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Beer made 9,000 years back in China recreated

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A molecular archaeologist Patrick McGovern from the University of Pennsylvania found chemical traces of the 9,000-year-old beer on some pottery in a dig in the Neolithic village of Jiahu.

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Google Reportedly Acquiring Invite Media For Approximately $70 Million

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Google is buying advertising technology startup Invite Media in a “$70 million range” deal, reports MediaMemo’s Peter Kafka. We’ve pinged the Mountain View company for confirmation but have not heard back yet.

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Finally, 140-year-old Boltzmann Equation solved

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Two mathematicians from University of Pennsylvania have solved a the equation, which remained a puzzle for more than a century despite its widespread use in modelling the behaviour of gases.

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Students develop Tactile Gaming Vest to really feel the virtual pain

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Gaming vests that let us feel what our favorite game characters feel on screen each time they’re hit, may have got a facelift with the introduction of Tactile Gaming Vests developed by students at the University of Pennsylvania. Synced well with the..

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HBCU scholars answer questions at NYTimes education blog [Terra Sigillata]

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hbcu_logos2.jpgLast week, the New York Times college admissions and aid blog, The Choice, solicited readers for questions on US historically-black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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Intelligence, moral wisdom, and reactions to the University of Alabama-Huntsville shootings. [Adventures in Ethics and Science]

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From a recent article in the New York Times considering University of Alabama-Huntsville shooter Amy Bishop's scientific stature and finding it lacking, this comment on why so many denizens of the internet think they can understand why she did what she did:

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