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Did Mayas Use 2,500-Year-Old Chocolate as Condiment or Beverage?
Archaeologists say they have found traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate in the Yucatan peninsula, the first time...
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Is the Natural Gas Industry Buying Academics?
Recently, the University of Texas provost announced he would reexamine a report by a UT professor that said fracking...
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Higgs Boson Results From LHC ‘Get Even Stronger’
The Higgs boson-like particle whose discovery was announced on 4 July looks significantly more certain to exist. The particle...
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Childhood Mistreatment Primes Brain for Mental Illness
Changes in the brain linked to childhood abuse and maltreatment may prime a child for future mental health problems,...
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Dolphins Sponge Up Culture
Dolphins sponge up culture Dolphins that use sea sponges as hunting tools form cliques with others that do the same...
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Colossal Human Sculpture Unearthed in Turkey
Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an enormous stone sculpture of a Neo-Hittite warrior-king daring from the first millennium...
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Did Expelled Stars Reionize the Ancient Universe?
Hot stars booted out of their galactic homes may be responsible for creating the conditions that led to today's...
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Want to Live on Mars? Here’s Your Chance
Just as NASA’s latest rover prepares to land on the surface of Mars, one Dutch company is looking to...
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How Science and the Olympics Can Learn From Each Other
The Olympic Games are a reminder that — as in science — competitiveness must be tempered with cooperation to...
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Why Are Secular Businesses Claiming Religious Rights?
A new federal court ruling represents an ominous legal trend: Religious freedom is morphing into religious power