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		<title>Epileptic Artist To Induce Seizure On Stage</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/21/epileptic-artist-to-induce-seizure-on-stage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Artist, Rita Marcalo, who has suffered epileptic seizures in private for 20 years is attempting to induce one for a public performance. Ms Marcalo has stopped taking medication ahead of next month’s production entitled Involuntary Dances which she claims is to raise awareness of the condition.
But she is facing criticism for putting herself at risk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Theater Popcorn And Soda Equal To Three Quarter Pounders</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/20/movie-theater-popcorn-and-soda-equal-to-three-quarter-pounders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Sharing a small portion of cinema popcorn between two would mean each person consuming a day&#8217;s worth of saturated fat
A medium popcorn and soft drink at an American cinema is the caloric equivalent of three McDonald&#8217;s quarter pounder hamburgers topped with a dozen scoops of butter, according to a new study.
 
Consuming the popcorn and drink [...]]]></description>
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		<title>515 Chemicals Women Use On Their Bodies Everyday</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/20/515-chemicals-women-use-on-their-bodies-everyday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Women and beauty products &#8211; it&#8217;s a love affair that&#8217;s been going on for centuries. And no wonder. There&#8217;s nothing like a new lipstick or favourite perfume to make us look and feel good. Or so we thought&#8230;
 
In fact, according to a new report, most of our favourite cosmetics are cocktails of industrially produced and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exotic Electric Properties of Graphene Confirmed</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/18/exotic-electric-properties-of-graphene-confirmed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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Graphene layers are found in graphite flakes like those from pencil lead.
First, it was the soccer-ball-shaped molecules dubbed buckyballs. Then it was the cylindrically shaped nanotubes. Now, the hottest new material in physics and nanotechnology is graphene: a remarkably flat molecule made of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings much like molecular chicken wire.

Not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Algae Turned Into High-Temperature Hydrogen Source</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/17/algae-turned-into-high-temperature-hydrogen-source/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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This image shows the process by which Photosystem I in thermophilic blue-green algae can be catalyzed by platinum to produce a sustainable source of hydrogen.
In the quest to make hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel source, researchers have been stymied about how to create usable hydrogen that is clean and sustainable without relying on an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Weapons Dug Up by Archaeologists in England</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/17/ancient-weapons-dug-up-by-archaeologists-in-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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Over 5000 worked flints came from one small area, including flint cores used for tool creation, blades, flakes and &#8216;debitage&#8217;

Staff at the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have been excited by the results from a recently excavated major Prehistoric site at Asfordby, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The Mesolithic site may date from as early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google To Talk With China&#8217;s Copyright Watchdog Over Copyright Violations</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/17/google-to-talk-with-chinas-copyright-watchdog-over-copyright-violations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/?p=39844</guid>
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Search engine giant Google is sending a representative to China this week to talk with the country&#8217;s copyright watchdog.  The move is designed to cool Chinese authors&#8217; heated complaints against the company over copyright violations, a Google senior executive said yesterday.
 
Nearly 18,000 books from 570 Chinese writers have been scanned by Google and included in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potential Treatment for Huntington&#8217;s Disease</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/16/potential-treatment-for-huntingtons-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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Normal synaptic activity in nerve cells protects the brain from the misfolded proteins associated with Huntington&#8217;s disease, researchers have discovered.
Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), the University of British Columbia&#8217;s Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity in nerve cells (the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Universal&#8217; Programmable Two-Qubit Quantum Processor Created</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/16/universal-programmable-two-qubit-quantum-processor-created/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/16/universal-programmable-two-qubit-quantum-processor-created/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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NIST postdoctoral researcher David Hanneke at the laser table used to demonstrate the first universal programmable processor for a potential quantum computer.
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first &#8220;universal&#8221; programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics &#8212; the rules governing the submicroscopic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Timebomb Hits Over-60&#8217;s Baby Boomers</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/15/health-timebomb-hits-over-60s-baby-boomers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/15/health-timebomb-hits-over-60s-baby-boomers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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 Today&#8217;s 60-year-olds are the first modern generation to be less healthy than their immediate predecessors.  A health timebomb is hitting baby boomers: the over-60 year olds are sufferring more illnesses caused by bad diet and lack of exercise.
 
