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7 years ago+38 38 0 x 1Synthetic algae-based prawns aim to make ‘seafood’ more sustainable
A California biotech company receives funding to commercialise algae-based prawns, in an attempt to get people to switch to more sustainable diets.
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7 years ago+30 30 0The psychological power of embroidering our own life stories
In 2003, author James Frey published a bestselling autobiographical memoir, A Million Little Pieces, purportedly detailing his struggle to overcome addiction. Nearly three years later, during a riveting appearance on Oprah, he admitted that several s ...
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7 years ago+30 30 0Lonnie Johnson endured segregated schools in Alabama to become a NASA engineer, test the first stealth bomber and invent the Super Soaker
Lonnie Johnson had an illustrious career as a nuclear engineer working on the Galileo space programme and the stealth bomber - but he is best known for creating a water pistol.
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7 years ago+18 18 0Self belief can overcome the effects of poverty on academic achievement
Cool new research from PNAS & Stanford University shows that students with a 'growth mindset' - where they believe they can do well in their studies - were buffered against the negative effects of poverty on achievement. Students in a l ...
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7 years ago+13 13 0The problem (beyond the obvious) with the UK’s planned nuclear power station
The plant would be Britain’s biggest infrastructure project, and arguably the most expensive power station in history.
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7 years ago+28 28 0Radar tracking reveals the ‘life stories’ of bumble bees
Scientists have tracked the flight paths of a group of bumble bees throughout their entire lives in what is thought to be the first lifetime tracking study of any animal in such glorious detail.
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7 years ago+25 25 0Seafood offers up a mouthful of man-made garbage
Public opinion is divided when it comes to the pleasure of eating oysters and other sea creatures that stare boldly back at you while you eat them. Like Marmite®, you either love it or you hate it. Now, researchers at the University of California, D ...
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7 years ago+24 24 0Astronauts have wonky thymic immune activity in space, which could impact their ability to respond to infection
Scientists looked at thymic function in 16 astronauts before and after they had an extended space flight. The output of T cells and glucocorticoid production were reduced and suppressed after a long period in space. This has the potential to influenc ...
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7 years ago+15 15 0NASA selects 6 companies to develop prototypes & concepts for deep space habitats
NASA has selected six U.S. companies to help advance the Journey to Mars by developing ground prototypes and concepts for deep space habitats.
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7 years ago+7 7 0Innovative new visualisations are transforming biology
Inventive graphic design and abstract models are helping researchers to make sense of a glut of data.
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7 years ago+17 17 0The FDA brings a nuke to a tickle fight - and ruins everyone's childhood - by recommending a blanket ban on eating cookie dough
Since December, forty-two people in 21 states have got sick after eating uncooked batter made from an E.coli-contaminated batch of flour. No-one has died. And yet the FDA’s response is to tell everyone—all 319 million Americans—not to eat any uncooke ...
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7 years ago+18 18 0The Cheerios effect - where solid Cheerios floating on liquid milk attract via surface tension - can be reversed
Get munching on this new data from the field of cereal physics.
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7 years ago+41 41 0 x 1Japan’s Summer of Fireflies
Each year when summer comes along, we all look forward to different things. Some of us head to the beach, others to the mountains for camping. Some look forward to the epicurean delights like watermelon and ice cones. But for a select group of photog ...
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7 years ago+29 29 0Could three-DNA babies, created through mitochondrial donation, hold the secret to immortality?
Probably not. But this article from The Economist is still cool.
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7 years ago+30 30 0Billions of pounds are spent on research each year to find better clinical treatments: but 85% don't see the light of day
Heart failure is a major killer, affecting well over a million people in the UK alone. We now have over 20 years' worth of evidence from clinical trials that show strong benefits for a package of treatment involving not only drugs and devices bu ...
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7 years ago+26 26 0A Heritage Site That's Out of This World
This Apollo 11 poster will have you dreaming of a lunar vacation.
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7 years ago+14 14 0Great hammerhead sharks swim on their side for maximum energy efficiency
Tagged wild sharks spend up to 90% of time swimming at roll angles between 50° and 75°, and hydrodynamic modelling shows this reduces drag—and in turn, the cost of transport—by around 10% compared with traditional upright swimming.
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7 years ago+2 2 0A gathering of giants: a huge sperm whale social captured in photos
A photographer slips into the ocean to swim among hundreds of sperm whales—witnessing a rarely seen social spectacle as a superpod forms.
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7 years ago+17 17 0Weird stuff found in recreational drugs
This is the Pot/LSD edition, but when you're done, you can check out the alcohol, meth, opioids and cocaine editions, too!
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7 years ago+20 20 0A new 3-D imaging technique gives a stunningly detailed look at a human brain affected by Alzheimer’s
Scientists took the brains of deceased Alzheimer’s patients, soaked them in a liquid that gives the fats in the brain an electric charge, then exposed them to an opposite charge that casts all of the fats out. That makes the brain transparent and har ...