Πέμπτη 31 Οκτωβρίου 2013

Lindsay Ellingson Cleavy at the 4th Annual UNICEF Masquerade Ball in NY



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From Selfishness to Cooperation: What Drives the Change

Researcher Keenan Mack uses mathematical models to explore changes in human nature.



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To Make New York City Safer, Nature Matters (Op-Ed)

By protecting nature, New York can protect itself.



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Fewer Millennials Look to Cars for Mobility (Op-Ed)

More and more, millennials are turning from cars to public transit.



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After Sandy, Lessons from Historic 1993 Flood Resurface (Op-Ed)

In reflecting on Sandy, will lessons from the 1993 U.S. floods finally resonate?



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Debora and Denise Tubino Topless Shoot in Playboy Mexico October 2013



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Infographic: See the Scariest Weather in Your State

For Halloween, we have compiled the United State's scariest weather by state, including highlights of some of the most extreme weather events in history.



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Hurricane Sandy Exposes Jersey's Marsh Mistakes

Hurricane Sandy's powerful storm tide flooded 70 percent of New Jersey's historic submerged marshes. Now, geologists are plumbing for past storm records.



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'Unmanned: America's Drone Wars' Documentary Premieres in NYC

A new documentary that investigates the impact of U.S. drone strikes premiered this week in New York City.



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Carmen Ortega Covered Her Nekkid Body for a Shoot in Hollywood



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Carmen Electra Nipple Pokes in Baywatch Swimsuit on NBC’s ‘Today’ Halloween 2013



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Humpback Whales Are Bottom-Feeders, Study Suggests

Humpback whales feed on fish just off the seafloor, making them vulnerable to entanglement in seafloor fishing gear.



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Page 3 Topless Battle: Courtnie Quinlan vs Rosie Jones



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Peering Inside a Living Fly's Brain | Video

Using lasers, scientists can now surgically blast holes thinner than a human hair in the heads of fruit flies, allowing them to gaze at how the rodents' brains worked while still alive.



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US Malaria Cases Reach 40-Year High

The number of malaria cases in the United States is the highest in more than 40 years, according to a new report for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.



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Connectivity is Key to Understanding the Brain

From links between individual neurons to fibers that span vast neural regions, the human brain is a marvel of neural wiring. A series of articles published today (Oct. 31) in the journal Science explores what scientists know about the brain based on how i



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Selena Gomez White Hot Performance During Stars Dance Tour



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Micaela Schaefer Topless Halloween Themed Photoshoot



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'Screaming' Witch Head Nebula Brews Up Baby Stars (Photo)

It may look wicked, but a stunning — if not scary — new view of the Witch Nebula unveiled by NASA for Halloween is actually the home of baby stars just beginning their cosmic lives. NASA featured the image as its space photo of the day to mark Halloween.



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Images: 'Kraken' Trolled the Triassic Seas

Did a giant Kraken troll the Triassic seas, crushing ichthyosaurs and arranging their bones into pleasing patterns?



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Beach Nourishment Works, But Should Towns Rebuild?

Beach nourishment works, according to a detailed survey of New Jersey homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy. But protecting private property by replenishing storm-damaged beaches may be tilting at windmills.



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Tail-Wag Direction Matters for Dogs

Tail wagging could convey more meaning among dogs than previously thought. A new study found that dogs have different emotional responses to their peers depending on the direction of a tail-wag.



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Kraken Rises: New Fossil Evidence Revives Sea Monster Debate

A controversial theory involving an ancient giant squid or octopus preying on ichthyosaurs gets new life, as researchers claim they've found part of the beak of the Triassic monster.



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Maria Menounos Sexy Curves at Oceana’s Partners Award Gala in Beverly Hills



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Science of Fear Explained in Spooky Video

In this cool video, professor Abigail Marsh explains how multiple pathways can trigger a response to fear.



