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Παρασκευή 31 Ιανουαρίου 2014

Wow! The Most Amazing Images in Science This Week

New pyramids in Giza, an amazing eruption and seal pups passing time are just a few of our favorites.

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Ishtar Gate: Grand Entrance to Babylon

The Ishtar Gate was one of eight gateways that provided entry to the inner city of Babylon.

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When Wildlife TV Programs Hurt the Wildlife (Op-Ed)

Allegations of abuse at Animal Planet raise questions about wildlife programs.

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Flow Battery Breakthrough May Boost Green Energy Storage (Video)

Using flow batteries, wind and solar power may soon be stored on site.

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Does Polar Vortex Mean 'So Much for Global Warming?' (Op-Ed)

In addition to cold, the Polar Vortex is also tied to record heat.

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Open Wide: 3D-Printed Foods Made to Eat: Photos

Impressive edibles that emerged from 3-D printers.

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Off-Road Wheelchair Helps People with Disabilities Get Off-Road and On With Their Lives (Op-Ed)

A new off-road wheelchair, designed after years of trials, is helping people with disabilities in developing nations navigate rural roads.

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Kurara Horie Topless in a Red Bikini Photoshoot

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Candice Swanepoel Bikinis for Victorias Secret January 2014

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Extradition: Will Amanda Knox Be Returned to Italy?

In one of the most sensational murder trials in recent memory, an Italian court has found Amanda Knox guilty of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, but experts believe the framework surrounding the extradition process may work in Knox's favor.

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Super Bowl Safety: TV Tip-Overs Can Be Deadly, Group Warns

Every 45 minutes, a child is brought to emergency room in the United States after television tip-over, and about every three weeks, one of those children dies. To prevent TV-related injuries, Feb. 1 was declared National TV Safety Day.

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Yu Da Xiao Jie Covered Topless Sexy Photoshoot

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Lisa Opie Shows Her Stunning Figure in a Bikini Shoot on Miami Beach

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Shakira’s New Video ‘Remember to Forget You’ ft. Rihanna Screencaps

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Americans' Mental Health is Latest Victim of Changing Climate (Op-Ed)

Americans facing worsening natural disasters are showing signs of increased mental anguish, say psychologists.

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Backyard Hockey A Bellwether For Climate Change

Volunteers track shifts in temperature with their homemade rinks.

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New Look | Space Wallpaper

This amazing space wallpaper of the star formation region NGC 6334 is one of the first scientific images from the ArTeMiS instrument on APEX.

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How to Get Ants to Solve a Chess Problem (Op-Ed)

Ants use a certain pattern, or algorithm, to forage for food. This algorithm can be used to tackle many types of problems.

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Mr. Skin Minute Topless Screencaps for January 31, 2014

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Flow Battery Could Store Wind, Solar Power For Later Use | Video

A big roadblock for renewable energy like solar and wind is that sometimes the power isn't there when you need it (like at night) or there's too much (like a windy day). Researchers at Harvard believe 'flow' battery technology could solve this issue.

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Lemur Parents Start to Smell Like Each Other

Maybe you've seen couples that start to look like each other, but lemurs in love actually start to smell alike. Lemurs mimic their mate's scent-marking habits, and after they've had babies, the primate couples even start to give off similar aromas.

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Where is the Proof in Pseudoscience? (Op-Ed)

Key distinctions between science and pseudoscience are often lost in discussion, and sometimes this makes the public acceptance of scientific findings harder than it should be.

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The Best Medical Alert Systems for Keeping Seniors Safe

Medical alert systems can keep seniors living independently longer with the knowledge that help is only the push of a button away. These systems are important given the danger of falls among older adults.

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Super Bowl Science: How Cold Weather Could Affect the Big Game

Football fans hoping for a snowy Super Bowl on Sunday may be out of luck, but temperatures for the Big Game could still dip to chilly lows, meaning players and spectators should take care to protect themselves from the wintry conditions, experts say.

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EPA: New Mine Threatens Half World's Wild Sockeye Salmon (Op-Ed)

A proposed minerals mine and sockeye salmon fishing don't mix, says a new EPA report.

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Jennifer Lawrence in Bodypaint for Empire Magazine March 2014

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Sarychev: Photos of a Spectacular Eruption

See one of the most eye-popping shots of a volcanic eruption ever captured from space.

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Super Bowl Ads Symbolize A Positive Cultural Shift for Animals (Op-Ed)

The Super Bowl, horses, Doberhuahuas, and the power of positive messages.

