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Submission + - Asperger Syndrome Tied to Low Cortisol Levels (yahoo.com)

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on Thursday April 02, 2009 @12:32PM

caffiend666 writes: "According to a Health Day article, Low levels of a stress hormone may be responsible for the obsession with routine and dislike for new experiences common in children with a certain type of autism. "This study suggests that children with AS may not adjust normally to the challenge of a new environment on waking," study researcher David Jessop, from the University of Bristol, said in the news release. "This may affect the way they subsequently engage with the world around them.""

Submission + - New moon found in Saturn G-Ring (yahoo.com)

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on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @07:23PM

caffiend666 writes: "Scientists have announced a new moon has been found hidden in the G Ring of Saturn . "The discovery was announced Tuesday in a notice by the International Astronomical Union." This is one of over five-dozen moons, and is only a third of a mile wide. No word yet on a name for the new moon, some say Frank, I vote Cowboy Neal."

Submission + - Bettie Page dies in LA at 85 (yahoo.com)

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on Friday December 12, 2008 @05:51PM

caffiend666 writes: "After having a heart attack and slipping in to a coma, 50's pinup model Bettie Page died today, at age 85. 'Page was placed on life support last week after suffering a heart attack in Los Angeles and never regained consciousness, said her agent, Mark Roesler. He said he and Page's family agreed to remove life support. Before the heart attack, Page had been hospitalized for three weeks with pneumonia.' She will be sorely missed."

Submission + - NASA Installing shocks on Orion (yahoo.com)

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on Wednesday August 20, 2008 @10:13AM

caffiend666 writes: "In order to abate the massive vibration issues of their new Ares I spacecraft, NASA is installing shock absorbers. "The plan is to install 16 canisters in the bottom of the rocket with 100-pound weights attached to springs. Battery-powered motors will move the weights up and down to stop vibrations. Those are essentially remote-controlled shock absorbers, said Garry Lyles, who headed the team of NASA engineers tackling the shaking problem." So, when the spaceship is a rocking, don't come a knocking?"

Submission + - Cooked food important in cognitive development (livescience.com)

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on Friday August 15, 2008 @02:51PM

caffiend666 writes: "On Monday, Live Science reported that the "brain's roaring metabolism, possibly stimulated by early man's invention of cooking, may be the main factor behind our most critical cognitive leap" ... "Eating (mostly) cooked meals would have lessened the energy needs of our digestion systems, Khaitovich explained, thereby freeing up calories for our brains. " ... "Instead of growing even larger (which would have made birth even more problematic), the human brain most likely used the additional calories to grease the wheels of its internal functioning." I used to think it was the other way around: I think big therefore I am. I guess now it's: I am big therefore I think. So, Cheesy Poofs are OK?"

Submission + - Court upholds FOSS copyrights (yahoo.com)

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on Thursday August 14, 2008 @10:54PM

caffiend666 writes: "Associated Press reports that '...a federal appeals court has ruled that even software developers who give away the programming code for their works can sue for copyright infringement if someone misappropriates that material'. The ruling applies to a case 'which involved a computer application that model-train enthusiasts use to program the chips that control their trains, the U.S. District Court in San Francisco ruled that the plaintiff could sue for breach of contract but not copyright infringement.'"

Submission + - EAS ATV Docks with ISS (yahoo.com)

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on Friday April 04, 2008 @11:46AM

caffiend666 writes: "The ESA ATV Jules Verne docked with the International Space Station on April third. The craft had already performed several dress rehearsals for the docking. The European ATV program, a unmanned craft about the size of the Apollo command module, expands on the history built by the Russian Progress spacecraft for automated resupply. Future plans under discussion for the craft include manned versions and European space stations. Congratulations!"

Submission + - Arthur C Clark has died at 90 (msn.com)

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on Tuesday March 18, 2008 @06:03PM

caffiend666 writes: "MSNBC and Yahoo are reporting that Sci-fi guru Arthur Clarke has died at 90 . Here's to a wonderful life."

