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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Helmet Safety Precautions
By Austin Veseliza, Ben Kotzubei, and Johnny Berman
http://web.me.com/bkotzubei/Helmet_Safety_Precautions/Home.html
The Brain Behind the Game
Playing basketball feels physical, but the brain is hard at work too. Here, President Barack Obama works on his game.
Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Eggs of Enigmatice Dinosaur in Patagonia Discovered
Reconstruction of Bonapartenykus ultimus.
(Credit: Illustrator: Gabriel Lio)
Born Nice? Peoples' Niceness May Reside in their Genes, Study Finds
It turns out that the milk of human kindness is evoked by something besides mom's good example. Research by psychologists at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine, has found that at least part of the reason some people are kind and generous is because their genes nudge them toward it.
(Credit: © mangostock / Fotolia)
Post-9/11 Technology Brings Exoskeletons, Laser Cannons to 21st-Century U.S. Military
By Nicholas Song
21ST-CENTURY SOLDIER: Lockheed Martin's Human Universal Load Carrier, (HULC, seen here with an upper-body Lift Assist Device) is a lower-body, electrohydraulically powered exoskeleton designed to lift and carry heavy loads. Lift Assist, mounted on the back of the HULC exoskeleton, enables the wearer to lift up to about 70 kilograms.
Image: COURTESY OF LOCKHEED MARTIN
Image: COURTESY OF LOCKHEED MARTIN
Mutant Bird Flu Strain Spreading In Asia - Video
By Camille Borkowski
Photo illustration of a chicken being checked for bird flu. The author of a paper on a mutant bird flu strain said experts agreed to publish it only after he explained that the virus was "much less lethal" than previously feared.
(AFP Photo/Diptendu Dutta)
Technology Aims to Replace Animal Testing
By Ava Dobbs
http://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2008b/081208GarnerLabmice.html
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