TrES-2b is so dark that it reflects less than one percent of the starlight falling on it.
TrES-2b, a planet orbiting a distant star is darker than coal, reflecting less than one percent of the starlight falling on it, according to a paper published on Thursday.
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Teeth tattoos
Teeth grills have been worn for years by rappers and hip-hop stars. But women in Japan are dropping the gold and ice and trading them in for Hello Kitty teeth decals. Yes, teeth tattoos are a fashion trend in Japan.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: It’s amazing how a single newscast can set the world on fire.
The very second Standard & Poor’s announced they had downgraded the U.S. Credit rating, communications systems around the world began to boil. Reaction time was critical and those who could react the quickest were able to position the negative news into something less negative, perhaps even a positive.
42% of all Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
Almost half of American workers report that they usually or always live paycheck to paycheck to make ends meet. But finances of many workers are improving from just a year ago. (Infographic)
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A replacement sphincter grown inside a laboratory.
The loss of sphincter control is a common and humiliating problem for aging adults. Researchers led by Shreya Rhagavan of the University of Michigan Medical School may have developed a solution: a replacement sphincter grown inside a laboratory…
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Where will the drone take us next?
How do you make a maple seed cool? Turning it into a state-of-the-art single-wing helicopter drone that soldiers and police officers can carry into the field, and that they launch by hurling it like a boomerang, is a pretty good start…
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Biopiracy a Sensitive Issue in India.
Agri-giant Monsanto may be forced to take one on the chin in India: The nation’s first genetically modified food crop, a variety of eggplant known at Bt brinjal, has sucked its Big Ag developers into court. Monsanto, Mahyco, and “collaborators” have been accused of biopiracy by the National Biodiversity Authority of India.
NBA says the developers of Bt brinjal (the introduction of which was halted in 2010 by then environment minister Jairam Ramesh on the grounds that more tests were needed to prove its safety) used local varieties of eggplant in developing the GM crop “without prior approval of the competent authorities.”
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Chop Stick
Architects Anders Berensson and Ulf Mejergren of VisionDivision from Sweden have been commissioned to design Chop Stick, a concession stand for 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. They “sacrificed” a beautiful 100 foot poplar, to demonstrate how to make something new efficiently and respectfully. (Pics)
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The sensor is so thin it can be worn comfortably on the skin without the patient noticing it.
Monitoring a patient’s vital signs could soon be a simple as sticking on a tiny, wireless patch similar to a temporary tattoo. (Pic and video)
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Total video game sales fell 20% from $855.3 million in July 2010 to $687 million last month.
Video game sales have been dropping monthly. But, between June 2010 and June 2011 the drop in video game sales has been really big.
China will surpass Japan in total media spending this year.
Advertising in China, still developing compared to countries like the US and Japan, is beginning to catch up to the demand of consumer-facing companies looking to expand their reach among the world’s largest population and its growing buying power. eMarketer estimates that by the end of this year, ad spending in the China will increase enough to make the country the second-largest advertising market in the world.
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Smaller companies will hire a pilot without a college degree if they have enough logged flight time and aircraft knowledge.
Going to college used to be a nearly sure way of getting a steady job. A sure way of getting a steady job was getting a college degree. But many recent college graduates will tell you this is no longer the case.
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