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Airline Passenger Refuses to Be Groped by Security; Becomes a Folk Hero
Discover, November 15 2010.
John Tyner missed his flight to South Dakota for a pheasant hunting trip with his father-in-law. He wasn’t late to the airport, he didn’t get lost in the terminal. He never made it into the terminal because he wouldn’t partake in either a whole.. →
How Not to Get a Flat on the Moon: Use a Spring-Packed Super Tire
Discover, November 15 2010.
Future Mars rovers or moon buggies might be riding the wings of Goodyear spring-based tires. This high-tech tire just won a 2010 R&D 100 award, also known as the “Oscar of Innovation,” from the editors of R&D magazine. The tire was invented last.. →
What Does Your City Smell Like? DARPA Wants to Know
Discover, November 15 2010.
How could the government know about a chemical attack before it wreaks havoc? By smelling it. But the problem is, to detect an abnormal stench, the government first needs to know the city’s normal aroma, to have an idea of its “chemical profile.”.. →
Science Idol! Arab Reality TV Show Puts Inventors in the Spotlight
Discover, November 12 2010.
If America’s Got Talent, then the Arab World’s Got Science–that’s if you believe the messages in reality shows, anyway. The Arab reality show Stars of Science, currently in its second season, takes young (18-30) inventors from around the.. →
Nutritionists to America: For the Love of God, Don’t Try the Twinkie Diet
Discover, November 12 2010.
It’s been making headlines all week (“Twinkie diet helps man lose weight” and “Trying To Lose Weight… Try The Junk Food Diet” might be some of the worst health-related headlines I’ve seen in awhile) as the Ding-Dong Diet.. →
“Cool It”: Climate Contrarian Bjorn Lomborg Takes His Message to the Movies
Discover, November 12 2010.
Climate change is causing areas of the world to heat and cool, and it seems a controversial new climate change film is doing the same to reviewers. The film is titled Cool It and was based on a book of the same name by Danish writer Bjørn Lomborg, a contrarian.. →
World’s Oldest Embryo Fossils Shed Light on Dinosaur Parenting
Discover, November 12 2010.
Fossilized dinosaur embryos, found still in their eggshells, have claimed the title of the oldest vertebrate embryos ever seen–they were fossilized in the early Jurassic Period, around 190 million years ago, researchers say. The embryos are from the species Massospondylus,.. →
Stem Cell Injections Give Mice Mighty Muscles
Discover, November 11 2010.
Injecting stem cells into injured mouse muscle not only helped the muscle heal, but gave the mice enhanced muscle mass for years to come. The study, published in Science Translational Medicine, used skeletal muscle stem cells from young donor mice and injected.. →
Prescription for an Aggressive Man: Look at More Meat
Discover, November 11 2010.
Even the sight of the reddest, rawest steak won’t get your blood boiling. Surprising new research has found that staring at pictures of meat actually makes people less aggressive. The insight comes from McGill University undergraduate Frank Kachanoff. He.. →
Your Next Sponge Bath May Come From a Robot Named Cody
Discover, November 11 2010.
A team at Georgia Tech is looking to replace your sponge bath nurse with this sexy beast to the right. No, not the girl. The sponge bath robot next to her, named Cody. He’s the one that wants to wipe you down with his delicate towel hands.
The robot.. →