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| Video: Paralyzed woman controls robotic arm with mind Wed, 16 May 2012 20:41:31 EDT Researchers are reporting that a woman who is completely paralyzed has used a robotic arm controlled with nothing but her thoughts. Scott Pelley reports on a triumph in neurobiology and computer science. |
| Video: Paralyzed woman drinks coffee using thoughts Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:40 EDT Using the Braingate neural interface system, a paralyzed woman was able to use her thoughts to control a robotic arm, and serve herself coffee for the first time since she became paralyzed nearly 15 years ago. |
| Paralyzed woman uses mind-control technology to operate robotic arm Wed, 16 May 2012 15:36:53 EDT Cathy Hutchinson, who "60 Minutes" profiled in 2008, can drink cup of coffee using the arm and sensor array controlled by her thoughts |
| Ancient 'Loch Ness Monster' suffered arthritis Wed, 16 May 2012 12:54:42 EDT Ancient creatures resembling stout-necked Loch Ness Monsters apparently developed arthritis in their monster jaws |
| Pentagon limits F-22 fighter flights Tue, 15 May 2012 14:46:56 EDT Defense Secretary said it will enable pilots with oxygen problems to land quickly; won't affect Afghanistan |
| 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse to occur Sunday, May 20 Tue, 15 May 2012 11:59:32 EDT Solar eclipse will block out most of the sun, leaving a "ring of fire" shining in the sky for observers along the eclipse's path |
| Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station Tue, 15 May 2012 11:20:26 EDT NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin set off from the Baikonur facility as scheduled at 9:01 a.m. local time |
| Report: Consumption of Earth's resources unsustainable Tue, 15 May 2012 11:16:23 EDT World Wildlife Fund's Living Planet report also says global biodiversity severely impacted in past four decades |
| Video: Long Story Short: Cell service on a plane Tue, 15 May 2012 09:27:55 EDT NPR finds an interesting trend in the most popular baby names of 2011. And Virgin Atlantic will soon allow passengers to use cell phones during flights. |
| Video: The science behind shipping a space shuttle Mon, 14 May 2012 19:19:06 EDT With the end of the space shuttle program, the orbiters are making their final journeys to museums across the country by hitching rides atop of 747s. Chip Reid reports on how it's done. |
| Video: Alzheimer's study unable to find volunteers Mon, 14 May 2012 19:18:19 EDT The National Institute of Health has begun hosting a two-day summit on the fight against Alzheimer's disease. Wyatt Andrews reports a group of researchers in one study are facing an unexpected hurdle. |
| Houston lawyer on quest to find missing moon rocks Mon, 14 May 2012 17:17:53 EDT Joe Gutheinz, former investigator for NASA, hunts for moon rocks, now-missing samples collected by astronauts who walked on the moon |
| Sea Shepherd group founder Paul Watson arrested in Germany Mon, 14 May 2012 12:53:02 EDT The environmental activist group's founder Paul Watson is accused of endangering a fishing boat in a 2002 incident |
| Manta rays' deep-sea secrets revealed Mon, 14 May 2012 12:37:24 EDT The new study tracked six manta rays - four females, one male and a juvenile - for two months off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula |
| Yahoo CEO steps down after resume flap Sun, 13 May 2012 14:05:55 EDT Scott Thompson parts ways with Internet giant; Yahoo says Ross Levinsohn is the company's interim CEO |
| The mystery of breasts: Inspiring, vulnerable Sun, 13 May 2012 09:41:49 EDT They're stylized, idealized, and fetishized ... but female breasts can also be lethal, being the organ most vulnerable to cancer |
| Video: John Edwards, Rielle Hunter to take stand? Sat, 12 May 2012 10:17:11 EDT The defense is slated to begin its case in the John Edwards trial Monday. Observers are speculating about whether Edwards or his former mistress, Rielle Hunter, will be called to testify. Anna Werner reports, then Rebecca Jarvis and Jeff Glor speak to Jean Caserez, a correspondent for Tru TV's "In Session," who says the defense has a "very strong case," but Edwards can't be overconfident. |
| Video: Outcry continues over leak of foiled bomb plot story Sat, 12 May 2012 08:14:14 EDT Rebecca Jarvis speaks with Rep. Peter King (R, N.Y.) about the leak of word a terrorist plot to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner had been broken up, by a double agent. |
| Video: Romney far ahead among evangelicals Sat, 12 May 2012 07:58:25 EDT National Journal White House correspondent Major Garrett notes that Mitt Romney is running way ahead of President Obama among evangelical likely voters so, says Garrett, Romney likely needn't worry about the flap surrounding his commencement speech at Liberty University. Garrett also discusses other hot-button campaign issues with Jeff Glor. |
| Video: Romney Liberty University address controversial Sat, 12 May 2012 07:53:24 EDT Mitt Romney was to give the commencement speech at Virginia's Liberty University, the largest evangelical university in the country. But Romney's Mormon faith is an issue to some evangelicals. Chip Reid reports. |
| Huge satellite Envisat is dead in space Fri, 11 May 2012 15:22:51 EDT The European Space Agency's Envisat is the world's largest Earth-watching satellite for civilian use |
| New Guinness record for tallest wave surfed Fri, 11 May 2012 07:59:17 EDT Records agency says 78-foot wave off Portugal during 2011 surfing competition was tallest ever ridden |
| Ancient Mayan workshop for astronomers discovered Thu, 10 May 2012 20:54:15 EDT Archaeologists find a small room where royal scribes apparently used walls to keep track of astronomical records |
| Video: FDA eyes unprecedented HIV prevention drug Thu, 10 May 2012 19:34:56 EDT The FDA is considering the use of Truvada for healthy people to prevent the contraction of HIV. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on the revolutionary prevention pill. |
| Ancient Mayan workshop for astronomers discovered Thu, 10 May 2012 16:52:25 EDT Archaeologists found a small room where royal scribes apparently used walls to keep track of the society's intricate calendar |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.