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10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
"With the upcoming disaster film "2012" and the current hype about Mayan calendars and doomsday predictions, it seems like a good time to put such notions in...
The Science of Temptation
The power to resist temptation has been extolled by philosophers, psychologists, teachers, coaches, and mothers. Anyone with advice on how you should live your...
Kilimanjaro Ice Fields Will Disappear
"After holding firm for thousands of years, shrinking ice fields atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are dramatically depleted compared to just 100 years ago, a...
A fresh way to take the salt out of seawater
"THERE is a lot of water on Earth, but more than 97% of it is salty and over half of the remainder is frozen at the poles or in glaciers. Meanwhile, around a...
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Tagging Reality
New smartphone apps could change the way we see the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agywuau0RHQ&feature=sub-
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Signature of Antimatter Detected in Lightning
Designed to scan the heavens thousands to billions of light-years beyond the solar system, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has... more-
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"To a Microsurgeon Toes are spare parts" click photo to watch interview
Harvard/Yale Hand Surgeon discusses Microsurgery... and Bree Walkers children discuss ectrodactyly on ABC Primetime ..... more-
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Leonardo da Vinci had and depicted fused fingers click on photo to view video
Along with a Harvard/Yale Hand Surgeon (Joseph Upton MD), Leonardo da Vinci Researcher (Ben Sweeney) show that the left hand of... more-
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Stop selling out science to commerce
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Happy Carl Sagan Day!
Back in 1980 the US space programme was in the doldrums. Apollo was fading into history and there hadn't been a US astronaut... more-
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Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-11/bread-loving-bird-shuts-down-lhc The bird dropped some bread on a section of... more-
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Cocktail for killers: Facts not reported in US News...again at Ft. Hood
http://current.com/items/91079159_cocktail-for-killers-facts-not-reported-in-us-news.htm Everyone seems befuddled every time... more-
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Highest Unemployment in 26 years.... Stimulation not working...
U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the... more-
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Seriously? Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider.
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-11/bread-loving-bird-shuts-down-lhc The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most... more-
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Earth's greatest mass extinction blamed on fiery fountains of coal
FOSSIL fuels have a new crime to live down. A frenzy of hydrocarbon burning at the end of the Permian period may have led to the... more-
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How About Them Apples? Is there an app for that?
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Drones Converted to Climate Scouts
In a modern-day rendition of beating swords into plowshares, a pair of unmanned military aircraft have been turned over to NASA... more-
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Starship-Like Exhibition Space Will Float Around Asia in 2012
Here are the best images yet of "Fluid": the stunning whale-inspired floating pavilion being built for World Expo 2012... more-
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GLOWING CORAL PHOTO: Fluorescence Found to Aid Healing
"The study is the first to show that corals use fluorescence to boost their immunity, added Palmer, of Australia's James... more-
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Hurricane watch for Nicaragua coast; Tropical Storm Ida strengthens, may make land Thursday
Tropical storm Ida is gaining strength in the southwest Caribbean, prompting a hurricane watch for the eastern coast of Nicaragua... more-
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Court Upholds Right To Challenge Gene Patents
A federal district court ruled today that patients and scientists can challenge patents on human genes in court, allowing a... more-
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Government's chief scientist backs David Nutt on cannabis
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Sweden first to display Fingered Leonardo da Vinci
GOTHENBURG, Sweden—Leonardo da Vinci—an exhibition of his works, that is—last visited Sweden 15 years ago. Now... more-
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Winery Waste Makes Fuel
"The first example of a new renewable method for generating hydrogen fuel from wastewater is now operating at a California... more-
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