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What happens if someone catches the Loch Ness Monster? - BBC News
Scottish Natural Heritage said it would "dust off" a document prepared almost 20 years ago for such an event.
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500 million-year-old claw-faced sea monster was a killing machine | Fox News
if you could dip your head into the oceans of Earth as they appeared 500 million years ago, you might see what looked like a spiny, disembodied claw cruising through the depths while trying to stuff an unfortunate piece of prey into its circular, fang-fil
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How Useful Is Fear? - The Atlantic
Evolution has installed phobias in humans that are proving hard to shake.
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Pigeons Resist Misguided Leaders - NYTimes.com
When a leader tries to take a flock in the wrong direction, homing pigeons still find the right way home.
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Graphene 'stimulation' could selectively kill off cancer cells
A chance lab discovery is opening up the possibility for wide-scale improvements in drug screening, application of selective painkillers, and selectively nuking...
Health & Fitness | Health
Epstein-Barr virus linked to seven serious diseases
A far-reaching study conducted by scientists at Cincinnati Children's reports that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)—best known for causing mononucleosis—also increases the risks for some people of developing seven other major diseases.
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Advanced microscope shows cells at work in incredible 3D detail
For the first time, scientists have peered into living cells and created videos showing how they function with unprecedented 3D detail. Using a special microsco...
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Threatened: A Green-Haired Turtle That Can Breathe Through Its Genitals - The New York Times
Getting on the endangered list issued by the Zoological Society of London isn’t actually about looks. Creatures have to be evolutionarily distinctive, not just weird.
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No new 'learning' brain cells after age 13: study
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Snailfish caught on camera in the Mariana Trench
A snailfish was filmed swimming more than 26,000 feet below the surface. It's the deepest-dwelling fish ever recorded.
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New dinosaurs are being discovered in record numbers, and it’s changing everything we thought we knew – BGR
Every kid grows up loving dinosaurs. As we grow older we listen to science teachers explain how dinosaurs lived and died, we watch documentaries about the age when reptiles ruled the land, and by the time we reach adulthood most of us like to think we hav
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Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice – Science Bulletin
Injecting minute amounts of two immune-stimulating agents directly into solid tumors in mice can eliminate all traces of cancer in the animals, including distan
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18 Spider-Killing Spiders Discovered—And They Look Like Pelicans
The brutally effective assassins live in the rain forests of Madagascar, a new study says.
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How brittlestars ‘see’ without eyes
A starfish relative called the brittlestar lacks eyes, but it can still 'see' its environment.
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These very subtle movements line up with autism - Futurity
Diagnosing autism is still quite subjective, but certain movements could be "biomarkers" for more objective evaluation.
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These fish eat the scales they ram or pry off others - Futurity
Fish that steal and eat scales have surprisingly little in common, scans show.
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Hitchhiking barnacles could reveal migration routes of ancient whales | Science | AAAS
Chemical signatures in fossils show early whales were world travelers
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Pacific Northwest salmon are in big genetic trouble | Science | AAAS
Researchers see dramatic decline in genetic diversity, sparking concern about the fish’s future
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Light pollution may promote the spread of West Nile virus | Science | AAAS
Birds exposed to dim light at night remain infectious longer, increasing the risk to wildlife and humans
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Meet the world’s first salad-eating shark | Science | AAAS
Bonnethead sharks can survive on a diet of up to 90% seagrass
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Ants kill the sick to save the rest | Cosmos
Austrian research finds ants practice “destructive disinfection”. Tanya Loos reports.
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Scientists Are Designing Artisanal Proteins for Your Body
The human body makes tens of thousands of cellular proteins, each for a particular task. Now researchers have learned to create custom versions not found in nature.
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We tracked scientific discoveries from five years ago to see if they held up
We still don't have male birth control.
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New marsupial lion species discovered
AUSTRALIAN researchers have discovered a new species of extinct marsupial lion that once roamed the continent.
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Even more evidence points to alien life on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
Scientists have discovered that a subsurface ocean on Enceladus could have existed for billions of years, providing plenty of time for microbial alien life to emerge and evolve. One of Saturn’s icy moons, Enceladus is considered one of the best bets f
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NASA Twin Study: Year in Space Changed Scott Kelly All the Way to His DNA
In the space agency’s Twins Study—which investigates the effects of space travel on human health—researchers found that being in space encourages methylation, which is the biological process of switching genes on and off. “Some of the most exciti
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What elephants teach us about cancer prevention
Elephants naturally avoid cancer after 55 million years of evolution. Scientists are studying if they can extract lessons that could help people.
