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Stephen Hawking celebrates 70th birthday

British scientist Stephen Hawking celebrated his 70th birthday Sunday, an age many experts never expected the motor neurone disease sufferer to reach.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Serious Question: Why Do We Laugh?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Not surprisingly, Robert Lynch begins his research paper "It's Funny Because We Think It's True: Laughter is Augmented by Implicit Preferences" with a joke. Not his joke, but one taken from a ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 3




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Google searches get smarter (Update)

Google on Wednesday began making its search engine smarter, in what the Internet giant called a major upgrade that looks beyond query words to figure out what people are actually seeking online.

Technology / Internet

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 8

WikiLeaks' Assange to appear on Simpsons

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to make a guest appearance as himself on the 500th episode of the Simpsons, the irreverent US television show's producers said Tuesday.

Technology / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Unwell' Stephen Hawking misses 70th birthday event

British scientist Stephen Hawking was forced to miss a scientific debate to mark his 70th birthday Sunday due to ill health but sent an upbeat message saying he was living at a "glorious time".

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease

British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 17

What's behind our conflicted feelings on nukes?

(AP) -- Nuclear radiation, invisible and insidious, gives us the creeps.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 59

Calif. regulators OK major greenhouse gas rules

(AP) -- Hoping other states will follow suit, California regulators overwhelmingly approved the nation's most extensive system giving owners of power plants, refineries and other major polluters financial ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (7) | comments 20

Gene limits learning and memory in mice

Deleting a certain gene in mice can make them smarter by unlocking a mysterious region of the brain considered to be relatively inflexible, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

There's a hole in this possible earthquake pattern

As University of California at Davis physicist and geologist John Rundle ponders the map of recent California earthquakes, he sees visions of a doughnut even Homer J. Simpson wouldn't like.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 3

Report: Trans fat limits lead to healthier foods

(AP) -- Holy fish sticks! Scientists finally have some good news about fat in our foods.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 26, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Probing Question: Is snoring dangerous?

Homer Simpson does it. Dagwood Bumstead does it. Snoring is a cartoon classic, but if you live with a snorer, it's anything but funny. The nocturnal noise can ruin a good night's sleep, or worse, can be a ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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