Science

First private Mars mission revealed

The first private spacecraft to land on the Red Planet will carry experiments designed by students and school pupils. Mars One will send a robot lander similar to Nasa's Phoenix to test water purification and solar power modules for future colonists. The…
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The 10 Inventions of Nikola Tesla That Changed The World

Nikola Tesla is finally beginning to attract real attention and encourage serious debate nearly 70 years after his death.  Was he for real? A crackpot? Part of an early experiment in corporate-government control?  We know that he was undoubtedly persecuted…
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Top 10 “Useless” Organs

Can there really be a useless organ? Well, no one wants to part with their appendix, until it acts up. Same with wisdom teeth. See what other ha-ha's Mother Nature endowed us with.   No. 1 – Male Nipples Because,…
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Top 10 Famous Memory Masters

10: Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943) A prolific physicist and engineer best known for developing the alternating current (AC) electrical system still used today. Tesla had a "photographic memory" and rarely found it necessary to write anything down. It's said…
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How Scientists Are Learning To Shape Our Memory

Down Memory Lane  The human brain has roughly 100 billion neurons and can store about 2.5 petabytes of information. But where you put your keys last night? The answer is always suspiciously unavailable.  Sam Kaplan Roadside bombs, childhood abuse, car accidents—they…
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