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Discover Magazine Yum! Is vermin the meat of the future?

http://discovermagazine.com/photos/07-conservation-cuisine-vermin-meat-of-future/

Conservation Cuisine: Is Vermin the Meat of the Future? | Environment | DISCOVER Magazine
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The tick's salivary proteins change daily, so if a victim produces antibodies against today's saliva, they're useless a few days later.
Tue at 11:41am
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Discover Magazine Can recycling ever be bad for the environment?

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jul-aug/06-when-recycling-is-bad-for-the-environment/

When Recycling Is Bad for the Environment | Pollution | DISCOVER Magazine
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Recycling plastic is tricky business, and many plastics are better off as garbage. Visit Discover Magazine to read this article and other exclusive science and technology news stories.
Tue at 9:28am
Jeffrey
Jeffrey at 9:54am July 7
unintended consequences, I'll wager
Terry
Terry at 11:25am July 7
nothing is perfect..just like nuclear energy
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Discover Magazine As we approach the the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, we bring you a gallery of ten great views, and memories, from the moon.

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10 Great Views—and Memories—From the Moon | Space Flight | DISCOVER Magazine
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Forty years after the first moon landing, the 24 men who've been there open up about the details of their photos and experiences.
July 2 at 9:46am
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Discover Magazine The blue and the green: Analysis of an amazing optical illusion

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/24/the-blue-and-the-green/

The blue and the green | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
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Antiscience | Via my evil twin Richard Wiseman comes one of the best color optical illusions I have ever seen. The original was apparently posted on Buzzhunt Akiyoshi Kitaoka
July 2 at 8:53am
Nate
Nate at 10:22am July 2
Pretty and Facinating.
Kim
Kim at 6:57pm July 3
Josef Albers would love this one ....
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Discover Magazine Capturing the Stars: Best Astrophotography of the Last 35 Years

http://discovermagazine.com/photos/capturing-stars-best-astrophotography-last-35-years/

Capturing the Stars: Best Astrophotography of the Last 35 Years | Space | DISCOVER Magazine
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Each stab outward into space gives us a chance to image some new part of our cosmic neighborhood, from Earth to water on Mars to the strange moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
June 29 at 9:19am
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Discover Magazine Weird Science Roundup: Wallabies on Drugs, Microsoft Lawsuits, and Predatory Nymphs http://bit.ly/HpuaG

Weird Science Roundup: Wallabies on Drugs, Microsoft Lawsuits, and Predatory Nymphs | Discoblog | Di
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Blog Roundup | • Humans aren't the only ones who can feel the narcotic effects of opium; wallabies can, too. In fact, farmers in Australia have reported that the animals ge
June 26 at 2:36pm
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Discover Magazine To the brain, tools are temporary body parts.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/23/to-the-brain-tools-are-temporary-body-parts/

To the Brain, Tools Are Temporary Body Parts | 80beats | Discover Magazine
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Mind & Brain | When a person pick up a rake or a croquet mallet or any other tool, their mental image of their body expands subtly, according to a new study. To move our bodie
June 23 at 1:47pm
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Discover Magazine A gallery of the most destructive volcanic eruptions in history!

http://discovermagazine.com/photos/23-most-destructive-volcanic-eruptions-in-history/

Disaster! The Most Destructive Volcanic Eruptions in History | Natural Disasters | DISCOVER Magazine
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Pompeii, Santorini, Pinatubo—a journey through the eruptions that shook the world.
June 23 at 10:54am
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Discover Magazine Can number-crunching reveal whether Iran's election was rigged?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/22/can-number-crunching-reveal-whether-irans-election-was-rigged/

Can Number-Crunching Reveal Whether Iran’s Election Was Rigged? | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Physics & Math. ’Nuff Said. | There's something fishy going on with the vote counts from Iran's recent election, according to two political scientists from Columbia University. In fact, they
June 22 at 12:01pm
Elsie
Elsie at 7:50pm June 22
Imagine....an election rigged?????
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Discover Magazine iChoc: New chocolate factory operated entirely by iPhone

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/19/ichoc-new-chocolate-factory-operated-entirely-by-iphone/

iChoc: New Chocolate Factory Operated Entirely by iPhone | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com
Technology Attacks! | It looks like Oompa Loompas have been replaced by iPhones. A San Francisco-based 20,000 square-foot-factory began operating this month, becoming the first cho
June 19 at 11:20am
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Discover Magazine The Rip Van Winkle Bug: a microbe is resurrected after 120,000 years.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/18/the-rip-van-winkle-bug-a-microbe-is-resurrected-after-120000-years/

The Rip Van Winkle Bug: A Microbe Is Resurrected After 120,000 Years | 80beats | Discover Magazine
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Living World | After 120,000 years of slumbering in a Greenland glacier beneath almost two miles of ice, an ultra-small bacteria has been resurrected by the patient efforts of
June 18 at 1:06pm
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Discover Magazine How the heck did Obama catch that fly? The science behind the feat. http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jun/18-the-science-of-obamas-fly-swatting/

June 18 at 12:49pm
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Discover Magazine The newest in fertility treatments: Pregnancy for half the cost.