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Courtney Stodden Shows Off Her Sporty Side in a Bikini in LA

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Ashley Benson In Daisy Dukes Out For Coffee In LA

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Katelynn Ansari Bikinis on the Beach in Malibu

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Coldest Spot In Known Universe In Space Station? | Video

An atomic refrigeration, aka Cold Atom Lab, is slated to be delivered to ISS in 2016. They hope to discover new forms of matter and new quantum phenomenon.

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Super Bowl Space Tech: NASA Makes the Big Game Possible

From helmets to headsets to football-players-turned astronauts, NASA and the Super Bowl have a number of things in common.

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On Mars, NASA's Curiosity Rover Seeks Smoother Road to Reduce Wheel Damage

Curiosity's handlers are driving the 1-ton rover more cautiously now and are checking the condition of its wheels frequently. The rover team is also considering accessing a smoother, less rocky route to the foothills of Mount Sharp.

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11 Amazing Images in Medicine

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Did Alien Life Evolve Just After the Big Bang?

Alien microbes might have been crawling around on exoplanets just 15 million years after the Big Bang — and 10 billion years before life popped up on Earth.

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Do Older People Have More Body Odor?

Body odor does change as we age, studies show. In general, odor comes from the breakdown of apocrine sweat by bacteria on the skin.

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Melanie Iglesias Looks Hot in FHM India February 2014

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Snack Down: The Rise and Fall of Super Bowl Snack Foods

Much of the recent changes in U.S. snacking behavior result from America's altered demographics. Hispanics now make up more than a quarter of the U.S. population, and Hispanic-style foods are expected to be an $11 billion market by 2017.

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Reader Finds January 31, 2014 Includes Rosie Jones, India Reynolds, Daisy Lowe, and More

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Πέμπτη 30 Ιανουαρίου 2014

Weather Prediction's Come a Long Way Since Super Bowl I (Op-Ed)

Game day is looking good, something fans in 1967 couldn't hope to predict.

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For Prostate Cancer, Radiation Complications May Outweigh Risks (Op-Ed)

Is surgery a better option than radiation treatment for prostate cancer?

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Did Life Begin In A Drop of Water?

The first hefty organic molecules may have formed within tiny droplets.

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What Does Google Want with DeepMind? Here are Three Clues (Op-Ed)

Although solid information is thin on the ground, you can get an idea of what the purchase might be leading to, if you know where to look.

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For Many Sports Fans, It's Not 'Just A Game'

The Super Bowl is not just any game — but it's not the only game, either.

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As Plant Virus Jumps to Bees, Does it Cause Colony Collapse?

A plant virus has jumped kingdoms and is now infecting bees.

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Kimberley Garner in a Red and White Bikini in Saint Barts

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Amy Markham Sexy Topless Photoshoot for GQ Italy

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Where's My Roof? Why Northern Football Stadiums Go Topless

For the first time, the Super Bowl will be played in a cold-weather city in a stadium without a roof. Why are so many football stadiums in cold climates open to the elements?

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Caught on Camera: Ice-Dwelling Sea Anemone

The underside of the Ross Ice Shelf held more than just a view of the ice.

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In Photos: NFL Stadiums That Have Hosted the Super Bowl

It's Super Bowl time. See the feats of engineering that hold tens of thousands of football fans each year.

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Miley Cyrus: MTV Unplugged in Hollywood

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Summer Sea Levels Rising Fast Along Florida's Gulf Coast

Summer high tides are getting higher in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, boosting the destructive power of hurricanes.

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Snowy Owl Hit By Bus in Washington

A snowy owl that's become somewhat of a local celebrity in Washington, D.C., was hit by a bus today (Jan. 30), but survived. It's being cared for at the National Zoo.

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Video Game Can Teach Kids Signs of Stroke

A short video game may help children understand how to identify the signs of a stroke, and call 911 if they witness one, a new study suggests.

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Sextastic Twitpic Roundup Includes Chantel Jeffries, Anastasia Ashley, Gisele Bundchen, and More

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Nora Arnezeder Sunbathing Topless in Spain

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Yellowstone Geyser Erupts For First Time in Years

For the first time in more than two years, Yellowstone National Park's impressive Giantess Geyser is erupting. Rangers can't predict when this irregular geyser will blow.

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One-Way Sound - Scientists Make Audio Diode | Video Illustration

A tiny fan moves air carrying acoustic pressure waves, guiding them to output ports which do not allow a return path. Think of this as a one-way mirror for sound spies.

