Rare lightshow seen in deep ocean November 17, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 74 vote(s)
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Rare footage of marine creatures putting on deep sea 'lightshows' on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean has been captured by scientists using the latest technology. So many animals were squirting luminescence into the water ... | |
 Super atoms turn the periodic table upside down July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 100 vote(s)
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Researchers at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals. Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms ... | |
 Safe Nuclear Power and Green Hydrogen Fuel December 11, 2005 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 150 vote(s)
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Nuclear power is being shunned. It’s not surprising, after the serious accident at Chernobyl in 1986 that made the Russian city’s name synonymous with disaster. The potential exists for more of the same and ... | |
Clever plants chat over their own network September 25, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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Recent research from Vidi researcher Josef Stuefer at the Radboud University Nijmegen reveals that plants have their own chat systems that they can use to warn each other. Therefore plants are not boring and passive organisms ... | |
Why some couples look alike February 11, 2006 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 67 vote(s)
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Facial characteristics can be indicative of personality traits and may be why some couples may look similar, says a University of Liverpool study. | |
 Study: We really do like larger bills January 31, 2006 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A University of Iowa money study explores our preference for big bills over small ones -- and explains our marked reluctance to part with a larger bill. | |
Rusty Worms in the Brain February 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Iron is vital to human life; for example, it is a component of hemoglobin, the substance that makes our blood red and supplies our cells with oxygen. However, iron can also cause heavy damage; it is thought that iron deposits ... | |
 Olympians' Emotions Greatly Affected By Prior Expectations Says CU Professor February 13, 2006 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Olympians' expectations going into the games often affect how thrilling their victories or agonizing their defeats will be, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder professor. | |
Curry spice found to fight cancer July 12, 2005 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Turmeric, a spice that is a key ingredient in Indian curry dishes, contains a potent cancer-fighting agent, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday. | |
 MIT researcher explains how rats think February 12, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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After running a maze, rats mentally replay their actions - but backward, like a film played in reverse, a researcher at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT reports Feb. 12 in the advance online ... | |
A mighty number falls May 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 107 vote(s)
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Mathematicians and number buffs have their records. And today, an international team has broken a long-standing one in an impressive feat of calculation. | |
 Fossil Discovery Turns Scientific Theory on Its Head December 18, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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An international team led by University of Adelaide palaeontologist Trevor Worthy has discovered a unique, primitive type of land mammal that lived at least 16 million years ago on New Zealand. | |
Mathematicians Solve the 'Cocktail Party Problem' August 22, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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Officials at the CIA and scientists around the world have pondered the "cocktail party problem" for decades. How could they separate one sound - perhaps a voice - from a group of other recorded sounds, perhaps a multitude ... | |
 Researchers stumped by drug addiction paradox April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 107 vote(s)
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From chocolate and caffeine to nicotine and cocaine, many of our most addictive foods and drugs come from plant toxins. Considering that plants originally developed these toxins to deter herbivorous predators, ... | |
 Stonehenge 'No Place for the Dead', Says Expert November 16, 2006 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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Professor Timothy Darvill, Head of the Archaeology Group at Bournemouth University, has breathed new life into the controversy surrounding the origins of Stonehenge by publishing a theory which suggests that ... | |
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