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wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Sep 22, 2008
With the help of gene therapy, two people who once were blind now can see. The individuals -- their identities remain confidential -- are participants in an early-stage clinical trial of gene therapy for Leber's …
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wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Sep 22, 2008
Pleasant scents give rise to pleasant dreams, and foul smells turn fantasy to phantasmagoria: so concludes a small, unreplicated and wholly plausible study on odor and dreaming. Led by Michael Schredl and Boris Stuck …
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himachal.us » myHimachal - Sep 20, 2008
For those who interested in pursuing their studies in Design Qualifying Examination for Admission to Master of Design (M.Des.) Programmes at IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati and IIT Kanpur, and Ph.D …
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truemors.com » Truemors - Sep 17, 2008
A “cold stare,” the “cold shoulder,” a “cool reception” are all ways of describing situations where the “warm fuzzies” are nowhere to be found, but a new study in the September issue of Psychological Science shows that …
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sciencentral.com » ScienCentral - Sep 11, 2008
Imagine if words created a taste in your mouth, or music generated bursts of color. Some people have a rare condition called synesthesia, where their senses are somewhat crossed. Now scientists have found a new type of …
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sciencentral.com » ScienCentral - Sep 8, 2008
Psychologists have found that golfers who've played well perceive the hole as bigger than it really is. As this ScienCentral video explains, the researchers also found those who did poorly saw the hole as smaller than …
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wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Aug 28, 2008
For everyone who's blown out their ears with loud music, a bit of good news: gene therapy might rejuvenate your hearing. By adding a gene to embryonic mice, researchers led by Oregon Health and Science University …
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hp.com » Mostly Color - Aug 28, 2008
In last week's post on fan color appearance , I wrote that in low light conditions today's top cameras do not reproduce faithfully color appearance because they remain photopic, in opposition to the human visual system …
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defamer.com » Defamer - Aug 27, 2008
With the exciting news that Brad Pitt has won his second best actor chalice today at the Venice Film Festival—for what the judging committee deemed his "indomitable spirit both on and off the screen, his effortless …
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hp.com » Mostly Color - Aug 23, 2008
One of the key accessories for 盆踊り (bon odori) is the flat fan or 団扇 ( uchiwa ). The best ones are made by creating a bone skeleton with bamboo from 四国 (Shikoku), on which 和紙 (washi, Japanese paper) is glued. At this …
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