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World Population Living Longer but With More Disability
The health of most of the planet’s population is rapidly coming to resemble that of the United States, where...
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Biologic Link to Homosexuality
Epigenetics — how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches called epi-marks — appears to be critical in determining...
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Extreme Weather More Persuasive on Climate Change Than Scientists
AP poll shows that events like superstorm Sandy are succeeding with climate sceptics where scientists have been failing
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Opening the Doors to the Life of Pi
For those of us who have been intoxicated by the powers and possibilities of mathematics, the mystery isn’t why...
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Liberals, Conservatives More Alike Than You Think
With media figureheads like Rush Limbaugh and Michael Moore representing the right and left, it’s no wonder conservatives and...
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Andromeda’s Bling: Tiny Greedy Quasar Found
When we talk of quasars, we think: early universe; angry black holes in the centers of galaxies; gobs of...
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Higgs Data Reveals Fundamental Structure of Matter
The 12 matter particles we know about are all the types there are, according to researchers analysing CERN data....
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‘Marine’ Fossils May Instead Represent Early Land Dwellers
The fossils of various frondlike and sacklike organisms that supposedly lived at the bottom of ancient oceans may actually...
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Shedding Light on the Remarkable Properties of Black Holes
Many mysteries surround black holes, but new research led by the Niels Bohr Institute has come up with groundbreaking...
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Ancient Galaxy May Be Most Distant Ever Seen
Astronomers have spotted seven galaxies that existed just a few hundred million years after the universe’s birth, including one...