News tagged with surrealism
New sensor system tracks firefighters where GPS fails
Firefighter Ray Hodgson hits the talk button on his walkie-talkie: "I have fire showing, possibility of a rescue on the third floor. Engine 35, initiate a rescue group. Also back him up with a hose line."
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Targeting teen depression
(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychologist Mona Taouk is developing a world-first questionnaire to identify young people at risk of depression and suicide.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Reading Kafka, watching Lynch improves learning, study suggests
Reading a book by Franz Kafka -- or watching a film by director David Lynch -- could make you smarter.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Scientists make stunning inner space observations
Scientists using high-powered microscopes have made a stunning observation of the architecture within a cell – and identified for the first time how the architecture changes during the formation of gametes, ...
May 01, 2012 |
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Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic
On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed
For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 25, 2011 |
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Tokyo tech fair opens with robotic clapping of hands
From robotic hand-clapping arms to a device that could show tsunami alerts in the sky, Japanese technology researchers showcased their latest inventions in Tokyo Thursday.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 20, 2011 |
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The next STEP in science education
By many accounts, the picture of science education in the United States is bleak: American students lag their international peers in standardized test scores, fewer of them are studying science and engineering at the university ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Testing technicolor physics
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ramps up the rate and impact of its collisions, physicists hope to witness the emergence of the Higgs boson, an anticipated, but as-yet-unseen, fundamental ...
May 06, 2011 |
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UCLA's first hand transplant patient adapting well to new hand
Six-and-a-half weeks after receiving the first hand transplant in the western United States, Emily Fennell is becoming so accustomed to her new right hand that she barely remembers when she didn't have one.
Apr 21, 2011 |
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The drama of starbirth (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from ESO's Very Large Telescope gives a close-up view of the dramatic effects newborn stars have on the gas and dust from which they formed. Although the stars themselves are not ...
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Why do we laugh when someone falls over?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why is it funny when people fall over? What are jokes for? A session for teenagers at Cambridge University today will come up with some answers.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Experiment volunteers 'walk on Mars' (Images)
Two volunteers cut off from the rest world for eight months stepped out on a mock-up of Mars on Monday, reaching the dramatic half-way point of their experimental "voyage" to the Red Planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 14, 2011 |
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