Heavy college students must pass fitness class
A Pennsylvania university’s requirement that overweight students take a fitness course to graduate has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
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Archive for November 20th, 2009
Swine flu may have hit peak, but not over yet
The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak across much of the globe, health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
Proton beams circulate in Big Bang machine
Scientists circulated beams of protons in the world’s largest atom smasher Friday night for the first time after a year of repairs caused by a spectacular failure after the billion machine was heavily damaged by a simple electrical fault.
Childhood abuse ‘quickens ageing’
Physical or emotional abuse during childhood could speed up the body’s ageing process, US research suggests.
Yikes: Peruvian Jungle Gang Arrested for Selling Fat of Its Murder Victims
Is there any medical use for black market human fat? Scientists are skeptical
Plentiful fat seems more reviled than revered in today’s society, even when it has uses for the medical and cosmetic industries. But today police announced the arrest of a Peruvian gang accused of murdering people and selling their fat to the cosmetics industry, […]
CERN Successfully Brings Large Hadron Collider Back Online
Much beset by magnet quenches, birds, bread, black holes, evil time travelers, and fools, the Large Hadron Collider successfully came online and orbited a proton beam today!
Photographs of the triumphant moment are within.
This Week in the Future, November 16-20, 2009
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UV phasers, battlefield-based cryogenic tech, computerized cat brains and space fish on Jupiter’s moon? Believe it, baby. The future is yours, and we’ve rounded it up for you in high style once again with This Week in The Future
This week brought some fascinating news of the future to […]
Steward Advanced Materials Thiol-SAMMS: The Toxin Terminator
A white power that can absorb more than half its weight in mercury
This simple-looking white powder can get mercury-contaminated water 100 times as clean as any other method, for about half the cost. Each grain is actually a carefully engineered molecular sponge designed to absorb more than half its weight in mercury.
The product of […]
How to Make Nano Solar Cells from Powdered Donuts (Video)
It’s friday and we know you need something to keep you busy for the weekend, so here’s the perfect thing. As the efficiency (and business case) for nano-based solar technology continues to ascend, isn’t time you got in the game? Don’t worry, it’s not as easy as it sounds; in addition to powdered donuts, you’ll […]
U.S. Military Wary About Offshore Wind Power Off Coast of Maryland
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Maryland Offshore Wind Development
Martin O’Malley, the governor of Maryland, would like to see offshore wind power developed off the cost of his state, but the U.S. military has expressed fears that the turbines could “disrupt flight and weapon test ranges, as well as erroneously appear on radar as unidentifiable aircraft.” Three military bases […]
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