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Marijuana Could Be Good for Memory — But Not if You're HighEverybody knows a forgetful stoner, but research suggests that low doses of marijuana could be good for memory, and even help prevent Alzheimer's disease. When given a compound similar to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, rat brains displayed reduced levels of inflammation assoc... |
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Grandfather of Microphotography RediscoveredDrawing was a terribly important part of science until the mid-19th century. Without photography, scientists, particularly in the life sciences, had to document what they saw with painstaking illustrations. The clarity and "realness" of photographs eventually relegated scientific d... |
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Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming ScienceA new crop of supercomputers is breaking down the petaflop speed barrier, pushing high-performance computing into a new realm that could revolutionize science more profoundly than at any time since Galileo, leading researchers say. When the Top 500 list of the world's fastest supercom... |
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Superstrong Space Magnets Are Just as Weird as We ThoughtDead stars known as magnetars — the most-magnetic objects in the universe — are a little less mysterious, thanks to new observations from the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton and Integral space telescopes. Magnetars are are a type of star remnant called a neutron star. They have... |
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X-Ray Discovery Sparked 19th Century DIY CrazeWhat are the social consequences when science allows us to see things that had previously been invisible? Scientists have revealed microscopic life, nanoscale molecules, and galaxies billions of light years away. These images have revolutionized the disciplines in which they were made, but ... |
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Space Station Gets Pee Recycling SystemAstronauts on the International Space Station will soon be able to drink their own recycled urine using a new system delivered by NASA's space shuttle Endeavour which launched Friday. Until now, pee has been dumped overboard, but the new "Water Recovery System" will make sure... |
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