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The Left-Brain-Right-Brain Distinction is as Fake as it Always Sounded
Results from a recent study from researchers at the University of Utah indicate that there is no evidence to support the theory that some people are "right-brained," while others are "left-brained," giving you one less easy way to dismiss someone's peculiar personality.
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Tomb Raider: Badger Digs Up Medieval Treasure
A badger helped discover the tombs of two medieval lords in Germany in what archaeologists are hailing as a significant find. The 12th century burial site contains a sword, bronze bowls, an ornate belt buckle and skeletal remains that tell stories of a violent life.
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Has Carl June Found a Key to Fighting Cancer?
Walter Keller had nearly lost his battle with leukemia when he went to Penn's Carl June and his group of researchers for a radical new cancer treatment. What happened next may change medicine forever.
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Newly Discovered Carnivore Looks Like Teddy Bear
In "incredibly rare" find, scientists discover animal in Andean cloud forests.
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Researchers discover Earth-like exoplanet that completes orbit in 8.5 hours.
MIT researchers have discovered one of the shortest orbital periods ever detected. The Earth-sized exoplanet, named Kepler 78B, whips around its host star in a mere 8.5 hours.
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Teleportation just got easier—but not for you, unfortunately
Thanks to two studies published in Nature last Thursday, the chance of successful teleportation has considerably increased. Which is a good thing, right?
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New drug mimics the beneficial effects of exercise
A drug known as SR9009, which is currently under development at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), increases the level of metabolic activity in skeletal...
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Tree Chopping boosts testosterone more than sport
Chopping wood to clear land and feed the family produces more testosterone in men than competitive activities.
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NASA's Chandra Observatory catches giant black hole rejecting material
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have taken a major step in explaining why material around the giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy is extraordinarily faint in X-rays. This discovery holds important implications for understanding black holes.
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WTF Is This Weird Web-Tower Thing? We Asked Around. No One Knows
Something in the Peruvian Amazon is making weird, intricate structures that resemble white picket fences surrounding an Isengard-like spire. No one has any idea who the mysterious craftsbug (fungus? spider?) is, or what the structure is even used for, excepting the fence part, which almost makes sense. Nobody, not even the scientists. We asked.
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Mysterious alignment of ‘butterfly’ nebulae discovered by Hubble
Astronomers believe that planetary nebulae are formed by the rotation of the star system from which they originate.
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Bacteria from slim people could help treat obesity, study finds
Experiments show microbes from thin or fat people's intestines can cause mice to lose or gain weight
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Where is the world’s biggest volcano? On the floor of the Pacific, geologists find
Geologists on Thursday announced they had uncovered a stupendous volcano that is the biggest in the world and rivals the greatest in the Solar System.
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Russian scientists working on anti-smoking vaccine
The scientists noted that “existing methods of curing tobacco addiction are ineffective,” adding that the new vaccine will be a breakthrough. The drug makes recipient’s body start producing antibodies which block nicotine before it reaches the brain.
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Super-Earth 40 light years away has a water-rich steamy atmosphere
Blue light observations of a super-Earth 40 light years from our planet suggest that it is a world with a thick, steamy water-rich atmosphere. Japanese astronomers used the Subaru telescope to observe planetary transits of the super-Earth, which is located at the centre of the Milky Way.
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New connection between stacked solar cells can handle energy of 70,000 suns
(Phys.org) —North Carolina State University researchers have come up with a new technique for improving the connections between stacked solar cells, which should improve the overall efficiency of solar energy devices and reduce the cost of solar energy production. The new connections can allow these ...
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4 Amazing Things Hiding On Earth (That We Just Discovered)
Because of such technological marvels as Google Maps (and the many volumes of Where's Waldo?), you'd think that every inch of planet Earth has been thoroughly documented by this point. But the truth is, science pulls mind-blowing finds out of its cavernous, all-knowing ass more or less every 15 minutes. Here are four amazing discoveries that just occurred while the rest of civilization was bingeing on Teen Mom and waffle tacos.
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Scientists discover life after brain death
The brain may live on after what's long been considered brain death. New research from the University of Montreal finds that there's a deeper state of coma beyond what doctors have been considering...
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Archeologists in Brazil find 200,000 items, including toothbrush thought to be emperorâs
An ivory toothbrush thought to have belonged to Brazil’s Emperor Pedro II and a minty toothpaste made by a European chemist for the Portuguese queen are among more than 200,000 pieces dating from the 17th through 19th centuries that archeologists have unearthed from a site in Rio de Janeiro being used for an extension the city’s subway lines.
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Dinosaur Feathers Found in Ancient Amber
Instead of digging through rocks and rubble to find fossils, a group of Canadian paleontologists decided to dig through museums’ amber collections instead. Their unique approach paid off when they discovered feathers and never-before-seen structures, which they think are something called dinofuzz.
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