Month: November 2014
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Lego Worm Brain
An open source group has recreated the brain of a worm, neuron for neuron, and recently programmed this data into the body of a Lego Mindspring robot. Rather than dictating specific behavior into the software, the program simply fires each …
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28 Days Other
A British performance artist is raising money to live inside the Oculus Rift virtual environment nonstop for 28 days. He will be connected at all times with another human being – someone he has never met – seeing what he …
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Let’s Clone a Mammoth
Scientists have found the most well preserved mammoth ever- so fresh they even took a bite of mammoth meat. Does its DNA contain enough complete information to clone it? If so, should we? What happens if we bring back exctinct …
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Tearable Information
Arizona schools are ripping pages about contraception out of text books and Anthony can’t believe it. Jeff tries to figure out the motivation behind such a bonehead move, but both guys can’t understand why less knowledge is ever good. It’s …
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Time is a Cat Circle
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Researchers have just created the world’s most precise atomic clock- but what do we get out of …
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You Art What You Eat
The Foodini is an example of the new wave of 3D printers for food. Just fill it with fresh ingredients, and out pops meals like ravioli, pizza, and hamburgers, ready to cook. Anthony detests the tyranny of food, and doesn’t …
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Dress For Succession
Scientists studying the brain’s ability to make choices note that the fewer inconsequential decisions you put in front of yourself, the better you’ll do when it is time to face a really challenging one. Armed with that knowledge, many prominent …
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The Prime Director
Jeff is intrigued by an interview he read about Nasa’s one and only Planetary Protection Officer. Her job? To protect OTHER planets from us and ensure the galaxy isn’t contaminated by microbes, particles, or other detritus that might ruin it. …
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Grin and Bear It
Park Rangers are asking visitors to state park and forest areas to please stop taking #bearselfies. Anthony and Jeff try to figure out what would possess a person to approach a wild, deadly creature in the woods and snap a …
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A Tough Pill to Swallow
Researchers at MIT have developed a new pill that is much more efficient at delivering medicine into the bloodstream. Instead of a simple spheroid, it is covered in a multitude of tiny spikes, which stick into the stomache lining and …
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