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Kelly Brook Juicy Booty Under Leggings in LA



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Candice Swanepoel Nipslip at a Fashion Show in Sao Paulo



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Abigail Clancy Booty in Black Tights at the ATM Machine in Primrose Hill



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Flying Foxes (Actually Bats) on Remote Island Studied for First Time

Meet the flying fox, the world's largest and least studied bat. One species in the western Pacific Ocean has now been studied for the first time in the wild, revealing some of the first details of how it eats and breeds.



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SARS Likely Originated in Chinese Bats, Study Finds

The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus, which caused a pandemic in 2002 and 2003, likely originated in horseshoe bats in China, according to a new study.



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7 Most Misleading Animal Names

Animal names can be fun and imaginative, but they can also be downright misleading when they entail the names of other, entirely unrelated animals.



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Boo at the Zoo: Animals Get Their Spook On

Images of zoo animals and their Halloween treats.



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The Real Dracula: Vlad the Impaler

Though Dracula may seem like a singular creation, Stoker in fact drew inspiration from a real-life man with an equally disturbing taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or — as he is better known — Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes).



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4 Seasonal Vegetables to Eat Now

Autumn can bring a new crop of seasonal vegetables to your dinner table. Here are four vegetables in season in the fall, and a look at their nutrition.



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Maine's Volcanoes (Yes, Maine) Were World's Biggest

When Maine's supervolcanoes erupted some 420 million years ago, the blasts were among the biggest ever on Earth.



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'Smart Glasses' Could Help Blind People Navigate

The majority of registered blind people have some residual ability to perceive light and motion. But assistive technologies for the visually impaired have been limited. Now, researchers from Oxford University in England are developing a set of sophisticat



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Strong Earthquake Strikes Taiwan

A strong earthquake of preliminary magnitude 6.3 struck Taiwan today, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).



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Engulfed by Winter | Space Wallpaper

An extreme of winter on Earth is Antarctica, where the handful of research bases are places of solitude and waiting. The Franco–Italian Concordia outpost, seen here in this cool space wallpaper, is one of these.



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Finned Monster Chomped Heads Off Ancient Amphibians

A bizarre boomerang-headed amphibian became a meal for the fin-backed Dimetrodon during the Permian, a new fossil find reveals. This weird creature interaction highlights an ancient ecosystem unlike any today.



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In Photos: Fossils Reveal Bizarre Boomerang-Headed Amphibian

During the Permian period, a jaguar-sized finback chomped the heads off ancient amphibians with impractically wide bony skulls. The death match was uncovered in a bone bed in Texas.



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1 in 3 Americans Have Hypertension





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Monster Mash: Protein Folding Gone Wrong

Amyloid plaques are associated with many chronic and debilitating disorders.



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Sextastic Twitpic Roundup Includes Paris Hilton, Rihanna, Kelly Brook, and More



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Lais Ribeiro Lingerie Shoot for Nordstrom October 2013



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Τετάρτη 30 Οκτωβρίου 2013

How to Spot (and Stop) ATM Skimmers

Crooks are smart about installing ATM skimmers to steal your card data. But you can still protect yourself. Here’s how to tell whether an ATMs has any illicit add-ons.



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Excessive Added Sugar Clogs Americans' Diets (Infographic)

Drinking soft drinks alone gives teenagers more than the recommended maximum daily amount of sugar.



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Can 'Meatless Mondays' and Improved Farming Counter Climate Change? (Op-Ed)

While billions of livestock contribute to global warming, farming improvements could counter that impact.



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Hepatitis C, When Diagnosed, Becoming Easier to Cure (Op-Ed)

With diagnosis, hepatitis C becoming treatable disease for many.



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Smells Like … An Armpit Infection?

One man's body odor was actually the result of a bacterial infection of his armpit hair, according to a new report of the case.



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Charlotte Springer Topless Selfies in Her Bedroom



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Courtney Stodden Nipple Pokes in a Cleavy Tight Blue Dress in LA



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Mars Rover Curiosity Eyes Next Science Target

On Monday, Curiosity took some scouting photos of an outcrop called "Cooperstown" from about 262 feet (80 meters) away. Researchers plan to investigate Cooperstown soon, putting the rover's arm-mounted gear to use for the first time since Sept. 22.



