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E-Blast Friday 11.16.12 Breaking Story These Bots Were Made For Walking: Cells Power Biological Machines Today's Video Science Now Picture of the Day Flamingo Tongue Snail On A Sea Fan New Today on Science360 Radio 'From Sociology to Social Network' – Part Two Of An Interview With Social Networking Theorist Duncan Watts Latest News Archaeologists Identify Oldest Spear Points Researchers have found that human ancestors were making stone-tipped weapons 500,000 years ago at the South African archaeological site of Kathu Pan 1 – 200,000 years earlier than previously thought. Physicists Skirt Thermal Vibration, Transfer Optical Signal Via Mechanical Oscillator Using tiny radiation pressure forces, physicists converted an optical field, or signal, from one color to another, aided by a "dark mode." Medical Vital-Sign Monitoring Reduced To The Size Of A Postage Stamp Electrical engineers have developed new technology to monitor medical vital signs, with sophisticated sensors so small and cheap they could fit onto a bandage, be manufactured in high volumes and cost less than a quarter. New in the Journals & Magazines NATURE : Brain Scans Of Rappers Shed Light On Creativity PHYSICS: Optical Boomerangs POPULAR MECHANICS: Can We "Talk" To Vegetative Patients Via fMRI? SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Blood-Thinning Rat Poison Is Killing Birds, Too NEW SCIENTIST: Pumpkin Pie Craters On Mercury Are Solar System First What the Blogs Are Saying Today WIRED SCIENCE - Great White Shark Ancestry Swims Into Focus VISUAL SCIENCE - Twisted Landscapes Of Google Earth's Universal Texture THE PHYSICS ARXIV BLOG - First Teleportation From One Macroscopic Object To Another THE ABSTRACT - Thanksgiving: Simple Tips Can Keep Foodborne Illness At Bay NOT EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE - The Insect That Hears Like A Human, With Ears On Its Knees Science360 Network: News Radio Video iPad

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