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Sweet Smell of Success! Rare Corpse flower blooms in Chicago Botanic Garden
After the disappointment surrounding the manual blooming of Spike the corpse flower, another corpse flower at the Chicago Botanic Garden has stepped up to show Spike how blooming is done. Alice, a...
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Ancient flea preserved in amber discovered harboring ancestral black death
A 20-million-year old microscopic flea preserved through the ages in hardened amber has been discovered to contain a possible ancient ancestor of the bubonic plague- or black death. “First of all it’s...
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Samsung motion lighting potentially puts Samsung in Volkswagon territory
ComplianTV has ruffled the feathers of Samsung electronic after the EU-funded research group release the results from a series of lab tests. The group was able to conclude that some TVs in Europe...
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New app Peeple seeks to review people like yelp does businesses
Judgement, bullying, name calling, dreading with fear of having to live the rest of your life after some embarrassing event. These are merely a few of the things, we as humans, have to go through day...
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People can’t judge Peeple
In an article just posted the other day, I discussed the new app called Peeple that had been riding a wave of criticism after revealed as an app that seeks to provide a Yelp styled review system for...
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Blue whales hunt efficiently to achieve their massive size
Blue whales grow to an enormous size despite the fact that they survive on a diet consisting mostly of krill. In a recent study, researchers uncovered what methods these giant creatures use to hunt,...
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Peeple transforms into a positively mysteriously disappearing app
Peeple is back at it again as after about transparency, the company itself is now beginning to hide behind every possible wall so that no one can find out just how bad they really are. As of late, the...
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Reddit launches new ad revenue generating news venture Upvoted
Today, we bear witness to the birth of another media outlet forever to be known as Upvoted, but is it really a news media outlet, or is it just another revamped version of its father Reddit? Upvoted is...
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Apple patent defeat proves academic researchers have rights
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) won an important patent lawsuit against Apple, winning $234 million last Friday. This victory is important because, despite only being awarded a third...
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Sony Betamax has dubbed its final recording after 40 years
Betamax, an ancient technology relegated to the annals of history as a failed recording format, despite its clear superiority over VHS has finally meet its end as Sony announced Tuesday that it will...
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Flower Power! Cyborg rose unveiled with embedded electronics
When the idea of green energy was constructed few probably would have thought that the term could ever become literal, but that is exactly what has happened as a team of researchers at the Laboratory...
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Become a Hero with these last minute Tech Gift ideas
GoPro Hero4 Session GoPro has moved to the top of many Christmas lists this year thanks to its launch of the cube-shaped Hero4 Session camera – well not exactly for the launch of the of the camera, but...
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Namib Desert beetle inspired surfaces prevent frost at low temperatures
In a recent study, researchers explain how they have developed surfaces which minimize frost due to condensation. The inspiration for the study was an unlikely subject, the Namib Desert beetle. “I...
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