May 2013
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Terrafugia unveils next-generation flying car →
While the company is late on delivery of its current model, a new concept has emerged—a flying car that features optional vertical take off and landing. The liftoff rotors fold in flight as a rear propeller powered by a gas turbine engine takes over. The wings fold impressively into a sleek unit while in your driveway (see below). It can also take off and land like a conventional airplane.
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The body’s “Fountain of Youth” could lie in the... →
The fountain of youth is not in Florida, but new research suggests it may be in your hypothalamus.
[via gizmag]
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May the 4th Be With You...
Functional three-dimensional human liver tissue... →
Bio-printing human organs is a reality. Scientists must now scale up the process. Transplantable ‘printed’ livers and kidneys are the next goal.
April 2013
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Research suggests you’ll still empathize with... →
Yeah, we’ll empathize right up to the point where they decide that biological entities are non-essential to their existence.
[via TechHive]
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Want to live on Mars forever? Apply now! →
This does sound intriguing, if a bit outlandish. The one-way nature of the trip is the sticking point. No more greenery, blue skies, rain, animals, birds. Just red dirt. Living quarters seem cushy, however.
[via TechHive]
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NASA has discovered the most Earth-like planets... →
The Kepler spacecraft, launched 4 years ago has turned into the ‘rock star’ of astronomical science. To smugly suggest that ‘we are alone in the universe’ is becoming more and more a ridiculous assumption.
[via io9]
Roboticists discover the secret of insect flight,... →
All the answers have been provided by the Creator.
[via io9]
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A friendly reminder that you are mostly nothing →
Gee, thanks.
[via io9]
Latest science shows that size really does matter... →
Sooooo…women really DO objectify men!
[via io9]
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Researchers developing fusion rocket to slash... →
Instead of a 2-year roundtrip, this rocket would make the journey in only 8 months, including 30 days on the Martian surface.
[via gizmag]
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Improving hot water heating efficiency ... with... →
Hal Slater of San Diego has invented a water heating system that extracts excess heat from the cold water line and infuses it into the hot water tank, increasing efficiency by a minimum of 50 per cent.
[via gizmag]
With North Korea warning of nuclear war, B-52s... →
‘Dear One’ Lil’ Kim better pull back the bellicose rhetoric or he’ll be seeing a few of these overhead — the greatest aircraft ever made. As a kid, I saw these parked at a nearby AFB and they were scary looking beasts.
[via foxnews]