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Will shrimp's eyes help create a better DVD? The answer is yes. Researchers at the University of Bristol, England, who are studying the shrimp's eye have found a way to create a better DVD.

How is this possible? Scientists discovered that the Mantis shrimp, found off the coast of Australia, can see in 12 primary colors, four times that of humans. The shrimp's eye can detect different kinds of light polarization which is the direction of oscillation in light waves.

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I'm reiterating my Buy rating for Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), first recommended on May 20, 2009 at a price of $55.87.

The value proposition with Johnson & Johnson 'isn't rocket science', as they say, even though the business model does involve a considerable amount of science.

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Exxon Mobil Advanced Placement trainingStudents from 12 high schools in Alabama have been benefiting from a education program founded by the world's largest oil company, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM).

Students in the Advanced Placement Training and Incentive Programs in Alabama's Jefferson County and Montgomery saw a very impressive 81% increase in passing scores in Advanced Placement math classes.

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Iran's flawed democracy is still better than most of the political systems among other countries in the region. For the past few decades the morality police, prodded by religious literalism, have mandated women to cover themselves when they are out in public. This same religious literalism has impeded the potential of a country that has a large population, in a key geographic region, with oil and other natural resources.

Iran is in the midst of a presidential election that has stimulated much heated debate among the population about the failures of the current government in economic and political terms, and that has created a feeling of isolation. The isolation is more than a feeling, and it has limited the growth of the nation to something far less than its capabilities.

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China will remain a major low-cost center for manufacturing, but it is egregiously incorrect and irresponsible to say it represents the landscape -- the sweep, if you will -- of the manufacturing horizon, says economist Richard Felson.

"Many low cost products will be made in China, and elsewhere, but better products can and will be made in the United States, if we plant the seeds for those industries today," Felson said.

This decade, which many economists call the U.S.'s 'decade of descent,' has been a lost decade concerning manufacturing. A failure to invest in the nation's manufacturing, technology, and basic research segments "has left the United States grossly underinvested, from physical plant and capital investment standpoints," Felson said. "The U.S. auto sector is probably the best known example of this. It is a manufacturing tragedy."

U.S. can seize the high end

The solution? Invest in industry, basic research, and technology to re-grab the high-end, and beyond, Felson says.

Think next-generation cars, he says. Think even more efficient jet engines and power systems. Think solar technology. Think wind power. Think smart electric grid. Think expanded universities to train the civil, mechanical, and electrical engineers needed to develop the innovative, energy-efficient, and smart systems of tomorrow.

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In Greek mythology, Pan is the god of nature, who tirelessly watches over the shepherds and their flocks. Bridging the awkward gap between man and beast, Pan possesses the bottom half (plus horns) of a goat, and the torso and face of a man. Thousands of years later, myth is threatening to become reality; scientists developed a creature that is 85-percent sheep, 15-percent human. While this sounds straight out of the tabloids, it is disturbingly true (could "Bat Boy" be that far off?).

The technique at work reportedly involves injecting human cells into a sheep's fetus, and the new discovery furthers the concept of using animal organs as transplants for humans.

Professor Esmail Zanjani of the University of Nevada, who has worked on creating his sheep/human hybrid for the past seven years, says he hopes to one day be able to utilize a transplant patient's stem cells (from the patient's bone marrow) to produce a personal flock of sheep. Lambs from this flock would be born with a liver, heart, lungs and brain that are partially human and available for transplant.

Naturally, this story has caused a bit of conjecture among my colleagues. Nick Perry thinks the alleged furthering of science is simply a cover-up for the "master plan of the looming animal uprising ..."

Perhaps the image of a steadily increasing number of sheep isn't such a great insomnia cure anymore ...

Beth Gaston Moon is an analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research.

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