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Old Sunspot Pops New Flare-Crackling Tricks + A Lunar Transit | Video

The sunspot cluster (now called Region 1967) that exploded with m and x class flares at the beginning of January 2014 has returned with m-class crackle. The Moon orbits between Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Sun as well.

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New Cholesterol Guidelines: How to Make Sense of Them

The new guidelines about who should take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have become a source of controversy. Here's a look at what you need to know about the changes to the guidelines.

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Nina Agdal Gets Sexy for Terry Richardson

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Emily Ratajkowski Heats Up Revolve Clothing Spring 2014 Campaign

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Methane Rising As Funding Cuts Threaten Monitoring Network

Levels of methane, a climate-changing greenhouse gas, have been rising since 2007. But federal budget woes are shrinking the monitoring network that tracks greenhouse gases such as methane.

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Spy Device? One-Way Sound Machine Created

A new device uses spinning air to create one-way sound, where people on one end of a device can hear, but they themselves cannot be heard.

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New Anemone Discovered That Lives In Antarctica's Ice | Video

Researchers made a startling discovery — an entirely new species of sea anemone living inside the ice.

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Mysterious Underwater 'Fairy Rings' Explained

They're not the work of World War II bombs or aliens or fairies. Instead, mysterious underwater rings spotted off the coast of Denmark are the result of poison, biologists say.

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Astronaut Captures Amazing View of Sarychev Volcanic Eruption

Incredible image of a volcanic eruption captured from an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.

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Page 3 Topless Battle: Kelly Hall vs India Reynolds

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'Darwin Day' Would Celebrate Father of Evolution

United States Representative Rush Holt (Dem., NJ) wants to designate Feb. 12 as "Darwin Day," to honor Charles Darwin's contributions to science and humanity.

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To Date, Particle Supercollider Detects No Evidence Of Dark Matter

Future experiments will continue to search for missing-matter particles.

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Some Babies Mistakenly Injected with Oral Vaccine

Some health care providers make mistakes while administering the rotavirus vaccine, giving the vaccine as a shot instead of placing drops in the mouth as is required.

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Bringing Mars Rover Design Down to Earth (Video)

To prepare a rover for Mars, where do you test it on Earth?

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What Is Communism?

Though the term "communism" can refer to specific political parties, at its core, communism is an ideology of economic equality through the elimination of private property.

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Facial-Recognition Tech Can Read Your Emotions

Using a simple digital camera, Emotient's software can analyze a human face and determine whether that person is feeling joy, sadness, surprise, anger, fear, disgust, contempt or any combination of those seven emotions.

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Image of the Day

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Southern Britain Soaking in Record Wet January

Atmospheric patterns have been keeping parts of southern England in a steady stream of rain

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Illuminated | Space Wallpaper

Light reflected off Saturn allows the Cassini spacecraft to capture both the back-lit plume and the surface of Enceladus in one shot as seen in this amazing space wallpaper.

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What Are Magnesium Supplements?

Magnesium supplements are touted as helping people with many different health conditions, however, does the science support these claims? LiveScience took a look.

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Color-Changing 'Sea Chameleons' Could Inspire New Military Camouflage

Cuttlefish are sometimes known as the "chameleons of the sea," for their ability to rapidly change colors and blend into their surroundings. Now, researchers are studying how this sophisticated camouflage system works.

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Captive Shark Ray Gives Birth to Septuplets

Sweet Pea, a shark ray, just gave birth to seven pups, making her the first shark ray in captivity to successfully give birth.

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Game Day Stress Relief Tips For The Fanatic | video

Are you screaming at the TV? Is your pulse racing when your team is down? Do you get violent during the game? - Here are some tips on making game day more enjoyable.

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Some Reasons Why You Should Avoid Sleeping Pills (Op-Ed)

We’ve known for a long time that hypnotic drugs are not good to take at length due to habit-forming issues, now evidence is mounting that they also increase the risk of premature death.

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3 Tips for Keeping Teens Healthy

The teen years are a good time to establish healthy eating and exercise habits. Here are tips for encouraging your teens to be healthy.

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What's the Universe Made Of? Math, Says Scientist

Scientists have long used mathematics to describe the physical properties of the universe. But what if the universe itself is math? That's what cosmologist Max Tegmark believes.

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Τετάρτη 29 Ιανουαρίου 2014

Carmen Electra Cleavy at Lambertz Monday Night at Alter Wartesaal in Cologne

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What Are Complex Numbers?

Complex numbers are numbers that consist of two parts — a real number and an imaginary number.

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What is Atrial Fibrillation?

