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How Cosmetics Companies Farm Human Skin To Test Their Products
As you slathered conditioner onto your noggin this morning, you probably weren’t thinking about lab-grown skin coins (if you were, r u OK?). But human skin grown in a lab is a booming business — and how it’s made is a little-known and fascinating story.
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Jet Engines Endure Trial By Ice
Today’s shot of the day is from GE’s engine testing site in Winnipeg, Canada, where new engines endure trial by ice — a simulated winter gale that batters them with 1270kg of cold air per second and thousands of gallons of freezing water, all at minus eight degrees fahrenheit. [GE; Gizmodo]
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How Researchers Determine A Mouse’s Mood
You know what they say: give a mouse a Zoloft and he’ll ask for a Prozac. Give a mouse a Prozac and he’ll ask for a Lexapro. But how do researchers determine if the anti-depressant being developed is actually effective before giving it to people?
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Update: TiVo Looking For Beta Testers Again?
Gizmodian Rhett has pointed us in the direction of TiVo’s website again to show us that TiVo are once again looking for Beta Testers. Looks like I didn’t make the grade from the first intake, then. I checked and it still seems to be pretty active, so if you’re keen, fill in the form and…