Transmitting electricity wirelessly via a Tesla coil may be neither sensible nor safe, however, the concept is so awesome that it simply must be demonstrated. [Hacked Gadgets]

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Stem cell research, which was virtually shut down under the Bush administration has a new lease of life under Obama with almost a thousand lines of human embryonic stem cells being open to research (Bush had limited research to a few dozen lines). However, the sun revolves around the Earth types will still have something [...]

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The impressive looking block sculptures that you see above are what are called Lichtenberg figures. Jake Von Slatt explains how the process works:
Stoneridge Engineering creates these Lichtenberg figures by using a particle accelerator to create a charge cloud inside of a highly insulating block of acrylic and then discharging that cloud by poking it with [...]

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Way back in the dark ages that were 1999 a Math geek put fingers to keyboard and shared some astonishing calculations with the world. Tristan Miller at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence revealed, that by his figuring at least, the chances of finding the perfect girlfriend were a mere 157,060 to 1. This [...]

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Scientists from NASA have revealed that great plumes of methane have been discovered in the Martian atmosphere, a sign that microbial life might be present deep below the surface of the planet. Three regions in the northern hemisphere have been said to be releasing “a very large amount” of methane.
The presence of methane could indicate [...]

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