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		<title>Cousins of Prehistoric Supercrocodile Inhabit Lost World of Sahara</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Paleontologist Paul Sereno with his Saharan discoveries &#8212; SuperCroc, BoarCroc (upper right), PancakeCroc (lower right), RatCroc, DogCroc and DuckCroc.
A suite of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck&#8217;s bill, have been discovered in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno. The five fossil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Volcano eruption on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
Much of our planet&#8217;s mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth&#8217;s chemical cycles were different from today&#8217;s. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old, a group of scientists including Andrey Bekker and Doug Rumble from the Carnegie Institution have made the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists Crack Corn Code: Reference Genome of Maize, Most Important US Crop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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An ear of corn on the stalk in a field ready for harvesting.
A four-year, multi-institutional effort co-led by three Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists culminated today in publication of a landmark series of papers in the journal Science revealing in unprecedented detail the DNA sequence of maize (Zea mays). Maize, or corn, as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New on-Off &#8216;Switch&#8217; Triggers and Reverses Paralysis in Animals With a Beam of Light</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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This tiny worm became temporarily paralyzed when scientists fed it a light-sensitive material, or &#8220;photoswitch,&#8221; and then exposed it to ultraviolet light.
In an advance with overtones of Star Trek phasers and other sci-fi ray guns, scientists in Canada are reporting development of an internal on-off &#8220;switch&#8221; that paralyzes animals when exposed to a beam of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blindness Causes Structural Brain Changes, Implying Brain Can Re-Organize Itself to Adapt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Scientists from the UCLA Department of Neurology have confirmed that blindness causes structural changes in the brain, indicating that the brain may reorganize itself functionally in order to adapt to a loss in sensory input.
Visually impaired people appear to be fearless, navigating busy sidewalks and crosswalks, safely finding their way using nothing more than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extinct Moa Rewrites New Zealand&#8217;s History</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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A reconstructed image of the giant extinct moa.
The evolutionary history of New Zealand&#8217;s many extinct flightless moa has been re-written in the first comprehensive study of more than 260 sub-fossil specimens to combine all known genetic, anatomical, geological and ecological information about the unique bird lineage.

That lineage ended only about 600 years ago after a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harnessing Waste Heat from Laptop Computers, Cell Phones May Double Battery Time</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/19/harnessing-waste-heat-from-laptop-computers-cell-phones-may-double-battery-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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In everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, the need to get rid of excess heat creates a major source of inefficiency.
In everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, the need to get rid of excess heat creates a major source of inefficiency. But new research points [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Advance in Organic Solar Cells</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Postdoctoral student Greg Welch removing a sample from the microwave reactor.

Professor Guillermo Bazan and a team of postgraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara&#8217;s Center for Polymers and Organic Solids (CPOS)  have announced a major advance in the synthesis of organic polymers for plastic solar cells.

Bazan&#8217;s team reduced reaction time by 99%, from 48 hours to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depression as Deadly as Smoking, Study Finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking, new research has found.
A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King&#8217;s College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.

Utilising a unique link between a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heart Disease Found in Egyptian Mummies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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This image shows the mummy of Esankh, male, Third Intermediate Period (1070-712 BCE), undergoing CT scanning.
Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies, some as old as 3,500 years, suggesting that the factors causing heart attack and stroke are not only modern ones; they afflicted ancient people, too.

Study results are appearing in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nanoparticles Used in Common Household Items Cause Genetic Damage in Mice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice.
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, according to a comprehensive study conducted by researchers at UCLA&#8217;s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Close-Up Movie Shows Hidden Details in the Birth of Super-Suns</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/17/close-up-movie-shows-hidden-details-in-the-birth-of-super-suns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Artist&#8217;s conception of the &#8220;boiling disk&#8221; surrounding the massive young stellar object known as Orion Source I. A disk of hot, ionized gas surrounds the central star, blocking our view
The constellation of Orion is a hotbed of massive star formation, most prominently in the Great Nebula that sits in Orion&#8217;s sword. The glowing gas of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right-Handed Chimpanzees Provide Clues to the Origin of Human Language</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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An adult male extends his right arm toward an adult female in order to greet her.
Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), reported in the January 2010 issue of Elsevier&#8217;s Cortex, suggests that this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Algae Turned Into High-Temperature Hydrogen Source</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Genetic Variation Linked to Individual Empathy, Stress Levels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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A genetic variation may contribute to how empathetic a human is, and how that person reacts to stress.
Researchers have discovered a genetic variation that may contribute to how empathetic a human is, and how that person reacts to stress. In the first study of its kind, a variation in the hormone/neurotransmitter oxytocin&#8217;s receptor was linked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Running At France&#8217;s Human Hamster Hotel</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/17/get-running-at-frances-human-hamster-hotel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Theme rooms for the furry friendly

