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Where do Supermassive Quasars get Supermassive Quasar Fuel?

19/06/2015

Energy for quasars comes from supermassive black holes inside the cores of distant galaxies. But where do the supermassive black holes get their fuel?...

Simulated view of a black hole by Alain Riazuelo of the French National Research Agency, via Wikipedia.

Black holes: Killers, or benign copy machines?

18/06/2015

Proponents of the firewall theory take an all-or-nothing approach to complementarity. Without perfection, they say, there can only be fiery death....

Fire and Bristone. Delving the Earth’s Sulphur Core

17/06/2015

For millennia, tales have been told of the underworld being awash with fire and brimstone. Now at least, we can be sure of the brimstone. ...

It’s not flab, it’s hormones! (Or lack thereof)

16/06/2015

Turning off the Cupcake neurons makes the fruit flies "feel" hungry...

Paleolithic tools by Aaron Stutz, Emory University.

Mammoth to Go? Paleolithic Disposable Cutlery Found

15/06/2015

The rich array of artifacts shows a mix of techniques dating to early Upper Paleolithic...

Balearic shearwater by Beneharo Rodríguez

Drop that Glowstick! Light Pollution Threatens Balearic Birds

15/06/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcapn ecological reason for Ibiza clubbers to ditch the ubiquitous LED bikini. At last. Could someone please come up with a convincing...

Fewer Handguns, Fewer Handgun Homicides. Proving the Obvious

14/06/2015

Passing a background check in order to purchase a handgun was associated with a 40 percent reduction in firearm-related homicide rate...

Unto the Breach. Strategic Flooding and Warcraft

13/06/2015

Strategic flooding is a highly risky tactic. It can only be successful if there's a well-thought-out backup plan and a plan for fast repairs...

We Can Heal That For You Wholesale : Injectable Medichines

11/06/2015

Electronic devices that can be injected directly into the brain, or other body parts, and treat everything from neurodegenerative disorders to paralysis...

Environment, Phone-Churn, and a Landfilled Goldmine

08/06/2015

Where frequent upgrades are encouraged and recycling schemes not actively pursued, valuable materials integral to phone manufacture are lost, causing damage to the environment...

Can You Handle Every Virus You Ever Had?

08/06/2015

On average, participants had been exposed to about 10 viral species over their lifetimes...

Fighting to be treated fairly on the internet

07/06/2015

A revolutionary power shift from internet giants such as Google to ordinary consumers is critically overdue...

The Stoned Pygmy Story You Didn’t See Coming

04/06/2015

The researchers noted that cannabis might not be the only recreational drug that protects against parasites....

Quick to Laugh: Genetic Trait or Witless Imbecile?

03/06/2015

People with the short allele of 5-HTTLPR showed greater positive emotional expressions...

Money, Masculinity, and Marital Infidelity

02/06/2015

The affairs of economically dependent men simply don't garner media attention, so we hear about this kind of infidelity far less often...

Dr. Dhanisha Jhaveri The University of Queensland

Learning, Memory, Mood: Different Neurons for Different Functions

01/06/2015

University of Queensland researchers have identified two types of stem cells in the hippocampus, a region of the brain crucial for learning and memory....

Amenra and Sólstafir Join Damnation Festival 2015

31/05/2015

Sólstafir will be the first band in Damnation history to play the festival in two consecutive years...

Cut the Cynicism to Earn More MONEY!

30/05/2015

Employees who believe others to be exploitative and dishonest are likely to avoid collaborative projects and to forgo the related opportunities...

Waiting for a Callback. The Allure of Echoing Caverns

26/05/2015

Distinct echoes would be totally unforgivable in today's performance spaces. But, in the past, people sought echoes....

Killing Me Softly : How Depression Affects Hearing

25/05/2015

People with elevated depression symptoms are generally poorer at hearing all types of emotional speech...

New Approaches to College Drinking

24/05/2015

Crackdown on low-priced serving methods such as kegs and "happy hours."...

When citizens TURN. Documenting Disobedience

23/05/2015

The kinds of people who engage in noncompliance are the same people who believe the government responds to their feedback....

smartphones in class by StartupStockPhotos

Smartphone or Dumbphone? Phone bans = Higher Grades

22/05/2015

New technologies are typically thought of as improving productivity, however this is not always the case...

Asthma and Peanuts : The Unlikely Killer Combo

21/05/2015

Many children who have asthma have a sensitivity to peanuts, but did not know it....

E-Cigarettes and Quitting : Where’s the Evidence?

20/05/2015

E-cigarette use was associated with a higher rate of adverse effects than the nicotine patch...

What costs more than gold, diamonds or drugs?

19/05/2015

Rhinoceros horn is more valuable by weight than gold, diamonds or cocaine, fuelling an extinction drive that may be unstoppable....

Staring into the Mortal Abyss. Motivational?

18/05/2015

Self-awareness among humans has been shown to create the potential for hope ...

Would Average-Size Models Supersize Sales?

17/05/2015

When it came to established brands, average-sized models could be used interchangeably with size zero models, with little or no impact on product or model evaluation...