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December 25, 2012
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Originally uploaded by the BBC on Dec 7, 2011 on their youtube channel: youtube.com/bbc re uploaded for everyone thats not located in the UK and can’t view it there.
A celebration of Natural History on BBC One with David Attenborough.
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December 25, 2012
Technical aviation, business, Cara Santa Maria, climate, computer, computer simulation, Environment, gaming, huffingtonpost, ir technology, Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics, Martin Savage, Physics, research, Science, Science News, Simulation, sophisticated computer simulation, Talk Nerdy To Me, technology, Technology News, transportation, travel, Universe, Universe Computer Simulation, University Of Washington, vacation, Video Leave a comment
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Have you ever wondered whether all this–you, your life, the universe–is just a sophisticated computer simulation?
Martin Savage, a physicist at the University of Washington, thinks we can’t discount the idea. In fact, he and two colleagues (Silas Beane and Zohreh Davoudi) published a paper in November 2012 exploring the possibility. I spoke to him about why he thinks we may be the byproduct of some sophisticated computer code.
As we spoke, I noticed he used the word they a lot, when referencing the proposed simulators. I couldn’t help but ask, “who is they?” His answer will blow your mind.
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December 23, 2012
Medical bbc, bbc news, better screening and treatments, business, Cancer Research UK, cancer risk factor, climate, developing cancer in their lifetime, from the current 44 in 100 chance, Health, increase to 50 out of 100, medicine, melanoma, men 1:2 chancce for cancer, next 15 years are bowel, prostate and skin (melanoma), Prostate Cancer, research, Science, Science News, skin melanoma, technology, travel, uk experts, UK experts predict more cancer in men, vacation, www bbc co uk Leave a comment
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Men look set to have a one in two chance of developing cancer in their lifetime, UK experts predict.
The increase to 50 out of 100, up from the current 44 in 100 chance, is largely down to people living longer – age is the biggest cancer risk factor, says Cancer Research UK.
The cancers set to increase the most in men within the next 15 years are bowel, prostate and skin (melanoma).
But more will survive cancer, thanks to better screening and treatments.
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December 22, 2012
Science Alien Planets, Astronomy, business, climate, cosmic scheme, Exoplanets, Extrasolar Planets, Future, habitable planet, Habitable Planets, Habitable Zone, huffingtonpost, maing, mass just 4.3 times that of Earth, minimum mass, myaol, Planetary Science, Planets, research, Science, Science News, Space, star Tau Ceti, Tau Ceti, technology, travel, vacation, Video Leave a comment
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A sun-like star in our solar system’s backyard may host five planets, including one perhaps capable of supporting life as we know it, a new study reports.
Astronomers have detected five possible alien planets circling the star Tau Ceti, which is less than 12 light-years from Earth — a mere stone’s throw in the cosmic scheme of things. One of the newfound worlds appears to orbit in Tau Ceti’s habitable zone, a range of distances from a star where liquid water can exist on a planet’s surface.
With a minimum mass just 4.3 times that of Earth, this potential planet would be the smallest yet found in the habitable zone of a sun-like star if it’s confirmed, researchers said.
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December 22, 2012
Science brain cells, Brain Science, business, Chimp Brain Development, Chimp Brains, Chimp Intelligence, chimpanzees, Chimps Humans, climate, html ref, huffingtonpost, Human Brains, Human Intelligence, massive explosion, massive explosion in white matter growth, Neural Connectivity, proceedings of the royal society, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, research, Science, Science News, sharing 98 percent of our DNA with chimps, technology, travel, vacation, Video, White Matter Leave a comment
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Despite sharing 98 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees, humans have much bigger brains and are, as a species, much more intelligent. Now a new study sheds light on why: Unlike chimps, humans undergo a massive explosion in white matter growth, or the connections between brain cells, in the first two years of life.
The new results, published today (Dec. 18) in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, partly explain why humans are so much brainier than our nearest living relatives. But they also reveal why the first two years of life play such a key role in human development.
