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Scientists Develop World's First Peel-Off Solar Cells
Stanford University researchers have created flexible decal-like solar panels that can be applied onto any surface.
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Poland found explosives on wreckage of president's plane-report
Polish investigators found traces of explosives on the wreckage of the government jet that crashed in Russia two years ago, killing Poland's president and 95 others, daily Rzeczpospolita reported on Tuesday.
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Netherlands highways will glow in the dark from mid-2013
A smart road design that features glow in the dark tarmac and illuminated weather indicators will be installed in the Netherlands from mid-2013.
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Geniuses Are Getting Smarter
Geniuses are getting brighter. And at genius levels of IQ, girls are not as far behind boys as they used to be.
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What Is Daylight-Saving Time?
Oh sure, you know what it is … but do you really know what is going on? There is some interesting physics here.
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'Smoke-free' laws lead to fewer hospitalizations and deaths
Laws that end smoking at work and other public places result in significantly fewer hospitalizations for heart attacks, strokes, asthma and other respiratory conditions, a new UCSF analysis has found.
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U.S. election: Marijuana legalized in Colorado, Washington; same-sex marriage approved in Maine and
Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana.
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With legalization in Colorado, this logo and team name now has a new meaning!
Denver Nuggets!
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Copahue volcano spews ash in Argentina
Southern Chile's Copahue Volcano belched plumes of ash skyward Saturday, prompting authorities there and in neighboring Argentina to issue a low-level alert.
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Does My Dog Recognize Himself in a Mirror?
Many people are puzzled by the fact that dogs seem to ignore images of themselves reflected in a mirror.
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Dude tells CNN a UFO is visiting Denver each day. They then film it themselves.
Strange objects are caught on camera flying in the sky over Denver.
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Oh, Colorado..
I live in Colorado, smoke all the time and I can say I have never seen a UF...................... oh, wait there it is. Nevermind.
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They Cracked This 250 Year-Old Code, And Found a Secret Society Inside
For more than 200 years, this book concealed the arcane rituals of an ancient order. But cracking the code only deepened the mystery.
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Einstein’s Brain: New Insights into the Roots of Genius
Ever since his death in 1955, scientists have asked what features of Einstein’s brain contributed to his extraordinary insights into physical laws.
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World Changing Ideas 2012
Scientists and engineers dream about big advances that could change the world, and then they try to create them. On the following pages, Scientific American reveals 10 innovations that could be game changers.
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Human Intelligence Declining, Controversial New Study Suggests
Humans may be gradually losing intelligence, according to a new study. The study, published today (Nov. 12) in the journal Trends in Genetics, argues that humans lost the evolutionary pressure to be smart once we started living in dense agricultural settlements several thousand years ago.
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Ebola may go airborne
The Ebola virus can spread through the air from pigs to macaques, a new study suggests. Transmission of the virus — which causes an often fatal hemorrhagic fever in people and primates — was thought to require direct contact with body fluids from an infected animal or person.
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How To Tell Whether We’re Living in a Simulated Universe
If the universe is just a Matrix-like simulation, how could we ever know? Physicist Silas Beane of the University of Bonn, Germany, thinks he has the answer. His paper "Constraints on the Universe as a Numerical Simulation" has been submitted to the journal Physical Review D. Justin Mullins: The idea...
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The History of Boredom
This Sunday, 500 people will flock to a conference hall in East London to be bored. Over the course of seven hours, they will hear talks on, among other things, pylons, self-service checkouts, double-yellow lines – as in the ones on the road – shop fronts and gardening.
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The world won't end next month, Maya experts insist
Relax doomsayers, the Maya people did not really mark their calendar for the end of the world on December 21, 2012.
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