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Friday Science Spree 02/05/10
Submitted by skassel on February 5, 2010 – 4:42 pm | No Comment

Complex biological networks in leaves via wired
Energy-harvesting rubber sheets could power pacemakers, mobile phones via next big future
Fuel from plant biomass via C&EN
Hubble detects mysterious X-shaped debris pattern via gizmodo
Study linking autism to vaccine retracted …

It’s about time to…
Submitted by tsafko on February 2, 2010 – 1:07 am | No Comment
It’s about time to…

It’s about time to throw some credibility to fans of the 2012 apocalypse theory. There is a lot of talk of ancient Mayan calendars, interstellar collisions, and terrestrial polar shifts and while there is …

The Question for 21st Century Youth: Who are my parents?
Submitted by JaHull on February 1, 2010 – 11:26 am | No Comment
The Question for 21st Century Youth: Who are my parents?

In 1997 the move Gattaca the question was explored of what would happen when we could genetically engineer people to create “discrimination of the scientific sort.” As scary as this is, the movie never went …