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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from LiveScience.comMacaque monkeys grow up with their mothers and are often not familiar with their fathers. But they can recognise the paternal side of the family even without ever being introduced to them.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from RedOrbit News - SpaceApril Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Seven years ago, the Bunburra Rockhole Meteorite fell on the Western Australia (WA) side of Nullarbor Plain and was captured on camera. A new study , published in Geochimica and Cosmo...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from RedOrbit News - SpaceredOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Astronauts tend to suffer from a significant amount of sleep deficiency in the weeks leading up to liftoff and throughout the duration of their missions, the authors of a 10-year r...
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from Universe Today
NASA’s most scientifically powerful rover ever dispatched to the Red Planet, Curiosity, is celebrating her 2nd anniversary on Mars since the dramatic touchdown inside Gale Crater on Aug. 6, 2012, EDT (Aug. 5, 2012, PDT) while simultaneou... -
Friday, August 8, 2014 from Discover Top StoriesTropical Storm Iselle made landfall on the Big Island of Hawaii today, Aug. 8th — only the second tropical storm in recorded history ever to do so, and one of four cyclones that have been swirling in the Pacific Ocean. Iselle struck with...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from SPACE.comNASA announced it has postponed two American spacewalks while it waits for new spacesuit batteries to be delivered to the orbiting outpost.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from LiveScience.comTaking a nap in the afternoon may improve short-term memory for adults in their 20s and 30s, a new study finds.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from SPACE.comSpace.com’s Miriam Kramer talks with NASA’s Noah Petro about the Perigee Moon of 10 August 2014
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from SPACE.comAn amazing new video from NASA shows viewers the ups and downs of the first test of a system that could one day help the space agency land huge spacecraft on Mars or other planets.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Universe Today
It’s hard to comprehend the vast emptiness of space. Especially when we detect odd signatures, such as luminous explosions that are neither as bright nor as long as traditional supernovae, originating in the unfathomable emptiness. But a... -
Friday, August 8, 2014 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology MagazineLEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND—A tithe barn and shop buildings have been discovered at the site of a medieval manor house in central England’s village of Croxton Kerrial. “We have the house and when we stripped off the topsoil, we found ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future NowCarp with a cigarette butt Wouter Hagens, via Wikimedia Commons The electrical power of the future just might be waiting in ashtrays across the world. Researchers in South Korea discovered that, with a one-step conversion process, cigare...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from SPACE.comNASA has selected its latest batch of high-tech ideas for the future of space exploration, with the agency funding five bold concepts that range from an innovative asteroid-mapper to a colossal "orbiting rainbow" that could see objects i...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Latest Headlines | Science NewsGrooming, nursing and other maternal behaviors cause brain signal changes in offspring, a study in rats finds.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology MagazineWHITIANGA, NEW ZEALAND— The Waikato Times reports that a temporary Polynesian settlement that was reused over the course of the fourteenth century has been unearthed at the site of a new housing development, located on the Coromandel Pen...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsA new study by a team of Chinese and American conservation biologists quantifies the serious consequences of China's recent economic growth on its coastal ecosystems. read more
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsIn the first evidence that natural selection favors an individual's infection tolerance, researchers from Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh have found that an animal's ability to endure an internal parasite strongly in...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from LiveScience.comIf you're heading to a U.S. national park this summer, please leave your drone at home. One drone crash at Yellowstone National Park may have caused environmental damage to one of the park's iconic hot springs.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology MagazineTAMPA, FLORIDA—The first set of remains of the children buried at the notorious Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys has been identified. Records from the reform school, which closed in 2011, listed only 31 burials on the property, but addit...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Discover Top StoriesOfficial response to the Ebola outbreak reached new heights today, as the World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern – a status that allows them to issue recommendations for t...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from LiveScience.comThis is a sad, yet important reminder about the need to check for wildlife before doing any repairs on a home or business. It also shows the powerful nature of a raccoon mother's maternal bond with her young.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Archaeological News from Archaeology Magazine - Archaeology MagazineTALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA—A well at the site of Cetamura del Chianti in Italy has yielded artifacts from the Etruscan, Roman, and medieval periods. “The rich assemblage of materials in bronze, silver, lead, and iron, along with the abundant c...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com » AstronomyAn international team of astronomers using the William E. Gordon Telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has discovered a 2.6-million-light-year-long bridge of atomic hydrogen gas between galaxies in the NGC 7448 galaxy group...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from SPACE.comAny space fan that hasn't already purchased a newly released LEGO kit featuring a female astronomer will have to wait a while longer before getting their hands on the toy.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from LiveScience.comA woman in England has felt permanently dizzy after she rode a spinning fair ride a year ago, a condition that doctors say is caused by a lesser-known type of migraine.