Science and Technology

New Deep-Sea Worms Munch Dead Whales

by Haitham Sabbah August 2, 2004

Weird bone-eating worms that feed off whale carcasses on the ocean floor are the latest new species to be dredged from the deep sea, according to an international team of scientists. But that’s not their only unusual habit. Dwarf males live inside the females. Greg Rouse from the University of Adelaide and the South Australian [...]

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Indoor Fiber Sunshine

by Haitham Sabbah June 22, 2004

A novel idea for piping in sunlight where dreary fluorescent bulbs have long dominated. Imagine if dull fluorescent lights could pump sunshine into your office instead. As this technology featured in Discover Magazine reports, researchers are doing that with fiber optics, promising office workers increased well-being and improved productivity. In 2001, an estimated 25 percent [...]

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Our Brains Cheat During Learning

by Haitham Sabbah March 11, 2004

Brain Can Switch to “Automatic Pilot” During Learning New studies suggest that humans might prefer to switch their brains to automatic pilot whenever possible to conserve their cogitating resources. For example, when learning skills such as arithmetic, the brain doesn’t necessarily reach back into its basic calculating skills for each problem, suggested the researchers who [...]

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Black Cat Gene

by Haitham Sabbah October 28, 2003

Legend tells us that black cats are unlucky. Black cats have a tainted reputation. Some people think of them as bad luck, which is why they are so common at Halloween. But if black cats are so bad, why are they so common in nature? Stephen O’Brien, chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at [...]

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High-Tech Glasses Help Improve Memory

by Haitham Sabbah October 27, 2003

Most people wear glasses to see better, but a new pair developed by MIT scientist is a bit more high-tech. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present a new invention Monday that helps people improve their memory without doing anything. Whatever you need to remember is programmed into a tiny computer that you [...]

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4 Tons Of Plants per Mile to Ride In Your Car

by Haitham Sabbah October 27, 2003

Study shows vast amounts of ‘buried sunshine’ needed to fuel society. A staggering 98 tons of prehistoric, buried plant material ? that’s 196,000 pounds ? is required to produce each gallon of gasoline we burn in our cars, SUVs, trucks and other vehicles, according to a study conducted at the University of Utah. “Can you [...]

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Einstein

by Haitham Sabbah December 26, 1999

Einstein is Time’s Person of the Century. Sure, he was naturally very gifted, but he brought an art to science that few before or after him have matched.

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Human chromosome

by Haitham Sabbah December 1, 1999

An international team of scientists announced it had virtually mapped a human chromosome.

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A Day Without Art

by Haitham Sabbah November 27, 1999

A Day Without Art is fast appraoching. The Web site is a little confusing on the subject, but basically the idea is for people to place a DWA banner on their site on Dec 1 as a way to get visitors to your site to think about AIDS. Some people even take down their site [...]

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