Atrial fibrillation is a heart condition caused by irregularities in the cardiac electrical signal. The condition can result in stroke or heart failure, but treatment is available.

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Advocates for Humane Treatment Welcome Scrutiny, If It's Honest (Op-Ed)

Animal advocacy can be controversial, but the conversation needs to be open and honest on all sides.

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Less Snow Threatens Antarctica's Fragile Ice Shelves

Climate change may soon put more ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula at risk of collapse, a new study finds

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New 'Swamp Monster' Skull Found in Texas

A long-snouted, toothy skull found in west Texas belongs to an unknown species of alligator-like creatures known as phytosaurs. These animals lived in what was once a swampy, forested environment.

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Numbers That Become Memes Can Be Dangerous to Society (Op-Ed)

Some numbers are both memorable and incorrect.

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Flying Snake Morphs into UFO Shape to Glide

A flying snake flattens its body into the cross-section of a flying saucer in order to stay airborne, and that shape is surprisingly aerodynamic, new research has found.

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In Images: A Flying Snake of Southeast Asia

The flying snake gets a bit of glide by splaying out its ribs and deforming itself into a frisbee cross-section, new research suggests.

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How Musicians Prevent Chaos In A String Quartet

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Diabetes and Pregnancy are a Dangerous Mix

As obesity rates rise, so do the complications of diabetes during pregnancy.

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What Happens When You Die?

There's only one group of people who really know what happens when you die: the dead. And since the dead won't be revealing their secrets anytime soon, it's up to scientists to explain what happens when a person dies.

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For Men with ADHD, Taking Meds May Mean Fewer Car Accidents

Adults with ADHD are more likely to have traffic accidents than people without this condition, but they may be safer on the road if they take medication, according to a new study from Sweden.

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Girl's Back Hair Was Sign of Spine Problems

A young girl’s thick back hair was actually a sign of spine problems, according to a new report of the case.

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Rains Spurred by Climate Change Killing Penguin Chicks

Increased rainfall associated with climate change has increased the rate of chick mortality in Argentinean penguin colonies, according to a new study.

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Images: Downy Magellanic Penguin Chicks Suffer From Hypothermia

Without waterproof plumage to keep them dry, Magellanic penguin chicks suffer from hypothermia during intense rain storms.

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Weight at Age 5 Predicts Obesity Risk in Middle School

Kids who are overweight in kindergarten often become obese by the time they're in middle school, a new study finds.

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What Causes Skin Tags?

The common skin growth called a skin tag, or acrochordon, usually develops in folds of skin and causes little to no harm. Still, these growths can be irritating, and doctors can easily remove them.

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'Diaper Rash' Fungus Resistant To Cream In Space | Video

Candida yeast, producer of diaper rash and thrush, was experimented on in the microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station in 2012. Principal investigator Sheila Nielson-Preiss talks about the findings.

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California Communities Could Soon Run out of Water

Small rural communities across the state could see their water run out in as little as two months, a new report from the California Department of Public Health suggests.

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Colorado's Highest Peaks Re-Named After Super Bowl Team

For a limited time, Pikes Peak is Joel Dressen Peak and Colorado's highest mountain will bear Peyton Manning's name as the governor of Colorado finds an appropriately outdoorsy way to honor the Super Bowl-bound Broncos football team.

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Florida's Rat-Saving Labors Aren't Paying Off

Apparently rats raised at Disney aren't prepared for the real world. A new study warns that Florida's efforts to breed endangered Key Largo woodrats in captivity are doomed.

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What Is Norovirus?

Once again, a cruise ship is limping into port carrying hundreds of passengers and crew sickened by norovirus. But what exactly is norovirus, and why does it spread so easily on cruise ships?

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Grey is the New Black Hole: Is Stephen Hawking Right? (Op-Ed)

Over the past few days, the media has cried out the recent proclamation from Stephen Hawking that black holes, a mystery of both science and science fiction, do not exist.

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Simulating Mars Terraforming, on Earth (Video)

If astronauts are to terraform Mars, agriculture may rely on Earth microbes improving Martian soil.

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First-Ever Weather Map of Failed Star Reveals Patchy Alien Clouds

For the first time, scientists have created a map of the surface of a failed star. The map shows the weather on the surface of WISE J104915.57-531906.1B (called Luhman 16B for short), the nearest brown dwarf to Earth.

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2 Poems by Greek Writer Sappho Discovered on Papyrus

The stunningly preserved papyri reveal two new poems by the Greek poetess, one of which details concern for a sea-faring man, and another beseeching Aphrodite's help in love.

