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Swiss Building Satellite to Collect and Remove Space Junk From Earth's Orbit
Swiss scientists at the the Swiss Space Center at EPFL are building a satellite, called CleanSpace One, designed to clean up space junk. April 3, 2012
Japanese Researchers Create Tongue Interface Using Kinect
Researchers at Japan's The University of Electro-Communications have created a tongue interface using Kinect. April 3, 2012
How Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson Convinced James Cameron to Re-Edit Titanic Because the Star Field Was Wrong
After returning from his dive to the Mariana Trench, director and explorer James Cameron has been doing a lot of media interviews to promote the 3-D release of the film >Titanic. April 3, 2012
Inside the Meteorite Clean Room at the Smithsonian
This video provide a glimpse into the Smithsonian's new Antarctic meteorite storage facility in Suitland, Md. April 3, 2012
Mayo Clinic Finds Dramatic Rise in Skin Cancer in Young Adults
The Mayo Clinic is seeing an alarming rise of skin cancer, especially among people under 40. April 2, 2012
PAL-V, a Flying Car/Gyrocopter, Takes First Test Flight
The PAL-V, a 3-wheeled vehicle that can both drive on the ground like a car and fly in the air like a gyrocopter has taken its maiden flight. April 2, 2012
IBM to Build Exascale Computer System for Square Kilometer Array
ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy and IBM have announced plans to build an exascale computer system for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA). April 2, 2012
Comfy Mice Leads to Better Science Says Stanford Researcher
Nine out of 10 drugs successfully tested in mice and other animal models ultimately fail to work in people. April 2, 2012
Scientists Find Evidence Human Ancestors Used Fire One Million Years Ago
Scientists say they have identified the earliest known evidence of the use of fire by human ancestors. April 2, 2012
Supermassive Black Holes Grow by Eating Binary Star Partners
A study by University of Utah astrophysicist Ben Bromley and colleagues at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory has found that supermassive black holes grow by swallowing single stars from pairs of stars that wander too close. April 2, 2012
Conductive Silver Ink Lets You Draw Working Circuits On Paper
Professor Jennifer Lewis, a materials scientist at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, led a team of researchers in the development of a silver-based ink that can conduct electricity. April 2, 2012
Twins and Triplets on the Rise: 1 in 30 Babies Born in U.S. is a Twin
Birth of twins and triplets are on the rise. April 2, 2012
MIT Researchers Envision Smart Sand that Could Produce Nearly Any Object on Demand
MIT researchers envision smart sand, which could enable anyone with strict weight or size constraints to produce almost any object on demand. April 2, 2012
University of South Florida's Solar Powered Robot Tweets Ocean Conditions
University of South Florida has solar-powered robots, Solar-powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (SAUVs), that can analyze ocean conditions and tweet them. April 2, 2012
3D Nano Figure of Obese Human Created Using Ultra Fast New 3D Printing Technology
This overweight human figure is a 3D nano object printed by the Vienna University of Technology's recently announced 3D printer. April 1, 2012
Star Explodes and Turns Inside-Out in Supernova Explosion
A new X-ray study of the remains of an exploded star indicates that the supernova that disrupted the massive star may have turned it inside out in the process. April 1, 2012
World's Most Sensitive Nanomechanical Sensor Can Detect the Mass of One Proton
Researchers at ICN's Quantum NanoElectronics Group have fabricated and tested the world's most sensitive nanomechanical sensor. April 1, 2012
Scientific Journals Plan to Publish Controversial Bird Flu Research After NSABB Reverses Previous Decision
NPR reports that researchers now plan to publish research that explains how they created strains of the H5N1 bird flu virus in the lab that can infect ferrets and become transmissibile in ferrets. April 1, 2012
April Fools: Gmail Launches Gmail Tap
This is one of the best April Fools gags we've seen so far. April 1, 2012
Hubble Spies UFO Shaped Spiral Galaxy
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spotted this spiral galaxy, which is seen almost edge-on, giving it the shape of a classic science fiction spaceship. March 31, 2012