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![Teddies Boldly Go Where No Bear Has Gone Before [Space]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/9/a/1/3/b/6/0/e/6/8/d9daa88c52b29dfbf9ec87.jpeg) |
Teddies Boldly Go Where No Bear Has Gone Before [Space]io9 - 13 hours ago England’s newest astronauts are plush. Last week, the Cambridge University Spaceflight program sent four brave teddy bears into suborbital space as part of a program to get young people interested in space exploration … Also tagged: space, photography, spaceflight, high altitude balloon, experiments |
![Researchers Discover Proteins That Help One Cell Become Two [Mad Science]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/d/7/8/1/0/d/f/a/1/d/7db83f22b4103aba8ff832.jpeg) |
Researchers Discover Proteins That Help One Cell Become Two [Mad Science]io9 - 18 hours ago This is an image of a cell ripping itself apart, turning itself from one cell into two daughter cells. Scientists have long known what this process looks like, but still know little about many chemical processes that … Also tagged: medicine, biology, protein, mad science, cytokinesis |
io9 - Dec 3, 2008
CNN just laid off its entire Space/Tech/Environment reporting unit. That means that one of the United States' biggest TV news sources thinks that space and the environment just aren't worth reporting on in any depth or …
Also tagged: cnn
![World Disaster Map Gives You the Big (Terrifying) Picture [Maps]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/b/a/1/0/e/0/d/5/2/f/3ee41c69cc9ca4a1212744.jpeg) |
World Disaster Map Gives You the Big (Terrifying) Picture [Maps]io9 - Dec 3, 2008 The National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications in Hungary has put together a helpful real-time map of global disasters. In this detail, you can see a series of earthquakes that hit Greece … Also tagged: maps, geography, disaster, dystopia, world disaster map, social geography |
![Aquatic Invader Has Time Lord’s Regenerative Powers [Monsters Among Us]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/8/9/1/a/0/0/e/1/0/7/0edd48a270999554e47cd2.jpeg) |
Aquatic Invader Has Time Lord’s Regenerative Powers [Monsters Among Us]io9 - Dec 3, 2008 When the Time Lords of Doctor Who face a fatal blow, they can always regenerate, taking on a newer, and often younger, body. A certain species of hydrozoa can perform a similar trick, going into hibernation when times … Also tagged: biology, zoology, monsters among us |
![Doctors Discover Rise in "Self-Embedding" Disorder [Epidemic]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/c/1/b/a/7/5/5/2/1/3/89ada7e925dc567af75cc8.jpeg) |
Doctors Discover Rise in "Self-Embedding" Disorder [Epidemic]io9 - Dec 3, 2008 Radiologists, the people who examine the inside of your body using X-rays and other imaging tech, were among the first to discover a disturbing new syndrome called "self-embedding." No, it's not some cool piercing … Also tagged: medicine, radiology, psychology, epidemic, self embedding |
io9 - Dec 2, 2008
In one of those weird moments in corporate science, pharma mega-corp GlaxoSmithKline has funded a Swedish study that looked into the genetic underpinnings of susceptibility to placebos. Turns out that certain people …
Also tagged: drugs, pharmaceuticals
![The Fearless Meteorite Hunters of Saskatchewan [Meteor Hit]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/6/1/2/d/0/8/5/9/d/2/a2325d1a4d69ddcfaabb2c.jpeg) |
The Fearless Meteorite Hunters of Saskatchewan [Meteor Hit]io9 - Dec 2, 2008 After a 10-ton meteor exploded in a spectacular fireball over the Canadian province Saskatchewan two weeks ago, the hunt was on to find fragments of the space rock. Researchers and local enthusiasts descended on the … Also tagged: space, saskatchewan, meteorite, space porn, hi everybody in sask, meteor hit |
![Was Early Earth a Firey Hell or Packed with Life? [Mad Geophysics]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/d/1/a/b/2/b/1/b/4/7/6e0f9a36c4e9077172a8ef.jpeg) |
Was Early Earth a Firey Hell or Packed with Life? [Mad Geophysics]io9 - Dec 2, 2008 Conventional wisdom among geologists has always been that the first several million years in Earth's 4.5 billion-year history were an age of lava and fire. Nothing could possibly live in on the burning planet until at … Also tagged: geology, mad geophysics |
![Genetic Testing Promises to Reveal Your Child's Sports Aptitude [Mad Genetics]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/e/0/9/6/d/7/2/0/1/2/28d34032b7be096882b154.jpeg) |
Genetic Testing Promises to Reveal Your Child's Sports Aptitude [Mad Genetics]io9 - Dec 1, 2008 For $149 dollars, Atlas Sports Genetics will test your child’s DNA and send you a report listing the sports where your child is likely to succeed. Some parents see it as a way to steer their child toward an activity … Also tagged: testing, genetics, ethics, eugenics, mad genetics |