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Photo Gallery: Snow Paralyzes the South

A winter storm caused gridlock as far south as Alabama, when snow turned to ice on streets and people abandoned their vehicles.

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Lucy Anne Goes Topless for Selfie Photoshoot

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Selena Gomez Wears Tight Pants to 7-11 in Encino

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Amber Heard Heats Up Jalouse Magazine February 2014

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Jo Evans Topless Striptease in Nylons

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Julissa Bermudez Flaunts Her Bikini Body in Miami

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Fernanda Uesler in a Watermelon Print Bikini at Miami Beach

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At Least 20% of Your DNA Is Neanderthal

Some 300 sexual hookups between Neanderthals and modern humans could explain the lurking caveman DNA, say the scientists who found those genes have influenced humans' skin and hair.

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Lacey Banghard Topless Shoot for Zoo Magazine January 2014

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Lea Michele Out for a Jog in Runyon Canyon

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Bizarre Magnetic Particle Revealed in Ultra-Cold Lab Experiment

A behavior predicted by the famous physicist Paul Dirac in 1931 has been shown in a system of ultracooled atoms in the lab. The system mimics a magnetic monopole, which has only one pole, passing through an electron.

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Testosterone Again Linked to Heart Risks

For some men, taking testosterone may triple the risk of having a heart attack, according to a new study.

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Deep Freeze, Snow Paralyzes Deep South

Rarely-used snowplows have been getting a workout in parts of the Deep South, which is blanketed by up to 3 inches of snow in some areas. (Jan. 29)

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A New Method for Making Stem Cells

Scientists have found a new way to create cells that have the ability to turn into any type of tissue, using mouse cells. If the method works for human cells, it could ultimately be used to create tissue for transplant and to study diseases like cancer.

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Primeval 'Devil Frog' May Have Sported Anti-Dinosaur Armor

A gigantic, Cretaceous-era frog sported spiky protrusions on the back of its skull and plated armor down its back, likely to protect it from all the dinosaurs and crocodiles that roamed Earth at the time.

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Ancient Fossil Reef | Wallpaper

This wallpaper shows Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. The park safeguards the world's finest example of a fossilized reef, a surprisingly complex and unique assemblage of flora and fauna, and West Texas' only legally designated wilderness.

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Hong Kong to Destroy More Than 30 Tons of Ivory

Following in the footsteps of China and the United States, conservation officials in Hong Kong announced that they will destroy their stockpile of confiscated ivory, burning more than 30 tons (28 tonnes) of elephant tusks and other ivory items.

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Inside Stephen Hawking: PBS Documentary Explores Famed Scientist's Life Tonight

On the heels of his bombshell claim that black holes — as scientists have traditionally thought of them — may not exist, Stephen Hawking will tell the story of his life in a new documentary that premieres tonight (Jan. 29) at 10:00 p.m. EST on PBS.

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NASA's Weird RoboSimian Robot May Save Human Lives One Day (Video)

RoboSimian was one of 16 robots that competed last month in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials in Homestead, Fla. The two-day competition was designed to test the robots' abilities to carry out basic disaster-relief tasks.

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Stephen Hawking's New Black Hole Theory: Scientists Remain Unconvinced

Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has shaken up the popular science world with his newest study about the basic nature of black holes, but is his idea revolutionary? Some scientists aren't convinced.

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Τρίτη 28 Ιανουαρίου 2014

What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational therapists help patients conduct the activities of daily life that give them meaning.

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What is Diclofenac (Voltaren)?

Diclofenac is often used to treat pain, tenderness, swelling and stillness resulting from various types of arthritis.

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Squatters Rights: Why Do Humans Need Toilet Paper and Animals Don't? (Op-Ed)

Animals don't use toilet paper, and don't need it, because they don't walk tall.

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New Baby Boom? How Global Birthrates Could Bounce Back

Globally, the number of births per woman is dropping. But the decline in fertility rates may not persist in the long run, new research suggests. It's possible that birth rates could come bouncing back.

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Why Generous Donors Give Anonymously

People give both big and small donations anonymously because they are embarrassed to violate the social norms of what's an acceptable donation level, new research suggests.

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China's War on Thought is Being Waged in Western Universities (Op-Ed)

No scholar interested in promoting knowledge could argue against some kind of educational exchanges between China and the west.

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Preterm Birth Linked with Asthma

Babies who are born prematurely may be at increased risk for developing asthma or another type of wheezing disorder later in childhood, a new study finds.

