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China gets set to grow veggies on Mars — and plant the communist flag
China is planning a trip to Mars — and they have the vegetables to prove it. In a recently concluded lab experiment, a 300 cubic meter cabin was converted into a grow-space that served as a...
View ArticleWatch this catfish go completely orca on a pigeon
The line that separates water from land is a fascinating area for biologists to study. For some aquatic animals, like the orca whale, it's a place where they can briefly step outside the boundaries of...
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The Most Accurate Map Yet of Our Planet's Most Powerful Earthquake Zones
Geologists know that the most devastating earthquakes happen along subduction zones — those areas where tectonic plates slide beneath another. Less known, however, is where exactly along these danger...
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Everything You Need to Know About the American Psychiatric Association's...
On December 1, 2012, the American Psychiatric Association officially approved the final diagnostic criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V)....
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Why US Air Corps servicemen were allowed to wear such badass bomber jackets...
In honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Lisa Hix of Collectors Weekly has put together a fascinating and sobering article that both commemorates and explains why members of the US Army Air Corp were...
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Why do your pupils get larger when you're on drugs?
Normally, our pupils dilate in response to changing light; as it gets darker, our pupils get larger. But they expand in size for other reasons as well, including when we're sexually aroused and when...
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The neuroscience of comas, or what it means to be trapped inside your own mind
It's a fate that's only comparable to death. The coma, typically the result of a massive head injury or drug overdose, is a medical condition that continues to frustrate physicians, while also causing...
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A 3D printer that manufactures new cancer drugs with drag-and-drop DNA
Researchers from Parabon NanoLabs have developed a new drug for combating a lethal brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme. But what makes this particular drug unique is that it was printed —...
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Monkey with stylish winter coat spotted at Toronto Ikea
Visitors to an Ikea in Toronto had to finish their Christmas shopping with some unexpected company this past weekend. A small, but stylish, monkey wearing a shearling-like winter coat was found on the...
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More evidence that volcanoes killed the dinosaurs
Geologists and paleontologists have been kicking around an idea for the past several decades which threatens to overturn the scientific canon surrounding the demise of the dinosaurs. Rather than an...
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Is the Pentagon developing a stealth drone?
The U.S. Air Force's use of unmanned aerial drones is typically regarded as one of the more futuristic ways in which the Pentagon goes about its business in the 21st century. But as a recent article...
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The Architect Who Gave the Future "Sensual Curves"
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer passed away last week at the tender age of 104 (he died two weeks shy of his 105th birthday). Regarded as a pioneer in the development of modern architecture, he...
View ArticleThis video strongly indicates that parrots will use robots to conspire...
Sure, making robots for our animal companions seems like a good idea right now — but just wait until this bites us in the ass. The latest experiment in animal/machine integration comes from an...
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This living woman's dad fought in the American Civil War
The Civil War ended a long time ago, but every once in a while we're reminded that it wasn't really that long ago. Take for example the game show participant from 1956 who actually saw Lincoln get...
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A real-life Hobbit pub has opened for business in New Zealand
Hobbit fans looking to celebrate their victories by pouring back a cool one in the same tradition as Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are in for a real treat. The Green Dragon, a New Zealand pub that...
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Your future awaits — but is this what you want?
Check out this horrifying yet strangely compelling futuristic vision put together by artist Miles Johnston. Called "Substitution," it's the portrayal of a man who's brain-jacked himself into a fully...
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Scientists claim that homosexuality is not genetic — but it arises in the womb
A team of international researchers has completed a study that suggests we will probably never find a ‘gay gene.' Sexual orientation is not about genetics, say the researchers, it's about epigenetics....
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How to make stunning abstract art using seismograph data
The data that's analyzed by seismologists following a large earthquake is usually the record of a catastrophe — it typically means something really bad has just happened. But what if you could take...
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New interpretation of extinct ‘Hobbit’ species reveals a human-like face
Australian anthropologist Susan Hayes from the University of Wollongong has completed the first ever forensic facial reconstruction of Homo floresiensis, an extinct human relative that lived on the...
View ArticleTime now for some some robot-on-robot brutality, courtesy King Loses Crown's...
We're not entirely sure what's going on in the new "My Revenge" video from San Francisco indie rockers King Loses Crown — but it features a bunch of robots who are seriously pissed off and clearly up...
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