Latest and Breaking Science News and Top Stories - July 8
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Tell astronaut Buzz Aldrin your story – or help your elder record theirs – then post it with the hashtag #Apollo45. Google, YouTube, NASA and SPACE.com will all spread it around the world.
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The sun sets over Paranal Observatory in this beautiful space wallpaper, painting an array of subtle hues across the sky reminiscent of a Monet landscape.
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Data presented at April's Experimental Biology 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting shows that KoACT, a dietary supplement that combines a proprietary formulation of calcium and collagen is optimal for bone strength and flexibility in post-men...
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In a new study, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Cornell University, and Duke University looked at how different kinds of family associations affect obesity, specifically how sibling relationships affect a child's weight....
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The fungus responsible for an outbreak of contaminated Greek yogurt last year is not harmless after all but a strain with the ability to cause disease, according to research published in mBio, the online open-access journal of the Americ...
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Underage drinkers between the ages of 18 and 20 see more magazine advertising than any other age group for the alcohol brands they consume most heavily, raising important questions about whether current alcohol self-regulatory codes conc...
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The brands of alcohol popular with underage drinkers also happen to be the ones heavily advertised in magazines that young people read, a new study finds.
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An observatory run by the University of Utah found a 'hotspot' beneath the Big Dipper emitting a disproportionate number of the highest-energy cosmic rays. The discovery moves physics another step toward identifying the mysterious source...
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A spinal mass was identified in a young woman with complete spinal cord injury eight years after she had undergone implantation of olfactory mucosal cells in the hopes of regaining sensory and motor function. Authors state that this is t...
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One in five children in the US suffers from the painful, itchy skin condition known as eczema. To control their symptoms, many children are prescribed powerful medications like immunosuppressants or topical steroids. Researchers at Natio...
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If the World Cup is supposed to be soccer’s ultimate comparison of team skills, why do games keep coming down to “measurement errors,” or luck?
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The billionaire mathematician James H. Simons had led a life of ferocious curiosity.
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Letters to the editor and online comments.
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One of the biggest debates over global warming involves how much effort to put into stopping methane gas leaks.
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A new fossil of a well-known early bird could help shed light on the evolution of feathers, researchers say.
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The European Space Agency has selected the Athena X-ray observatory as its second "large-class" science mission. Athena — which will cost about 1 billion euros ($1.36 billion at current exchange rates) — is scheduled to blast off in 2028.
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Researchers have found that Gliese 581g and its presumed neighbor, Gliese 581d, don’t exist. They were simply illusions created by the star they supposedly orbited.
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Customers at the same table are found to pick main dishes from the same category of food as their fellow diners -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Rapid and accurate tests could speed up diagnosis of Chagas disease, which has few symptoms at first but can be fatal.
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Cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems talks about his book HA!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The fossilised remains of the largest flying bird ever found are identified by scientists.
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When they are specifically foraging for water, bees prefer pure water, like that from a birdbath, which they use to cool their home.
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Twenty-five years after a Science Times report, there remains uncertainty about the potentially harmful effects of certain electromagnetic waves.
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Even before I arrived at the annual “Dialogue” of the Breakthrough Institute, an Oakland, California, think tank that challenges mainstream environmental positions, I was arguing about it. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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New York City reynermedia via Wikimedia Commons Cities are more crowded, more polluted, and more stressful to live in than any other kind of man-made environment in the world. But they are also where the smartest people want to live. A n...
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Compared to scientists working in other countries, US-based scientists are underrepresented as authors of articles on the potential role of innate variation in athletic performance that are published in peer-reviewed science journals.
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A thirteen-year-long mystery that has involved a long series of researchers has finally been solved. A new article presents a diode in printed electronics that works in the GHz band, which opens up a new opportunity to send signals from ...
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Scientists have long puzzled over the genetic differences between fruit flies that live hardly a puddle jump apart in a natural environment known as “Evolution Canyon” in Mount Carmel, Israel. Even with migration, cross-breeding, and nea...
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Unusual arms, revealed in x-ray light, dive through the plane of NGC 4258, ejecting enormous amounts of gas and choking the ability for new stars to form.
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Michael Bernkopf / Vetmeduni Vienna Dogs, like people, can get cancer--and research has shown that canine and human cancers can be very much alike. Austrian scientists recently found that the receptor proteins that coat the surface of va...
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The NASA building where Neil Armstrong stayed — and his lunar landing spacecraft was readied — before launching to the moon 45 years ago this month is being renamed for the late astronaut.
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Australia is sometimes the petri dish of climate change - a place where global warming is not just a theoretical concept but a tangible reality.
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Investment magnate Warren Buffett has famously suggested that investors should try to 'be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy only when others are fearful.' That turns out to be excellent advice, according to the results of a ne...
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Data shows an increase over time in the labor market valuation of individuals who possess cognitive ability as well as social skills. No matter how you cut it, individuals who reach the highest rungs on the corporate ladder are smart and...
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Teenagers who work at summer or evening jobs gain a competitive advantage later in life, a new study shows. Developing early knowledge of the working world and how to manage in it, they are more likely to find good employment and earn mo...
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Pregnant women are using the Internet to seek answers to their medical questions more often than they would like, say researchers.
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The digital age has resulted in a succession of smaller, cleaner and less power-hungry technologies since the days the personal computer fit atop a desk, replacing mainframe models that once filled entire rooms. Desktop PCs have since gi...
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Of emergency patients who reported any drug other than marijuana as their primary drug of use, 90.7 percent met the criteria for problematic drug use. Among patients who reported cannabis (marijuana) as their primary drug, almost half me...
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Researchers examined how users are influenced in the choice of apps that they install on their Facebook pages by creating a mathematical model to capture the dynamics at play.
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Scientists have identified the fossilized remains of an extinct giant bird that could be the biggest flying bird ever found. With an estimated 20- to 24-foot wingspan, the creature surpassed the previous record holder -- an extinct bird ...
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Re-examination of a circa 100,000-year-old archaic early human skull found 35 years ago in Northern China has revealed the surprising presence of an inner-ear formation long thought to occur only in Neandertals.
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Under extremely high pressure conditions oxygen molecules group into quartets and give rise to a “dance of their magnetic moments”. This results in magnetic properties never previously observed in these conditions and in theory points to...
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A science historian investigates the complex minds and rich emotional lives of animals.
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An incredibly detailed new map of Mars' southern highlands shows how profoundly liquid water sculpted the region long ago, especially two canyon systems known as Waikato Vallis and Reull Vallis.
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New drugs for women are passing through key trials -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Neuroscientists looked cell by cell at the brain circuitry that tadpoles, and possibly other animals, use to avoid collisions. The study produced a model of how individual inhibitory and excitatory neurons can work together to control a ...
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Data from NASA satellites can greatly improve predictions of how likely a river basin is to overflow months before it does, according to new findings. The use of such data, which capture a much fuller picture of how water is accumulating...
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The biggest barrier to receiving a human papillomavirus vaccine was moral or religious beliefs, a survey of first-year students has indicated. The HPV vaccines are commonly recommended for children ages 11-12 to protect against cervical ...
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Infant toenails are a reliable way to estimate arsenic exposure before birth, a study shows. A growing body of evidence suggests that in utero and early-life exposure to arsenic may have detrimental effects on children, even at the low t...
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Many caregivers of terminal cancer patients suffer depression and report regret and guilt from feeling they could have done more to eliminate side effects and relieve the pain. So researchers devised and tested an intervention that quick...
