Our roundup of today's top news, headlines and stories from the world's most trusted news sources.
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July, 2, 2014 from Scientific AmericanHistory is rife with unethical experiments on inmates. But with proper safeguards prisoner studies may hold the key to the accurate representation of vulnerable groups and lead to health benefits -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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July, 2, 2014 from Scientific AmericanPaying attention requires more than focus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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July, 2, 2014 from Scientific AmericanNewly discovered lobes stretch tens of thousands of light-years above and below the Milky Way's disk. Where they come from remains a mystery -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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July, 2, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentResearch reporting one of the biggest "breakthroughs" in stem-cell science has been withdrawn after "critical errors" were discovered.
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July, 2, 2014 from Scientific AmericanHave you ever noticed that the number 9 is kind of amazing? What's that…did I hear you say "NO?" Then prepare yourself to be amazed and keep on reading to learn all about the magic... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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July, 2, 2014 from Scientific AmericanGenomics can provide powerful tools against cancer — but only once clinical information can be made broadly available -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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July, 2, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentNasa has launched a mission dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) from space.
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July, 2, 2014 from Wired ScienceIn 1869 an American physician named Cyrus Reed Teed, whose very own brand of medicine combined alchemy with zaps of electricity and doses of magnetism, electrocuted himself so badly that he passed out. Which is just as well, for when he ...
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July, 2, 2014 from SPACE.comShining brightly in a new picture, cosmic gas cloud Gum 15 is busily giving birth to massive stars that are, in turn, shaping the cloud's weird structure.
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July, 2, 2014 from SPACE.comThe space agency's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite (OCO-2) blasted off today (July 1) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 5:56 a.m. EDT (0956 GMT), carried aloft by a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket.
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July, 2, 2014 from SPACE.comThe NASA probe (OCO-2) will increase observations of CO2 levels on Earth and deliver data on its sources and "sinks". It launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Station in California on July 2nd...
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July, 2, 2014 from SPACE.comdestroyed by its offspring. The La Silla Observatory in Chile observed this future cosmic crime scene in the Vela constellation. The red glow comes from ionized hydrogen.
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July, 2, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentThe US space agency is in the process of lofting a high-resolution carbon dioxide observatory, to study where the gas is being emitted and absorbed at the Earth's surface.
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July, 2, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentAfrican cichlid fish's memory of feeding areas can span up to twelve days, scientists show.
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July, 2, 2014 from International Business TimesThe International Space Station can get quite interesting during the World Cup. Most recently, a NASA astronaut lost a bet to his German fellow crewman, and while there are no Belgians currently aboard the ISS, the U.S. and Belgium share...
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July, 2, 2014 from International Business TimesNASA’s carbon dioxide-tracking satellite will have to wait another day to shoot into space. The U.S. space agency called off the launch of the Delta 2 rocket that was carrying the satellite less than a minute before liftoff when the pad’...
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July, 2, 2014 from International Business TimesMars One, a Netherlands-based nonprofit that plans to send humans on a one-way mission to Mars by 2025, announced Monday that it is now accepting proposals for scientific payloads that could be sent to the red planet as part of an unmann...
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July, 2, 2014 from International Business TimesTropical storm Douglas, which formed in the eastern Pacific off the Mexican coast, is moving northwest with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour, or mph, and does not pose a direct threat to land, the National Hurricane Center, o...
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July, 2, 2014 from International Business TimesNASA’s Cassini spacecraft reached Saturn on June 30, 2004 and has spent a decade exploring the ringed planet and its 62 moons. Even after 10 years, the Cassini spacecraft continues to deliver exciting discoveries about the gas giant.
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July, 2, 2014 from International Business TimesAn international team of scientists has discovered a nearby planet that could be a potential candidate to host a habitable world similar to the one found on Earth. The planet, dubbed Gliese 832c, was found orbiting a red-dwarf star about...
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July, 2, 2014 from International Business TimesThe Internet, the moon landing, the atomic bomb—all inventions that changed the world forever—were predicted years before their existences. Mark Twain, writing in 1898, dreamed of a worldwide network of information-sharing when telephone...
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July, 2, 2014 from International Business TimesThe NASA "flying saucer" test flight Saturday was a success. The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle was attached to a high-altitude balloon before being released 120,000 above the Pacific Ocean. The LDSD test vehicle ...
