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Awesome Photos Of The Weird Creatures Found In The Ocean
Whew, I can’t believe we’ve only been out here for two days!The Shelf and Midwater teams have combined to form the “Zonation Zombies”.Zonation, because we all study the way that animals form layers in...
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Our Intelligence Comes Just As Much From Our Environment As Our Brains
We like to think our intelligence is self-made; it happens inside our heads, the product of our inner thoughts alone, writes psychologist Tom Stafford on the BBC’s website. But if you look at the...
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Play With Your Dog, For Science
Millions of people around the world come home to four legs and a wagging tail, and many spend some of their time together playing.While dog-dog play has been studied extensively, dog-person play, which...
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These Freak Waves Can Attack Anytime Without Warning
A freak wave killed seven people in Chicago on a sunny day on the shore of Lake Michigan nearly 60 years ago.At the time, no one knew what set off the monster wave.Researchers now know the wave was a...
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There's A Rare Mini Quasar Gobbling Matter In Andromeda
The brightest objects in the universe are called quasars, and now astronomers have found the first miniature version of a quasar beyond the Milky Way.Quasars are supermassive black holes up to billions...
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Researchers Find A New Slow Loris In The Forests Of Borneo
A new small primate with a toxic bite and distinctive facial fur markings has been discovered in the jungles of Borneo.The new slow loris species is found in the highlands of the island of Borneo and...
View ArticleThe Search For Life In Icy Antarctic Lake Begins
With the temperature at a balmy midsummer -17C, drilling has started in Antarctica in an attempt to find evidence of life under a sheet of ice two miles (over 3km) thick.The scientists and engineers...
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Adorable New Species Threatened By Illegal Asian Pet Trade
A new species of primate, a "big-eyed" and venomous slow loris, has been identified in Borneo by researchers.But the new loris is already under threat from the Asian pet trade in part because its...
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There Are 300 Insects And Spiders For Every Mammal In The Rainforest
It's well-known that the world's rainforests contain an enormous variety of arthropods, the group of animals that includes insects and spiders.But a new study shows that this variety is simply...
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Marriage Makes Same Sex Couples Happier
Shortly after news that the Supreme Court will hear cases concerning same-sex marriage this term, a new study finds that legal recognition of relationships may improve the mental health of gays and...
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VIDEO: Rare Tiger Cubs In The Sumatran Forest
A camera trap caught video of a mother tiger and her two cubs in a protected Sumatran forest, the first evidence of breeding in this location, conservationists say.The footage was captured in Sumatra's...
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These Are 12 Of The World's Weirdest Zoos
1. Caves of Sea LionsOregon’s Sea Lion Caves are the only known mainland rookery and wintering home of the Stellar Sea Lion.The system of sea-level caves also provide sanctuary for the California Sea...
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2013 Report Has Been Leaked...
The draft of a major global warming report by the UN's climate science panel has been leaked online.The fifth assessment report (AR5) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is not due...
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Shell Reignites Rumors Of A BP Takeover
Shell has reignited speculation about a potential takeover of BP after its chief executive spoke publicly about the Anglo-Dutch group's recent interest in buying its fiercest rival, whose share price...
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Tourists Flee, Residents Prepare As 'Monster' Cyclone Bears Down On Fiji
Fijian authorities scrambled to evacuate tourists and residents in low-lying areas Sunday as a monster cyclone threatened the Pacific nation with "catastrophic damage" after causing devastation in...
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Poison Will Rain From Helicopters In The Greatest Rat Extermination In History
Located some 1,800 kilometers off the coast of South America, South Georgia Island has no permanent human residents – but millions of rats. The rodents first made their way to this south Atlantic...
View ArticleHere's What Actually Goes On In Our Brains When We Get Gifts
Economies could crash, wars could rage and famine could cripple nations, and still, it's likely people would find some way to give gifts during the holidays.The reasons why we continue the tradition...
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White House Forced To Consider Building A Death Star Space Station
A petition to build a Death Star space station has received the 25,000 signatures needed for it to be considered by the White House.The petition, which calls on the US government to "secure funding and...
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There May Be Two Higgs Boson Particles
AS DISCOVERIES go, that of the Higgs boson is as big as they get. Much of modern physics hinges on the particle, first predicted 48 years ago by Peter Higgs, a Briton, and independently by two other...
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How Hormones Determine If You Are Generous Or Selfish
Chemicals in your body can influence how generous or selfish you are, and, in recent years, experiments have explored the role of one called oxytocin — which one researcher calls the "moral...
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