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Giant Halloween Solar Storm Sparked Earth Scares 10 Years Ago (Video)

Halloween is a traditionally scary time, and 10 years ago the sun joined the fray with one of the most powerful solar storms ever recorded. See the inside story of the Halloween solar storm of 2003 and watch a video of the amazing event here.



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A Bewitching History: Why Witches Ride Broomsticks

This Halloween, many of those dressed as witches will be carrying broomsticks. But few likely know the shadowy tale of how witches came to be associated with those familiar household objects.



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Military Honors War Dogs With 1st National Monument

The first United States national monument honoring the work of dogs in combat was dedicated this week at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Tex.



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Dark Matter Eludes Scientists in 1st Results from Super-Sensitive Detector

A new experiment buried deep underground has just proven itself to be the most sensitive dark-matter detector ever built.



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Strange 'Lava World' Is Most Earthlike Alien Planet Yet

The exoplanet Kepler-78b is just 20 percent wider and about 80 percent more massive than Earth, with a density nearly identical to that of Earth, two research teams report in separate papers published online today in the journal Nature.



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Selena Gomez Bikinis on a Balcony in Miami



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Lisalla Montenegro Heats Up Esquire 2013



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China's 'Airpocalypse' Tracked by NASA Satellite

Air pollution in northern China recently reached astonishing lows, with visibility of about 30 feet. The clouds of smoke and smog have been tracked from above by NASA's Aqua satellite.



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Oldest Volcano Painting Linked to Ancient Eruption

A 9,000-year-old painting of an exploding volcano, the oldest ever found, can now be linked to real-life eruption in Turkey.



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Blake Lively Flashing Her Long Legs at L’Oreal Egerie in Paris



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Colleen Shannon Topless Photoshoot for Playboy



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What Is OCD?

Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a mental disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts (obsessions) and ritualistic behaviors (compulsions) that interfere with a person's daily life and relationships.



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Jade Foret Pregnant and in a Bikini on Miami Beach



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Entomologist Finds Possible New Tick Species... Up His Nose

An entomologist got a surprise when he returned from doing field work in Uganda: He had a tick up his nose. He got the tick's genome sequenced, and the animal may be a new species.



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Halloween Threats to Children: Fact or Fiction?

Amid the make-believe witches, ghouls and goblins, there are supposedly real-life villains who lay in wait all year, scheming about the evil and mayhem they will wreak on Oct. 31. But are these threats real?



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How 3D Printing Gets a Boost from Vitamin B2

For the first time, researchers have used a natural compound to create small-scale 3D-printed medical implants. The implants are made using the natural compound riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2.



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Lightning Detector System Tracks Storms in Western Africa

Guinea, a country in western Africa, is using a system that tracks lightning to monitor storms. The project is much cheaper than using Doppler radar, the conventional method.



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'RoboRoach' is Bad News in So Many Ways (Op-Ed)

Is a RoboRoach cyborg kit an educational platform or cruelty to animals?



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Candice Swanepoel Sideboob in Elle UK December 2013



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Chanelle Hayes Super Hot in Topless Photoshoot for Nuts November 2013



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Rihanna Sexy in Leather for Her Puerto Rico Concert



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Rachel Roy Shows Cleavage at ‘Last Vegas’ New York Premiere



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Tiny Tentacles: Photo Reveals Amazing Catch-and-Release Nanofibers

Do these look like tentacles? Synthetic biology works with unnatural molecules and compounds to make tools familiar to natural biology.



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Earth's Largest Dinosaur 'Walks' in New Computer Simulation

The Argentinosaurus is one of the largest known dinosaurs, but scientists were unsure how exactly the massive creature plodded across the Cretaceous Earth, until now.



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Walk Like a Dinosaur: Giant Dino Steps Digitally Recreated | Video

Using advanced computer modeling techniques, researchers digitally reconstructed the movements of the Argentinosaurus dinosaur, enabling them to recreate how it walked and ran for the first time.



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Helix-Shaped Plankton Portrait Wins 'Small World' Contest

An up-close portrait of a corkscrew-shaped plankton, a peek into a painted turtle's eye and magnified view of a marine worm are among this year's winners of Nikon's Small World contest, which honors all things microscopic.



