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Fracking : More Bad News

'We have to get a handle on methane, or increasingly risk global catastrophe' : Cornell University report on Fracking...

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Millenials Can See Through Twitter’s BS

First-of-its-kind study indicates young adults have a healthy mistrust of the information on Twitter...

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Forgive and Forget

While true forgiveness may be difficult to accomplish, the findings suggest that once the transgression has been forgiven forgetting may become easier as a result...

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Lunatics/Asylum : Companies Valued by Media Buzz

Companies can significantly improve the forecasting accuracy of forthcoming products' performance by mining online consumer buzz prior to product release...

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The Arguments that Kill Men

Men seemed to be particularly vulnerable to the worries and demands generated by their female partners, with a higher risk of death....

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Exploding Head Syndrome

An authentic and largely overlooked phenomenon. Exploding head Syndrome examined....

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Psilocybin Helps Make You Unsad

Psilocybin inhibits the processing of negative emotions in the amygdala....

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Scraping the Barrel or Sour Grapes?

Researchers find that a specific flavour in wine, called barrique character, is discerned not by the tastebuds, but by an unrelated tongue nerve. ...

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Unlocking the Fountain of Youth

A first of its kind atomic level look at the enzyme telomerase that may unlock the secrets to the fountain of youth....

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Snobby Staff Boost Sales

When it comes to luxury brands, the ruder the sales staff the better the sales....

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Extra Terrestrials or just a Dirty Lens?

the search for life on planets outside our own is possible if done the right way....

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Environmentally, Graphene is Not All Good

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”H/dropcapad to be. It’s a self-fulfilling prophesy. The wondermaterial that was going to change the destiny of humankind. This time...

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Children Are Now Exposed to Less Violence

Physical and emotional victimization (bullying) also declined, as did sexual victimization....

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Boffins Build Bendy Battery

A flexible material with nanoporous nickel-fluoride electrodes layered around a solid electrolyte to deliver battery-like supercapacitor performance...

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A Protein Breakfast Keeps You Fuller

Participants who ate the higher-protein breakfasts had improved appetite ratings throughout the morning, and they also consumed fewer calories during lunch...

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Raising the Stakes : New York Flood Odds

The chances of water overtopping the Manhattan seawall are now at least 20 times greater than they were 170 years ago...

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Oops! The Neural Pathway of Error Correction

The first neural circuit for "oops" : the precise moment when one becomes consciously aware of a self-made mistake and takes corrective action...

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Nano-enforcing the Seventh Commandment – On Olives

Developing the use of invisible labels in the food industry....

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Athlete’s Urine : Aged for 10 Years

Samples taken from athletes to spot signs of doping should be stored for 10 years, to enable technology to catch up with substances that currently evade detection...

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Unlocking the Mysteries of Physics : Quantum Turbulence

Quantum turbulence is the chaotic motion — at very high rates — of fluids that exist at temperatures close to zero....

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You’re Going to Fail (Doesn’t Work)

Students who said they felt threatened by their teachers' messages that frequently focused on failure reported feeling less motivated ...

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Google Glasses to Guide Surgeons

Report on the early uses of Google Glass in the healthcare setting...

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Identity Marketing : Are You Consumer or Product?

Researchers figure out why we hate identity-targeted advertising....

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Miami Will Drown, Scientists Say When

Sea level rises threaten Miami. Scientists predict how long the city has got....

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Steel-Strong Sunglasses

Yale scientists develop materials with unusual plasticity and strength...

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Killing Joke In Dub

A cornucopia of delights released from Killing Joke ...

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Time is Relative, Perception is All

We feel more socially connected, more emotionally engaged, and more attuned to the present when something is perceived as close...

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Churchgoers Get More Sexual Satisfaction

Regular churchgoers, married people or those who enjoy harmonious social ties are most satisfied with their love life. ...

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NASA Astronauts to Drink Urine

NASA face the challenges of dealing with urine in space. News item...

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23 Years Late : MC Tunes

Factory 251 will be the location for the first public airing of a 23 year-old piece of British music history. Showcase event for lost MC Tunes album...

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