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This Week's Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through March 11)
Singularity Hub - 11 Mar 2017 18:00
ROBOTICS Humans Can Now Scold a Robot With Their Minds Samantha Cole | Vice MOTHERBOARD "Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), with Boston University, developed a feedback ...
6 Years After Fukushima: Has Japan Lost Faith in Nuclear Power?
Live Science - 11 Mar 2017 15:02
Nuclear power was a cornerstone of Japan's energy strategy for decades, until the Fukushima disaster. The current government wants to keep some nuclear reactors open, but has lost public support.
Still King: Why Kong Dwarfs Today's Beasts
Live Science - 11 Mar 2017 14:56
King Kong is back.
New Bedford Harbor identified as major source of airborne PCBs
Science Daily - 11 Mar 2017 01:33
Sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCBs, from the bottom of the New Bedford Harbor is the number one source of airborne PCBs in the neighborhoods surrounding the port, according to new research.
New critical information on tumor sequencing, response to chemotherapy
Science Daily - 11 Mar 2017 01:33
Tumor sequencing is increasingly used to select treatment for patients with cancer, but its role in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer is unknown. Researchers now report the results of a prospective tumor sequencin...
Castration-resistant prostate cancer cell growth impeded by endostatin
Science Daily - 11 Mar 2017 01:31
Endostatin, a naturally occurring protein in humans, can significantly decrease proliferation of castration-resistant prostate cells in culture, and researchers describe the physiological pathways and signaling evoked by...
A strength test for the strong force
Symmetry Magazine - 11 Mar 2017 01:11
New research could tell us about particle interactions in the early universe and even hint at new physics. Much of the matter in the universe is made up of tiny particles called quarks. Normally it's impossible to see a ...