Submission + - Anti-blogger campaign launched in Russia (pravda.ru)

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on Thursday February 28, 2008 @11:51AM

caffiend666 writes: "Savva Terentyev, a citizen of the town of Siktivkar, 22, is charged for the first Russian case of posting abusive comments in the popular online blog LiveJournal.com. Terentyev is accused for inciting racial and religious hatred and word abusing of law-enforcement authorities....The case started a year ago, when Terentyev posted a comment in the blog of one of komi's journalist. The comment was a rough offence to the police. In a few days Terentyev's apartment was raided and system block with floppies was withdrawn."

Submission + - NASA moon rocket may shake too much (yahoo.com)

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on Saturday January 19, 2008 @01:52PM

caffiend666 writes: "According to an AP New Article: "Engineers are concerned that the new rocket meant to replace the space shuttle and send astronauts on their way to the moon could shake violently during the first few minutes of flight, possibly destroying the entire vehicle.... NASA officials hope to have a plan for fixing the design as early as March, and they do not expect it to delay the goal of returning astronauts to the moon by 2020.... The shaking problem, which is common to solid rocket boosters, involves pulses of added acceleration caused by gas vortices in the rocket similar to the wake that develops behind a fast-moving boat...." Astronauts always desribed the shuttle ride as rocky until the SRBs fall off, I was wondering what would happen when they no longer had the counter-weight of the main tank and the orbiter."

Submission + - 10 Year Anniversary of Forbidden Pokemon Episode (tripod.com)

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on Wednesday December 19, 2007 @04:43PM

caffiend666 writes: "It's now been just past 10 years (December 16th, 1997) since the now forbidden Pokemon episode caused seizures in hundreds of Japanese children and a few adults. How far as anime come in the last 10 years? How much change has this bizarre and horrific incident really caused? Now is probably a good time for an introspective review of the significance behind mass culture."

Submission + - First Business Supersonic Jet (aerioncorp.com)

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on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @11:43AM

caffiend666 writes: "Aerion Corp claims to be working on the first business super-sonic jet. A private Concorde. Pictures are available at Pravda. I know it's not ready yet, but can I ride the rocket sled? The pictures look cool, here's to anther toy to lust over which I'll never be able to afford."

Submission + - Oddly, Hypocrisy Rooted in High Morals (yahoo.com)

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on Friday November 16, 2007 @02:22AM

caffiend666 writes: "According to a Live Science article: "Actually, a new study finds that a sense of moral superiority can lead to unethical acts, such as cheating. In fact, some of the best do-gooders can become the worst cheats.... In the new study, detailed in the November issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology, researchers find that when this line between right and wrong is ambiguous among people who think of themselves as having high moral standards, the do-gooders can become the worst of cheaters.... The researchers suggest an "ethical person" could view cheating as an OK thing to do, justifying the act as a means to a moral end." All righty then...."

Submission + - Sputnik at 50: An improvised triumph (yahoo.com)

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on Sunday September 30, 2007 @02:39PM

caffiend666 writes: "According to an AP News article, "When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph. But 50 years later, it emerges that the momentous launch was far from being part of a well-planned strategy to demonstrate communist superiority over the West." "At that moment we couldn't fully understand what we had done," Chertok recalled. "We felt ecstatic about it only later, when the entire world ran amok. Only four or five days later did we realize that it was a turning point in the history of civilization." "And that winking light that crowds around the globe gathered to watch in the night sky? Not Sputnik at all, as it turns out, but just the second stage of its booster rocket...""

Submission + - Exercise, caffeine fight skin cancer (yahoo.com)

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on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @02:21AM

caffiend666 writes: "The combination of exercise and caffeine increased destruction of precancerous cells that had been damaged by the sun's ultraviolet-B radiation, according to a team of researchers at Rutgers University.... In mice there is a protective effect from both caffeine and voluntary exercise, and when both are provided — not necessarily at the same time — protection is even more than the sum of the two..." All proof that we're doing the right thing by staying indoors and drinking coffee!"

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