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A smart investment
The human brain is a marvelous instrument, capable of the subtlest thoughts, feelings and perceptions, and of dreams even the gods might envy. Yet for all our cleverness in other areas, we still know embarrassingly little about how our own brains actually...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Parkinson's Disease, Barack Obama, Fiction
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Hopkins research offers Pa. woman new arm, 14 years after amputation
Over the 14 years since losing her right arm to a hollow-point bullet, Dana Burke was convinced she could feel herself pointing, pinching or waving as she motioned with the 5-inch-long limb the attack left behind.
Still, she had to relearn how to pull...Tags: U.S. Military, Medical Research, Medical Procedures and Tests, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Applied Physics
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River Hill team hoping for repeat in international robotics competition
When students in River Hill High School's Advanced Computer Science classes entered a worldwide high school robotics competition last year that involved programming International Space Station satellites, they figured their chances of winning were...
Tags: NASA, Science, Satellite Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Applied Physics
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Ivins stood to gain financially from anthrax scare
Bruce E. Ivins, the government biodefense scientist linked to the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001, stood to gain financially from the huge federal spending in the fear-filled aftermath of those killings, the Los Angeles Times has learned. Ivins is listed...Tags: Contracts, Preventative Medicine, Invention and Innovation, Scientific Invention, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Pentagon wants to let you bet on terrorism
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The Pentagon is looking at setting up a commodity market-style trading system in which investors would be able to bet on political or even terrorist events, such as whether terrorists could strike Israel with biological weapons. Defense...Tags: Vice (movie), Money and Monetary Policy, Ron Wyden, Terrorism, Yasser Arafat
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Terror futures market canceled
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - A Pentagon proposal to start a "futures" market that would have let thousands of investors wager on the likelihood of terrorist attacks or coups in the Middle East was canceled yesterday. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told...Tags: Bill Nelson, Defense, Vice (movie), Money and Monetary Policy, Ron Wyden
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Former UCLA professor to plead guilty to defrauding government
A former UCLA physics professor has agreed to plead guilty to federal fraud charges and pay almost $1.7 million for turning in false invoices related to nanotechnology research he was performing for the Department of Defense. Alfred Wong, 75, of...Tags: Punishment, Prosecution, Nanotechnology, University of California, Los Angeles, Technology
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Odessa American, Texas, Nathaniel Miller column
Odessa American, TexasI can't wait for the Ector County Independent School District school board election to be over. Never in my life have I had the word "socialism" used about classroom policies and procedures. Former candidate for Place 5 George Rice ran on an anti-...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Elections, Federal Reserve, NASA
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk likes autonomous driving cars, but prefers term 'autopilot'
Autoblog.comFiled under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors Looks like Tesla might be hiding more in its software than blind spot detection and adaptive cruise control. According to Bloomberg, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is "discussing" autonomous cars with... -
Pitt study shows subtle brain damage after blast
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteEven a single blast injury like those experienced by soldiers or some crowd members at the Boston Marathon can create subtle chemical changes in the brain, a new animal study led by the University of Pittsburgh shows. In the study, funded by the Defense...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Medical Research, University of Pittsburgh, Symptoms
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Philly Robotics Expo seeks to inspire a new generation of robot-builders
The Philadelphia InquirerRobots that can transfer plastic rings. Robots that can toss Frisbees into targets. Robots that can climb, swim, dance, or make music. Robots that can clean up a nuclear plant after a Fukushima-style disaster, sparing human beings the risk of radiation...Tags: Engineering, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Students, Teaching and Learning, LEGO Group
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The right to fight: Studies support women's ability to handle combat
Premium Health News ServiceCan women cope with combat? A storm of opinions was unleashed in January in response to the U.S. military lifting its ban on women in combat roles. Many saw the move as a positive one. Others were concerned that differences in physical strength would...Tags: U.S. Military, U.S. Navy, Raytheon Company, Iraq, Assault
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