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July, 2, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentMany coral reefs in the Caribbean could vanish in the next 20 years, according to a report published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
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July, 2, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentNaps may help dormice help them save energy and survive until it is time to hibernate, say scientists.
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July, 2, 2014 from Phys.org: Other Sciences NewsIf unwed parents are going to get married, the best window of opportunity for that union seems to be before their child turns 3, says a new study from Duke University.
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsIf unwed parents are going to get married, the best window of opportunity for that union seems to be before the child turns 3, says a new study from Duke University. But these marriages are fragile, ending in divorce 38 percent of the ti...
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA new study outlines some of the issues law enforcement officials must address if use of license plate readers can reach their full potential. Researchers say probably the biggest issues that must be addressed are how to address privacy ...
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsWith only about one-sixth of the original coral cover left, most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next 20 years, primarily due to the loss of grazers in the region, according to the latest report by the Global Coral Reef Monito...
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsTheorists propose a way to make superconducting quantum devices such as Josephson junctions and qubits, atom-by-atom, inside a silicon crystal. Such systems could combine the most promising aspects of silicon spin qubits with the flexibi...
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsFully automated 'deep learning' by computers greatly improves the odds of discovering particles such as the Higgs boson, beating even veteran physicists' abilities, according to findings by UC Irvine researchers published today in the jo...
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe little-known cloud of cosmic gas and dust called Gum 15 is the birthplace and home of hot young stars. Beautiful and deadly, these stars mould the appearance of their mother nebula and, as they progress into adulthood, will eventuall...
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsWashington State University has developed a wireless network on a computer chip that could reduce energy consumption at huge data farms by as much as 20 percent.
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers at the University of Liverpool have shown that a bacterial infection in chickens, previously thought to be harmless to the bird, but responsible for food poisoning in humans, can in fact cause health problems in certain breeds.
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsIn the past 50 years, only one new tuberculosis drug has come on to the market, yet many more active substances are urgently needed. Current treatments increasingly fail due to multidrug-resistant pathogens. ETH researchers have now appl...
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA carbon material is developed without artificial defects commonly found during the production process of graphene while maintaining its original characteristics.
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe stigma of buying in a flood-prone suburb after the 2011 Brisbane floods was short-lived for middle and high-value homes with property prices rebounding within 12-months, a QUT study has found.
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July, 2, 2014 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe research, led by Monash University and the University of Manchester has found Alcohol sponsorship and hazardous drinking in UK athletes are linked.
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July, 1, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comThere is a certain hush when the name " Jack Szostak " is mentioned in science circles. Yes, he's a Nobel laureate, but the moment of silence seems to be more for a man who is trusted. He's also a handsome man, with fine Polish features....
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July, 1, 2014 from NYT > ScienceAn equipment malfunction has pushed the liftoff of the spacecraft, which will measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, until at least Wednesday.
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July, 1, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsPhysicists at Queen Mary University of London have set up a new pitch drop experiment for students to explore the difference between solid and liquids. read more
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July, 1, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsToday, doctors who really want to see if a wound is healing have to do a biopsy or some other invasive technique that, besides injuring an already injured patient, can really only offer information about a small area. But a technology ca...
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July, 1, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsThe light-warping structures known as metamaterials have a new trick in their ever-expanding repertoire. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a silver, glass and chromium nanostructure that ...
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July, 1, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsThe net-zero energy test house at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in suburban Washington, D.C., not only absorbed winter's best shot, it came out on top, reaching its one-year anniversary on July 1 with enough s...
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July, 1, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsPrevious studies have suggested that plant growth can be influenced by sound and that plants respond to wind and touch. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri, in a collaboration that brings together audio and chemical analysis, ...
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July, 1, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsAdults have stopped anti-rejection drugs after stem-cell transplant reverses sickle cell disease. NIH trial success suggests a new treatment option for older, sicker patients. read more
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July, 1, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentMedicine could soon be "cast back into the dark ages" unless action is taken to tackle the growing resistance to antibiotics, David Cameron says.
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July, 1, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsPushing closer to understanding the mechanisms behind the mysterious glow of light produced naturally by certain animals, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have deciphered the structural components related...
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July, 1, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsResearch to curb global warming caused by rising levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, usually involves three areas: Developing alternative energy sources, capturing and storing greenhouse gases, and repurposing...
