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  Researchers create a drug that restores hearing to deaf mice

  By Ben Kersey on January 10, 2013 05:37 pm + 11 comments

  Scientists at Massachusetts Eye and Ear as well as Harvard Medical School have developed a way to Continue reading…

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  DOE grants $120 million toward rare earth research and production

  By Justin Rubio on January 10, 2013 01:01 pm + 7 comments

  The United States Department of Energy has granted $120 million toward the creation of the Critical Continue reading…

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  Shark embryos avoid predators by keeping very still

  By Andrew Webster on January 10, 2013 09:48 am + 5 comments

  Sharks like the brownbanded bamboo shark have photoreceptors that let them search for potential prey Continue reading…

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  JSTOR begins offering free yet limited access to its online academic library

  By Ben Kersey on January 9, 2013 06:37 pm + 13 comments

  Online digital library JSTOR will begin offering free access to its catalogue of journals, papers, Continue reading…

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  Meet Diego-san, the creepy robot baby developed by UCSD

  By Ben Kersey on January 8, 2013 04:37 pm + 26 comments

  The University of California, San Diego has been working on its robot baby for a few years now, but Continue reading…

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  Why Twitter's database restrictions hurt academic research

  By Justin Rubio on January 6, 2013 11:46 am + 13 comments

  Twitter may let users download archives of their own tweets, but the social network's strict Continue reading…

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  'Vomiting Larry' is a humanoid robot that projectile vomits for science

  By Amar Toor on January 4, 2013 01:47 pm + 12 comments

  Meet "Vomiting Larry," a humanoid robot that projectile vomits in the name of science. Developed by Continue reading…

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  Astronauts in deep space may face accelerated Alzheimer's disease

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 1, 2013 11:11 am + 56 comments

  NASA — and astronauts — now have one more thing to worry about before sending humans to Mars. A Continue reading…

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  Magnetically levitated vehicles could soon be powered by light

  By Ben Kersey on December 28, 2012 08:26 am + 36 comments

  Researchers at Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan have managed to influence the direction of Continue reading…

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  One in four Americans now owns a tablet, according to Pew Research

  By Nathan Ingraham on December 27, 2012 05:15 pm + 114 comments

  The Pew Research Center just released some data on the growing adoption of ebooks, but buried Continue reading…