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Lions May Be Losing Their Reign in Uganda

As the largest predator in Africa, the lion has earned its place at the top of the food chain and the title "king of beasts." But the reign of the noble lion could be coming to a close in parts of Uganda, a new study suggests.


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NASA Space Telescopes to Peer Deeper Into Universe Than Ever Before

Three NASA space telescopes are teaming up to give astronomers their best-ever looks at some of the most distant objects in the universe.


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How to Make a Zombie (Seriously)

The slouching, flesh-eating zombie has become one of the most in-vogue creatures in current TV and movie offerings, appearing in films like "World War Z" and in the AMC series "The Walking Dead."

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Not Just CGI: The Incredible Tech of Horror-Movie Monsters

Editor's Note: In this weekly series, LiveScience explores how technology drives scientific exploration and discovery.


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Stitch Fix: When Data Analytics Meet Fashion

When Katrina Lake applied to Harvard's MBA program, she wrote her application essay about an entrepreneurial aspiration she had: to create a business that applied data and recommendation algorithms to the retail shopping experience. During her second year of business school in late 2010, Lake began testing that idea by having friends fill out style-preference surveys and picking out clothes for them based on their answers. ...


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Toxic Co-Worker Test: How to Identify and Avoid Them

It's your first day at a new job. Like anyone else, your hope is that you'll magically get along with your boss and co-workers and things will go smoothly. For the first few days or weeks, everything seems great: People are friendly and helpful, and some of them even offer a few suggestions for local lunch and coffee spots. Suddenly, something doesn't go according to plan — your idea didn't quite work out or a key point was missing from your team's presentation, and one (or more) of your new colleagues shows his or her true, ugly colors.

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Are Humans Reversing Cat Domestication?

When your cat sees a stranger, does he come and snuggle close or hiss and run away?

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Some Obscure, All Extraordinary: Historical Women in Science Honored

NEW YORK — In April 1749, Émilie du Châtelet's was 42 years old, pregnant, living with her ex-lover Voltaire in her husband's chateau and working 17 hours a day to finish the mathematical commentary for her French translation of Isaac Newton's "Principia."


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