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Zombie Neuroscience: Inside the Brains of the Walking Dead

The rotting flesh, the shuffling walk, the unintelligible groans — it's not hard to spot a zombie at a glance even among the most gruesome of Halloween monsters. But what's going on inside their brain?



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Prize-Winning Photos Taken Through a Microscope

For more than three decades, camera-making company Nikon has held a photo contest to honor all things microscopic. From an image of a turtle eye to a portrait of a chameleon embryo, here are the winning images from the 2013 Small World competition.



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In Photos: The Arctic's Reindeer

See stunning images of the reindeer that call the dark, cold Arctic home.



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Reindeer Eyes Turn Blue in the Winter

The color change helps reindeer eyes capture more light during the Arctic's dark winter months. The findings are the first known instance of a mammal altering the structure of its eye due to seasonal changes in environmental light.



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Amazing Images from Australia's 'Lost World'

Scientists discovered three new species during an expedition to a remote rainforest in Australia. Here are pictures of the impressively camouflaged leaf-tail gecko, the golden-colored skink and the rock-loving frog.



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3 New Species Discovered in Australia's 'Lost World'

During an expedition to a remote part of northeastern Australia where few humans had tread, scientists discovered three new species of vertebrates: an impressively camouflaged leaf-tail gecko, a golden-colored skink and a rock-loving frog.



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Majestic Mountains | Wallpaper

This wallpaper shows Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, which preserves a spectacular landscape rich with majestic mountains, pristine lakes and extraordinary wildlife.



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Are Legless Lizards Snakes?

No. Snakes are just the most successful of the many reptile lineages that went limbless, radiating over time into roughly 3,000 species that have exploited nearly every available habitat, from the treetops to the open ocean to the ground beneath our feet.



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Rotting Balls of Fish Flesh Invade Salton Sea's Shores

Perhaps triggered by strong winds, globs of decomposed fish flesh recently rose from deep in the Salton Sea, coagulated into spheres on the lake surface and piled up on shore.



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Gross Photos: Salton Sea's Rotting Fish Balls

Researchers made a gross, but fascinating, discovery on the shores of California's salty Salton Sea: Balls of coagulated rotten fish flesh.



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Τρίτη 29 Οκτωβρίου 2013

Heading Towards a Halloween Without Bats? (Op-Ed)

Even after Halloween, people need to keep looking out for bats.



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With Bobcat Protections, California Continues to Lead (Op-Ed)

California, with its record on protecting wildlife, is an example for other states.



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Snakelike Zaps To Flowing Air Can Improve Vehicle Aerodynamics

Serpentine electronics could improve performance of cars and planes.



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How to Land Safely on a Vertical Surface, Bee-Style (Op-Ed)

Bees land perfectly without the benefits of human-like cognition, complex instrumentation and stereoscopic (3D) vision. How do they do it?



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This Halloween, Slay Some Energy Vampires (Op-Ed)

It's simple to slay energy vampires, saving you money throughout the year.



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That Old-Time Voodoo

Voodoo is a sensationalized pop-culture caricature of voudon, an Afro-Caribbean religion originating in Haiti.



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Gross! Watch a Tick Bite in Action (Video)

New video has captured the gory act of a tick bite sucking blood. The new video and imagery reveals exactly how ticks puncture the skin and anchor themselves to the surface.



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Instead of Studying Gun Violence, Americans Just Argue About It (Op-Ed)

Is America ready for an informed debate on gun violence?



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A Tick Bite Visualized | Video

Researchers have captured the process ticks use to bite their hosts in new microscope images.



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Health Check: Does Brain Training Make You Smarter? (Op-Ed)

But is there any evidence that specific “brain training” can improve overall performance? Or is it all hype and hyperbole?



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Nikki Reed Shows Camel Toe and Booty Under Her Tights in LA



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Martha Hunt and Samantha Gradoville Topless Shoot by Victor Demarchelier for Antidote #6 Fall 2013



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NASA's IceBridge Readies 1st Antarctica-Based Research Flights

In a few weeks, NASA's Operation IceBridge will take to the skies for another busy season of monitoring ice sheets, glaciers and sea ice from above. This year, the mission will be stationed in Antarctica for the first time.



