Recent content by Lauren Admire

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    Stop Insect Sex

    Stop Insect Sex No, it's not some bizarre insect-themed rally slogan, but a new way to stop bugs from breeding. Scientists at Kansas State University have identified a neuropeptide, natalisin, that controls insects ability to mate. It's found in arthropods and insects and is used to...
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    New Element, 115, Confirmed

    New Element, 115, Confirmed The new element hates the term superheavy, it prefers to be called "proton-massive." New evidence for the existence of a superheavy element has been found by Swedish scientists at the GSI research facility in Germany. The element, atomic number 115, is highly...
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    Glowing Bunnies Born in Turkey

    Glowing Bunnies Born in Turkey Forget psychedelic posters. The latest accessory for black light lovers is finally here: the bunny rabbit. A litter of bunnies were born at the University of Istanbul in Turkey earlier this month. All were given a clean bill of health, despite the fact...
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    Diamonds Levitated With Lasers

    Diamonds Levitated With Lasers Levitating diamonds could be used as a form of data storage and transmission. Researchers at the University of Rochester sprayed an aerosol containing dissolved nanodiamonds into a chamber with two lasers. The diamonds are naturally attracted to lasers...
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    New Planet Puzzles Astronomers

    New Planet Puzzles Astronomers NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has discovered a new planet - and it's pink. What's 57 light years away from Earth, four times the size of Jupiter, and pink as a Disney princess? The latest planet discovered by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, GJ...
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    Evolution Will Kill Off Selfish People

    Evolution Will Kill Off Selfish People Last year, scientists published a study claiming that evolution favors the selfish, but a new study says the trait will disappear. Remember that jerk who yanked the last doughnut and you spent the rest of the day in your cubicle plotting glorious...
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    Wooly Mammoth Clones a Possibility

    D'oh, thanks for the catch. My brain was vehemently denying the existence of that second L.
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    Wooly Mammoth Clones a Possibility

    Wooly Mammoth Clones a Possibility The same scientists that cloned Dolly are contemplating cloning a wooly mammoth. When scientists discovered preserved blood and muscle tissue [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/124439-Wooly-Mammoth-Blood-Found-in-Siberia] from a frozen baby...
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    Black Hole's Spin Measured by Astronomers

    Black Hole's Spin Measured by Astronomers [img_source="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-is-a-black-hole-k4.html" site="NASA"] How exactly do you measure the spin of something that is invisible? Astronomers believe they've found a way. Somewhere, at the center of a...
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    So my sneezes rarely actually sound like "achoo"...

    My sneezes are so alarming, I've had to develop a pre-warning system so friends can prepare themselves. My sneezes sound like a very loud football player yelling "HUT!"
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    Bees Are Dying, Scientists Have Found Out Why

    Bees Are Dying, Scientists Have Found Out Why Scientists have finally identified what's causing the mass die-off of bees in North America, and it's worse than we thought. Since 2006, bees in North America have been dying by the tens of millions from Colony Collapse Disorder; a phenomenon...
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    Methane Booms Could Make Economy Go Bust

    Methane Booms Could Make Economy Go Bust As climate changes cause the permafrost to thaw, methane gas is released and vaporized, and, with it, our hopes and dreams for a brighter, shinier economic future. We're all familiar with the horror stories about what happens when the ice caps...
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    Mars Mission Plan in the Works at Imperial College

    Mars Mission Plan in the Works at Imperial College Mars has long been a target for manned missions, and recent months have seen several plans come to light. Scientists at Imperial College London have designed a concept plan to send a three-person team to land on the surface of Mars...
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    Question of the Day, November 4, 2010

    Telephone was not included as an option because we're trying to mostly keep the poll narrowed to *online* options (barring face to face contact).
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    NaNoWriMo Begins!

    I sure am! And already off to a horrid start with about 300 words. Here's linkage: http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/247155