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Having spent the last few years in a graduate applied science / engineering program, I’ve heard no shortage of criticism directed at the Bush administration’s science policies. And for good reason, if you ask me.
But this short article from WIRED suggests that the Bush administration’s stem cell policy, right or wrong, should not be labeled “anti-science”.
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How would you like it if your favorite potato chips contained just a fraction of their current sodium, but tasted exactly the same? Or you could eat low-fat mayonaise or peanut butter with the same texture and taste your regular jar of Jif? With nanofood, it’s all very possible.
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Diamond has long be heralded as the hardest (naturally occuring) material, but it has officially lost that title to lonsdaleite. In fact, diamond now ranks third on the list behind lonsdaleite and wurtzite boron nitride – 58% and 18% harder than diamond, respectively.
If you’ve never heard of them that’s because they are very rare.
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I knew little about Oppenheimer before reading this book. Known as “the father of the bomb” for his role as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory which created the first atomic bomb, Oppenheimer was a fascinating individual and regarded as such by virtually everyone who knew him – scientists, generals, and politicians among them.
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Boasting the highest strength of any material ever discovered, as well as a host of other properties, carbon nanotubes have been a hot topic in nanotechnology for a while now. But researchers last month discovered a new form of carbon tubes. Being bigger than traditional carbon nanotubes, this new material falls under the category of colossal [...]
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This novel was published after the Chilean-Mexican author's death, and I'm not even sure if it was entirely finished or not. It is broken up into five parts which, while connected, stand pretty much on there own. I have not yet made it to the grim part about the murders of hundreds of women in Mexico, so I have so far found it enjoyable and even funny despite some dark underpinnings. It's had a ton of critical praise, and I like it much more than my last foray into the violent novel genre: Blood Meridian.
Been listening to this one a lot, pretty much the whole way through.