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'Horror Movie In A Pill': SIde-Effects Of Lariam Worse Than Malaria
AN RTÉ INVESTIGATION into the use of Lariam as an anti-malarial by the Irish Defence Forces found a “plausible link” between the drug and a number of suicides of soldiers.Two of the world’s leading...
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Can Thorium Solve All Of Our Energy Problems?
TWO IRISH FILMMAKERS want to know if thorium could be the answer to the world’s energy woes – and they have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise enough money to finish a documentary on the...
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Protestors All Over The World March Against Monsanto
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizers said.Organizers said...
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You Are Less Beautiful Than You Think
In April 15, 2013 Dove launched a 3-minute video entitled “Dove Real Beauty Sketches.” The video achieved instant popularity and has been watched millions of times — a successful viral campaign which...
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A 'Women's Viagra' May Finally Be Available By 2016
A 'women's viagra' that is hoped to boost flagging libido may soon be available.The new pill, called Lybrido, uses a combination of testosterone and a Viagra-like drug in a bid to increase sexual...
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Roaches Are Evolving Their Way Around Our Traps
In the ongoing battle between humans and cockroaches, the insects have a leg up. A new study finds that roaches evolved their taste buds to make sweet insecticide baits taste bitter. As a result, the...
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Budget Cuts Will Hamper Our Ability To Predict Severe Weather
The tornado that hit Moore, Okla., on Monday (May 23) killed an estimated two dozen people and caused devastating property damage. Residents had advance warning of the storm, thanks to weather...
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What The Modern World Can Learn From Older Societies
The good old days. Despite all the undeniable benefits recent centuries have brought, you may have a nagging feeling that we’ve lost something in the process.Jared Diamond (author of the Pulitzer...
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STUDY: Moms' Weight Loss Surgery Can Change Her Kids' Genes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Obese mothers tend to have kids who become obese. Now provocative research suggests weight-loss surgery may help break that unhealthy cycle in an unexpected way — by affecting how...
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They Might Put A Ladder At The Top Of Mount Everest Because It's Too Crowded
It was the final obstacle, the 40 feet of technical climbing up a near vertical rock face that pushed Sir Edmund Hillary to the limit. Once climbed, the way to the summit of Mount Everest lay open.Now,...
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Retreating Glaciers Bring Ancient Arctic Plants Back To Life
Fans of a certain dinosaur movie franchise might be disappointed to hear that we unfortunately still can't re-create velociraptors from the bellies of mosquitoes.But scientists have been able to do...
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Fertile Women Are More Likely To Wear Red
WASHINGTON D.C. — That little red dress or pink sweater may be sending more of a message than you think: it could be an overt sign of a woman's fertility, a new study suggests.In the study, 124 women...
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This Fluffy, Winged Dinosaur May Have Been The First Bird
A prehistoric beast the size of a pheasant has become a contender for the title of oldest bird to stalk the Earth.The small, feathered "Dawn" bird lived around 160m years ago, about 10m years before...
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Everyone Lies About Their Sex Lives
For decades, stereotypes about gender and sex were bolstered by surveys in which men reported far more sexual partners than women.But a 2003 paper in the Journal of Sex Research found that if study...
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This Is What It Would Mean For Time To Come To An End
Could time come to an end? What would that even mean?Last month I gave a talk about this strange physics idea at a TEDx event in Trento, Italy, based on a Scientific American article I wrote in 2010.My...
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Drinking Too Much Coffee Is Now A Mental Disorder
Editor's Note: With the release of the latest edition of the mental health manual, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM), LiveScience takes a close look at some of the...
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Wrinkles Make You Look Sad And Angry
WASHINGTON – Creases and furrows on someone's face may put a wrinkle in our ability to properly judge his or her emotions, a new study suggests.In the study, participants viewed photographs of 64...
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Restaurants Offering Lion Meat Are Causing Public Outrage
Why do U.S. restaurants keep trying to sell lion meat?This month a Florida restaurant called Taco Fusion put $35 lion tacos on its menu, and a California restaurant called Mokutanya announced $70 lion...
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Here's The Plan To Save Earth By Nuking Asteroids
If a dangerous asteroid appears to be on a collision course for Earth, one option is to send a spacecraft to destroy it with a nuclear warhead. Such a mission, which would cost about $1 billion, could...
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Why Smart People Can Be So Irrational
Psychology writer Wray Herbert has an interesting column on why even intelligent people can fail to act rationally:"We all know people who are highly intelligent but not very smart. These people get...
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