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Full Signal

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The documentary Full Signal explores the proliferation of cell phone towers and the possible side effects of being exposed to the electromagnetic radiation of cell phone frequencies.

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Big Bang Rebooted

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The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is ready to give the Large Hadron Collider another run after last year’s complications. (more)

Mars or Bust

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Russia has high hopes of getting humans to Mars and beyond in a nuclear reactor powered rocketship.

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Screening Thought

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Scientists have discovered how to decode a person's thoughts and present them as virtual images on a screen. (more)

Space Monkeys Wanted

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Space monkeys have been called once again to serve their country by being irradiated in order for scientists to observe what the effects of such exposure will be upon future astronauts. (more)

Sex-free Babies

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Reproduction of the species no longer needs the copulation of a male and a female as scientists have successfully created sperm and eggs from stem cells. (more)

Man-made Black Hole

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An artificial black hole made of metamaterials may provide a means for harvesting the power of solar light.

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Mobile Menace?

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A PDF document being forwarded around the internet puts forth claims that cell phones may cause brain tumors. (more)

New Sonic Weapons Used Against G-20 Protesters

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Machines called "long-range acoustic devices," or LRADs, were used to break-up protests at the G-20 without leaving the kind of visual evidence caused by pepper spray, rubber bullets, or aerosol hand grenades. (more)

Social Networking Sites Used in G20 Protests Under Attack from FBI

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A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh to participate in the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at his home—all for using Twitter. The FBI's actions drew chilling comparisons to those of the security forces in Iran during the most recent election protests. (more)

Earth-like Planet Discovered

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The first rocky, Earth-like planet outside of our solar system has been discovered.

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Hubble's Cosmic Reawakening

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NASA has released stunning new images from the repaired and revitalized Hubble telescope.

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"Z" versus AT&T

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Z was a phone service that played funny homemade recordings to callers. It became internationally famous and was busy day and night. This is the story of how "a young punk kid" fought AT&T's attempt to shut it down. (more)

Tetris Buffs Up the Brain

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A new study questions the notion of a fixed, unchangeable brain while making the case for cognitive gameplay. (more)

The iMayan Calendar

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The new Maya 3D application allows you the ability to track time like the Mayans did, only via iPhone. (more)

Clean Power

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Construction for the world’s first sustainable zero-emissions hydrogen power plant has begun in Truth or Consequences, NM. (more)

Mice from Skin

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Cells from flakes of skin have grown into fully functioning mice, opening up a possible alternative to embryonic stem cells. (more)

The Search for a New Earth

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The Kepler Telescope offers new hope in the quest to find inhabitable planets. (more)

Bike Power

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Designer Chiyu Chen invents the first energy storing "hybrake" for bicycles.
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A.I. Fuels

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A well-known scientist believes the creation of artificial life could solve the energy crisis.

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Pocket DJ

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Finger Beat lets you have a music production studion in your pocket.

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Flying Solar

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Swiss pioneer Bertrand Piccard hopes to fly non-stop around the world in a solar-powered airplane. (more)

Disconnecting the Dots

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We drive cars to the gym to run miles on a treadmill. Is the alienation we feel from our technological society due to a disconnect between physical goals and tech’s “help” in easing our workload?

 

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Kite Power

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Could kite-like wind turbines meet modern civilization's energy demands?

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Biomimicry: Designing with Nature

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Industrial designs that consider and emulate nature are more likely to succeed, because they use design principles tested and refined in evolutionary time, and they use materials that renew, replenish, and support life's cycles. (more)

Turbines on a Wire

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Existing power lines could become home to wind turbines thanks to a new design from Victoria University in New Zealand. (more)

New Energy Now

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The New Energy Movement aims to take energy policy out of corporate pockets and place it in the hands of the public. (more)

The Luna-Bomber

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NASA’s latest spacecraft is set for a collision course with the moon.

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E-Bikes Plugged Into China

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In China the electric bike is becoming a popular government-endorsed alternative to the car. (more)