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New Dolphin Species Identified Off Australian Coast

A population of humpback dolphins off the northern coast of Australia has now been identified as a distinct species, adding to the list of three other distinct species within this group of dolphins.



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Invasive Asian Carp Breeding in Great Lakes Watershed, Scientists Confirm

Scientists confirmed for the first time this week that at least one type of Asian carp has successfully reproduced in the Great Lakes watershed, a development that could spell trouble for the region's native fish and plankton.



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Sofia Vergara Booty in Leather Pants at Modern Family Fan Appreciation Day in Westwood



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Hannah Jones in a See-through Short Dress



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Gold Rush's Poisonous Legacy: Mercury Will Linger for 10,000 Years

Mercury-contaminated sediments are washed downriver after floods in northern California, new research shows.



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Cyberattack Against Israeli Highway System? Maybe Not

Did a cyberattack shut down a major road system in Israel last month? The Associated Press says it did, but security experts who spoke to Tom's Guide weren't so sure.



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Image of the Day

Amazing images every day!



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Stings So Good: Centipede Venom Could Fight Pain

A compound found in centipede venom could block many forms of pain. The new molecule could sidestep the problems of opioids, which are addictive and need to be given in ever-increasing doses to achieve the same level of pain relief.



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Go Ahead, Eat the Halloween Candy (Op-Ed)

You don't have to avoid Halloween candy, but know your limits.



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Chickenpox May Increases Kids' Risk of Stroke

Children who get chickenpox may be at increased risk for stroke soon after the infection, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests.



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How Health Conditions Can Create Real Halloween Spooks

Some researchers claim that there is scientific evidence linking Halloween spooks to rare but real medical conditions. Here's an explanation of how medical researchers may have discovered the scientific roots that underlie so-called monsters.



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Lucy Pinder Topless Treats in a Hotel Suite



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Sneaky Ways to Make Halloween Healthy

In a Halloween nightmare of its own kind, parents can only watch as their kids collect and eat as many candies as they can on their trick-or-treat adventure. Here are some sneaky things parents can do to make Halloween a healthier day for kids.



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Georgia May Jagger Wears Lingerie for Terry Richardson



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Maryna Linchuk Sexy in Chantelle Lingerie 2013



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Chemists Show Life on Earth Was Not a Fluke (Op-Ed)

Now scientists have used a set of these biomolecules to show one way in which life might have started. They found that these molecular machines, which exist in living cells today, don’t do much on their own.



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Hard Evidence: Is Open Access Working? (Op-Ed)

It remains difficult to be certain of the exact amount of academic research sitting behind paywalls, but the toll-access model still dominates.



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Keyara Red Hot Bikini Body on the Beach in Malibu



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Spectral Visions | Space Wallpaper

The ghostly Boomerang Nebula, called the 'coldest place in the universe,' reveals its true shape in this amazing space wallpaper from the giant ALMA radio telescope.



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Jessica Kingham Topless Photoshoot for Loaded Magazine 2013



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Was the Early Moon Made of Magma 'Mush'?

The young moon may have been a magma "mush" for hundreds of millions of years before it solidified, a scientist says.



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Brown Recluse Spider Bite: Rare-Disease Drug Could Thwart Deadly Toxins

A drug that treats rare blood diseases may also help people bitten by the poisonous brown recluse spider, who develop a life-threatening loss of blood cells, a new study finds.



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Spooky Nebula is Coldest Known Object in Universe (Photo)

A ghostly nebula shining about 5,000 light-years from Earth is also the coldest object in the universe.



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Nip/Tuck? Soldiers Seek Liposuction to Pass Military's Fat Test

Some soldiers in the U.S. military desperate to maintain good standing sometimes turn to plastic surgery as a way to maintain the Defense Department's strict standards for body fat and fitness, according to news reports.