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December 21, 2012
Crime Adam Lanza Motive, aviation, business, climate, Crime News, current-events, gaming, huffingtonpost, Newtown School Shooting, politics, research, sandy hook, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting, Sandy Hook Shooter, Sandy Hook Shooter Motive, Sandy Hook Shooting Motive, Science, Science News, technology, transportation, travel, vacation, Video 1 Comment
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Connecticut’s chief medical examiner said he hopes Adam Lanza’s biology will help explain why the Sandy Hook shooter went on a deadly rampage.
The Hartford Courant reports that Dr. H. Wayne Carver has asked a geneticist at the University of Connecticut to join in his investigation of the killings.
“I’m exploring with the department of genetics what might be possible, if anything is possible,” Carver told the paper on Tuesday. “Is there any identifiable disease associated with this behavior?”
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December 20, 2012
Science Apocalypse 2012, business, climate, gaming, History, How Mayan Calendar Works, huffingtonpost, Maya Calendar, Mayan Apocalypse 2012, Mayan Calendar, mayan calendar ends, Mayan End Of The World, Mayan Hieroglyphs, Mayan Long Count Calendar, nature, politics, research, Science, Science News, technology, travel, vacation, Video Leave a comment
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With chatter about the Mayan apocalypse intensifying as Dec. 21 approaches, you may have seen that while the ancient Mayan calendar “ends” on that day, the Maya themselves would not have seen that as the end of the world. But how does the Mayan calendar work, anyway?
It’s not as confusing as it might seem. The ancient Maya kept time in a very different way than we do today, and their hieroglyph-heavy calendar can seem daunting at first glance. But the basic principle is simply that the Maya were counting the days.
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December 20, 2012
Technical 16 hours per week globally, Are We Becoming Cyborgs, Brain Pickings, broadband, business, climate, eclectic interestingness, gaming, Health, human-rights, international herald tribune, internet, Internet use has expanded at a cosmic rate, Maria Popova, mental-health, millenium internet, number of internet users, Oxford, research, Science, Science News, Serge Schmemann, susan greenfield, synaptic pharmacology at Oxford, technology, The Dark Side of Internet Freedom, The Net Delusion, The New Republic, travel, vacation Leave a comment
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SINCE broadband began its inexorable spread at the start of this millenium, Internet use has expanded at a cosmic rate. Last year, the number of Internet users topped 2.4 billion — more than a third of all humans on the planet. The time spent on the screen was 16 hours per week globally — double that in high-use countries, and much of that on social media. We have changed how we interact. Are we also changing what we are?
We put that question to three people who have written extensively on the subject, and brought them together to discuss it with Serge Schmemann, the editor of this magazine. The participants: Susan Greenfield, professor of synaptic pharmacology at Oxford. She has written and spoken widely on the impact of new technology on users’ brains.
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December 19, 2012
Science arts, aviation, Best Satellite Images, Best Satellite Images 2012, Best Satellite Photos 2012, business, climate, huffingtonpost, illustration, nature, photography, research, Satellite Imagery, Science, Science News, technology, Top Photos Of 2012, Top Satellite Images 2012, Top Satellite Photos Of 2012, transportation, travel, vacation, Video, Year's Best Photos, Year's Best Satellite Photos Leave a comment
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The year is drawing to a close, and DigitalGlobe has published its selection of the top 20 satellite images of 2012.
According to a written statement, the company’s satellites have been hard at work capturing images of “natural disasters, political issues, natural wonders and current events.” Now they’re hoping public input will help whittle down those top 20 images to one top satellite photo of 2012.
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December 18, 2012
Medical alzheimers, business, cancer, climate, current-events, David Agus, everyday health, gaming, Health, Heart Disease, medicine, mental-health, politics, research, Science, Science News, Steve Jobs, Talk with your doctor, technology, travel, vacation, videogames, Wear comfortable shoes Leave a comment
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More people fear getting cancer than Alzheimer’s and heart disease combined, according to research from the MetLife Foundation.
For half of all men and a third of all women in the United States, that fear will come true. But it doesn’t have to be that way, says David Agus, MD, world-renowned oncologist and author of the best-selling book The End of Illness.
Agus, who was on the team of doctors that treated Steve Jobs, said he believes we can win the war on cancer — but not the way we’re fighting it now.
“We’ve made almost no impact on making people live longer with cancer,” he says in an interview for Daily Dose With Jillian Michaels, noting that the death rate is down only 8 percent over the past six decades.
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