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earthquakes, and hurricanes to
disappearing lakes, human actions
can have all sorts of unforeseen
environmental...
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Rocket-powered racing plane takes
flight
New Scientist Space July 29, 2008
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The Rocket Racing League's first
racing plane took to the skies on
Tuesday. Billed as a NASCAR for the
skies, the league hopes to pit
rocket-powered planes against each
other on a 3D track. Rocket Racing
League -...
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Building 'The Matrix'
Science News July 27th, 2008
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Physicists at the Max Planck
Institute for Quantum Optics have
created a rudimentary prototype of a
machine that simulates quantum
phenomena using quantum physics,
rather than using data kept in a
classical computer. It demonstrates
a technique that could enable
physicists to create, in the virtual
world, materials that don't yet
exist in...
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IBM mobile software helps 'senior
moments'
CNET News.Com July 29, 2008
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IBM's Pensieve personal-assistant
software will help people recall
events, names of new acquaintances,
and details of a conversation, using
a cell phone and computer. The phone
can snap photos, create text
documents, or record audio, and can
be synched it to a computer, where
software creates associations
between tagged GPS location and
time,...
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The Jetpack: From Comics to a
Liftoff in the Yard
New York Times July 30 2008
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An inventor has unveiled what he
calls "the world's first practical
jetpack."...
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Gray Matters: Brain's Sleep-Time
Memory Storage Gets Muddled with Age
Scientific American July 29, 2008
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University of Arizona in Tucson
researchers have found that the
brain's ability to store or
consolidate memories ("replaying"
and filing away events while we
sleep) is impaired in old age. The
researchers recorded the activity in
the hippocampuses of rats while they
repeatedly navigated tracks and
mazes in search of food. The exact
patterns...
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Alzheimer's drug 'halts' decline
BBC News July 29, 2008
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Aberdeen University researchers
have developed a drug that may halt
the progression of Alzheimer's
disease by targeting build-up of Tau
tangles (clumps of protein inside
nerve cells in the brain). Trials of
the drug Rember in 321 patients
showed significant decreases in the
rate of mental decline in patients
taking the drug. Imaging data also...
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U.S. Intel: Iran Plans Nuclear
Strike on U.S.
Newsmax July 29, 200
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Iran has carried out missile tests
for what could be a plan for an
electromagnetic pulse (EMP) nuclear
strike on the United States, former
White House science advisor Dr.
William Graham has warned. The
Commission to Assess the Threat to
the United States from
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack,
established by Congress in 2001 and
chaired by...
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