Health & Fitness | Health News
Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to 3 Americans for Body Clock Studies
Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young were recognized for research into the cellular mechanisms controlling the body’s 24-hour cycle.
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NASA’s Hubble Detects Signs of Water on Potentially Habitable TRAPPIST-1 Planets
Several of the planets orbiting a nearby star may harbor “substantial amounts” of water, astronomers say, including three planets situated in a habitable part of the star’s solar system. The star—called TRAPPIST-1—is an ultracool dwarf star 40 l
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Biggest Ocean Sunfish Found in New Zealand Is the First Species of Its Kind Discovered in 130 Years
Updated | Marianne Nyegaard, a postdoctoral student at Australia’s Murdoch University, had been searching for evidence of a fourth ocean sunfish species for nearly five years. In 2014, the researcher finally found one washed up on the shore in New Zeala
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The human brain sees the world as an 11-dimensional multiverse
New research suggests that the human brain is almost beyond comprehension because it doesn’t process the world in two dimensions or even three. No, the human...
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Umbilical Cord Blood Could Restore Memory Loss, According To Scientists
New research shows umbilical cord blood could help memory loss.
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Why Do We Have Blood Types?
When my parents informed me that my blood type was A+, I felt a strange sense of pride. If A+ was the top grade in school, then surely A+ was also the most excellent of blood types – a biological mark of distinction.
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These fisherman caught a manta ray on camera that’s so big, it’s making us wonder if the Loch Ness Monster might be
If you’re not familiar with manta rays, they’re super cool sea creatures who look like a cross between a shark and an…
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Surprise! Giraffes fall under 4 species, not one
For centuries, scientists believed all giraffes fall under one species.
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Is your brain really just a computer? - Business Insider
This is the only way out of the trap this universe puts on your brain.
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It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are | Science and Nonduality
by Mark Wolynn Traumas Lost and Found The past is never dead. It’s not even past. — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun A well-documented feature of trauma, one familiar to many, is our inability to...
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Scientists just found more evidence that this mysterious water world might be able to support alien life - Yahoo Finance
From Yahoo Finance: A new study released by NASA on Tuesday shows that oceans on Europa, one of Jupiter’s 67...
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Intelligent Alien Life Almost Certainly Existed Somewhere Else, Study Says
New calculations based on NASA data find that humans are probably not alone in the universe.
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Scientists Have Grown ‘Dinosaur Legs’ On A Chicken For The Very First Time
Genetic scientists have successfully grown ‘dinosaur legs’ on chicken embryos for the very time. “These studies are not aimed at producing dinosaurs for commercial or non-scientific purposes, as in the Jurassic Park series,” the s
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Fish-eating spider dolomedes briangreenei discovered | BGR
Well hello there, friend! Who's a cute little aquatic arachnid? Yes, the creature you see above is a spider that can actually surf on top of waves and hunt for a wide variety of animals including not only insects but also fish and toads.
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Here's what happens to your body in space - Business Insider
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly just spent a year in space. Here's what it did to his body.
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Why This Mysterious Fungus Has People Talking
Its unusual appearance has a lot to do with it.
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Divers capture fascinating footage of a giant squid in Japan
A massive (technically "giant") squid was found swimming among the boats in Toyama Bay, Japan, earlier this week, and some very brave humans jumped in the water to get these stunning views of the beast.
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How a swarm of honeybees cook a giant hornet alive - Vox
The little Japanese honeybee and the Japanese giant hornet are the David and Goliath of nature.
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Novel support for brain science theory with deep Brown roots
After University of Chicago neuroscientists analyzed data from David Sheinberg at Brown, they produced a new paper in Nature Neuroscience that offers novel support for a theory proposed at Brown in 1982
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Floating Ant Islands Seen After Floods In South Carolina
As South Carolina recovers from heavy rain and flooding, one insect is showing off its clever strategy for survival.
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'Living fossil' fish sports a lung
The coelacanth, an elusive deep-sea dweller long thought extinct, had another item added Tuesday to an already-long list of unusual physical traits: an obsolete lung lurking in its abdomen. Similar to the human appendix, the organ was lik
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Natural defense against HIV discovered
Researchers at Michigan State University were part of a team to discover a new natural defense against HIV infection.
