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Australia's National Science Week Project - Catchment Detox- to Help Australians Understand, Manage the Environment
Science & Tech  (tags: australia, science week, catchment, environment, economy, population )

Jenny
- 46 days ago - scienceweek.info.au
It's an amazing online game where you manage a virtual catchment and try balancing three basic factors: the health of the environment, the economy and population growth. catchmentdetox.net.au
Cassini Returns Close-Up Images of Saturn's Moon's 'Tiger Stripes'
Science & Tech  (tags: space, Cassini spacecraft, geyser vents. 'tiger stripes', Saturn's moon Enceladus )

Jenny
- 52 days ago - space.newscientist.com
New images from the Cassini spacecraft may help to explain the unusual geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Mission members are now checking to see if the images match the locations of known geyser vents.
Rat-Brained Robots - Research By Neuroscientists
Science & Tech  (tags: robots, rats, neurons, neuroscientists, enzymes, brain )

Jenny
- 52 days ago - technology.newscientist.com
To create the "brain", the neural cortex from a rat fetus is surgically removed and disassociating enzymes applied to it to disconnect the neurons from each other. The neuroscientists hope to gain insights into how brains function.
All Planets Are Born in Killer Environments
Science & Tech  (tags: science, Solar System, planetary system, research, interesting )

Ingrid
- 59 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Our solar system emerged in surprisingly good order from the violence of planetary creation, according to a new simulation.
Possible Cause Of Endometriosis Identified
Science & Tech  (tags: endometriosis, enzyme, University of Liverpool, pelvic pain )

Jenny
- 59 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have identified an enzyme that could be responsible for a condition called endometriosis - the most common cause of pelvic pain in women.
HIV Drug Can Persist In Mothers' Milk, Increasing Risk To Them And Their Babies
Science & Tech  (tags: HIV, breast milk, drug-resistant, virus, Developing Countries )

Jenny
- 59 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A drug commonly used in the developing world to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child persists in the breast milk and blood of the mothers, putting them and their babies at risk for developing drug-resistant strains of the virus
Why The Slow-Paced World Could Make It Difficult To Catch A Ball
Science & Tech  (tags: visual perception, road safety, robotics, survival skills, human brain, perception )

Jenny
- 59 days ago - sciencedaily.com
New research studies why the human brain has difficulty perceiving fast moving objects coming from straight ahead; something that should be a key survival skill...important for improving road safety and for the development of robotic vision system.
Neurobiologists Discover Individuals Who 'Hear' Movement
Science & Tech  (tags: synesthetes, senses, synesthesia, hearing )

Jenny
- 60 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Individuals with synesthesia perceive the world in a different way from the rest of us. Because their senses are cross-activated, some synesthetes perceive numbers or letters as having colours or days of the week as possessing personalities...
'Cosmic Ghost' Discovered By Volunteer Astronomer In Archived Images Of Night Sky
Science & Tech  (tags: Astrophysics, galaxies, discovery )

Ingrid
- 61 days ago - sciencedaily.com
When Yale astrophysicist Kevin Schawinski and his colleagues at Oxford University enlisted public support in cataloging galaxies, they never envisioned the strange object Hanny van Arkel found in archived images of the night sky.
Archaeologists Discover Fragrance Container
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 61 days ago - visitbulgaria.net
Archaeologists have found a 900-year-old lead ampoule of fragrance at the excavations on Tzarevetz hill in the town of Veliko Tarnovo.
 
 
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