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New Discovery About Mosquitoes Reveals Why Vampires Will Never Exist

1:40AM May 21, 2011 | Esther Inglis-Arkell

Scientists have found a type of bacteria that kills off the mosquito that carries malaria. That’s good news. The way the bacteria works means it could also be used to make sure there is never a plague of vampires. That’s even more good news. More »

PC

The National STEM Video Game Challenge Winner Will Make You Sick

7:20AM April 5, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Last year US President Barrack Obama challenged video game developers young and old to develop a game that encouraged the learning of science, technology, engineering and maths. The winners of the STEM Video Game Challenge have been announced, and the grand prize winner is a game that teaches children how to spread disease. More »

In Real Life

This Pokémon Was Too Controversial To Live

6:00AM February 12, 2011 | Mike Fahey

A recent interview in Best Buy’s official @Gamer Magazine reveals that plans for a Pokémon based on the lovable creature above were scrapped after being deemed too controversial. What’s controversial about Dolly the sheep? She’s a clone. More »

In Real Life

Stem Cell Shooting Gun Heals Massive Burns In Days

6:00AM February 3, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Treating serious burns is a time-consuming process that normally takes weeks or months, leaving patients open to dangerous infections as they heal. This newly-developed stem cell shooting spray gun reduces healing time to days. Warning: graphic video inside. More »

In Real Life

Scientists Pinpoint The Clock Inside Every Living Thing, Even You

8:00AM January 28, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Inside every living creature there’s a 24-hour clock that regulates the biochemical, physiological or behavioural processes going on inside of us, and now scientists have discovered exactly what that clock is. More »

In Real Life

New Surgical Special Effects Are All Smoke And Bloody Mirrors

6:00AM January 27, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Realistic rendering of smoke and blood isn’t just a game developer problem. Engineers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have come up with a novel way to give surgical students the virtual blood and gore they need. More »

In Real Life

Biotechnology Games Let You Play With Living Creatures

11:40AM January 14, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Video game developers constantly strive to create the most lifelike games imaginable. Stanford physicist Ingmar Riedel-Kruse took a shortcut, and simply put living creatures in his games. Gaming meets biotechnology in biotic games. More »

In Real Life

Brain Making Too Much Noise? Reboot It

6:30AM January 14, 2011 | Mike Fahey

As many as 23 million adults in the United States suffer from tinnitus – a ringing sound in the ears that won’t go away. Scientists may have found a way to ease the currently cure-less affliction by rebooting the brain. More »

In Real Life

Women’s Tears Are A Real Turn-off

6:30AM January 8, 2011 | Mike Fahey

In today’s edition of the daily Kotaku science post, scientists in Israel make women cry and then make men smell their tears. Surely that’s got to be fun for somebody. More »

News

NASA Tables Plan To Expose Monkeys To Gamma Radiation

6:03AM December 15, 2010 | Cyriaque Lamar

Protests from animal rights activists have put a moratorium on NASA plans to expose 27 squirrel monkeys to gamma-ray radiation. Researchers hoped to simulate the effects of space radiation on humans, but protesters claim the experiment’s cruel and unnecessary. More »