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Finally, and most interesting, there are actual instanced property spaces in the game that players can actually own and control. After clearing The Maelstrom out of their area, players can go nuts, building whatever they want with any Lego pieces they've found or purchased so far. There are some astounding possibilities here — you can build a full Lego castle piece by piece, or finally complete that pirate ship set you've had since you were a kid. Other players can join you in these spaces, and they can interact or experience your creations while you're putting them together.

There are even various Lego animals and creatures that can be placed in the space, and NetDevil has created a “behavioral system” to govern their behavior. By connecting a few different variables and directions, you can tell objects to act a certain way when something happens, or move in a certain pattern. While the UI seems simple enough for children to use, I was impressed by how powerful it was — just while we were demoing the game, the devs created a small sequence with floating boxes that, when touched by a friend who jumped in the same space, would explode. In other words, they recreated Mario in the Lego Universe in a matter of minutes.

That was pretty amazing, and the mind spins to think what players of all ages will create with their Lego pieces when the game launches. The plan is to offer up access and content for a $9.99 monthly subscription after the initial game purchase. This week at E3, the release date was set for October 26. From the demo that we saw earlier this week, it'll definitely be something to look forward to.

• Scientists see evidence that rules of particle physics may need a rewrite

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  (PhysOrg.com) — Two separate collaborations involving Indiana University scientists have reported new results suggesting unexpected differences between neutrinos and their antiparticle brethren. These results …

• Reusable Grocery Bags Contaminated With E. Coli, Other Bacteria

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  (PhysOrg.com) — Scientists at the UA and Loma Linda University found that reusable grocery bags carry more than just groceries. Samples taken from dozens of bags, which almost never get washed, showed half …

• Research In Motion's 1Q profit jumps 20 percent

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  (AP) — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. posted a 20 percent jump in net income for the most recent quarter, but the company's revenue and subscriber growth disappointed investors.

• Targeting flight-or-fight hormone response to combat heart failure

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  We've all experienced the strong heartbeat that accompanies emotions such as fear and rage. But can the body's natural response to these emotions be used to combat heart failure? Results of a study published online today …

• Novel radiotracer shines new light on the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients

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  A trial of a novel radioactive compound readily and safely distinguished the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients from healthy volunteers on brain scans and opens the doors to making such imaging available beyond facilities …

• Notre Dame biologist's DNA detections validated by Asian carp capture in Lake Calumet

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  (PhysOrg.com) — The capture of a bighead carp in Lake Calumet, Ill., on June 22 (Tuesday), is the first capture of a live Asian carp between the electric barrier in the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) …

• World first for quantum memory storage

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  (PhysOrg.com) — An Australian National University-led team has developed the most efficient quantum memory for light in the world, taking us closer to a future of super-fast computers and communication secured …

• Droid X takes the gloves off

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  For the last few years, the question with each launch of a new smart phone was: Is this the iPhone killer?

• Whooping cough at epidemic levels in California

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  Whooping cough is now at epidemic levels in California and the state could record the highest number of illnesses and death due to the disease in 50 years, the state's top health official said Wednesday.

• New route to killing cancer gets a test run

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  A targeted therapy that has generated excitement for its early success in breast cancer is now being tested in the Triangle on other cancers, including often-deadly ovarian tumors.

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