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  'Insane in the Chromatophores': squid cells pulsate in sync with Cypress Hill

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 24, 2012 06:12 am + 9 comments

  Inspired by a Royal Society paper on neural control of the Longfin Inshore squid's color-changing Continue reading…

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  A Minecraft experiment: 30 players, two months, all-out war

  By Kimber Streams on August 20, 2012 02:38 pm + 30 comments

  What happens when you put 30 Minecraft players in a small, closed map for two months with a limited Continue reading…

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  Third X-51A WaveRider test fails, casts doubt on future of hypersonic missile

  By Jeff Blagdon on August 16, 2012 12:48 am + 26 comments

  The US Air Force’s Mach 5 missile program suffered a major blow this week as its third flight test Continue reading…

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  The 'asymmetric screw' that wasn't: Day4's elaborate Apple hoax

  By Kimber Streams on August 13, 2012 04:46 pm + 62 comments

  Last week, a rumor that Apple is working on an asymmetric screw that would effectively lock users Continue reading…

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  Errol Morris on why some fonts are more trustworthy than others

  By Adi Robertson on August 9, 2012 11:49 am + 30 comments

  Last month, filmmaker and writer Errol Morris (known for documentaries Standard Operating Procedure a Continue reading…

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  Experimental algorithm trades stocks based on superstition

  By Amar Toor on August 4, 2012 10:38 pm + 18 comments

  You could make investments based on market trends or finely tuned financial data, or you could just Continue reading…

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  Stanford's computational cell model lets scientists experiment virtually

  By Evan Rodgers on July 20, 2012 05:31 pm + 7 comments

  Stanford scientists have created a full computational model of the Mycoplasma genitalium bacteria, Continue reading…

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  CERN announces discovery of new particle consistent with Higgs boson

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 4, 2012 03:38 am + 184 comments

  Scientists at CERN say they've found a new particle consistent with the Standard Model Higgs boson Continue reading…

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  Google X creates 16,000-core 'neural network' for independent machine learning

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 26, 2012 07:34 am + 85 comments

  Google has developed a virtual "neural network" that taught itself what a cat looks like by viewing Continue reading…

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  ArduSat Kickstarter project puts an Arduino-based satellite up for rent

  By Evan Rodgers on June 21, 2012 11:27 pm + 16 comments

  While most of us wouldn't know where to start if we were given access to a satellite, the ArduSat Continue reading…