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Scientists Discover A Potential Cure For Cat Allergies

Scientists are developing a pill that could be used to cure cat allergies, ridding sufferers of sniffing, sneezing and itchy eyes.Researchers claim they may have discovered a cure for the UK's most...

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Catch A Rare Sight As Mercury Joins Jupiter And Mars In The Sky

Most stargazers have never seen the planet Mercury because it never strays very far from the sun. This week is one of the rare opportunities to catch the tiny planet just before sunrise —and with two...

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MIT Scientists Just Pulled Off The Plot Of Inception With Mice

Here's how the mouse would tell it: I padded into a room and was shocked. Then I tiptoed into a different room. I was shocked there, too.But only of those mouse memories is real. The other is the...

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Google Dedicated Today's Doodle To The Woman Who Took The First Picture Of DNA

Photographs document the stations of human life: the snapshot of a young child tossing a ball, the image of a young bride coming down the aisle, the portrait of an old man lined with age and...

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Outbreak Sickens Over 250 People Across Eight States

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has released an update about the cyclospora infection outbreak that started in the United States in June.As of July 23, according to the report, more than 250 cases...

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Women Have Evolved To Date Funny Men, Study Suggests

Women like to date men who make them laugh due to evolutionary differences hard-wired into our brains, according to new research.Scientists found that women's brains show greater activity than men's in...

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Even Cold-Hearted Psychopaths Can Feel Empathy

Psychopaths may be capable of empathizing with others in some situations, a new study has found.The study's researchers investigated the brain activity of psychopathic criminals in the Netherlands. As...

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Caffeine Is A Mild Antidepressant

Researchers claim that caffeine acts as a mild antidepressant by helping to boost mood hormones and other chemical signals in the brain.Using data from 208,424 people, they found those who drank two to...

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A Mysterious Hum Is Driving People Around The World Crazy

It creeps in slowly in the dark of night, and once inside, it almost never goes away.It's known as the Hum, a steady, droning sound that's heard in places as disparate as Taos, N.M.; Bristol, England;...

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Watch A Glowing Blue 'Death Fluorescence' Take Over The Body Of A Dying Worm

Never has "feeling blue" carried such a sense of finality. A new study has revealed the simple worm (Caenorhabditis elegans) meets its death in a flash of azure. And, according to researchers, the blue...

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Do You Really Need To Turn Off Your Phone During Flights?

It’s a fact of life for anyone boarding a plane: all electronic devices need to be turned off during take-off and landing.Most airlines have had this rule in place for more than a decade now, even...

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Take A Cold Shower, It's Good For You

Most people might think of a shower as a daily ritual that is equal parts hygiene and relaxation: as soap bubbles and cascades down both body and drain, the warm water eases both muscle and mind in its...

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3 Nutrients Linked To A Better Night's Sleep

I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but the U.S. seems to have become a nation obsessed with pills. If something doesn't work right, no worries, there's a pill for that.So when we have trouble...

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The Full Moon Can Mess Up Your Sleep

This post was originally published on July 25, 2013.Moonstruck madness has long been relegated to the annals of folklore, but newfindings raise questions about if the moon may actually hold some sway...

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How To See The Big Bang

Editor's Note: In this weekly series, SPACE.com explores how technology drives space exploration and discovery.While we may never know all the details of our universe's explosive birth, scientists have...

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It Took One Month And $3 Million To Move This Giant Magnet

After more than a month of traveling over land and sea, a huge doughnut-shaped electromagnet has crossed the finish line of its 3,200-mile (5,000 kilometers) haul from New York to Illinois.Since the...

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The Mysterious Coffin Found At Richard III's Burial Site Contained A Second...

King Richard III's rediscovered resting place is turning out more mysteries this summer. Excavators finally lifted the heavy lid of a medieval stone coffin found at the site in Leicester, England, only...

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Two New Studies Discover Reasons Why Humans Are Monogamous

Scientists are coming closer to understanding the evolutionary reason behind monogamy, with two new studies out on Monday exploring different advantages of the practice that pairs mates for the long...

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A Big Asteroid Will Fly By Earth Tonight

An asteroid as large as five football fields will zoom by Earth tonight, and you can watch the close approach live from the comfort of your home.The near-Earth asteroid 2003 DZ15 will come within 2.2...

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Researchers Set Out To Study The Mysterious Great White Shark

One of the most ambitious expeditions ever to tag great white sharks will set sail tomorrow (July 30) off Cape Cod, Mass. The researchers hope to tag as many as 20 of the enormous sharks, about which...

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