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August 2012

Technicians at Astrotech's payload preparation center are preparing the RBSP spacecraft for launch. Photo: NASA/Kim Shiflett

RBSP satellites were launched to measure the radiation belts

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FBI Piracy Warning CD. From Wikipedia

Digital piracy / Michael Moir

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Illustration of the system. In the center of the figure one of the planets and in the distance you see the double sun and the other planet.

For the first time, two new planets orbiting a double sun have been discovered

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Insects discovered in amber in northeastern Italy. Photo: University of Padua

Arthropod fossils 230 million years old were discovered encased in amber

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Professor Eduard Burmashenko. Photo: Ariel University Center

Nano technology is mobilized for the cleaning service: dirt repellent liquid will fight water, dust and oil

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Prof. Noam Sobel, Rafi Haddad and Prof. David Harel. the perfume beds. Photo: Weizmann Institute

Scientists of the Weizmann Institute of Science discovered: a certain type of learning is possible while sleeping

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A Metarhizium type fungus attacks cockroach. From Wikishare

There are hidden predators

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US President Barack Obama, from his election website

Washington Court of Appeals: Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research legal

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The capture of the Dragon spacecraft by the crew of the International Space Station. Photo: from NASA TV

SpaceX will launch a cargo spacecraft to the space station in October

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Apple vs. Samsung

Trolls, sharks and angry birds - on patents in the age of information technology

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The official photograph of Neil Armstrong before the Apollo 11 flight Photo: NASA

Neil Armstrong - 1930-2012: family members, US president and future astronauts

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Mini thrusters for tiny satellites. Photo: MIT

Innovative "micro-thrusters" will be able to propel tiny satellites

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Neil Armstrong - from the NASA website

Neil Armstrong - the first astronaut on the moon died at the age of 82

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Chimpanzee and man. From Wikimedia - CC license

The human is "allowed" from the chimpanzee - cancer and autism

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Antique medicine bottles from Britain. From Wikipedia

Placebo 5 - Placebo treatments and the moral debate

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A twin galaxy to the Milky Way. Photo: GAMA project

The Milky Way has a twin galaxy (or two)

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Athletes on an ancient Roman pitcher. From Wikipedia

The XNUMXth Muscle Song - Gymnasium activity of Jews in the Diaspora. Roman period

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A class at an Iranian university. From Wikipedia

Iran prevents women from enrolling in dozens of courses at universities

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Curiosity's wheel prints on its first test drive on Mars. Photo: NASA

Curiosity conducted a test drive on Mars

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In the picture: the two language areas, where cell responses were studied during speech. The graphs show a selective code for movements in the area of ​​the frontal lobe and a non-selective code in the area of ​​the temporal lobe (each color represents a neuron).

Technion researchers have identified a structured code by which neurons in the human brain represent speech movements

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A maser (a device for amplifying microwaves by radiation) in a solid state capable of operating at room temperature. Photo: National Physical Laboratory and Imperial College London

A solid state maser that operates at room temperature

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Congressman Todd Akin. From Wikipedia

A country haunted by demons - stupidity and scientific ignorance will go together

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USA Youth Science Contest Winners. Credit: http://www.wouldntitbecoolif.com/

Stars for science

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A robot handshake. Illustration: Ben Gurion University

The independence revolution begins: on the dismissal of Pelephone's employees

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The human mind is basically nothing but a machine. There is nothing in it that cannot, in principle, be duplicated. From the movie i Robot

Superhuman intelligence, superhuman intelligence

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