“At the close of 1998, there were 23 known weblogs on the Internet. A year later there were tens of thousands. What changed? ” [Mat Honan / Wired]
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Big pictures of small change
Artist Martin John Callanan and the Advanced Engineered Materials Group at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory used an infinite 3D optical microscope to capture 400 million pixel images of the lowest denomination coin from many currencies. ” The Fundamental Units ”
“Homeless city” in tunnels beneath Kansas City
Police leveling a homeless campsite outside of Kansas City discovered a “hidden community” of transients living in an elaborate series of tunnels , reports KMBC.
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Drug Allows Deafened Mice to Regrow Inner Ear Hair
sciencehabit writes “All you graying, half-deaf Def Leppard fans, listen up. A drug applied to the ears of mice deafened by noise can restore some hearing in the animals. By blocking a key protein, the drug allows sound-sensing cells that are damaged by noise to regrow. The treatment isn’t anywhere near ready for use in humans, but the advance at least raises the prospect of restoring hearing to some deafened people.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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