July 2011
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US particle physicists are inching closer to... →
June 2011
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This is a bit off of topic from the usual stuff... →
Scientists charged with manslaughter for failing to predict earthquakes. This is absolutely insane.
Where are the Sagans, Mr. Wizards and Billy Nye’s when we need them? We need scientists to be more prominent in the public eye. Neil Degrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku, Brian Greene, and Richard Dawkins are the only ones I can really think of that are most prominent, but I don’t think they...
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Human cell becomes living laser! →
“Lasers started from physics and are viewed as engineering devices,” says Seok-Hyun Yun, an optical physicist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who created the ‘living laser’ with his colleague Malte Gather. “This is the first time that we have used biological materials to build a laser and generate light from something that...
April 2011
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TED: Harvey Fineberg; Neo-Evolution. MUST WATCH! →
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Early human fossils from South Africa could upend... →
March 2011
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Well, I was pretty much blown away to see this... →
December 2010
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Is Kurzweil’s future arriving? →
Ray Kurzwiel is one of my biggest hero’s. I highly recommend “The Singularity is Near” if you ever feel the need to COMPLETELY blow your mind.
Just trust me. Best thing you can ever do for your brain is read that book.
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DNA Drugs Come of Age: Scientific American →
After years of false starts, a new generation of DNA vaccines and medicines for HIV, influenza and other stubborn illnesses is now in clinical trials
This is super exciting! Evidence that HIV may be eradicated within our lifetime.
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TEO is still alive!
Hey everybody,
First off, I want to say thanks to everyone who has added this blog to their subscriptions. I’ve gotten a ton of notifications from everyone who has added this The Empirical Observer (TEO) to their tumblr feeds - even when I haven’t been posting anything lately!
With that said, I also want to let you know that although I haven’t posted anything in a while, I...
NASA finds new life form →
September 2010
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Human-Like Brain Found in Worm →
For the first time, a structure comparable to our cerebral cortex has been found in an invertebrate — a humble marine ragworm.
THE GIST:
A marine ragworm has brain structures that researchers now believe are directly related to the human brain.
Other invertebrates likely also possess the brain structures, which correspond to our cerebral cortex.
The origins of the human brain can now be...
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The Singularity Is Near →
I began to read a new book. It’s called The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. I’m only 50 pages in and I’ve decided that this is probably one of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read. All of my fascination with science, biology, technology, the future, the past, evolution… EVERYTHING has come down to this book. It emcompasses everything...
August 2010
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New Evidence of Water on Asteroids →
Check out the really cool animation on this page. It’s flash, of course, so I can’t embed or post it on here. But trust me- its pretty cool.
July 2010
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DNA Drugs Come of Age →
After years of false starts, a new generation of DNA vaccines and medicines for HIV, influenza and other stubborn illnesses is now in clinical trials
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Cosmic X-ray blast blinds satellite →
Scientists have identified a dazzling burst of X-rays so bright that they blinded a camera that had been set up to watch the event.
The X-ray blast is the brightest ever detected from an object outside our own galaxy.
The X-rays had been travelling for over 5 billion years before being detected by the X-ray telescope on board the Swift satellite: a joint NASA, UK, and Italian mission.
The...
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Physicist David Goldberg says time travel is...
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Robot Pills: Scientific American →
A voyage through the human body is no longer mere fantasy. Tiny devices may soon perform surgery, administer drugs and help diagnose disease
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Pope To Be Protected From Arrest On UK Visit →
This is unfortunate news. The Pope needs to be brought to justice. He is a criminal and must face criminal charges. I’ll let the article to the talking.
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Is ET using Twitter? Scientists claim aliens are... →
What an obvious concept. If intelligent life exists (and it is statistically more than likely), wouldn’t it be obvious that if they know about our existence, they would already be sending us signals? The purpose being that simply by receiving and responding to said signals, we would be telling them that we have finally developed our technology to a point where communication can be made...
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Obama Puts Administration Muscle Behind Climate... →
This follows in the same vein as my last post regarding Obama’s support of environmental support and progress and his willingness to use his political powers to do what is right for our planet.
Just thought I’d share this link.
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Carter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe |... →
Letter-from-President-Obama-05.20.10.pdf... →
This is a letter from President Barack Obama to launch a Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. I’m very grateful to have a president who can understand and support science and scientific findings. President Obama’s interest and support in the sciences couldn’t have come at a better time. Many new sciences are emerging. They have been - and will continue...
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North America's First Peoples More Genetically... →
The initial peopling of North America from Asia occurred approximately 15,000-18,000 years ago. However, estimations of the genetic diversity of the first settlers have remained inaccurate.
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Ginkgo BioWorks sells kit to connect pieces of DNA →