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Sandy Snapshot: A Look Back at Hurricane's Fallout

Hurricane Sandy made landfall on Oct. 29, 2012, sending floodwaters pouring across the densely populated barrier islands of Long Island and the Jersey shore, including Breezy Point in the Rockaways, Queens.



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Kelly Brook for New Look 2013 Lingerie Collection



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'Minicomputers' Live Inside the Human Brain

The brain may be an even more powerful computer than before thought — microscopic branches of brain cells that were once thought to basically serve as mere wiring may actually behave as minicomputers, researchers say.



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5 Things Hurricane Sandy Changed for Good

Some people and places may never be the same since Superstorm Sandy. Here are five ways Hurricane Sandy totally changed the East Coast.



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Water, Not Wind, Makes Storms Like Sandy Dangerous

Flooding from storm surge has caused more deaths during hurricanes than any other hurricane threats combined since 1900, and yet the National Hurricane Center has not yet devised a system of categorizing storm surge.



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Hurricane Sandy's Impact (Infographic)

A by-the-numbers look at the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.



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Selena Gomez Super Hot Bikini Body in Miami



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Amazing Animation Shows Earthquake Ripple Across US

Incredibly sensitive seismic stations spread across the United States captured what it looks like when there's an earthquake right next door. The ripples spread across the continent, revealing the quake's orientation and motion.



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Giant Armadillos Create Homes for Other Animals

Giant armadillos live up to their name, growing up to five feet long and digging holes up to 16 feet deep. These burrows serve as homes for a wide variety of animals in the Amazon.



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Giant Oarfish Dissected! Worms, Eggs Found Inside

Researchers have dissected the two deep-sea oarfish that washed ashore in southern California this month. So far, they found that one was teeming with worms and the other was about to have babies.



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Invasive Earthworms Harming Great Lakes Forests

Gardeners may love earthworms, but in forests near the Great Lakes, the creatures are alien invaders that change soils and destroy the forest understory.



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Earthquake Ripples Across the United States

Six nearly identical earthquakes that occurred in the Gulf of California over a period of several years reveal how earthquake waves, too subtle to be felt by humans, ripple across the United States over the course of 20 minutes.



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Scientist's Quest: Save Forgotten US Missile Sites

Inspired by a hometown link to the Nike Missiles, one man hopes to preserve a visual record of the launch sites before they vanish.



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Johanna Lundback in Nelly Swimwear and Lingerie Fall 2013



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Ariel Winter Gets Her Chest Tattooed in LA



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Slaughterhouses Aren't the Solution for Horse Overpopulation (Op-Ed)

Leadership of the Navajo Nation recently changed course to oppose wild horse slaughter.



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Forbidden City: Home to Chinese Emperors

The Forbidden City in Beijing is a palace complex that was the home of 24 Chinese emperors for 500 years. It is now a museum.



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There’s Gold In Them, Thar Hills -- And Toxic Mercury

Detritus from the Gold Rush is heading toward America’s food basket.



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Google's Crisis Map: Can Technology Save Us From Nature? (Op-Ed)

According to Google, the project’s goal is to provide easily accessible and reliable information about the location of current fires, their size, listings of fire warnings, as well as to issue alert messages to users.



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Weather Experiments | Science Fair Projects

In these experiments, you will be making some observations that will help you gain a better understanding of weather.



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Female Dogs Are Better Navigators (Op-Ed)

For pet dogs, the best navigation skills apparently belong to the females.



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In Photos: Nike Missile Sites Leave Footprints

Google Earth and air photos reveal the abandoned sites once dotted with read-to-launch Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules missiles.



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DIY Projects Linked with Lower Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

For older adults, gardening and "do-it-yourself" home activities like fixing up the house may cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study from Sweden suggests.



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Facts About Hassium

Properties, sources and uses of the element hassium.



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Can New Wristband 'Sense' What You're Eating?

A new activity tracker claims to be able to analyze what you eat using a sensor on the wrist — no food diaries needed — but experts are skeptical of the claim.



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Astronaut Spies Mount Etna Eruption from Space

Mount Etna's latest burst of volcanic activity can be seen from space. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg spied a plume of ash from Mount Etna trailing over Sicily from her post aboard the International Space Station.



