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1. Scientists revive 31,000-year-old plant with seed squirreled in Siberia
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY JOE TYRRELL NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Extending the reach of green thumbs, a team of Russian scientists has revived a flowering plant from a 31,000-year-old seed found squirreled away in Siberian permafrost. ...

2. Burger made in test-tube set to 'meat' the demand
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY PAM LOBLEY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT'S FUNNY Scientists in the Netherlands are working to make the first burger created entirely in the laboratory. The test-tube burger should be ready to ...

3. Vodka can boost problem solving and creativity, finds study
(Health/Healthquest)

BY JOE GREENE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM I could probably do a better job writing this story if I had consumed some vodka first. Scientists from the University of Chicago concluded in a recent study that ...

4. Saying 'I love you' on Valentine’s Day: One dozen ways
(Life/Style)

... and the City re-runs, women have been shown to put forth a healthy appetite for sex without strings attached, a character trait usually set aside for alpha males. Recent research by scientists at Ohio ...

5. Central American sugarcane workers dying from chronic kidney disease
(World/International)

... manual laborers is still not known, some scientists suspect that dehydration and heat exhaustion are the culprits. Workers spend long hours in the scorching sun doing exhausting physical work and are ...

6. Brain cell creation may lead to Alzheimer's and autism cures
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY ADELE SAMMARCO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The human brain is as fascinating as it is complex. When the brain experiences trauma and disease, the results can be devastating. Now, scientists from Cambridge ...

7. Problems solar flare radiation can cause on Earth
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... is believed to be the strongest since 2005, but will not reach severe levels, scientists said. They believe the brunt of the storm’s effects will go north of the Earth. —ANGELA DAIDONE, NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ...

8. Bill to create N.J. teacher loan forgiveness program clears Senate committee
(N.J./State)

... preparing the next generation of scientists, nurses and community leaders of our state, teachers have what is arguably the most difficult job there is,” Sen. Nia Gil (D-Essex), a co-sponsor, said. “But ...

9. Rocks from Mars meteorite shower have scientists excited
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

We’ve been invaded by Martians — well, as least by Martian rocks. A meteorite shower last July sent some 15 pounds of rocks to the ground in Morocco, where they were found in December. Scientists, having ...

10. The best ways to beat stress and lose that N.J. anxiety
(Health/Healthquest)

...  10. Replace bad fat with good fat, many scientists and researchers have demonstrated that one commonality among centenarians around the world is that they all consume raw nuts on a daily basis. 9. ...

11. Smoking marijuana can do less lung damage than tobacco cigarettes, finds study
(Health/Healthquest)

...  Scientists from Birmingham and San Francisco determined that the lungs of the marijuana smokers had been damaged considerably less than the lungs of those who smoked cigarettes. ABC News reported that ...

12. Rutgers scientists shed light on the universe's mysterious dark matter
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... team of scientists found El Gordo using ACT thanks to the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect. In this phenomenon, photons in the cosmic microwave background interact with electrons in the hot gas that pervades these ...

13. Scientists warn bioterrorism and global warming will draw Doomsday closer
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY ADELE SAMMARCO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The apocalypse is coming and it’s the end of the world as we know it. That famous R.E.M. song may ring true to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) who ...

14. Scientists take major step toward creating male sperm in laboratory
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

They successfully grow mouse sperm Scientists in Germany and Israel have made a major breakthrough that could lead to human sperm being grown in the laboratory, the website The Telegraph is reporting. ...

15. Seabirds that inspired Alfred Hitchock's 'The Birds' were likely poisoned, say scientists
(Entertainment/Movies)

... as research material for his latest thriller.” However, that similar events took place over a 30-year period piqued the curiosity of scientists, who took on the research, ABC News said. It turns out ...

16. Could orangutans help scientists understand human obesity?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY JOHN SOLTES NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Indonesian orangutans may help scientists understand the underlying reasons for eating disorders and obesity in humans, according to new research from an evolutionary ...

17. What is the God particle or Higgs Boson?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of the nature of matter and how it interacts with itself that scientists have devised is codified in the so-called standard model (SM) of particle physics. The Higgs Boson is encompassed by the SM and ...

18. N.J. making $8M available for autism research
(Health/Healthquest)

1 in 94 New Jersey children have autism disorders Researchers and scientists affiliated with New Jersey colleges, research organizations and public or private nonprofit agencies can now apply for $8 ...

19. REVIEW: ‘Stick Fly’ stirs up secrets
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... Fly,” refers to an insect that is glued to a stick for further study by scientists. Opening on Thursday at the Cort Theatre, “Stick Fly” accordingly studies an affluent African-American family during ...

20. Stop embarrassing yourself with your ignorance and anger
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... 1 and 2 show the scientists do too. The $10.3B in grant money has lured them. As UN IPCC official Ottmar Edenhofer in November 2010 admitted “one has to free oneself from the illusion that international ...