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New Pictures Show The True Colors Of Saturn And Titan
NASA's Cassini probe has beamed home stunning images of Saturn and Titan, the ringed planet's largest moon. The new natural-color Cassini photos, which were unveiled Wednesday (Aug. 29), capture the...
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Prepare For The End Of Meat...
It simply takes too much water to grow a steak. In a new report, leading water scientists say the human population would have to switch to an almost entirely vegetarian diet by 2050 to avoid...
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Piano Tuners Show How Our Brains Are Always Changing
A neat study that shows us, once again, that the brain remains plastic in adulthood: “Scientists at University College London have shown that working as a piano tuner may lead to changes in the...
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Genetic Differences Show Why Modern Humans Outlived Other Human Species
The genome of a recently discovered branch of extinct humans known as the Denisovans that once interbred with us has been sequenced, scientists said today (Aug. 30). Genetic analysis of the fossil...
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Using A Laptop Right Before You Go To Bed Is Ruining Your Sleep
Using a mobile phone, tablet or laptop before going to bed leads to sleep troubles according to new research. It’s high time people switch off in order to feel switched. Researchers at the Lighting...
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One In 100 Children Is A Psychopath, Experts Believe
Around one in 100 children in the UK could be a psychopath, research suggests. Displaying similar characterists to the protagonist in the novel We Need To Talk About Kevin, they are liable to lie,...
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Tonight's Your Last Chance To See A 'Blue Moon' Until 2015
A blue moon will grace the night sky tonight (Aug. 31), giving skywatchers their last chance to observe this celestial phenomenon for nearly three years. The moon will wax to its full phase at 9:58...
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The World's Biggest Offshore Windfarm Could Power Nearly Half Of Scotland
The world's biggest offshore windfarm could be built off the northern Scottish coast, after a scheme with enough capacity to power 40% of Scottish households was submitted for planning permission. The...
View ArticleScience Explains Why James Bond Is So Irresistible To Women
Bond is supremely confident. This makes him sexy. It also makes him great at his job; being overconfident often gives better results than being objective and rational. (We'd all be better off...
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Curiosity Starts Quarter-Mile Journey That Could Reveal Secrets Of Mars
As extraterrestrial journeys go, it is not the most imposing challenge that science has faced. Yet the quarter-mile journey on which the Martian rover Curiosity embarked last week is being watched...
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Here's The Latest On The Flesh-Eating Seagulls Attacking Whales Near Argentina
Off Argentina's coast, the birds have trained themselves to swoop down on the endangered mammals to feast on their blubber when they surface for air. The waters off Argentina's Chubut province have...
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This Ugly Little Creature May Hold The Key To The Fountain Of Youth
Why do humans live so long? The African naked mole rat might have the answer, reports Steve Jones. September already, and the start of term looms near. In the first lecture of my genetics course, I...
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Stunning Pictures Show Friday's Beautiful 'Blue Moon'
Skywatchers all over the world jumped at the chance to view and photograph Friday's (Aug. 31) full moon, the last so-called "blue moon" until July 2015. Friday's full moon was the second one to rise...
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Chemicals In Non-Stick Cookware Could Be Hurting Babies
A group of compounds used in a variety of products, including non-stick cookware, may influence a baby's growth in the womb and after birth, a new study suggests. In the study, pregnant women who were...
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Women And Men Do Actually See The World Differently
Guys' eyes are more sensitive to small details and moving objects, while women are more perceptive to color changes, according to a new vision study that suggests men and women actually do see things...
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Isaac Left Piles Of Dead Swamp Rats In Its Wake
The aftermath of Hurricane Isaac has washed ashore tens of thousands of dead "swamp rats," invasive species whose rotting corpses are now presenting a health hazard in Mississippi. The drowned...
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This Stem Cell Breakthrough Helped Two Paralyzed People Feel Again
New hope was raised yesterday for people left paralyzed by injury, after doctors said they had succeeded in using stem cells to restore feeling in two patients. In a world first, doctors at Zurich...
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New Image Highlights The 'Superbubble' Signature Of An Exploding Star
Exploding stars carve out gas cavities called superbubbles in a nearby dwarf galaxy, as shown in a new photo from the Chandra space telescope. This photo reveals a superbubble in the Large Magellanic...
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Vladimir Putin Will Lead A Pack Of Endangered Cranes In A Hang-Glider
He has shot a grey whale with a sample-collecting dart in the Pacific, released leopards in the Caucasus and "saved journalists from wild tigers", now Vladimir Putin's latest episode of animal antics...
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Science Reveals Whether Your Parents' Advice Was True Or False
"Men think about sex every seven seconds" Nope. More like an average of every 158 seconds. "Nice guys finish last" It depends. Over the long run, being a nice guy can lead to happiness, success and...
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