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SCIENCE NEWS
« on: February 11, 2016, 03:04:41 PM »
I thought there should be a specific thread for scientific discoveries and general news, rather than posting each one individually.

'We have detected gravitational waves!', breakthrough discovery confirmed:



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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2016, 03:16:16 PM »
Humans mated with Neandertals much earlier and more frequently than thought.

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2016, 03:28:18 PM »
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Humans mated with Neandertals much earlier and more frequently than thought.

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Thanks for sharing, dcuodust!  Good article.  I studied this in several of my undergraduate classes (Molecular Biology major, ha ha), so I always find it interesting to learn more about early modern humans.

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2016, 11:40:20 AM »
First life may have been forged in icy seas on a freezing Earth

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2016, 04:09:03 PM »
Giant Webb telescope unfolds as it travels a million miles away from Earth.

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2016, 04:12:19 PM »
Lightsaber science?

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2016, 06:48:39 PM »
Volcanic mount spun Mars around and rearranged its rivers

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2016, 09:41:02 PM »
US agency reaches 'holy grail' of battery storage sought by Elon Musk and Gates. Breakthrough in next generation of storage batteries could transform the US electrical grid within five to 10 years, says research agency, Arpa-E.

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Re: Science News
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2016, 12:46:00 PM »
Stealing a Clear Look at an Elusive Star

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And I thought RCW 106 might be a new droid  8)

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2016, 07:11:41 PM »
This new research rewrites the history of HIV in America.

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2016, 02:44:37 PM »
Biometric$

Wells Fargo looks to eye-scan security

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"The most sophisticated eye scanners, such as those used by government security agencies, peer into the eye to look at the blood vessels on the retina. The system Wells Fargo will roll out in a few months uses a smartphone's front-facing camera to look at the pattern of blood vessels in the whites of the eyes, a pattern that doesn't change and is unique like a fingerprint.

Initially conceived by a University of Missouri professor as a military tool, the system was developed by EyeVerify, a Kansas City, Mo., start-up that Wells Fargo invested in two years ago. Its Eyeprint ID system is already used by a few smaller financial institutions, including a Utah credit union and a subsidiary of Toronto's Scotiabank."


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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2016, 10:50:39 AM »
Hand of God? Scientific anatomy paper citing a 'creator' retracted after furore. Paper states “hand coordination should indicate the mystery of the Creator’s invention,” although the Chinese authors say a linguistic mix-up is to blame.

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2016, 08:58:07 PM »
Always a good read - NASA O0

SOFIA Observatory Indicates Star Eruptions Create and Scatter Elements with Earth-like Composition

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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2016, 09:09:12 PM »
does anyone know of a decent write up on Mark Kelly's body after the year in space in relationship to the trip to mars?
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Re: SCIENCE NEWS
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2016, 04:15:22 AM »

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does anyone know of a decent write up on Mark Kelly's body after the year in space in relationship to the trip to mars?
I think they are still testing him.
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