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Older and wiser?
— ONE stereotype of wisdom is a wizened Zen-master smiling benevolently at the antics of his pupils, while referring to them as little grasshoppers o...
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Does the Early Universe Harbor Evidence of Time Before the Big Bang?
— In the summer of 2011, a team of physicists studying the cosmic microwave background (CMB), light emitted when the Universe was just 400,000 years ...
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Titanic at 100: Be Among the Last to Dive to Wreck Site?
— A hundred years after the Titanic sank, tourists can now go on a dive to the legendary wreck
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6 Animals with Immunities Humans Would Kill For
— Animals don't need to get bitten by radioactive spiders to have superpowers. They're way ahead of us that way.
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The Anatomy of Curiosity: Inside NASA's Next Mars Rover
— Mars Science Laboratory, the next mission to the surface of Mars, is on its way there now with the Curiosity rover in tow. We take a look inside th...
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Red Wine, Fruit Compound to Block Fat Cells?
— A compound found in red wine, grapes and other fruits, and similar in structure to resveratrol, is able to block cellular processes that allow fat ...
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Scientists find the king of the feathered dinosaurs
— The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Does Cosmic Dust Play a Role in Climate Change?
— Although we think of space as being empty, there is more out there than meets the eye
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NASA - Space Station Keeps Watch on World's Sea Traffic
— As the International Space Station circles Earth, it has been tracking individual ships crossing the seas beneath. An investigation hosted by the E...
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