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from LiveScience.comYellowstone National Park's Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world. Here are photos of the famous rainbow-colored spring.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from SPACE.comMany skywatchers love August because the ever-reliable Perseid meteor shower peaks mid-month, but unfortunately, this year's usually brilliant meteor display may be spoiled by a bright full moon.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Latest Headlines | Science NewsI recently received a press release about an upcoming Science Channel special titled Man vs. the Universe. One episode will focus on the threat of asteroids impacting Earth and the various scenarios proposed to defend ourselves. The epis...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Latest Headlines | Science NewsReaders way in on slacktivism, cockroaches, dinosaur tracks and more.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Discovery NewsThe debate as to whether Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet rumbles on, but in a new animation of the small world, one can't help but imagine another definition for Pluto. Continue reading →
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Breaking Science News | Sci-News.comArchaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have unearthed a cache of 114 bronze coins, dating to the Year Four of the Great Revolt, at an archaeological site on the outskirts of Jerusalem. On one side, the coins are stamped wit...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Evolution News & ViewsWilliam Dembski will be talking at the University of Chicago next week about "Conservation of Information in Evolution Search" -- and Jerry Coyne is steamed.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from LiveScience.comExposure to light during the night may interfere with tamoxifen, a drug commonly used in women with breast cancer, a new study suggests.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from New Scientist - NewsResearchers have hacked traffic lights across a Michigan city, and they warn that the weakness they found exists at 100,000 intersections in the country
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Inside ScienceTwo new studies suggest rising populations for famous predators.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Latest Headlines | Science NewsNASA wants to bag an asteroid using robotic arms or an enormous sack and place the rock in the moon’s orbit for study. This may keep astronauts working but not, as NASA claims, get them Mars-ready.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from LiveScience.comSome Fitbit Flex users have experienced problems with their device holding a charge after a few months of use. Here's what to do if that happens.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Discover Top StoriesAfter a long workweek, you’ve made it to Friday and it’s time to have a little fun. And what could be more fun than chemistry reactions gone wrong. Savvy Internet surfers are familiar with the “Flashback Friday” tradition, and in honor o...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future NowA New (Very Orange) Bat Species In the Bolivian savannah, a unique species of bat munches on insects and roosts under trees. Researchers recently identified the new species, named Myotis midastactus after considering a number of museum s...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Scientific AmericanThe Ebola outbreak in Western Africa continues to make the news as more cases are reported and casualties rise. A common thread in reporting is the difficulty in communicating accurate information to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Evolution News & Views
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Physics NewsWhat if your house's windows could automatically reduce the amount of hot sunlight passing through them, or your car's windshield could cause rain droplets to bead off to its edges? These things ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel: Sci, Space, Tech
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will execute the largest planned maneuver of the spacecraft's remaining mission on Saturday, Aug. 9. The maneuver will target Cassini toward an Aug. 21 encounter with Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The main engin...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsCurtin University planetary scientists have shed some light on the bombardment history of our solar system by studying a unique volcanic meteorite recovered in Western Australia. read more
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsA stroke therapy using stem cells extracted from patients' bone marrow has shown promising results in the first trial of its kind in humans. read more
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from e! Science News - Popular science newsA commonly held belief that global warming will diminish oxygen concentrations in the ocean looks like it may not be entirely true. According to new research published in Science magazine, just the opposite is likely the case in the nort...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from SPACE.comPlanets with atmospheres are prime candidates for exploration. NASA deploys its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator to find fuel saving ways to land heavy rovers and possibly people. Principal Investigator Ian Clark narrates this superson...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news storiesCertain titanium-based metal oxides can form a crystal structure known as perovskite that results in a subtle internal imbalance of electric charges. This imbalance gives the material the ability to flip between two 'ferroelectric' state...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Discovery NewsThe Atlantic is likely to see fewer-than-average named storms and hurricanes -- and possibly no major hurricanes this year.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Evolution News & Views
A Darwinian paradigm assumes that biological systems are cobbled together haphazardly by natural selection over eons of unguided descent with modification. -
Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceAn unusually wet monsoon season has painted the desert, normally dusty brown, a lush green. It has been a welcome respite from the years of devastating drought that have plagued the state.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 will pass about 9,700 miles from the surface of the moon at 2:16 p.m. Eastern time Sunday.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentAlastair Leithead visits the San Diego research centre where a serum used on two US Ebola patients was developed.
