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- Dark chocolate could prevent heart problems in high-risk people
- Slingshot-driven device stops high-velocity projectiles without destroying them
- Cosmic calculations for exploring where stars are born
- Sex: It's a good thing, study of primroses shows
- Geoengineering for global warming: Increasing aerosols in atmosphere would make sky whiter
- Electric moon jolts the solar wind
| Dark chocolate could prevent heart problems in high-risk people Posted: 31 May 2012 05:08 PM PDT Daily consumption of dark chocolate can reduce cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes, in people with metabolic syndrome (a cluster of factors that increases the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes), finds a new study  |
| Slingshot-driven device stops high-velocity projectiles without destroying them Posted: 31 May 2012 01:57 PM PDT What do you get when you combine a slingshot, a fish tank, a stack of 2-by-4s and five engineering students determined to help the United States Air Force? A device to stop high-velocity projectiles without destroying them.  |
| Cosmic calculations for exploring where stars are born Posted: 31 May 2012 01:56 PM PDT Astrophysicists can now analyze the vast molecular clouds of gas and dust where stars are born more accurately. New research has solved equations of quantum mechanics to describe more precisely the interactions between molecules of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, the two most abundant gases in space.  |
| Sex: It's a good thing, study of primroses shows Posted: 31 May 2012 11:55 AM PDT Way more than fun and games, sexual reproduction appears to give an evolutionary advantage, biologists have discovered.  |
| Geoengineering for global warming: Increasing aerosols in atmosphere would make sky whiter Posted: 31 May 2012 08:26 AM PDT One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar geoengineering could have a side effect of whitening the sky during the day. New research indicates that blocking 2 percent of the sun's light would make the sky three-to-five times brighter, as well as whiter.  |
| Electric moon jolts the solar wind Posted: 31 May 2012 07:24 AM PDT With the moon as the most prominent object in the night sky and a major source of an invisible pull that creates ocean tides, many ancient cultures thought it could also affect our health or state of mind -- the word "lunacy" has its origin in this belief. Now, a powerful combination of spacecraft and computer simulations is revealing that the moon does indeed have a far-reaching, invisible influence -- not on us, but on the Sun, or more specifically, the solar wind.  |
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