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See Saturn in Stunning HD in Live Webcast Tonight
Saturn is widely regarded as the most beautiful object in the solar system, and tonight you can get a detailed look at the iconic ringed planet through a powerful telescope during a live webcast. The online Slooh Space Camera will … Continue reading
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Huge ‘Dead Zone’ Predicted in Gulf of Mexico
A very large dead zone, an area of water with no or very little oxygen, is expected to form in the Gulf of Mexico this year — a trend in recent years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration … Continue reading
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We Will Not Run Out of Fossil Fuels (Op-Ed)
Jeffrey Rissman, policy analyst at Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, contributed this article to LiveScience‘s Expert Voices: Op-Ed Insights. Fossil fuels are formed from the remains of plants and animals that died hundreds of millions of years ago, buried and … Continue reading
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How the Hairy-Chested ‘Hoff’ Crab Evolved
Yeti crabs don’t comb their hair to look good — they do it because they’re hungry. These bizarre deep-sea animals grow their food in their own hair, trapping bacteria and letting it flourish there before “combing” it out and slurping … Continue reading
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Seeing the Light: Retinal Prosthesis Restores Rat Vision
Technology for restoring vision is still at an early stage, but a new kind of retinal prosthesis allows blind rats to sense light, a study shows. The new device was implanted in the eyes of visually impaired rats. Exposing the … Continue reading
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The Future of Bionic Humans: What’s Next in Bio-Hacking?
James Rollins has one foot planted firmly in science, the other in the unknown. Rollins has his doctorate in veterinary medicine, but when the bestselling author sits down to write, his signature is creating works grounded in history and scientific … Continue reading
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Autism Linked with Air-Pollution Exposure During Pregnancy
Pregnant women who are exposed to high levels of air pollution may be more likely to give birth to children with autism, according to a new study. The researchers found that the pregnant women in the study who lived in … Continue reading
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AstraZeneca picks site for new global home in Cambridge
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca has chosen a science park on the southern outskirts of Cambridge, England, next to the world-renowned Addenbrooke’s Hospital, for its new $500 million global headquarters and research center. Property industry sources told Reuters … Continue reading
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LEGO to Roll Out Mars Rover Curiosity as Toy Model
NASA‘s Mars rover Curiosity, which for almost a year has been driving across the Red Planet, will be the next model to roll off LEGO‘s CUUSOO production line, the toy company announced on Friday (June 14). The Denmark-based LEGO Group … Continue reading
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Don’t Hurt That Robot! How Morality Muddles Perception of a Mind
Although people can’t directly experience the consciousness of another, they take for granted that other people have minds — that others can think, remember, experience pleasure and feel pain. People, however, don’t typically attribute such minds to robots, corpses and … Continue reading
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