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Chroniton writes:
NASA ice scientists have found a shrimp-like creature and a possible jellyfish "frolicking" beneath 600 feet of solid Antarctic ice, where only microbes were expected to live. The odds of finding two complex lifeforms after drilling an only 8-inch-wide hole suggests there may be much more. And if such life is possible beneath Earth's oceans, why not elsewhere like Europa?
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Chroniton writes:
The BCC has a story that many Slashdot geeks will be happy to hear: the caffeine from a cup of coffee a day can help prevent Dementia, by blocking the damage of cholesterol. (At least in rabbits) This is in addition to the already-known protection against Alzheimer's Disease. More research is needed to test the effect on humans.
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Chroniton writes:
Using a tiny amount of argon gas plasma, a silicon valley company has developed a lightbulb the size of a Tic Tac that gives off as much light as a streetlight, but at full spectrum (CRI=91) and using less power. This new type of light burns at 6000K and gives off 140 lumens/watt, ten times as efficient as standard incandescent lamps, and twice the efficiency of LEDs. The new bulbs also have a 20,000 hour lifetime.
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Chroniton writes:
Reported in LiveScience, DNA molecules display telepathy-like quality. "Double helixes of DNA can recognize matching molecules from a distance and then gather together, all seemingly without help from any other molecules, scientists find." "DNA with identical sequences of bases were roughly twice as likely to gather together as DNA molecules with different sequences."
