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This Week in the Future, January 16-20, 2012

This Week in the Future, January 16-20, 2012 Baarbarian Good thing all that noise about SOPA and PIPA worked, at least a little . Continue reading

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FYI: What’s the Point of Nose Hair?

NoseClamp Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images To strain out the nasty stuff we breathe in. Continue reading

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A 3-D Printer Makes Customized Human Bones To Order

This Machine Prints Bones via WSU We’re already printing organs to order , so why not Cmd+P some customized 3-D bone ? Continue reading

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[News & Analysis] Broadening Participation: Berkeley Engineering Students Demand Greater Effort to Promote Diversity

Last week, a coalition of student organizations at the University of California, Berkeley, demanded action to improve the school’s poor record of attracting and retaining minority and women students. Continue reading

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Germantown Sustainable Urban Science Center is a Green Roofed …

Stewardship of the environment is an important part of the Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia and their new Urban Science Center was designed to be a living laboratory to teach the students there all about that. Continue reading

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Data Harmony: How We Can Turn Piles of Raw Data Into Usable Knowledge

Gathering Ocean Data WHOI physical oceanographer Glen Gawarkiewicz recovers a CTD rosette aboard the R/V Oceanus in heavy weather north of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Continue reading

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A Florida School District is Taking Attendance by Scanning Students’ Fingers

Roll Call, via Fingerprint bcymet via Flickr Roll call is going high-tech in Washington County, Fla. Continue reading

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Bats Have Unique Superfast Squeak Muscles to Make Superfast Echolocation Calls

Daubenton’s Bat This little guy is resting on a human’s thumb. Continue reading

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Bats Have Unique Superfast Squeak Muscles to Make Superfast Echolocation Calls

Daubenton’s Bat This little guy is resting on a human’s thumb. Continue reading

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This Week in the Future, September 5-9, 2011

This Week in the Future, September 5-9, 2011 Baarbarian There are strange doings afoot in this ghost town. Continue reading

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