digg

Join DiggAbout
365 Days 30 Days 7 Days Top in 24 Hr Most Recent

General Sciences

Building the 21st Century Mind

sciam.com — A professor of cognition and education reveals the five minds you need for success, how to make better decisions and why ethics are critical.More… (General Sciences)

6 Comments

Teen Dinosaurs Got into Trouble

livescience.com — Like teenagers today, some juvenile dinosaurs used to hang out together, according to research announced today. Also like teens, the dinos sometimes hung out in places they shouldn't have. More… (General Sciences)

62 Comments

Fossil sea monster's bite makes T-Rex look feeble

reuters.com — OSLO (Reuters) - A giant fossil sea monster found in the Arctic and known as ''Predator X'' had a bite that would make T-Rex look feeble, scientists said Monday. The 50 ft (15 meter) long Jurassic era...More… (General Sciences)

60 Comments

CNT Threads Can Transmit Radio Signals, Replace Copper Wires

deviceace.com — Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have successfully developed a nano-antenna which transmits both AM and FM radio signals. Carbon nanotubes have already proven their special “abilities” and now the Cincinnati researchers have discovered new applications for this revolutionary material.More… (General Sciences)

36 Comments

US patent bill a 'chill on innovation'

newscientist.com — A bill designed to stop trolls lodging patents based on other people's work could hurt all inventors, it is claimed.More… (General Sciences)

69 Comments

Color Vision: How Our Eyes Reflect Primate Evolution

sciam.com — The color vision of humans and some other primates differs from that of nonprimate mammals. Analyses of primate visual pigments show that our color vision evolved in an unusual way and that the brain is more adaptable than generally thought.More… (General Sciences)

20 Comments

People with higher IQs live longer

telegraph.co.uk — The discovery was made after researchers looked into the medical records of one million Swedish army conscripts. After taking into account whether they had grown up in a safer, more affluent environment, they established the connection between IQ and mortality.More… (General Sciences)

161 Comments

Breakthroughs in Post-4G (12.5Gb/s) Wireless Communications

sciencedaily.com — With much of the mobile world yet to migrate to 3G mobile communications, let alone 4G, European researchers are already working on a new technology able to deliver data wirelessly up to 12.5Gb/s.More… (General Sciences)

62 Comments

Scientists aim to replicate the sun

upi.com — Scientists in California say they're trying to replicate the power of the sun by firing laser beams at a tiny pellet of hydrogen. Physicists at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore say the nuclear fusion experiments may offer the world a clean source of energy, The Times of London reported Sunday. The hydrogen pellet will be hit with 192...More… (General Sciences)

303 Comments

New organic material may speed Internet access

scienceblog.com — In tests, the novel hybrid device was able to extract every fourth bit of a 170-gigabit-per-second telecommunications data stream and to demultiplex the stream to 42.7 gigabits per second. More… (General Sciences)

61 Comments

Tiny Brain Region Key To Fear Of Rivals And Predators

sciencedaily.com — Mice lose their fear of territorial rivals when a tiny piece of their brain is neutralized, a new study reports.More… (General Sciences)

35 Comments

Physicists announce they are close to discovering God

redorbit.com — The U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced on Friday that physicists have come closer to finding the elusive ''God Particle,'' which could one day explain why particles have mass.More… (General Sciences)

159 Comments

20 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Time

discovermagazine.com — The beginning, the end, and the funny habits of our favorite ticking force.More… (General Sciences)

318 Comments

Giant sand worms lived in Torbay, scientists claim

telegraph.co.uk — Scientists have found evidence of a giant prehistoric sand worm in an English seaside resort.More… (General Sciences)

144 Comments

Findings - What Do Dreams Mean? Whatever Your Bias Says

nytimes.com — Suppose last night you had two dreams. In one, God appears and commands you to take a year off and travel the world. In the other, God commands you to take a year off to go work in a leper colony.More… (General Sciences)

52 Comments