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Sunday March 28, 2010
Holy Music:
Is Music Replacing Religion?
by Simon Magus
Students and staff at the University of Leicester are being asked to reveal their music listening habits as part of a study into their relationship with music.
Dr Clive Marsh has been studying the relationship between popular culture and religion for over 15 years -- he believes that people's devotion to music is supplanting religion as a 'spiritual discipline'.
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Friday March 26, 2010
Because You're Worth It
Hair Conditioner Scrubs CO2
by Simon Magus
Ingredients found in hair conditioner may end up preventing climate change.
Researchers believe that amino silicones offer a low-cost way to scrub CO2 from gases produced by coal-burning power stations
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Sunday March 21, 2010
You're Surrounded:
Proteins Surrounding Genes Mean We're Unique
by Simon Magus
Human individuality may not be determined by our genes but the proteins surrounding them.
These protein sequences known as transcription factors vary from person to person and may influence our appearance as well as our disposition towards certain diseases.
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Saturday March 20, 2010
Tagging Along:
Printable RFID Tags Could Supplant Bar Codes
by Simon Magus
Researchers have developed a new technique that allows RFID tags to be printed on rolls of plastic.
By reducing the cost of manuacture, it could pave the way for RFID tags to supplant bar codes.
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Sunday March 14, 2010
Ladies Last:
Men's Names Still Come First
by Simon Magus
Putting male names before female names in writing is considered to be a remnant of sexist thinking from the 16th century.
But researchers have analysed the web and discovered that the practice is alive and well today.
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Monday March 08, 2010
It's Not Easy Being Green:
US Consumers Won't Pay More for Organic Wine
by Simon Magus
California winemakers are struggling to get good prices from the sale of wine made with organic grapes.
While the wine is usually of high quality, a new study shows that slapping an eco-label on the bottle turns off consumers and drives down prices.
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Saturday March 06, 2010
Signs of Life?:
Living Organisms Could Emerge from Organic Molecules in Nebula
by Simon Magus
Potentially life-creating organic molecules have been observed in the Orion Nebula by the orbital Herschel Space Observatory.
An onboard detector called the Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared (HIFI) captured light from the immense cloud of dust and gas to determine the chemical makeup of the molecules within.
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Monday March 01, 2010
Invaders from Outer Space:
A Quarter of Milky Way Star Clusters Originated Elsewhere
by Simon Magus
A new study has shown that up to one quarter of the star clusters in the Milky Way 'invaded' from other galaxies.
Researcher have also concluded that there may be as many as six dwarf galaxies yet to be discovered within the Milky Way -- rather than the two currently confirmed.
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