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Watching Me Watching You (And Liking It): Surveillance Isn't All Bad

Is there an element of surveillance which an individual may find acceptable – or even desirable?



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Hurricane Sandy's Toll on Health

The unprecedented nature of Hurricane Sandy — which struck the East Coast one year ago this week — led to a significant health and mental-health impact that continues today, experts say.



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How Do You Get Pink Eye?

Pink eye, also known as conjunctivitis, develops when the transparent membrane, or conjunctiva, lining the eyelid and the white part of the eyeball gets inflamed. You can get pink eye from someone else if their bacterial or viral infection passes to you.



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Claudia Romani Butt Cheeks Peeking Out Under Miami Heat Dress



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Madonna Topless Photos from 1978 Bob Guccione Collection



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Jade Foret Pregnant Bikini Body on the Beach in Miami



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Fran Drescher Goes Braless for a Walk in Malibu



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Images: Small Worlds Come to Life in Stunning Photos

Amazing images come from the 2013 Nikon Small World Competition.



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Is Sugar a Drug? Addiction Explained

Some studies claim to find junk food as addictive as drugs, but experts say that what actually determines the addictive nature of a substance, and whether an individual becomes addicted, is complex.



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How Sandy Storm Damage Became NYC Playground

A year after Hurricane Sandy devastated New York City, some of the trees that were damaged by the storm have been repurposed for public use, in an art exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and a public playground in Prospect Park.



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Photos: Sandy's Wreckage, Now a Playground

Hurricane Sandy toppled thousands of trees across New York City. In one corner of Brooklyn, two new installations have been built in the past year to put some of the downed trees to use.



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Sydney Leathers Topless Pole Dancing Pics in Long Island



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Kim Kardashian Big Cleavage in White Lace for Her Birthday at Tao in Vegas



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Ghouls Around the World: 5 Spooky Ghost Traditions

From the soulless Jewish monster created from soil to the cannibal ghouls of Native American cultures, here are several spooky ghost traditions from around the world.



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Alessandra Ambrosio as a Sexy Red Devil in Jean Shorts in Santa Monica



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Alessandra Ambrosio, Jessica Lowndes, Kelly Brook and More at a Halloween Party in Beverly Hills



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Why Do Dogs Eat Poop?

Though it may be unsettling to humans, the act of eating feces, or coprophagia, is a common behavior among dogs. But why do dogs eat poop?



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'Mint List' to Offer Porn Apps, Videos for Chrome Users

The company behind Android's first porn app store has now done the same for Chrome — using the latest tech to protect user privacy.



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Active Sun Fires Off 3rd Huge Solar Flare in 3 Days (Video)

The sun has just unleashed another major solar flare, the third of its kind in three days, scientists say. The huge solar storm occurred late Sunday at 10:03 p.m. EDT (0203 Oct. 28 GMT). It registered as an X-class solar flare.



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Women May Be Better Than Men ... At Multitasking

Anecdotal evidence has long supported the hypothesis that the fair sex is also the "do-a-bunch-of-things-at-the-same-time" sex. And now a study out of the U.K. helps to support the idea women are better at multitasking than men.



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Canyon of Fire | Space Wallpaper

A magnetic filament of solar material erupted on the sun in late September, breaking the quiet conditions in a spectacular fashion as seen in this amazing space wallpaper — dubbed a “canyon of fire” by NASA officials.



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Hurricane Sandy Brought Surge in Carbon Monoxide Poisonings





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Lady Gaga Strips Nekkid on Stage in London



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Kylie and Kendall Jenner Stopping by Pinkberry With Friends



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Yellowstone's Killer Hazard: Earthquakes, Not Eruptions

A supervolcano blasting Yellowstone National Park to smithereens may capture the imagination, but the region's real risk comes from earthquakes.



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Rosie Jones Topless for Nuts VIP October 2013



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Paris Hilton Booty Cheeks Showing in Bones Stretch Pants



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Paris Hilton Dressed as Miley from VMAs for Playboy Halloween Party



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