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Friday, November 4, 2011

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

City lights could reveal E.T. civilization

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:03 PM PDT

In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, astronomers have hunted for radio signals and ultra-short laser pulses. Astronomers suggest a new technique for finding aliens: Look for their city lights.

11/11/11: Maya scholar debunks doomsday myths

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PDT

This fall, Hoopes and his students have watched two predicted cataclysmic dates -- Oct. 21 and 28 -- come and go with little fanfare. Oct. 21 was a date selected by California evangelist Harold Camping after his original May 21, 2011, prediction passed without calamity. Swedish pharmacologist, self-help advocate and self-taught Maya cosmologist Carl Johan Calleman was among those predicting that Oct. 28 would usher in a worldwide unified consciousness.

Disco beat good for CPR, but time to throw in the towel on musical aids, experts say

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:14 AM PDT

Disco Science is better than no music at all at helping to deliver the required number of chest compressions to save a heart attack victim's life before he or she gets to hospital, a new study reveals. But Disco Science, which featured in the soundtrack to Guy Ritchie's film Snatch in 2000, still doesn't improve the depth of compression, leading the study's authors to suggest that it's time to give up on trying to find the best musical track to aid the procedure.

A Living Factory?

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 06:29 AM PDT

The time it takes for new products to come to market is getting ever shorter. As a consequence, goods are being produced using manufacturing facilities and IT systems that were designed with completely different models in mind. Developers want to make factories smarter so they can react to changes of their own accord.
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