Despite improvements in medicine and standards of living, they are more likely to be blighted by problems from aching knees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Voltage Line Robot</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/15/high-voltage-line-robot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Go Go Gadget High Voltage Robot!

Fiddling with high-voltage power lines is certainly a dangerous job, especially for humans. With that in mind, a Tokyo-based company, HiBot, is working with western Japan’s Kansai Electric Power Co. to test a new robot next year that can inspect several power cables at once, and we’re fairly sure that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The True Colors Of The So Called Health Debate</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/15/the-true-colors-of-the-so-called-health-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/15/the-true-colors-of-the-so-called-health-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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“One of the reasons I have long supported the U.S. biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country.” This written statement by Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina on the health care bill was identical to one by Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kick Some Ass With An Automatic Shotgun</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/14/kick-some-ass-with-an-automatic-shotgun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/14/kick-some-ass-with-an-automatic-shotgun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Only available to the US Military (and Blackwater employees?), this new shotgun is fully automatic and can shoot a mini-missle.

Crazy stuff!

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		<title>Top 5 Almost-Endangered Species of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/14/top-5-almost-endangered-species-of-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Rabbitsfoot Mussel
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is out with its annual list of proposed candidate species, or &#8220;candidate notice of review.&#8221; That is, plants and animals that the agency says may be designated as endangered unless conservation measures are taken to protect them.

 
There are several things that can be done to help these plants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Technologies That Haven&#8217;t Ended The Human Race&#8230; Yet</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/14/6-technologies-that-havent-ended-the-human-race-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Today, the world comes to an end. Well, in theaters, anyway. 2012 has us thinking about the apocalypse &#8217;round these parts (so uplifting, we know), and that led us to wondering about all the crazy technology that&#8217;s all around us — technology that at one point or another caused widespread fear that it was all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Rasberry Ants: New Species Of Ants Invading North America</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/14/crazy-rasberry-ants-new-species-of-ants-invading-north-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Crazy Rasberry Ant
Poor Texas. First it was killer bees, then fire ants. Now, it&#8217;s the Rasberry ants.
The invasion of this new species of ants has scientists intrigued, businesses concerned and fire ants running for the hills, said Jerry Cook, an entomologist at Sam Houston State University. (Video)
 
Cook and other scientists are at a loss to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Earth-sized Bodies With Oxygen Rich Atmospheres Found, But They&#8217;re Stars Not Planets</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/13/two-earth-sized-bodies-with-oxygen-rich-atmospheres-found-but-theyre-stars-not-planets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopy of this inconspicuous blue object.
Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick and Kiel University have discovered two earth sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres &#8212; however there is a bit of a disappointing snag for anyone looking for a potential home for alien life, or even a future home for ourselves, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Finds Hybrid Cars Hit More Pedestrians and Bikers Than Regular Cars</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/12/study-finds-hybrid-cars-hit-more-pedestrians-and-bikers-than-regular-cars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Honda Hybrid hits pedestrians
Hybrid vehicles, which creep along almost silently at low speeds on electric power, are more likely to hit pedestrians or bicycles than regular cars, a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finds.
 
The report  is sure to give a boost to the movement to require hybrid cars to include noisemakers so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding Islands of Trash Afloat Around the World&#8217;s Oceans</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/11/expanding-islands-of-trash-afloat-around-the-worlds-oceans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Rubbish in the Pacific
Aboard the Alguita, 1,000 miles northeast of Hawaii — In this remote patch of the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from any national boundary, the detritus of human life is collecting in a swirling current so large that it defies precise measurement.
 