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Saturday, August 9, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe United Nations health agency said the outbreak warranted extraordinary measures but stopped short of imposing a travel ban.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from International Business TimesA hurricane approaching Hawaii this weekend is expected to affect the island less than a tropical storm whose strong winds and heavy rains knocked out power for thousands early Friday.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from International Business TimesNigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency Friday as the Ebola virus stakes its claim in Africa's biggest nation with seven confirmed cases and three deaths. Jonathan approved $11.5 million in emergency funding to...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from International Business TimesWind and rain continued to build overnight as Iselle, which was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm late Thursday, approached Hawaii from the south. With maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, the storm was just shy of...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from NPR Topics: Health & ScienceOhio farmers say they are not the only ones to blame for Toledo's polluted drinking water. They say they are using only as much fertilizer as they need to grow their crops.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from National Geographic NewsFarmers markets are on the rise across the American South.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science & Health from NewserMark your calendar: New Zealand has given residency to what may be the world's first climate-change refugees, the Smithsonian reports. On appeal, New Zealand officials decided to let the family of Sigeo Alesana migrate from Tuvalu, a Pol...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comPrinceton University may soon end a policy that limited how many A's could be distributed to students. A faculty committee appointed by University President Christopher Eisgruber to review the school's grading policies announced this wee...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from MyScienceAcademyESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has made its first temperature measurements of its target comet, finding that it is too hot to be covered in ice and must instead have a dark, dusty crust.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe true story behind the field’s most prestigious award.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from NYT > ScienceThe processor, named TrueNorth, may eventually excel at calculations that stump today’s supercomputers.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from NYT > ScienceStorm surges and high winds from Tropical Storm Iselle hit the easternmost island of Hawaii on Thursday, and Hurricane Julio could land over the weekend.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science & Health from NewserDoctors had strange news for a 22-year-old Saudi man who came in complaining of a nosebleed or two every month: He had a half-inch mass of bone in his nose, LiveScience reports. After consulting with dentists, the doctors decided he had ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from MyScienceAcademyTortoises have learned how to use touchscreens as part of a study which aimed to teach the animals navigational techniques. The research, which was led by Dr Anna Wilkinson, from the School of Life Sciences, involved red-footed tortoises...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comThe Ebola outbreak in West Africa -- the worst outbreak of the virus in history -- has officially been declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization. Nearly 1,000 people have died in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia an...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from MyScienceAcademyIt’s Not Warming, It’s Dying, a campaign to tackle climate change, launched by Milton Glaser, the graphic designer behind the ubiquitous I ‘heart’ NY logo.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comWhat is sustainability, and what would it look like in your own home? There are a lot of things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint, like going vegetarian or driving an electric car , but chances are your house maybe be having a l...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from National Geographic NewsPlundered archaeological artifacts are making it from the Guatemalan jungle to wealthy black-market buyers.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comThe dangers of texting and driving are well-known, but a San Francisco-based startup has a device it claims will let drivers use a phone safely while barreling down the road. The video above introduces us to Navdy , a device that sits on...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science News - UPI.comBrooks Hays SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A toxic red tide continues to bloom and expand in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico as it nears the coast of South Florida.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comBy Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer Published: 08/07/2014 07:27 PM EDT on LiveScience Astronauts often suffer from sleep deprivation during space flight and in the months leading up to a mission, a new study finds. In addition, about three...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from SciTech Daily » ScienceNew research from theoretical physicists at the Perimeter Institute proposes that our universe may have emerged from a black hole in a higher-dimensional universe. The big bang poses a big question: if it was indeed the cataclysm that bl...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comMagician and New York Times crossword puzzle wizard David Kwong says we're wired to solve puzzles and make order out of chaos -- and he's got a trick to prove it. We want to know what you think. Join the discussion by posting a comment b...