May 31 2010
Sack Tapping: Parents’ Threat Du Jour
"Sack tapping" is the latest supposed threat that parents should be worried about. But is the danger real or hyped?
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May 31 2010
Acupuncture Releases Natural Painkiller
When they get acupuncture, mice release a natural pain-relieving molecule that scientists have never linked with the treatment before.
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May 31 2010
Antimatter Matters: Fermilab Glimpses ‘The Toe of God’
Did you miss the big news from Fermilab last week? It seems that a bunch of proton-anti-proton collisions exhibit a slight asymmetry in the number of muons produced compared to anti-muons.
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May 31 2010
Battling Bots in Saturn’s Biggest Ring
In an entertaining effort to communicate why Saturn's outermost ring can only be seen in the infrared, NASA's Spitzer team have released a video of battling robots trying to gain the secrets of this "cloaked" ring.
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May 30 2010
BP to Try New Way to Cap Oil Leak
BP will now attempt to place a box over the seafloor pipe to capture the oil and pump it to the surface.
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May 29 2010
‘Top Kill’ Fails to Stop Gulf Oil Leak
BP called off its most recent attempt to stop the oil leaking into the Gulf, though it had said "Top Kill" was its best option.
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May 29 2010
SOFIA Sees Jupiter’s Ancient Heat
The aircraft-based telescope has opened its infrared eyes for the first time, peering into the guts of a galaxy and peeking through Jupiter's clouds.
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May 28 2010
Insecticides In Your… Coffee?
Proteins in coffee beans could make an excellent insecticide.
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May 28 2010
Tortured Veggies Better For You?
Stressed carrots can give you a big boost of healthy compounds, according to one Texas A&M researcher. He's looking into the vegetable's response to stress in the hopes of producing more antioxidants than normal.
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May 28 2010
Iceland’s volcanic ash is electric
The infamous volcano in Iceland, Eyjafjallajokull, might be more harmful to airplanes than initially thought. Scientists discovered the ash plume is buzzing with electric energy.
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