory to your local street vendor. the sOccket: reTHINK FUNctionwww.youtube.comA 60 second introduction to the sOccket and how this innovation can change the world.