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10 years ago+15 15 0 x 1Can’t Clap to the Beat? You Might be Beat-Deaf
For some people, tapping their foot to the beat is a challenge at a fundamental level.
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10 years ago+21 21 0Russian for the Exit: Putin Denies He Fled Summit Pressure
Russian President Vladimir Putin made an early exit on Sunday from a two-day summit of world leaders where he was roundly criticized over Russia's escalating aggression in Ukraine, but brushed off suggestions that he had felt pressured.
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Video/Audio
10 years ago+19 19 0Honest Trailers - Maleficent
Relive this summer's dark, depressing fairy tale reboot "Maleficent," the story of an evil sorceress who can turn into a dragon - but isn't evil and doesn't turn into a dragon.
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Analysis
10 years ago+7 7 0New virus posing serious threat to tiger population
A new study has found a new virus called canine distemper virus (CDV) is threatening the population of tiger in the wild. The study done by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its partners has suggested that CDV could push the tigers toward e ...
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10 years ago+17 17 0Therapeutic bispecific antibodies cross the blood-brain barrier in nonhuman primates
Using therapeutic antibodies that need to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to treat neurological disease is a difficult challenge. We have shown that bispecific antibodies with optimized binding to the transferrin receptor (TfR) that target β-secr ...
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10 years ago+15 15 0What Drones Are Learning From Insects
Large, unmanned aerial vehicles look like airplanes. But there are also small drones that resemble insects, and they're being programmed to act like them.
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10 years ago+18 18 0Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis swears allegiance to ISIS: statement
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt’s most active militant group, has sworn allegiance to Islamic State, a statement from Ansar said Monday night. Ansar had previously told Reuters that it sought inspiration and advice from Islamic State, the radical al-Qaed ...
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10 years ago+11 11 0Chinese moon probe returns to Earth
The ‘Little Flyer’ ship came back to Earth early Saturday morning after having successfully sent the probe around the moon. The nation plans to send a craft to the moon in 2017, making it the third country behind the U.S. and Russia for independent s ...
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10 years ago+15 15 0'Self-sufficient' hydrogen site open
Honda's "self-sufficient" hydrogen refuelling station has officially opened at the company's Swindon plant. The company said it was the UK's first commercial-scale solar-powered hydrogen production and refuelling facility.
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Analysis
10 years ago+15 15 0WhatsApp: Facebook's $21.8 billion acquisition lost $138 million last year
WhatsApp may indeed be valuable to Zuckerberg. But at this rate, it will take a couple of millennia for FB to make back its purchase price.
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Expression
10 years ago+4 5 1The big-eyed children: the extraordinary story of an epic art fraud
In the 1960s, Walter Keane was feted for his sentimental portraits that sold by the million. But in fact, his wife Margaret was the artist, working in virtual slavery to maintain his success. She tells her story, now the subject of a Tim Burton biopi ...
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10 years ago+21 21 0Ukraine voters embrace West, peace with rebels
Pro-Western and nationalist parties are on course for a crushing Ukrainian election win, boosting President Petro Poroshenko's bid to merge his country with Europe and make peace with pro-Russian rebels.
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10 years ago+19 19 0 x 1Fitbit Announces Three New Wearables, Including a Fancy 'Super Watch'
Fitbit, one of the predominant players in today's increasingly saturated fitness tracking space, today announced a trio of wearables of the wrist-worn variety.
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10 years ago+42 43 1 x 1Google boss sets new skydive record
A senior Google vice president, Alan Eustace, has broken the world altitude record for a parachute jump set in 2012 by Austrian Felix Baumgartner. Mr Eustace was carried by a large helium balloon from New Mexico to over 40km (25 miles) above the eart ...
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Analysis
10 years ago+19 19 0The Science of Fox News: Why Its Viewers Are the Most Misinformed
Authoritarian people have a stronger emotional need for an outlet like Fox, where they can find affirmation and escape factual challenges to their beliefs.
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Video/Audio
10 years ago+14 14 0Mustang Save
This classic mustang rolls out of the shop. The shop worker saves the day... and the car.
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10 years ago+15 15 0NASA orbiters hide behind Mars to avoid comet debris
A rare close flyby of a comet near Mars put NASA's orbiters in a potentially dangerous situation, but also allowed them to study the moving space object.
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10 years ago+2 3 1Paralysed man walks again after treatment by British doctors on brink of 'cure'
Millions of paralysis sufferers are today offered the possibility of a cure for the first time after a new technique pioneered by British doctors allowed a man with a severed spinal cord to recover the ability to walk.
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10 years ago+19 19 0 x 1Mitsubishi Aircraft Unveils Japan’s First Passenger Jet
Japan's first passenger jet was unveiled today after a delay of almost four years, with a helping hand from bullet-train specialists as test flights were set for next year.
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10 years ago+12 12 0Australia: the world's biggest rip-off?
Australia is gaining a reputation for being one of the most expensive places in the world.