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As a car, the Terrafugia Transition could be said to be found somewhat wanting in the looks department – it is an ugly beast, but it is an ugly beast that is approved for use both on the ground and in the air. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
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When it comes to inventive teachers, one could argue that don’t come much craftier than Brookline, Massachusetts high school science teacher Ron Dantowitz. He prepared a mock scenario for his three best students, James Breitmeyer, Brigitte Berman, and Yiannis Karavas in which they had to capture a spacecraft as...
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Robin Hood actor Kevin Costner has appeared before a Congressional committee, urging them to consider a technology he invested more than $US20 million ($24 million) in that could be used to separate oil from water in the disastrous Gulf of Mexico spill. Costner joked, referring to his role in...
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Simon Kearney, author of a publication titled “Emails, computers making Aussie workers dumb” makes some interesting observations. According to a report by the Australian Industry Group (AIG), the use of email and computers in workplaces has created a new literacy problem in Australia’s workforce, affecting otherwise skilled and educated workers,...
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According to Dr John Yovich, a vet doctor from Perth’s Murdoch University – that’s an animal vet… not a war vet -, loved up couples will soon stop having sex to conceive babies. His theory is that couples will prefer to go down the IVF route, with science citing inefficiencies in...
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If you struggle with Type 2 Diabetes, a recent article in Medical News Today points to Coconut Oil as being a possible natural ‘savior’. Recent studies in animals showed that a diet rich in coconut oil protects against ‘insulin resistance’ in muscle and fat. Coconut Oil in the diet also avoids the accumulation...
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Research undertaken at the University of Valencia has seen scientists arrive at a startling conclusion: beautiful women are bad for men’s health. The issue is to do with a hormone, namely cortisol, which is produced by the body under stressful conditions. One of those conditions, it seems, is being...
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While unquestionably grotesque, leeches tend to be rather benign creatures. They latch onto a host, gorge themselves on blood and fall off of their own accord – a little disgusting but nothing to worry about. Of course, there are leech species that have adapted to feed on mucous membranes...
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Australia’s Marathon Robotics has come up with a clever way to give soldiers realistic target practice: they have turned a bunch of Segways into robots that move and react like real groups of people. The robots, named Segway Rovers, can be programmed to act like enemy soldiers (called insurgents...