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — When Ebola hit Uganda two years ago — the third outbreak in a dozen years — the president quickly went on TV and urged Ugandans to avoid touching each other. Health officials speedily quarantined people. The quick ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science & Health from NewserOn the one hand, fish exposed to the tranquilizer oxazepam when it seeps into their waters kind of become jerks, reports a study in Nature . On the other hand, this same drug, a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety and insomnia in human ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comDoes penis size really matter? As a new AsapScience YouTube video explains, there's a fascinating evolutionary history behind the human penis -- how it became the largest of any primate's both in absolute terms and in proportion to body ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from National Geographic NewsEven as he copes with the loss of friends from Ebola, American virologist Joseph Fair works to rebuild the damaged and strained health care system in Sierra Leone.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from SciTech Daily » ScienceA new study details how researchers from the Max Planck Institute and EMPA succeeded in “growing” single-wall carbon nanotubes with a single predefined structure for the first time. For the first time, researchers at EMPA and...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science News - UPI.comBrooks Hays WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- This Sunday will feature the largest and brightest supermoon so far this year.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from National Geographic NewsA deep-space capsule is put through its paces, a globular cluster gets its portrait taken, and Hawaii is imaged from on high.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science News - UPI.comBrooks Hays BOSTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- New research suggests the majority of astronauts don't get enough asleep, and that what sleep they do get is chemically induced.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from National Geographic NewsDiana Gabaldon explains the Outlander theory of the existence of standing stones, describes the Scottish clan system, and shares a secret about a hoped for new book project.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from NYT > ScienceA rare photograph of a nighttime breach.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Latest science news breaking science news earth news space news technology newsLive Well: Every week, The Telegraph rounds up the best of this week's scientific studies and developments which will help you live a happier, healthier, longer life
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comUsing techniques inspired by the art of origami, a US-based team has built a robot that can fold itself into shape starting from a flat sheet. The results are described in the 8 August issue of Science . The robot starts as a sheet of a ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comSeven days; lots of science in the news. Here's our roundup of this week's most notable and quotable items: The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft went into orbit around Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Inspired by the Japanese a...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from National Geographic NewsA new 3-D movie about filmmaker James Cameron's journey to the deepest part of the ocean touches on why we explore.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentA seabird species at a Dorset colony has had its 'most successful' breeding season on record, the RSPB says.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comWithout honeybees , what would you drizzle upon your creamy Greek yogurt ? What would so perfectly complement your crispy toast, if not honey butter ? We can't be certain. Check out the video from 2minutesof.. above to see how buzzing be...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comThere's going to be an extra-special moon this weekend. On Aug. 10, when the moon turns full at 2:10 p.m. EDT , skywatchers will be treated to the sight of a so-called "supermoon" -- and it will be the largest supermoon of the year . The...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comA bedtime routine might sound like something that's only necessary for the grade-school set, but following a nightly schedule can greatly improve the sleep of the biggest of kids adults, too. Sleep experts recommend establishing a bedtim...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comThe Perseids are back with a bang. The 2014 Perseid meteor shower should be visible this weekend for skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere. The annual celestial show, regarded as one of the most reliable meteor showers of the year, is e...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from International Business TimesSignificant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will be needed by 2050 to avoid the worst possible effects of global warming, which is already being felt on all continents, the United Nations warned in a new draft report on Thursday.
- Hurricane Julio Intensifies While Iselle, Hawaii's First Hurricane In 22 Years, Heads For Big IslandFriday, August 8, 2014 from International Business TimesHurricane Julio has gained strength to transform into a Category 3 storm with a maximum sustained speed of 115 mph, making it the fourth major hurricane of the eastern Pacific season. Meanwhile, Hawaii prepared for Hurricane Iselle, its ...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from International Business TimesAdjusting sleep schedules while traveling is always a challenge -- more so in zero gravity, when a minor problem could send the traveler spiraling into infinite space. Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that a study published i...
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentScientists are building up a photographic database of the rare and endangered natterjack toad, in a bid to ensure its survival in Scotland.
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Friday, August 8, 2014 from Science - Los Angeles TimesA short walk from the fast-food drive-throughs, taco joints and doughnut shops lining Hawaiian Gardens' palm-tree-dotted main drag, a classroom of energetic kindergartners begins a well-rehearsed routine.
