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<title><![CDATA[Japanese Astronaut Tests Stink-Free Underwear]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Throw away your soap, detergent, and personal hygiene, the Japanese have invented odor-free underwear. Koichi Wakata, a Japanese astronaut living in the International Space Station, is testing the underwear created by textile experts at Japan Women's University in Tokyo. The shorts are designed to kill bacteria, absorb water, insulate the body and dry quickly. They also are flame-resistant, and anti-static. &quot;The other astronauts become very sweaty, but he doesn't have any sweat. He didn't need to hang his clothes to dry. He can wear his trunks (underwear) more than a week,&quot; said Koji Yanagawa, an official with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency.Read more of this story at Slashdot.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Texas Vote May Challenge Teaching of Evolution]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:44:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[tboulay writes &quot;The Texas Board of Education will vote this week on a new science curriculum designed to challenge the guiding principle of evolution, a step that could influence what is taught in biology classes across the nation. The proposed curriculum change would prompt teachers to raise doubts that all life on Earth is descended from common ancestry. Texas is such a large textbook market that many publishers write to the state's standards, then market those books nationwide. 'This is the most specific assault I've seen against evolution and modern science,' said Steven Newton, a project director at the National Center for Science Education, which promotes teaching of evolution.&quot; Both sides are saying the issue it too close to call. Three Republicans on the school board who favor the teaching of evolution have come under enormous pressure to reform their ways.Read more of this story at Slashdot.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reflected Gravitational Waves]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:44:50 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[WSOGMM sends in an arXiv blog post about reflecting gravity waves. The speculation is that reflected gravity could go some ways toward explaining the odd readings being returned by Gravity Probe B. &quot;In the couple of weeks since he introduced the idea that superconducting sheets can reflect gravity waves, Raymond Chiao from the University of California, Merced, has been busy with a couple of buddies working out how big this effect is... Chiao and co. ask how big the effect of a gravitational wave on a thin superconducting sheet is compared to the effect on an ordinary conducting sheet. The answer? 42 orders of magnitude bigger.&quot;Read more of this story at Slashdot.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NASA Tests Heaviest Chute Drop Ever]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:44:50 -0500</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Iddo Genuth writes &quot;NASA and the US Air Force have successfully tested a new super-chute system aimed at reclaiming reusable Ares booster rockets. On February 28, 2009 a 50,000-pound dummy rocket booster was dropped in the Arizona desert and slowed by a system of five parachutes before it crashed to the ground. The booster landed softly without any damage. This was possibly the heaviest parachute drop ever, and NASA is planning to perform even heavier drops of up to 90,000 pounds in the next few months.&quot;Read more of this story at Slashdot.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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