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By Ramyrez 2016-08-22 09:43:26
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Marijuana a better pain reliever for men than women

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The researchers found that men who smoked active marijuana experienced a significant reduction in pain sensitivity, compared with men who smoked the placebo. However, no significant decrease in pain sensitivity was identified among women who smoked active marijuana, compared with women who smoked the placebo.
I really couldn't say Ramy. I've never smoked a placebo.

I just saw it the other day and it seemed relevant to the discussion, so I posted it.

I've never smoked a placebo either. Though I've definitely been handed something that wasn't what it was said to be.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-08-30 09:35:39
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Brain scans confirm that dogs understand what you’re saying, and how you say it

Thier brains process words in the same ways ours do.

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By Ramyrez 2016-08-30 09:37:39
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D'aww. So many good boys/girls helping with science!
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By Valefor.Endoq 2016-08-30 11:18:52
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Brain scans confirm that dogs understand what you’re saying, and how you say it

Thier brains process words in the same ways ours do.

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By Asura.Kingnobody 2016-09-01 08:48:29
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Didn't think this needed it's own thread, but it's relevant to this topic anyway:

SpaceX Falcon 9 explodes on Cape Canaveral runway

Not much on this yet, this literally just happened.
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By Odin.Strummer 2016-09-01 11:57:32
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The Falcon 9 explosion is super-disheartening. I hope much can be learned from it.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-09-03 20:56:11
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Yea science and cooking too!

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By Leviathan.Andret 2016-09-03 21:19:58
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Science and cooking. How to brine your chicken 101:



You will need one of these sets for cooking now:

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By Valefor.Sehachan 2016-09-20 02:43:42
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Brussels, September 19 - A 16-year-old Italian high school student from the northern province of Asti, Valerio Pagliarino, has won first prize in this year's European Union Contest for Young Scientists, the competition announced on Monday. Pagliarino prevailed with the LaserWAN project that makes it possible to take broadband Internet connection to villages that do not currently have it. "LaserWAN is a revolutionary technology that uses the infrared rays, emitted by specific lasers to convey a high speed internet connection even to the most isolated places in the world, deleting the Digital Divide," read the abstract.
"LaserWAN is able to bring everywhere a 500 Mbit/s internet connection mounting special transceivers on the top of pylons of high tension lines which bring the electric power from the power distributions plants near to cities (usually provided of optical fiber networks) to small villages. "In this way the internet connection is conveyed on the power lines using laser beams that can replace an optical fiber, with the same signal quality, without needing to make expensive excavations.
"LaserWan is a green solution because laser beams does not emit any kind of EMC pollution".
Pagliarino is one of three contenders to win a 7,000 prize.
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By Bahamut.Milamber 2016-09-20 12:02:21
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"LaserWan is a green solution because laser beams does not emit any kind of EMC pollution".
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2016-09-29 07:01:00
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Meanwhile in Turkey...they created a real transformer car...for some reason

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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-10-01 19:27:31
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Because I can't think of a better place to post this:


Park invaded by large lizards
Huge reptilian intruders have taken over Lumpini Park in Bangkok.
Source: CNN


It has one of those vids I can't copy but I swear its great!

Includes lizard bondage BTW.
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By Asura.Calatilla 2016-10-01 21:09:42
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Brain scans confirm that dogs understand what you’re saying, and how you say it

Thier brains process words in the same ways ours do.

So do cats, they just don't care.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-10-01 21:30:59
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So do cats, they just don't care.
Of course they care.

Its of paramount importance to them that they look like they don't care.
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2016-10-04 12:00:02
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Computer develops "universal" flu vaccine

Basically this new vaccine would guarantee coverage against 88% of all possible flu strains, so people wouldn't need to roll the dice every year hoping to get it right.
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By Bismarck.Leneth 2016-10-05 13:44:15
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Could you correct the link?

I couldn't find an article of this story which emphasised the computer part.

Thank you.
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2016-10-05 14:51:55
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Wtf just realised I pasted the wrong link lol.
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By Bismarck.Leneth 2016-10-05 16:39:07
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Don't worry, looks like no-one else noticed it either.

That was among the articles I found as well, but it gave me the impression that the computer was just the tool to design those 2 vaccine, instead of it having a more active part like your link-description suggested.
That was a minor let down, but it's still great nonetheless.

As for those who want read the published source: http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/08/16/bioinformatics.btw399.full
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By crimsondragon 2016-10-05 23:07:10
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Marijuana a better pain reliever for men than women


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The researchers found that men who smoked active marijuana experienced a significant reduction in pain sensitivity, compared with men who smoked the placebo. However, no significant decrease in pain sensitivity was identified among women who smoked active marijuana, compared with women who smoked the placebo.

