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Secret to Towering Rogue Waves Revealed | LiveScienceDeadly rogue waves 100 feet tall or higher could suddenly rise seemingly out of nowhere from the ocean.
Trading Places
Online edition of journal of politics and culture, with selected articles from print magazine
Eramosa Karst
The Eramosa Karst is one of the Hamilton Conservation Authority's newest and most unique conservation areas.
BBC NEWS | Health | 'DIY' kidney machine saves girl
A baby dying from kidney failure was saved when her doctor built her a dialysis machine from scratch in his garage.
Sexual assault in military 'jaw-dropping,' lawmaker says - CNN.com
A congresswoman said Thursday that her "jaw dropped" when military doctors told her that four in 10 women at a veterans hospital reported being sexually assaulted while in the military.
Farmer sends message to neighbors with car fence - Yahoo! News
A farmer has erected a backyard fence made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his property.
Courthouse Confessions
Don't Know Much About History
The Pentagon looks back to four great empires for tips on how to rule the world.
Magnetic stripe card spoofer
This instructable demonstrates how to use an electromagnet, a simple amplifier circuit, and a personal music player to i...
How-To: The Hacker's Soldering Station - Hack a Day
Human brains pay a price for being big
PhysOrg.com: Metabolic changes responsible for the evolution of our unique cognitive abilities indicate that the brain may have been pushed to the limit of its capabilities. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology adds weight to the theory that schizophrenia is a costly by-product of human brain evolution.
Instant messaging world confirms six degrees of separation
PhysOrg.com: A social graph derived from billions of instant messages validates folklore that there are about six degrees of separation between any two strangers on the planet.
Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say
PhysOrg.com: (PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look either trustworthy or fearsome. In doing so, they have also found that the program allows them to construct computer-generated faces that display the most trustworthy or dominant faces possible.
Research reveals why some smokers become addicted with their first cigarette
PhysOrg.com: New research from The University of Western Ontario reveals how the brain processes the 'rewarding' and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their first smoke. The research, led by Steven Laviolette of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry could lead to new therapies to prevent nicotine dependence and to treat nicotine withdrawal when smokers try to quit. The paper is published in the August 6th Journal of Neuroscience.
U.S. Cyclists Arrive in Beijing Wearing Masks - NYTimes.com
The cyclists were the first athletes to be seen wearing masks or doing anything proactive to combat the effects of pollution.
Basics - Sniff, and a Memory Is Evoked - The Emotional Might of the Nose - NYTimes.com
Olfaction is an ancient sense and in many ways our sense of smell stands alone.
Huashan Trail - World’s Most Dangerous Hiking Trail
Huashan Trail is considered to be the deadliest hiking trail in the world. Reaching the summit of mount Huashan offers great beauty but involves greater risks
Q. Sakamaki’s Relics of the East Village Before the Gentry Arrived - NYTimes.com
A book of photography documents a lost time and place: Tompkins Square Park in the 1980s.
New Textbook for Surgeons in the Battlefield Makes It Past the Army's Censors - NYTimes.com
A new textbook is the first guidebook of new techniques for American battlefield surgeons to be published while the wars it analyzes are still being fought.
Cases - Isolation Fights Drug-Resistant Organisms, but at a Price - NYTimes.com
The emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms is an unintended consequence of our use (and overuse) of antibiotics.
Science News / A Quasi-quasicrystal
Science News: the weekly magazine of The Society for Science and the Public
Diesel-Producing Grass? Researcher Thinks it’s Possible : Gas 2.0
Daniel Nocera describes new process for storing solar energy
In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a ...
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