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jun/16-the-newest-in-fertility-treatments-pregnancy-for-half-the-cost/?searchterm=IVM

The Newest in Fertility Treatments: Pregnancy for Half the Cost | Women’s Health | DISCOVER Magazine
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A cheaper, gentler alternative to IVF may bring hope to infertile couples. Visit Discover Magazine to read this article and other exclusive science and technology news stories.
June 16 at 8:51am
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Discover Magazine How a maple seed twirls and whirls... and stays afloat!

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/06/12/how-a-maple-seed-twirls-and-whirls-and-stays-aloft/

How a Maple Seed Twirls and Whirls and Stays Aloft | 80beats | Discover Magazine
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Environment | The seeds that twirl down from maple trees every spring can fly as far as a mile, with each wing-shaped seed spinning like a whirligig on the air. Studies have
June 15 at 8:46am
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Discover Magazine Win two tickets to the World Science Festival in Discover's first tweepstakes!

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/09/win-two-tickets-to-the-world-science-festival-in-discovers-first-tweepstakes/

Win Two Tickets to the World Science Festival in DISCOVER’s First Tweepstakes | Discoblog | Discover
Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com
Uncategorized | Is our universe just one of many parallel worlds? Do these universes operate under different laws of physics? Are we actually living inside a computer simulatio
June 11 at 7:42am
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Discover Magazine Girl or boy? At-home test reveals baby's gender during pregnancy.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/09/girl-or-boy-at-home-test-reveals-babys-gender-during-pregnancy/

Girl or Boy? At-Home Test Reveals Baby’s Gender During Pregnancy | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Sex & Mating | In the past, an expectant mother who wanted to know the gender of her unborn baby had to wait for a sonogram 20 weeks into her pregnancy. But now an at-home te
June 10 at 7:44am
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Discover Magazine Move over, Dolly: Buffalo is latest animal to be cloned.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/08/move-over-dolly-buffalo-is-the-latest-animal-to-be-cloned/

Move Over, Dolly: Buffalo Is the Latest Animal to Be Cloned | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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The Wide (& Strange) World of Animals | Buffalo might have been driven almost to extinction by overeager Americans, but now we have a chance to redeem ourselves—by genetically engineering new ones.
June 8 at 1:54pm
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Discover Magazine How to chat with an alien: the official guide.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/08/how-to-chat-with-an-alien-the-official-guide/

How To Chat With an Alien: The Official Guide | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Space & Aliens Therefrom | The folks at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, or SETI, in Mountain View, Calif., want to make sure we earthlings are prepared for a conve
June 8 at 1:53pm
Tommy
Tommy at 4:11pm June 8
Hypothetically speaking, If we place intelligent life into 2 basic categories, the kind that don't have the ability to find us, and the type that do have the ability to find us, we can see that the one that "can't" find us is really not a threat...their abilities are limited for the time being. The one that can find us...well...they either have or... Read More have not already done so. If they have then they are not a threat because it would take either "benevolence" or “fear” (aka lack of confidence) to resist such an opportunity. Meaning they are watching to get a game plan for the game day first encounter - aggressive or friendly) Either way, If they haven't found us, then we need to find them first (scout) so that we "know" more about them to make our diplomatic decision. For that, the best policy for dealing with intelligent life is respect and the benefit of the doubt. Second best is to raise our guard just as fast as we lower it. Now offer me job with SETI and I'll take it.
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Discover Magazine holy crops! Pope backs genetically modified food as a possible solution for world hunger. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/04/holy-crops-pope-backs-genetically-modified-foods/

June 4 at 2:01pm
Tommy
Tommy at 4:30pm June 4
whoa...now that's progressive
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Discover Magazine how much actual hamburger is in your big mac? unfortunately...not that much.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/04/how-much-actual-hamburger-is-in-your-big-mac-frighteningly-little/

How Much Actual Hamburger Is in Your Big Mac? Frighteningly Little | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Food, Nutrition, & More Food | In case the shock value from Super Size Me is starting to wear off, here's an excerpt from the abstract of a paper in the Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. It was
June 4 at 2:00pm
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Discover Magazine Is the next big thing in weight-loss food that takes longer for you to digest?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/04/next-in-the-weight-loss-arsenal-food-that-sits-in-your-stomach-twice-as-long/

Next in the Weight-Loss Arsenal: Food That Sits in Your Stomach Twice as Long | Discoblog | Discover
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Food, Nutrition, & More Food | A recent development in food science may offer solace for dieters who are fed up, so to speak, with the tried-and-true eat-less, move-more mantra: Scientists sa
June 4 at 2:00pm
Henry
Henry at 10:51am June 5
The more links the better, I say. I could do with fewer thumbnails of fat stomachs.
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Discover Magazine at 1:56pm June 8
Point taken...no more thumbnails of blubbery, hairy stomachs in the future. :)
Amy
Amy at 9:27pm June 12
The world thanks you.
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Discover Magazine A new use for Twitter: Finding out if psychics exist...?

