Monday, October 14, 2013

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Surgical Knife May Sniff Out Cancer

When a surgeon is removing a tumor, it's often hard to tell where the patient's cancer ends and the normal tissue begins – which is important in ensuring that all of the cancer is removed. Now, an experimental surgical knife aims to detect cancerous tissue as it cuts.


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The Secret to a Well-Behaved Child: Regular Bedtime

Young children who don't have a regular bedtime behave worse than kids who go to sleep at the same time each night, a new study suggests.

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BPA Exposure Linked to Higher Rate of Miscarriage

Exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) during early pregnancy may increase the risk of miscarriage, preliminary research suggests.

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'Cyclops' Sub Aims to Advance Deep Sea Exploration

A manned submersible named Cyclops is being built to dive nearly 2 miles (3 kilometers) below the ocean's surface, deeper than most existing subs, and could open up more of the seafloor to exploration.


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This Way Up: Source of Brain Dizziness Identified

Feeling dizzy? A part of the brain that tells "up" from "down" may be the cause, new research finds.

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Cosmic Rose from Galaxy Crash Seen by Hubble Telescope (Video)

Astronomers are studying a wispy rose-shaped galaxy some 350 million light years away, looking for clues to the violent galactic collision that likely created this celestial bloom.


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NASA Research Stalled By Government Shutdown

The government shutdown brought research at NASA facilities around the United States to a standstill when it went into effect on Oct. 1.


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Vampire Cannibals: Real Ghouls Haunt Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea — a large island nation north of Australia — boasts a fast-growing economy and a rich natural resource base of gold, copper, oil and agricultural products. But deep within the British Commonwealth country's rugged mountains and tropical rain forests, some dark practices still occur.

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FACTBOX - The 2013 Nobel Prize season

LONDON (Reuters) - Here is a look at who has won the Nobel prizes for 2013: Physiology or Medicine: James Rothman (United States) Randy Schekman (United States) Thomas C. Suedhof (Germany, United States) For - plotting how cells transfer vital materials such as hormones and brain chemicals to other cells, giving insight into diseases such as Alzheimer's, autism and diabetes. Physics: Francois Englert (Belgium) Peter Higgs (United Kingdom) For - predicting the existence of the Higgs boson particle that explains how elementary matter attained the mass to form stars and planets. ...


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Weak Iron Explains Earth's Inner Core Speed Trap

Something is not quite right inside the Earth's core. When seismic waves from earthquakes ripple through its solid center, they hit a speed bump.


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NASA Jupiter Probe Recovers from Earth Flyby Glitch

All systems are go again for a NASA probe on its way to Jupiter.


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Invasive Mink Threatens South America's Largest Woodpecker

Invasive American minks may threaten the largest woodpecker species in South America, according to new research.


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Massive Star Explosion Seeded the Early Solar System, Meteorite Study Suggests

The explosive death of a star seeded matter into the solar system soon after its birth, analysis of a meteorite now reveals.


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Giant Amazon Fish Species Discovered

A new type of giant Amazonian fish — one for which only a single species was known for more than a century — has been discovered in Brazil, scientists say.


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Sunday, October 13, 2013

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Fall Night Sky Guide: Eclipses, Comets, Meteor Showers and More

The fall night sky in the Northern Hemisphere brings a veritable harvest of amazing celestial sights and this year is no different, but you do need to know when to look up to see them.


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Lost Kings: DNA Fails to Illuminate Royal Mystery

A skeleton buried under a parking lot. A grotesque mummy head. A gourd encrusted with mysterious blood.


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Ozone Hole Over Antarctica Caused Southern Africa Warming

The infamous hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica may have caused warming in southern Africa over the past two decades, researchers say.


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Possible Treatment for Marijuana Abuse Found

Boosting levels of a naturally occurring compound in the brain could prevent people who abuse marijuana but are trying to quit from relapsing, a new study suggests.

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Saturday, October 12, 2013

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Dominant Meerkat Mamas Force Others to Wet Nurse

Meerkats may look cute and cuddly, but for some meerkats, motherhood is a raw deal. Dominant females often kill the young of subordinate females, which then often stick around to serve as her "wet nurses," new research finds.


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How Bad Will Cyclone Phailin Be for India?

Disaster looms for India as ferocious Cyclone Phailin, currently equivalent in strength to a Category 5 hurricane, bears down on the subcontinent ahead of its expected landfall tomorrow night (Oct. 12), local time.


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Government Shutdown Closes Nation's Nuclear Labs

The nation's nuclear labs are preparing to furlough more than 20,000 employees and shutter their science experiments, except for work essential to national security, because of the ongoing government shutdown.


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Northern Lights Dance Over Norway in Spectacular Video

A dazzling northern lights show lit up the Norwegian night sky this week and a veteran space photographer captured the celestial display in a stunning new video.


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Scientists Cook Up Mars-Like Clouds On Earth In Former Nuclear Reactor

Scientists have created Mars-like clouds in a former nuclear reactor here on Earth.


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Wow! Photographer Captures SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Like Never Before (Image)

A photographer's road trip to see SpaceX's first Falcon 9 rocket launch from California last month led to this striking composite photo recently released to SPACE.com.


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US Army Finds Tech Solution to Soldiers' Altitude Sickness

The United States Army is studying how the human body adapts to mountainous conditions in order to develop new tools to help deployed soldiers combat altitude sickness.


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'The Walking Dead': How to Survive a Zombie Invasion

The new season of AMC's "The Walking Dead" is just around the corner, which means one thing: Zombies are on the mind.


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Ambience Influences How Whisky Tastes

A whisky sipped in a room smelling of fresh-cut grass with the sound of sheep "baa-ing" in the background tastes different from having the same drink in a sweet-smelling, red room with piano music playing, research suggests.


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Smelling Storms? Human Supersenses May Become a Reality

SAN FRANCISCO — The ability to see using one's back, magnetic fingers or an ultraviolet sense of sight?


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Salmonella Outbreak: 5 Tips for Cooking Chicken Safely

While the current salmonella outbreak may have people concerned about eating chicken, experts point out that raw meat products always carry risk.


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Incredible Technology: How to Use 'Shells' to Terraform a Planet

One day, humans could re-make a world in Earth's image.


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