Light bulbs, bottle caps, toothbrushes, Popsicle sticks and tiny pieces of plastic, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Passengers Threatened With Wild Dog Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/08/air-passengers-threatened-with-wild-dog-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>asclepius</dc:creator>
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Air passengers are facing a new tax at India&#8217;s New Delhi airport &#8211; to pay for dog catchers to trap packs of strays who chase planes.
Air traffic experts estimate that as many as five flights a day are delayed by dogs running after planes on the tarmac as they try to take off.
&#8220;In most places [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird Drops Bread, Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/06/bird-drops-bread-shuts-down-the-large-hadron-collider/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/?p=39163</guid>
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The Large Hadron Collider, the world&#8217;s most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/06/carbon-atmosphere-discovered-on-neutron-star/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.impactlab.com/?p=39146</guid>
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New evidence from Chandra suggests that the neutron star at the center of the Cas A supernova remnant has an ultra-thin carbon atmosphere.
Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA&#8217;s Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic Horse Genome Sequenced</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/06/domestic-horse-genome-sequenced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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Twilight, a Thoroughbred horse from Cornell University.
An international team of researchers has decoded the genome of the domestic horse Equus caballus, revealing a genome structure with remarkable similarities to humans and more than one million genetic differences across a variety of horse breeds. In addition to shedding light on a key part of the mammalian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Therapy Technique Slows Brain Disease ALD Featured In Movie &#8216;Lorenzo&#8217;s Oil&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/06/gene-therapy-technique-slows-brain-disease-ald-featured-in-movie-lorenzos-oil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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This figure represents four cells, four purified CD34+ (the CD34+ cell population comprises true hematopoetic stem cell) from patient P1.
A strategy that combines gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy may be a useful tool for treating a fatal brain disease, French researchers have found.

These findings appear in the 6 November 2009 issue of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear in Japan of Population &#8216;Collapse&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/05/fear-in-japan-of-population-collapse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeus</dc:creator>
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Japan&#8217;s ageing population and low birth rate are fuelling fears of a population slump over the coming years.
 
Japan is about to experience demographic change on an unprecedented scale.
The birth rate has been falling steeply for half a century. In the early 1970s it passed the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman and in 2005 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Spoonful Of Sugar&#8217; Makes The Worms&#8217; Life Span Go Down</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/05/spoonful-of-sugar-makes-the-worms-life-span-go-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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C. elegans.
If worms are any indication, all the sugar in your diet could spell much more than obesity and type 2 diabetes. Researchers reporting in the November issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, say it might also be taking years off your life.

By adding just a small amount of glucose to C. elegans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Origin Of Cosmic Rays: VERITAS Telescopes Help Solve 100-year-old Mystery</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/03/origin-of-cosmic-rays-veritas-telescopes-help-solve-100-year-old-mystery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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This representative-color figure shows the very-high-energy gamma-ray emission observed by VERITAS coming from the Cigar Galaxy, also known as Messier 82.
Nearly 100 years ago, scientists detected the first signs of cosmic rays &#8212; subatomic particles (mostly protons) that zip through space at nearly the speed of light. The most energetic cosmic rays hit with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;s Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma Rays From &#8216;Star Factories&#8217; In Other Galaxies</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/03/nasas-fermi-telescope-detects-gamma-rays-from-star-factories-in-other-galaxies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dionysus</dc:creator>
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Fermi’s Large Area Telescope (LAT) shows that an intense star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud named 30 Doradus is also a source of diffuse gamma rays.
Nearby galaxies undergoing a furious pace of star formation also emit lots of gamma rays, say astronomers using NASA&#8217;s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Two so-called &#8220;starburst&#8221; galaxies, plus a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSA To Store Yottabytes of Surveillance Data</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/02/nsa-to-store-yottabytes-of-surveillance-data/</link>
		<comments>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/02/nsa-to-store-yottabytes-of-surveillance-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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NSA Headquarters
There’s an interesting article in the current New York Review of books (predictably, a book review) detailing the history of the National Security Agency, that shadowy power-behind-the-power to which we surrender much of our privacy. That in itself is interesting, but I found the introduction a bit shocking: the NSA is constructing a datacenter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next-generation Microcapsules Deliver &#8216;Chemicals On Demand&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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A new generation of microcapsules, shown above, promise to deliver &#8220;chemicals on demand&#8221; for a wide range of uses, including medicine and personal care.
Scientists in California are reporting development of a new generation of the microcapsules used in carbon-free copy paper, in which capsules burst and release ink with pressure from a pen. The new [...]]]></description>
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