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Researchers erase memories in mice with a beam of light
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with member affiliations to several institutions in the U.S. and Japan has developed a new device that allowed them to alter the spines on a neural dendrite in a mouse brain that was first modified naturally by an
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Frankenvirus emerges from Siberia's frozen wasteland
Scientists said they will reanimate a 30,000-year-old giant virus unearthed in the frozen wastelands of Siberia, and warned climate change may awaken dangerous microscopic pathogens. Reporting this week in the flagship journal of the US N
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Genes Confirm: Octopuses Are Brainy and Weird
Octopuses are known to be brainiacs — they can mimic flounder in a flash, unscrew themselves out of a sealed jar and even use coconut shells to build a mobile home. Determining how octopuses' brains and bodies evolved "represents
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What are the limits of human vision?
From spotting galaxies millions of light years away to perceiving invisible colours, Adam Hadhazy explains why your eyes can do incredible things.
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Amazing footage of sharks swimming in boiling water around a volcano is completely baffling scientists
Brennan Phillips and some colleagues were recently on an expedition to Kavachi volcano, an active...
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Real-Life 'Jurassic World' Dinos May Be 10 Years Off, Scientist Says
None of these sound quite as terrifying as the reptilian star in
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Missing link found between brain, immune system; major disease implications
In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. The discovery could have profound implications for disea
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Here’s how big the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park would be in real life
Jack Horner — the paleontologist who's served as technical advisor on all of the Jurassic Park...
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Why Do Our Voices Sound Different to Us Than to Other People?
For many of us, there are few things more painful than hearing a recording of our own voices.
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BBC - Future - What’s the prime of your life?
Do you ever worry that the prime of your life has already passed you by – and it didn’t even have the courtesy to let you know as it flew overhead? Is ageing an inevitable decline – or are there unexpected perks to getting older? David Robson reports.
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Here's why some scientists are convinced there's life on Mars
Mars is no Earth. Our planet is swaddled in a nice atmospheric blanket that protects us from...
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Scientists Crack A 50-Year-Old Mystery About The Measles Vaccine
When the U.S. introduced the measles vaccine, childhood deaths from all infections plummeted. Scientists think they might know why: Benefits of the measles vaccine go way beyond the measles.
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'Extinct' No Longer? Brontosaurus May Make a Comeback
The Brontosaurus is back. Because A. excelsus was famously first known as Brontosaurus until 1903, the species would revert back to that original name and become Brontosaurus once again. It's a proposal that excites some paleontologists and leaves ot
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Researchers just recently photographed this extremely cute, endangered mammal for the first time in 20 years
This furry ball of cuteness is an endangered mammal closely related to rabbits and hares. The species was first discovered in 1983 and individuals have rarely been seen since.
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NASA scientist says this is where we'll likely find alien life first
Take a good look at all of the planets and the most-prominent moons in our solar system and ask yourself which one is most ideal for life. Would Earth be your first pick?
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New Research Says Cats Can See Things That Are Invisible To Us
Cats apparently see psychedelic stripes on flowers and patterns on the wings of birds that are completely invisible to the human eye. According to this study, cats, dogs, and some other animals are able to see types of light, like UV light, that we don’t see at all.
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25% of the people have a 4th cone and see colors as they are
Given the sudden interest for the color of dresses and vision, here some of the fascinating findings we did recently.The color nuances we see depend on the number and distribution of cones (=color receptors) in our eye. You can check this rainbow: how man
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Mystery Of Bee Colony Collapse May Have Been Solved
A team of scientists looked into the collapse of bee colonies and it was found that a number of reasons led to the collapse.
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Octopus develops serious case of the blues
Jonathan Gordon did not notice the large octopus until it suddenly shed its camouflage, turning a brilliant blue, in what seemed to be a clear warning.
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Why You Shouldn't Trust Your Cat
Unlike dogs, cats are at best semi-domesticated—and we love them for that.
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Meet The World's Largest Living Organism | IFLScience
When you think of the biggest organisms on Earth, the blue whale probably springs to mind first. After all, these gargantuan beasts are up to 30 meters long (100 feet) and can weigh upward of 180 tons, meaning they’re probably bigger than even the large
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No, A 'Dog Year' Isn't Equivalent To 7 Human Years
From Yahoo Finance: Dogs age at different rates compared to humans...
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Weirdest Worm Ever? Clawed Creature Finds Its Family Tree
From Yahoo News: When researchers first discovered the fossil worm Hallucigenia in the 1970s, they were so perplexed they identified its head as its tail and its legs as its spines. The finding is surprising because it rewrites the evolutionary history of
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Ancient Toothless Pterosaurs Once Dominated the World's Skies
From Yahoo News: Giant toothless pterosaurs with wingspans stretching 39 feet (12 meters) across ruled the skies 60 million years ago, and new research suggests that these ancient flying creatures once had a worldwide presence, and likely played an import