French workers tired of the rat race have been offered the chance to live like a hamster for the night instead. For only 99 euros a night (£88), people in Nantes can cage themselves in the specially-designed hotel.  (video after jump&#8230;)





Visitors can run in a giant wheel and eat seeds before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Penguin DNA Raises Doubts About Accuracy of Genetic Dating Techniques</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Adelie penguins have survived in Antarctica for thousands of years and are invaluable for genetic research.
Penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica have provided extraordinary frozen DNA samples that challenge the accuracy of traditional genetic aging measurements, and suggest those approaches have been routinely underestimating the age of many specimens by 200 to 600 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Therapy Can Improve Muscle Mass and Strength in Monkeys, Research Suggests</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Cynomolgus macaque. New research in these primates suggests that a gene delivery strategy that produces follistatin can improve muscle mass and function.
A study appearing in Science Translational Medicine puts scientists one step closer to clinical trials to test a gene delivery strategy to improve muscle mass and function in patients with certain degenerative muscle disorders.

Severe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bubbling Ball of Gas: SUNRISE Telescope Delivers Spectacular Pictures of Sun&#8217;s Surface</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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The IMaX instrument not only depicts the solar surface, it also makes magnetic fields visible; these appear as black or white structures in the polarised light.
The Sun is a bubbling mass. Packages of gas rise and sink, lending the sun its grainy surface structure, its granulation. Dark spots appear and disappear, clouds of matter dart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting Opens For Angry Mermaid Award For Most Detrimental Climate Lobbying</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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That&#8217;s one pissed fish!

The damaging impacts of corporate lobbying on international efforts to fight climate change are exposed today with the announcement of the eight candidates for the Angry Mermaid Award 2009.
The Angry Mermaid Award is named after the iconic Copenhagen mermaid who is angry about the destruction being caused by climate change
Thousands of members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The True Colors Of The So Called Health Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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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>The Beatles Never Broke Up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Get ready for a strange story of a lost Beatles album found on cassette on the other side of a portal to a parallel universe. James Richards brought the cassette back and is making all the songs available. Here&#8217;s the skinny&#8230;

&#8220;On Sept. 9, 2009 I experienced something that I still am having trouble believing happened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing &#8220;Where the Wild Things Are&#8221; Chalk Wall Art Timelapse Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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It took over 11 hours to create these two &#8220;Where the Wild Things Are&#8221; chalk murals at Arnold DC, a Washington ad agency. Watch the timelapse video of their creation, using over 1,500 stills. Really cool.

via Neatorama
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		<title>ESA Spacecraft May Help Unravel Cosmic Mystery</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/13/esa-spacecraft-may-help-unravel-cosmic-mystery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Cassini-Huygens swings by Earth and accelerates towards Saturn.

When Europe&#8217;s comet chaser Rosetta swings by Earth on Nov. 13 for a critical gravity assist, tracking data will be collected to precisely measure the satellite&#8217;s change in orbital energy. The results could help unravel a cosmic mystery that has stumped scientists for two decades.

Since 1990, scientists and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can A Plant Be Altruistic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Yellow jewelweed (impatiens pallida) appears to have the ability to recognize &#8216;relatives&#8217; from &#8217;strangers&#8217; and then shift resources for growth to benefit relatives.
Although plants have the ability to sense and respond to other plants, their ability to recognize kin and act altruistically has been the subject of few studies. The authors explored kin recognition in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bizarre Lives Of Bone-eating Worms</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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This photograph shows a female of an as yet un-named boneworm in the genus Osedax, which has been carefully removed from the whale bone in which it was growing.
It sounds like a classic horror story &#8212; eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green &#8220;roots&#8221; to devour their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exoplanets Clue To Sun&#8217;s Curious Chemistry</title>
		<link>http://www.impactlab.com/2009/11/13/exoplanets-clue-to-suns-curious-chemistry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Artist&#8217;s impression of a baby star still surrounded by a protoplanetary disc in which planets are forming.
A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing &#8220;lithium mystery&#8221; observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems. Using ESO&#8217;s successful HARPS spectrograph, a team of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Made Russian Water Purifier</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Take a gander at this crazy home water purification system created by a 68-year-old retired engineer.
Above: &#8220;magnetic bottle. Plastic bottle with a magnet (I used magnets for the refrigerator). Here are removed from the water surplus of some metals.&#8221;

Below: &#8220;Fig.6 Capacitance cereal saturation. Funnel neck of a plastic bottle filled with millet. Here the water [...]]]></description>
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