Coursera makes top college courses free online

Coursera makes top college courses free online

  8:53:00 AM    Science Lover

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Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng share a vision in which anyone, no matter how destitute, can expand their minds and prospects with lessons from the world's top universities. Coursera co-founders Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller That dream was joined this week by a dozen vaunted...

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'Minority Report' software hits the real world

'Minority Report' software hits the real world

  8:00:00 AM    Science Lover

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The software behind the film "Minority Report" -- where Tom Cruise speeds through video on a large screen using only hand gestures -- is making its way into the real world. The interface developed by scientist John Underkoffler has been commercialized by the Los Angeles...

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Entire Genetic Sequence of Individual Human Sperm Determined

Entire Genetic Sequence of Individual Human Sperm Determined

  11:46:00 AM    Science Lover

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The entire genomes of 91 human sperm from one man have been sequenced by Stanford University researchers. The results provide a fascinating glimpse into naturally occurring genetic variation in one individual, and are the first to report the whole-genome sequence...

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A Wrinkle in Space-Time: Math Shows How Shockwaves Could Crinkle Space

A Wrinkle in Space-Time: Math Shows How Shockwaves Could Crinkle Space

  11:20:00 AM    Science Lover

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Mathematicians at UC Davis have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time -- at least in theory. Illustration of twisted space-time around Earth. (Credit: NASA) "We show that space-time cannot be locally flat at a point where two shock waves collide,"...

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Visual Searches: Human Brain Beats Computers

Visual Searches: Human Brain Beats Computers

  8:48:00 PM    Science Lover

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You're headed out the door and you realize you don't have your car keys. After a few minutes of rifling through pockets, checking the seat cushions and scanning the coffee table, you find the familiar key ring and off you go. Easy enough, right? What you might not know...

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Diabetes Drug Makes Brain Cells Grow

Diabetes Drug Makes Brain Cells Grow

  2:00:00 PM    Science Lover

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The widely used diabetes drug metformin comes with a rather unexpected and alluring side effect: it encourages the growth of new neurons in the brain. The study reported in the July 6th issue of Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press publication, also finds that those neural...

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Houdini-Like Vanishing Act in Space

Houdini-Like Vanishing Act in Space

  11:19:00 AM    Science Lover

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Astronomers report a baffling discovery never seen before: An extraordinary amount of dust around a nearby star has mysteriously disappeared. Dust today, gone tomorrow. An artist's conceptualization  of the dusty TYC 8241 2652 system as it may have appeared  several...

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