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Bird Flu Censorship Defended by Panel

One of the scariest stories to emerge late last year was the attempted suppression of two studies done on bird flu, which basically amounted to research done by two teams in the US and the Netherlands that ... continue

IBM Creates Transistor That Is Smaller And More Powerful Than Silicon

IBM has managed to create a carbon nanotube transistor that is more powerful than silicon, and even smaller than it's predecessor. When it comes to processors and transistors, silicon is the material of choice. The problem however ... continue

We Could Store 100 Times More Data With ‘Magnetic Memory’ Says IBM Scientists

Data storage is always a topic of conversation when it comes to computers, laptops, tablets, and especially servers. IBM scientists are looking at a new experimental storage technique called magnetic memory. With this new technique, they've figured out ... continue

Two New Names Added To Periodic Table Of The Elements

Big news out of the scientific community today as two new prospective elements have been given names among the periodic table of the elements. Previously known as elements 114 and 116 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry ... continue

Shark Attack! Scientists Using Bikini-Clad Girls to Bait Sharks

Would you take part in a program titled Shark Attack Experiment LIVE? That's the new show being used by one marine biologist to prove sharks are not the deadly man-eaters they are made out to be in ... continue

Dinosaur Teeth Show Big Dinosaurs Trekked For Food

Fossilized dinosaur teeth have thrown new light on the behavior of gigantic plant-eating dinosaurs called sauropods. According to a study conducted by researchers at Colorado College, these huge beasts would migrate hundreds of miles from their home during ... continue

Schizophrenia Treatment Could Get Boost From Brain Memory Discovery

Fresh research into how we remember events could provide new forms of schizophrenia treatment, scientists have revealed. Researchers from Cambridge University have discovered that a variation in one part of the brain could mean some people struggle to ... continue

Serotonin Levels and Aggression Linked [Study]

Low levels of serotonin and increased aggression are linked, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Cambridge discovered our basic ape brains struggle to control emotional responses to anger when low on the chemical serotonin. ... continue

Clouds photographed in all their naked splendor from 4 miles up [Video]

I think we all have spent the occasional sunny afternoon laying in a park staring up at the sky watching clouds drift by and seeing all kinds of shapes hidden in them. When it comes to taking, ... continue

Saddest Movie Ever Pinpointed by Science

If you ask 100 people what the saddest movie ever would be, you're likely to get 100 different answers... or so you'd think. Perhaps Bambi among Disney fans, or The Crow among goths, or Big Momma's House among people who ... continue

Are you over or under? The toilet paper infographic you didn’t know you needed

Man, throw some dollars around that science will research just about anything under the sun, or in your bathroom. Thanks to these overly inquisitive folks we know have a handy infographic to explain the advantages of the time ... continue

Study: ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ could become reality

The notion of "deleting" bad memories has been somewhat of a pop-culture wishlist staple for a long time, and was a huge plot point in the Jim Carrey/Kate Winslet film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In ... continue

Well, duh: Gaming and gadgets cause sleeplessness, says report

Because today is Obvious News Day, here's another self-evident nugget of barefaced truthiness: playing games, watching TV, or meddling with gadgets right before you sleep can cost you hours of blissful dozing each week. Reuters reports that a ... continue

[Damn Cool Dept.] The coolest electronified surfboard yet – VIDEO

While this will most like drive surfing purest off the deep end of the incoming waves the geek in me just loves what they have done here. It's one thing to maybe chart the power of the waves ... continue

[Damn Cool] A material with the strength of metal you shape like plastic

It seems that every day that goes by we are discovering new and cool ways to do, or create, new things. Such is the case of a discovery by scientists at Yale who have discovered a new material ... continue

Study claims gamers make worse drivers

Have all those hours spent casually smashing up your car in Burnout or falling off Rainbow Road in Mario Kart affected your real-life driving skills? Yes! According to who? Science, that's who. A poll of 2000 motorists commissioned ... continue

[Cool Dept.] Robot skin can stretch and soak up solar power

Robots are pretty cool and are destine to become a part of our everyday lives but the one thing that they have always had is either a metallic or some sort of synthetic rubber skin that covers ... continue

Researchers link promiscuity to your DNA

If you've got a panty-dropping weakness or can't seem to keep it in your pants, a gene variant linked with thrill-seeking behavior could be responsible for promiscuous behavior, among other things. Researchers have interviewed a whole bunch of ... continue

Our brains contain more switches that all the world’s computers

In a fascinating study to be published in the journal Neuron researchers at the Standford University of Medicine have found that the human brain contains more switches than all the computers on Earth. They found this by spending the last ... continue

Geeks around the world rejoice – sexy geek Kari Byron gets her own show

I am sure that many of the viewers that tune into the ever popular Discovery show The Mythbusters because they want to watch the antics of the main stars of the show: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. ... continue

Like Bad Astronomy? You’ll love the live version of it.

I think just about every geek, science or otherwise, has heard of the Bad Astronomy blog which is the home of Dr. Phil Plait and where he goes about debunking a lot of our science related myths ... continue

Climategate scientists cleared of manipulating data on global warming

Muir Russell report says scientists did not fudge data, but they should have been more open about their work This article was written by David Adam, environment correspondent, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 8th July 2010 01.13 UTCThe climate ... continue