Scientists are just starting to understand the way that sex drive can be influenced by certain neurotransmitters—chemicals in the brain—mostly by observing our reactions to drugs that are intended to treat other conditions.
July 2008
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Thu 31 Jul 2008
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Mars Express acquires sharpest images of martian moon Phobos
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Mars Express closed in on the intriguing martian moon Phobos at 6:49 CEST on 23 July, flying past at 3 km/s, only 93 km from the moon. The ESA spacecraft’s fly-bys of the moon have returned its most detailed full-disc images ever, also in 3-D, using the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
A jetpack that might one day be able to take 30-minute jaunts across the sky got its public debut today. New Zealand company Martin Jetpack unveiled the device at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
The strange behavior of quantum physics might seem too unpredictable to rely on for our energy needs, but new technologies hope to capitalize on its very strangeness. The most familiar of these quantum tricks is the fact that light acts both like a wave and a particle.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
The ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico, an area on the seabed with too little oxygen to support fish, shrimp, crabs and other forms of marine life, is nearly the largest on record this year, about 8,000 square miles, researchers said this week.The problem of hypoxia is a downstream effect of fertilizers used for agriculture in the Mississippi
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Medical physicists at the University of Virginia have created a novel way to kill tumor cells using nanoparticles and light. Quantum dots are semiconductor nanostructures, 25 billionths of a meter in diameter, which can confine electrons in three dimensions and emit light when exposed to ultraviolet radiation.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Prelude to the Higgs: A work for 2 bosons in the key of Z
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Scientists at Fermilab have announced the observation of pairs of Z bosons, force-carrying particles produced in proton-antiproton collisions at the Tevatron, the world’s highest-energy particle accelerator.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Devout Heisman winner declines spot in ‘Playboy’ lineup
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One year after winning college football’s highest honor, University of Florida star Tim Tebow was pulled from consideration for Playboy’s pre-season All-American team because the magazine conflicts with his Christian beliefs, a school official confirmed.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Laird Hayes, a Princeton graduate and professor at Orange County College, said in his 13-year NFL officiating career, he has run into the forceout call three times. “I’ve got them all right but frankly a couple of times, I was hoping I was right,” Hayes said at Gillette Stadium yesterday.
Thu 31 Jul 2008
Leaked Video Reveals Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Olympics
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A Korean TV network has shown video of a dress rehearsal for next Friday’s opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. It is unclear whether the video’s release was authorised, although it is unlikely as there has been a huge security clampdown around the ceremony with Chinese officials closely guarding their secret plans.