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Antibiotic-Resistant Diseases Pose Apocalyptic Threat
Britain’s most senior medical adviser has warned MPs that the rise in drug-resistant diseases could trigger a national emergency...
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Older Brain Is Willing, but Too Full
Learning becomes more difficult as we age not because we have trouble absorbing new information, but because we fail...
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Yoga Has Positive Effects on Major Psychiatric Disorders
Yoga has positive effects on mild depression and sleep complaints, even in the absence of drug treatments, and improves...
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No Explanation for Pulsar With Split Personality
A pulsar that randomly and without warning dramatically changes its pattern of radio wave and X-ray emissions has surprised...
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Sperm Whales Adopt Disabled Dolphin
In an upcoming paper for the journal Aquatic Mammals, a pair of scientists detail a series of interactions between...
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DARPA to Put Laser Turrets on Fighter Jets Next Year
Our first foray into laser-equipped combat aircraft was the Airborne Laser Testbed, a Boeing 747 with a gigantic chemically-pumped...
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Supergiant Star Betelgeuse to Crash Into Interstellar ‘Wall’
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse in the famed constellation Orion is on a collision course with a strange wall...
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Dung Beetles Use Milky Way as GPS
Birds and humans use stars to navigate, but can insects map their routes? For dung beetles, a new study...
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Social Evolution: The Ritual Animal
Praying, fighting, dancing, chanting — human rituals could illuminate the growth of community and the origins of civilization.
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The Shrinking Proton: Particle Is Smaller Than Thought
How many protons can dance on the head of a pin? The answer is nowhere near as straightforward as...