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The Scientist Who Controlled People with Brain Implants

Can you avoid knowledge? You cannot! Can you avoid technology? You cannot! Things are going to go ahead in spite of ethics, in spite of your personal beliefs, in spite of everything.

Good Deed of the Day: A Parisian Bank Pays It Forward - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities

A Parisian bank paid it forward - quite literally - by canceling the debt of 3,500 of its clients this weekend. Credit Municipal de Paris (also known as the bank of the poor) gave clients with a debt of 150 euros or less a clean slate.

The first artificial sweetener poisoned lots of Romans

Romans used an artificial sweetener, Sugar of Lead, to sweeten and preserve their foods without taking on additional calories.

Mutant Microbes Unlock Seaweed's Stash of Energy - Yahoo! News

A promising new system can convert brown seaweed into biofuel, opening up a new possible source of energy that could help replace fossil fuels, like gasoline, scientists reported today (Jan. 19).

AcceleGlove teaches you sign language: we go hands-in (video) -- Engadget

While we wouldn't say worthy devices at CES are rare, it's always welcome when we're dodging those middling tablets and iPhones cases scattered across Las Vega's premier tech event.

Solar power: The third way | The Economist

AT THE moment, there are two reliable ways to make electricity from sunlight. You can use a panel of solar cells to create the current directly, by liberating electrons from a semiconducting material such as silicon.

Chimeric monkeys are a genetic mash-up … for science! | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News

Scientists do love messing around with nature in the name of science. From glow-in-the-dark dogs and cats to cyborg rats, a great deal of scientific advances happen from seemingly bizarre experiments.

The Best Sale Ever

This isn't your normal sale. This is the ultimate sale, and it only happens in Japan.

Family Restaurant Bans Invisible People [VIDEO]

At Zhannah's every ethnicity is welcome, and kids eat free. But no invizzies allowed!

Magma Causing Uplift in Oregon - Yahoo! News

Volcanic activity is causing the earth to rise in Oregon, scientists have found. Though whether such uplift is a sign of an imminent eruption remains uncertain.

The Archaeology News Network: Ancient dry spells offer clues about the future of drought

As parts of Central America and the U.S. Southwest endure some of the worst droughts to hit those areas in decades, scientists have unearthed new evidence about ancient dry spells that suggest the future could bring even more serious water shortages.

"Zombie" Fly Parasite Killing Honeybees - Yahoo! News

A heap of dead bees was supposed to become food for a newly captured praying mantis. Instead, the pile ended up revealing a previously unrecognized suspect in colony collapse disorder a mysterious condition that for several years has been causing declines in U.S.

Scientist creates lifelike cells out of metal | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Researcher says he has created living cells made of metal instead of carbon — and they may be evolving.

Epic driftwood: Monster tree washes ashore | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Flooding, high tides and blasting winds worked together to land a massive drift log taller than a single-story house.

One hot idea: Coffee cup concept eliminates plastic lid | MNN - Mother Nature Network

A Cambridge, Mass.-based architect devotes two years of his life to develop Compleat, a disposable coffee cup that doesn't require a plastic lid. Seasoned takeaway coffee drinkers, what do you think?

Jasha Lottin, Oregon Woman, Took Nude Photos Inside Horse Carcass (PHOTOS)

Jasha Lottin, Oregon Woman, Took Nude Photos Inside Horse Carcass

Kanzi The Bonobo Can Start A Fire, Cook His Own Food (PHOTOS)

Anyone who's ever seen "Planet of the Apes" or the recent "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," knows this is exactly how it starts. And it's all downhill from here.

Short Sharp Science: Brand new island rises from Red Sea depths

Throw away that shiny new atlas you got for Christmas - it's already out of date. Volcanic activity in the Red Sea is causing the formation of a new island in the Zubair archipelago as lava is cooled by the surrounding seawater and solidifies.

'Rare' brain disorder may be more common than thought, scientists say

A global team of neuroscientists, led by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida, has found the gene responsible for a brain disorder that may be much more common than once believed. In the Dec.

Electricity Sparks New Life Into Indonesia's Corals : Discovery News

Cyanide fishing and rising water temperatures had decimated corals off Bali until a diver inspired by a German scientist's pioneering work on organic architecture helped develop a project now replicated worldwide.

Why You Should Care About The 'Medical Loss Ratio' - Yahoo! News

Unless you are a health care wonk or a health care industry employee, you likely haven't given a ton of thought to the medical loss ratio.

"Super memory" pill–and possibly an Alzheimer's cure–could be around the corner | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News

Scientists have isolated a gene in mice that works to give them "super memories" and reverses the course of several degenerative mental illnesses like Alzheimer's.

Readied To Donate Organs, 21-Year-Old Emerges From Coma - Yahoo! News

Sam Schmid, an Arizona college student believed to be brain dead and poised to be an organ donor, miraculously recovered just hours before doctors were considering taking him off life support.

Giant Tsunami-Shape Clouds Roll Across Alabama Sky - Yahoo! News

For a morning, the sky looked like a surfer's dream: A series of huge breaking waves lined the horizon in Birmingham, Ala., on Friday (Dec. 16), their crests surging forward in slow motion.

Acupuncture reduces protein linked to stress in first of its kind animal study

Acupuncture significantly reduces levels of a protein in rats linked to chronic stress, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have found.

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