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So-called 'Junk DNA' could be keeping you alive
Yesterday we told you about ENCODE, the recently concluded mega-project that created a kind of Encyclopedia Britannica of human gene function. Among the initiative's many findings was that so-called...
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This Mercury-like planet is getting ripped to shreds by its sun
Astronomers using the Kepler space telescope have confirmed the discovery of a short-period super-Mercury planet that has entered the final stage of its life. The object has gotten so close to its...
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Neuroscientists take aim at Naomi Wolf's theory of the "conscious vagina"
Well, if Naomi Wolf wanted to draw attention to herself through the publication of her new book, Vagina: A New Biography, she has certainly succeeded — though it may not be the kind of attention she...
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Grandmother gives birth to her own grandchild
In vitro fertilization was developed well over thirty years ago, but its far reaching potential for helping couples with fertility issues has yet to be fully explored. The most recent reminder of this...
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Study: There is enough wind on this planet to meet our entire energy needs
A recent study from the Carnegie Institution for Science is suggesting that planetary winds pack enough power to energize our entire civilization — and by a significant margin. But in order for us to...
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How your body fights to keep you alive when you’re starving
The human body can go without oxygen for about five to ten minutes, and about three to eight days without water. But remarkably, people have been known to live upwards of 70 days without food. How is...
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Teenager sends $50 camera into space and captures these stunning images of Earth
Who needs rockets and multi-million dollar satellites when you can get the same results by spending only $600? This was the thinking of Adam Cudworth, a 19 year-old student from the U.K., who recently...
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Hot Mars Theory suggests life never had a chance on the Red Planet
As NASA's Curiosity rover scours the Martian surface in search of signs that Mars was once capable of fostering complex life, a team of researchers from the University of Poitiers, France, and Caltech...
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Released documents show U.S. helped hush Soviet massacre of thousands
It's often said during wartime that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Nowhere in the annals of history is this more true than the uneasy alliance that was hoisted upon the United States and the...
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The most successful presidents could be the ones who exhibit psychopath-like...
Everybody's been rethinking psychopaths lately. Instead of thinking of psychopathy as a highly problematic and socially dangerous personality disorder, psychologists are increasingly coming to see it...
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Placebo effect can be triggered by subliminal cues
Could a placebo work even if you're not consciously aware of it? Scientists have always believed that placebo effects rely on your conscious expectations of what a pill or therapy is supposed to...
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Have mathematicians finally discovered the hidden relationship between prime...
Okay, math lovers, this is the one you've been waiting for: Shinichi Mochizuki of Kyoto University in Japan is claiming to have found proof (divided into four separate studies with 500+ pages) of the...
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How Neal Stephenson's 20-Kilometer Space Tower Could Change Everything
Novelist Neal Stephenson wants to create a 20-kilometer space tower, which could inspire people to believe in innovation again — but also transform the way we travel in the air and into space. To this...
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NASA: Extreme forms of life can survive on planets with weird orbits
Biologists who study extremophiles know just how tough and resilient life can be. Microbes have been discovered in virtually all four corners of the Earth, including deserts, extreme altitudes, and...
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9 Overlooked Technologies That Could Transform The World
We live in an era of accelerating change. Technology is changing and innovating faster than most of us can keep up. And at the same time, it's easy to get so caught up in shiny visions of the future,...
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Dalai Lama tells his Facebook friends that religion "is no longer adequate"
This past Monday, people who have the Dalai Lama as a Facebook friend found this little gem in their newsfeed. All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience,...
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Curator finds the world's first ever color movie hidden inside museum vault
The National Media Museum in the U.K. announced today that it has discovered the world's first color moving pictures. The reels were found inside a museum vault, hidden inside an old tin dating back...
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Sexually aroused women find everything less disgusting
Let's face it: Sex can be kinda gross. With all those body odors and fluids being traded back and forth, it's no small miracle that humans voluntarily choose to copulate at all. But as scientists from...
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If you’re going to get your DNA analyzed, you’d better brace yourself for the...
Genetic testing has taken off in recent years. Companies like 23andMe and Medcan are finally allowing people to get their DNA tested so that they can better understand their genetic lineage and...
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No, we are not going to be cloning this newly discovered wooly mammoth any...
News broke yesterday that a beautifully preserved wooly mammoth had been discovered by Russian scientists in Siberia. The research team quickly got ahead of itself, by claiming that the mammoth...
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