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Beak pecks apparently do register on iPhone

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I think that everyone in New York City read last week’s article by David Leite on the Quest for the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie. One of the main tricks from the article is to rest your dough for 36 hours before baking the cookies in order to improve the flavor. In my work as a [...]

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Playing the harp isn’t the most high-tech pastime—unless, like Stephen Hobley, you use lasers in place of the strings. Though not the first home-built laser harp, Hobley’s creation is unquestionably the coolest. Played by disrupting the laser beams with his hands, it can produce just about any sound. Better yet, it’s also a fully [...]

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Ready for a rat’s nest de-tangler? Nokia’s Ovi.com service, set to debut in a few months, intends to reach into the myriad of digital files on your computer, sync them to an online portal, and make them available on your Nokia phone -– any time, from anywhere.
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This is not a story about steroids. But it is about improving your abilities on the playing field. Using technology as sophisticated as any developed in traditional fields of science, athletics companies have designed this equipment to make you better, stronger, faster and healthier. It’s funded by absurd amounts of money and validated by the [...]

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To power up a mountain, you need a stiff bike frame that transfers pedaling force straight to the wheels. But zooming downhill without jolts or spills calls for more cushioning. So Kona’s Coilair bikes feature a lever that automatically shortens the shock when you pedal and lengthens it when you coast. The lever also pushes [...]

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Well, it’s never a great idea to stand next to a machine that could create black holes, but the magnets that steer the proton beams around the planet’s most powerful particle accelerator would probably spare you from excess radiation. Then again, there is the off chance that some 300 trillion protons could erupt from the [...]

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We know why the sky is blue, but reader “wondering…” wonders: “why is our urine always white or yellow? even after we drink orange juice or cola our urine is always white or yellow.”
Thought-provoking, no? Have your say in the comments.
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PopSci reader aaronmrosen wonders: “when it comes to wind farms, can too many props actually slow down the wind, and cause a change in weather patterns?”
What do you think? Wind power: good or evil? Discuss in the comments section.
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A team of engineers at Virginia Tech University has designed a pair of pants that may identify people who have a high risk of falling.
Several small circuit boards containing microcontrollers, sensors, and communication devices — called e-TAGS — are embedded in the pants at the hip, knee, and ankle joints. Each foot has a [...]

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