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Some of the news that we find inspiring, diverting, wrong or so very right.
sea snakes

‘A thousand thousand slimy things…’: Sea Snakes in Iran

10/10/2016

Iranian coastal waters: New home to a rarely seen venomous sea snake ...

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Glowing Fish Lead to A New Form of Light

09/10/2016

'We found a new way that the universe works that we didn't understand before'...

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What’s a Hug Worth? How Parental Affection Influences Health

08/10/2016

Good relationships with parents may benefit children's health decades later ...

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elephants, bragging

Loud and Proud: The (Political) Benefits of Bragging

07/10/2016

What boasting buys, and costs, a candidate ...

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organic computers

Fuzzy Logic, Artisan Mathematicians: The Quest for Organic Computers

06/10/2016

Turning to the brain to reboot computing ...

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Can You Boost Your Brain With a Battery? With tDCS, Hells Yeah!

05/10/2016

Electrifying brain circuits may decrease depressive symptoms and chronic pain...

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Where next for the Curiosity Mars Rover? (And will there be explosions?)

04/10/2016

To the Murray Formation - and Beyond! The Mars Curiosity rover sets its GPS for new horizons...

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Drop It, Bin It: Floor Food is Bad Food

03/10/2016

Sometimes bacteria transfer in less than a second...

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Analysing a Yorkshire saltmine by Charles Cockell

Life on Moors? Searching for Martians in a Yorkshire Saltmine

29/09/2016

Yorkshire Salt Mine Could Help Shed Light on Martian Life...

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Unusual Martian region

Ancient Eruptions in an Unusual Martian Region

28/09/2016

Unusual Martian region leaves clues to the planet's past...

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Honey, Quit Harshing My Buzz: Bumblebees Hit the Woozy Gravy

26/09/2016

When Bees Are Buzzed, Their Behavior Changes...

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Black pigs

Black is the New Pink. Black Pigs, Better Bacon

25/09/2016

New mutation found that suggests humans across the world have selected and bred black pigs...

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Slim Shadysaurus: What We’ve Learned From the Patterns on a Psittacosaurus

24/09/2016

What dinosaurs' color patterns say about their lives ...

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sloshing beer

It’s All in Your Head: Beer, Foam and Sloshing

23/09/2016

Analysis reveals capillary effects that dampen sloshing...

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Are You Enjoying Your Video Game? Computer Says No

21/09/2016

Introducing the Game User Experience Satisfaction Scale (GUESS), a psychometrically validated instrument that measures satisfaction...

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Banging Rocks to find Life on Mars

19/09/2016

Seismic activity on Mars may produce enough hydrogen to support life...

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Now That’s Impressive: Water-Powered Satellite to Orbit Moon

18/09/2016

Cornell's quest: Make the first CubeSat to orbit the moon...

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New Tech to Classify Galaxy Types, instead of Pesky Humans

16/09/2016

Perhaps it's the fault of digital watches, but humans are rubbish at describing galaxies. Report...

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The Women Who Find Beardedness Attractive (no, really!)

15/09/2016

Research examines how beardedness affects women's attraction to men ...

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chipmunk, physical activity guidelines

Parents’ Terror at Physical Activity Guidelines for Kids

14/09/2016

Many parents lack the confidence to get their kids to exercise ...

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acoustics

Get Yo Head Out Da Bassbin! Moving Objects With Acoustics Alone

13/09/2016

Dances with waves: Breakthrough in moving small objects using acoustics ...

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workout, gym, Body Dissatisfaction

It’s Not Fat, It’s Just Resting Muscle! Men’s Hidden Body Dissatisfaction

12/09/2016

Men's hidden body fat fears fueling gym attendance ...

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Gene Sequencing Shows the History of Beer Yeast

11/09/2016

Newly applied sequencing techniques reveal the history of beer yeast...

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Shell Shopped? Tracking the Post-Disaster Shopping Urge

09/09/2016

Post disaster consumers value off brand, low cost goods...

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Marriage Makes You Fat (or College Keeps You Thin?)

08/09/2016

People who get married before they earn a degree from a four-year college are about 65 percent more likely to later become obese than people who get married after college...

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Crushing Corncobs for Cleaner Cars

06/09/2016

Making hydrogen fuel using a biological method that greatly reduces the time and money it takes to produce the zero-emissions fuel...

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Seeing With Electric Eyes. Video Recognition goes Disney

06/09/2016

Recognizing objects in images, though often easy for humans, remains a challenge for automated systems. ...

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Your Safety at Risk: Smartphone Enabled Cars and Mirrorlink

04/09/2016

Researchers find vulnerabilities in cars connected to smartphones ...

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The Myth of the Mediterranean Diet is Fact. Almost

01/09/2016

Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of death in cardiovascular disease patients ...

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The Right Kind of Screen Zombie: iPads For Child Sedation

31/08/2016

iPads are as effective as sedatives for children before operations ...

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