For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) tracked Santas Christmas Eve flight. Source: NORAD
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Arizona State Univ. researchers have developed a prosthetic device that literally puts the spring back into an amputees step. The ASU scientists have developed and refined sparky (for spring ankle with regenerative kinetics) into a smart, active and energy storing below-the-knee (transbitial) prosthesis.
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Most people know they are not going to get rich playing the lottery. But if you just want to buy some tickets for fun, can you improve your odds? Is a bigger jackpot a better bet? How big is big enough? Source: Emory University
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The teeth of some apes are formed primarily to handle the most stressful times when food is scarce, according to new research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The findings imply that if humanity is serious about protecting its close evolutionary cousins, the food apes eat during these tough periods—and where they find it—must be included in conservation efforts. Source: NIST
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Museum Victorias Julian Finn and Mark Norman have recorded the first case of tool use--sophisticated behaviour generally limited to mammals and birds--in an invertebrate. The Veined Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, uses foreign objects for shelter, which is common in octopuses and is not itself considered tool use. However the Veined Octopus goes a step further and prepares, manipulates and carries coconut shells up to 20 metres to reassemble its shelter elsewhere.
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Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner finally took to the skies Tuesday, more than two years later than the company had planned. Source: The Associated Press
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A new tool may help clinicians distinguish cardiac emergencies requiring immediate surgical intervention from chronic problems that can be treated with diet and medication. Source: University of Southern California
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A new telescope — VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) — has just started work at esos Paranal Observatory and has made its first release of pictures. VISTA is a survey telescope working at infrared wavelengths and is the worlds largest telescope dedicated to mapping the sky. Its large mirror, wide field of view and very sensitive detectors will reveal a completely new view of the southern sky. Source: European Southern Observatory
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Berkeley Lab: Speedy CAT Scan for Cells Think of it as an emergency room exam for cells. In the span of a few minutes, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory can produce 3-D CAT scans of entire cells, revealing their internal structure down to the smallest organelle. The new imaging technology could speed up a wide range of research that requires scientists to track changes in a cells internal structure, from analyzing how a pharmaceutical prevents a microbe from causing yeast ...
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