That is interesting, it takes my pain away but not my wives. However it affect her mood in a positive way and I highly dislike it, to the point I would rather hurt or have to have great pain in order to use it.

It affects everyone differently in my experience, but I would rather be sober around 10 potheads then be around 1 drunk person.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-10-12 11:20:52
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Silkworms Spin Super-Silk After Eating Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene

The strong, conductive material could be used for wearable electronics and medical implants, researchers say

Scientific American.


Silkworms were fed graphene to produce 'super silk' and it could be the future of wearables

The silk was twice as strong, could cope with 50% more stress before degrading and was shown to be conductive

Wired
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-10-19 21:51:35
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They have found capuchin monkeys flaking rocks.

Those Ancient Stone Tools — Did Humans Make Them, Or Was It Really Monkeys?

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Wild monkeys flake stone tools
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2016-11-02 13:20:54
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In 2018 units of measure will be redefined

Towards more precise measurements! And less arbitrary numbers!
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By Valefor.Rawry 2016-11-04 04:59:16
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For the boys...

Simple spray could help against premature ejaculation

Requires prescription, will be available from 2017.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-11-04 16:17:37
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For the boys...

Simple spray could help against premature ejaculation

Requires prescription, will be available from 2017.
I assure you that girls like the idea as well.

Great idea, but lousy article.

Also, there are several OTC items for the condition. No idea how well they work.
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By crimsondragon 2016-11-04 23:37:44
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I swear I heard of something like this like 20 years ago, maybe now it is actually coming of use? Having silk worms eat different things to produce better silk is probably more than centuries old.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-11-05 10:34:33
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Yes. The Chinese and others have been feeding silkworms different leaves to produce different kinds of silk for centuries. But graphene is something else again and gives silk properties it never had before.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-11-17 20:00:01
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Science you can get involved in!

Space Poop Challenge: NASA Seeks Solutions To Astronauts’ Potty Problems
International Business Times, not the Onion, promise

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Imagine, if you will, that you are an astronaut out on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, when the burrito you ate for lunch rumbles in your stomach. What do you do then? Because remember, you are in a spacesuit, out in the cold void where toilets are a little hard to come by.

It is to handle situations like these that NASA has now created the “Space Poop Challenge.”

The space agency is seeking solutions “for fecal, urine, and menstrual management systems to be used in the crew’s launch and entry suits over a continuous duration of up to 144 hours (6 days).”

“What's needed is a system inside a space suit that collects human waste for up to 144 hours and routes it away from the body, without the use of hands. The system has to operate in the conditions of space — where solids, fluids, and gases float around in microgravity (what most of us think of as ‘zero gravity’) and don't necessarily mix or act the way they would on earth. This system will help keep astronauts alive and healthy over 6 days, or 144 hrs,” NASA explained in a statement.

Currently, astronauts wear diapers during launching, landing and spacewalking. However, diapers are only a very temporary solution, and can’t provide adequate protection for longer than one day. Given that astronauts can find themselves in spacesuits for up to 10 hours at a time — or up to 6 days if something catastrophic happens while in space — a new solution is sorely needed.

The new system would be included in NASA’s Modified Advanced Crew Escape Suit that will be used during the first crewed Orion missions. The winners will be announced Jan. 31, 2017, and NASA will award up to three prizes — adding up to a total of $30,000 — for the best ideas.

So, if you think you are up to this scatological challenge, you can submit your proposal here before Dec. 20.

After all, as the folks over at NASA helpfully point out: “when you gotta go, you gotta go. And sometimes you gotta go in a total vacuum.”
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By Garuda.Chanti 2016-11-23 11:02:06
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Huge Underground Ice Deposit on Mars Is Bigger Than New Mexico

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A giant deposit of buried ice on Mars contains about as much water as Lake Superior does here on Earth, a new study reports.

The ice layer, which spans a greater area than the state of New Mexico, lies in Mars' mid-northern latitudes and is covered by just 3 feet to 33 feet (1 to 10 meters) of soil. It therefore represents a vast possible resource for future astronauts exploring the Red Planet, study team members said.

"This deposit is probably more accessible than most water ice on Mars, because it is at a relatively low latitude and it lies in a flat, smooth area where landing a spacecraft would be easier than at some of the other areas with buried ice," co-author Jack Holt, of the University of Texas, Austin, said in a statement....
Lots more too.

TLDR: a bit boost to mars colonization schemes.
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By Ramyrez 2016-11-23 12:17:44
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International Business Times, not the Onion, promise

They'd do well to consider onions though. Full of folic acid and magnesium, and that's real good for your colon. But I like 'em cause they taste good. like America used to.
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