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(http://www.livescience.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 3 years ago
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The second set of octuplets ever born in the United States arrived this week, raising questions about the future of baby-making and fertility medicine.
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(http://www.livescience.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 3 years ago
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The more frequently women use the pronoun "I" in their instant messages (IM), the more satisfied they are with their partners, a new study finds.
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(http://www.newscientist.com)
- scanned by: Jeff Hilford
over 3 years ago
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A team at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, is developing a human-sized machine which is able to lightly hold a person's forearm and steer them in the appropriate direction.
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(http://computerworld.co.nz)
- scanned by: Garry Golden
over 3 years ago
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A presentation by Dr Kenji Doya, of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan, which showed neuro-genetic robots, says Kasabov.
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(http://www.nytimes.com)
- scanned by: GavinChua
over 3 years ago
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Nice but worrisome Op-Ed by NYT's David Brooks: "This recession will probably have its own social profile. In particular, it’s likely to produce a new social group: the formerly middle class. These are people who achieved middle-class status ...
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(http://www.thestandard.com)
- scanned by: Mielle Sullivan
over 3 years ago
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Taylor found Pollard online with his avatar "cuddling" with another avatar, and says he confessed that he'd been spending time in-world with someone else, and wanted to end their marriage.
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(http://www.redorbit.com)
- scanned by: Mielle Sullivan
over 3 years ago
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Scientists said on Wednesday they have pinpointed a key brain chemical involved in dealing with the sudden loss or long-term separation of a partner.
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(http://www.nytimes.com)
- scanned by: cleopatra
over 3 years ago
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Parents giving toddlers online identities - before they can even mutter 'mum'. What will *this* future look like?
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(http://www.medicinenet.com)
- scanned by: Mielle Sullivan
over 3 years ago
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The next generation of birth control pills may also help prevent cancer, protect against STDs, and even extend a woman's fertility.
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(http://www.time.com)
- scanned by: I Told Ya
over 3 years ago
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The cells were shipped back the next day, and Mitchener injected them into Blue's failing hip, where they adapted and developed into the healthy cartilage and tendon cells the animal needed. Within 36 hours, Waters says, "Blue was moving well...
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(http://venturebeat.com)
- scanned by: dvorak
over 3 years ago
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With the internet giant joining into the virtual world business in the likes of the popular SecondLife, perhaps now we finally have a major leap forward in having a mainstream virtual world soon for all of us to dive into.
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