Selectopedia.Org: Selected Web Contents: Science


Black Hole Powers X-Ray Jets
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host on 09 January, 2008 09:49:00
 
Scientists believe that X-Ray jets are very important vehicles for transporting
energy away from the center of the black hole and affect the rate of formations
of new stars. Reuters video report.

Cheap Energy From Wind Turbines
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host on 27 December, 2007 10:12:00
 
A small roof-top wind farm in Hong Kong producing inexpensive electricity to
power up a school. AP video report.

Robo the Violin Player
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host on 06 December, 2007 04:24:00
 
Toyota unveiled new robots in Tokyo recently. One plays the violin and the other
talks and signs autograph!

End of stem cell debate?
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host on 20 November, 2007 10:28:00
 
Researchers in Wisconsin and Japan transformed ordinary human skin cells in to a
type of cells that act and look like stem cells with the ability to turn
themselves into virtually any tissue in the human body.

Meet Alexis Lemaire the Human Calculator
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host on 19 November, 2007 10:56:00
 
He can calculate 13th root of a 200 digit number!

Time Magazine:Best Inventions of 2007
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host on 14 November, 2007 04:43:00
 
Time editor Lev Grossman talks about this years TIME Best Inventions list