http://tinyurl.com/m6hvu2

Twitter Used to Test Our “Psychic Abilities” | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Technology Attacks! | Twitter isn’t just the hippest new way to get gossip, headlines, and nosy details of your friends’ lives. It’s helping people whine, embarrass themselves
June 1 at 9:36am
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Discover Magazine Weird science roundup: dead space monkeys and a suicidal UFO

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/29/weird-science-roundup-dead-space-monkeys-and-suicidal-ufos/

Weird Science Roundup: Dead Space Monkeys and Suicidal UFOs | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Blog Roundup | • Forget Graceland: If you’re in Huntsville, Ala., be sure to visit the graves of spacemonkeys Able and Baker, the first monkeys to survive a space flight.
May 29 at 9:58am
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Discover Magazine Will a sunken Navy ship be the next (or only) great coral reef?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/28/will-a-sunken-navy-ship-be-the-next-or-only-great-coral-reef/

Will a Sunken Navy Ship Be the Next (or Only) Great Coral Reef? | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Pollution Solutions (& Disasters) | You might’ve heard that the U.S. Navy has been purposely sinking old ships to make homes for fish—and that research shows this technique could be harmful to
May 28 at 12:49pm
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Discover Magazine Could pollution in China be causing cats to grow wings?

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/28/is-pollution-in-china-causing-cats-to-grow-wings/

Is Pollution in China Causing Cats to Grow “Wings?” | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Pollution Solutions (& Disasters) | No, he’s not Supercat, but apparently a fuzzy feline in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing began sprouting triangular, fur-covered wings out of his back
May 28 at 8:57am
Elizabeth
Elizabeth at 9:55am May 28
The Wings look more like Gian cat ears. So maye it is the cat's Twin that never was formed....
Colleen
Colleen at 11:23am May 28
Maybe its a BatCat with amazing hearing and ears that are also wings!!! Or the new Hello Kitty....
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Discover Magazine A mutation of the "happy hour" gene can boost your alcohol tolerance - and predispose you to alcoholism.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/27/new-happy-hour-gene-could-mean-youre-a-good-drunkor-an-alcoholic/

New “Happy Hour” Gene Could Mean You’re a Good Drunk…Or an Alcoholic | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments | If you can drink your friends under the table, you may have your genes to thank. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have for the first
May 27 at 12:59pm
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Discover Magazine A cancer patient loses his fingerprints and becomes a possible terror suspect, thanks to his cancer treatment.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/27/cancer-patient-loses-fingerprints-becomes-possible-terror-suspect/

Cancer Patient Loses Fingerprints, Becomes Possible Terror Suspect | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments | A Singaporean man trying to enter the U.S. was detained by TSA officials for four hours as a possible security threat, all because he had no fingerprints. Turns
May 27 at 11:14am
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Discover Magazine Anyone up for sliders? A breed of "minicows" are becoming increasingly popular as feed prices continue to rise.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/26/farmers-steaking-a-claim-in-mini-cows-for-jumbo-profits/

Farmers “Steaking” a Claim in Mini-Cows for Jumbo Profits | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Food, Nutrition, & More Food | The rocky economy has led some beef ranches to downsize not just their acreage, but the cows themselves. Minicows, which are shorter and more compact than more
May 27 at 7:05am
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Discover Magazine The next big step in cancer treatment might be small enough to balance on a grain of salt, thanks to a miniscule robot that can crawl through your veins.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/05/26/the-tiny-robot-that-can-crawl-through-your-veins%E2%80%94and-treat-your-tumors/

The Tiny Robot that Can Crawl Through Your Veins—And Treat Your Tumors | Discoblog | Discover Magazi
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Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments | The next big step in cancer treatment might be small enough to balance on a grain of salt.Researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa have develo
May 26 at 1:01pm
Tamara
Tamara at 2:20pm May 26
Ew! Oh my gosh. I don't think I want that crawling through my veins! Ouchie.
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Discover Magazine Ever wonder what the cities of tomorrow might look like? Floating cities and crops grown several stories in the air aren't science fiction - they're the future, some architects say.

http://tinyurl.com/ob2fb5

10 Zany (or Genius?) Plans for Green Cities of the Future | Ecosystems | DISCOVER Magazine
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Floating cities. A building with a million residents. An oil rig turned into a tourist getaway. Some architects are dreaming of a wild green revolution.
May 26 at 10:12am
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Discover Magazine Goats = Victims of Wind Turbines in Taiwan? http://is.gd/C9Dd

Are Wind Turbines Killing Innocent Goats? | Discoblog | Discover Magazine
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Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments | Despite their energy-saving efforts, wind farms have a bad rap for killing birds. And now there may be a bigger problem: The noise from turbines could be killin
May 21 at 3:31pm
Teresa
Teresa at 4:00pm May 21
It's plausible. I've heard of ewes dropping their lamb prematurely just because they were startled or under stress. I can't imagine goats are much different. I know I feel like I'm being driven mad and become agitated when I have a continuous loud noise around me. I've also heard of unwary humans being sucked up into the turbines...but don't ... Read Moreknow if that's just an urban legend or not. I've seen the big wind farms down near Palm Desert...those things can really pick up speed quickly when the air flow is just right.