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These New Species Are Some Of The Weirdest Sharks Ever Found
A two-month fishing expedition to the Indian Ocean has turned up hundreds of strange deep-sea sharks, and several are likely new to science. At least eight new species could be among the fishy haul,...
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It's Not Looking Good Right Now, If You Like Sea Ice
In roughly a month, Arctic sea ice is expected to reach its annual minimum extent, but already, this summer's trend has the look of unusually low-ice year. As of Monday (Aug. 13), satellite data...
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Women Are Sexier Dancers When They Are Fertile
In a new meaning of "fertility dance," a woman's moves on the dance floor may reveal captivating clues about her current likelihood of getting pregnant. Women in the fertile phase of their menstrual...
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Why Olympic Athletes Have So Much Sex During The Games
From U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte telling ESPN that 70 to 75 percent of Olympians have sex during the Games, to the controversy that ensued when an Australian brand of condoms was distributed along with...
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Scientists Want To Make It Clear That Global Warming Did Not Cause This...
“Everyone knows” that you should drink eight glasses of water a day. After all, this is the advice of a multitude of health writers, not to mention authorities like Britain’s National Health Service....
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Babies Actually Don't Know Right From Wrong
An experiment five years ago suggested that babies are equipped with an innate moral compass, which drives them to choose good individuals over the bad in a wooden puppet show. But new research casts...
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New 'Male Birth Control' Compound Can Temporarily Turn Off Sperm Formation
Successful experiments in mice offer new hope in the search for the elusive male birth control pill, researchers report today. A small molecular compound can induce temporary infertility in mice by...
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Zebra Herpes Mysteriously Kills A Zoo Polar Bear
In 2010 at the Wuppertal Zoo in Germany, brain inflammation killed one female polar bear, Jerka, and sickened her male companion, Lars, whom veterinarians were able to save. Brain-swelling disease, or...
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Our Sun Is Way More Spherical Than Scientists Thought
In a strange twist of solar physics, the shape of our sun is rounder than previously thought, yet at the same time, it is also flatter — or squashed — more often, making the star wider at the middle...
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Researchers Can Now Tell How Old Someone Is From Their Brain Alone
How old are you? A glimpse at your brain may hold the answer. Researchers can now tell with 92 percent accuracy how old a person is just by looking at magnetic resonance images (MRI) of his or her...
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How Tall You Are Determines How You Will Die
How tall people are is linked with how they might die, with taller people more likely to die from cancers, and shorter people more likely to die from heart problems or stroke, according to new...
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Tricky Bug Makes Energy From Sunlight
A tiny insect called the pea aphid might be one of the only animals to turn sunlight into energy like a plant. Scientists say they've found evidence suggesting that the insect (Acyrthosiphon pisum)...
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STUDY: A Chemical Found In Green Tea Makes Tumors Vanish
Powerful new anti-cancer drugs based on green tea could soon be developed after scientists found an extract from the beverage could make almost half of tumours vanish. The University of Strathclyde...
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Typhoon Tembin Is Heading Straight For Taiwan
A huge and powerful typhoon is churning toward China, putting the storm-weary nation on alert. Typhoon Tembin is the fifth massive storm to hit the region in three weeks, and residents are bracing for...
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Drug-Resistant Human Diseases Are Now Infecting Chimps
Chimpanzees in African sanctuaries are catching human strains of drug-resistant staph, a new study finds. Experts warn that infected chimps could spread the deadly bug to other apes if reintroduced to...
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Brazilian Construction Worker Survives A Pole Piercing Through His Skull
Phineas Gage, the 19th-century rail worker who secured himself an immortal place in entry-level psychology textbooks when he survived an accident in which his brain was fully pierced by a large iron...
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A Formula To Decide Which Endangered Species We Should Save
Suppose, for a minute, that you were in charge of the global organization to preserve endangered species of rhinoceros, of which the two species most at risk of extinction are the Javan rhinoceros and...
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Sardinian Siblings Credit Minestrone Soup For World Record Age
Doctors, dietitians and divines have long sought to identify the secret of a long life. The answer minestrone soup, according to nine siblings from Sardinia who were on Tuesday recognised as the...
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The Man With Locked-In Syndrome Who Campaigned For His Right To Die Has Died
Tony Nicklinson, the “locked-in” syndrome sufferer who challenged Britain’s laws on the right to die has passed away, his lawyers said. Tony Nicklinson's death comes just days after he lost his High...
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Did Mayans Cause Their Own Demise?
The city states of the ancient Mayan empire flourished in southern Mexico and northern Central America for about six centuries. Then, around A.D. 900 Mayan civilization disintegrated. Two new studies...
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