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Whale of a Tale: Rare Marine Fossil Found at School

A fossil sitting in plain sight on a California private school campus may be a previously unknown species of extinct sperm whale. Paleontologists are set to begin analyzing the rare fossil.

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Take a Mock Mission to 'Mars' with MarsCrew134 (Video)

This week, a team of scientists and engineers began a two-week field simulation of a mission to Mars.

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Anne Vyalitsyna in Lingerie for Esquire Magazine February 2014

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Ashley Benson Heats Up Cosmopolitan Magazine March 2014

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Elizabeth Marxs Topless Cowgirl Playboy Photoshoot

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The Myth of Age-Related Cognitive Decline

The tide is changing in our understanding of old age.

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Green and Ghostly Northern Lights Haunt Norway Mountains (Photo)

The northern lights dance across the sky, creating an ethereal glow that illuminates the darkness, in this jaw-dropping photo taken from Norway.

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Looking Forward to the Past: What Fossils Tell Us About Extinction (Op-Ed)

The impact of European settlement on Australia was so massive that many mammals disappeared before anyone noticed they were there, but fossils from the past 10,000 years offer excellent evidence of pre-European fauna.

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Courtney Stodden Big Cleavage in a Black Dress in West Hollywood

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Scratching Away at the Mystery of Itch

Itching can be annoying, but like pain, a little bit can be a good thing. Itching can help people learn to avoid dangers like mosquitoes carrying malaria, or poison ivy. But many people suffer from chronic itch, which has no direct cause and can be a debi

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Kate Beckinsale Leggy in a Short Dress at Warner Music Group Grammys Afterparty

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Nina Agdal Bikinis in Martha Rey for The La Boheme

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Earth's Conveyor Belts Trap Oceans of Water

At subduction zones, where one plate bends deep beneath another, the sinking plate can carry more than an ocean's worth of water into the mantle over billions of years.

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Futuristic Bra Only Opens For 'True Love'

This Japanese bra springs open when it detects an amorous heart rate.

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Testosterone May Help Boost Women's Low Libido

Women who experience a drop in libido after taking antidepressants might be helped by testosterone therapy, a new study from Australia suggests.

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Cheers! Video Reveals Bubbly Science Behind Brewing Beer

Fascinating time-lapse video shows bubbly brewing process of a seasonal strong ale.

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Irina Shayk Looks Hot at ‘Desigual’ Winter 2014 Collection Launch in Barcelona

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Emily Didonato Covered Nekkid in Vogue Spain February 2014

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Ruins of Bustling Port Unearthed at Egypt's Giza Pyramids

The port and barracks for sailors or military troops would've been in use while the pyramids were being built some 4,500 years ago. The findings suggest the area was a central port for the generations of three pharaohs, Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure.

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Newly Discovered Brain Region Helps Make Humans Unique

Scientists have found a part of the human brain known as the lateral frontal pole prefrontal cortex, that seems to be unique in humans.

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27 Dimensions! Physicists See Photons in New Light

Researchers have directly measured a photon's 27-dimensional quantum state, which could make it simpler to build quantum-mechanical technologies such as quantum computers and unbreakable codes.

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Famous Amnesia Patient's Brain Cut into 2,401 Slices

A new examination of the brain of Patient H.M. — the man who became an iconic case in neuroscience when he developed a peculiar form of amnesia after a brain surgery in 1953 — shows that his surgeon removed less of his brain than previously thought.

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Slicing of the Brain of Patient H.M.

After H.M.'s death in 2008, Jacopo Annese and his colleagues at the Brain Observatory in San Diego dissected his frozen brain into 2,400 thin slices, to learn about his brain lesions.

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Sexual Problems Affect Young Adults Too

Sex problems do not only affect middle age and older people — teens and young adults have difficulties with sex too, a new study from Canada shows.

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Fleeting Fiery Plumes | Space Wallpaper

This space wallpaper, snapped by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the star HD 184738, also known as Campbell’s hydrogen star.

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The North Star Polaris Is Getting Brighter

Far from remaining steady, the North Star has grown as much as 4.6 times brighter over the last 2,000 years.

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Strange, Hypervelocity Stars Get Ejected from Milky Way

Scientists have found twenty sun-like stars moving fast enough to escape the galaxy.

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What is Short-Term Memory Loss?

Short-term memory loss occurs when a person can remember incidents from 20 years ago but is fuzzy on the details of things that happened 20 minutes prior. Medical conditions and injuries can cause short-term memory loss.

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Graphene Condoms: Super Thin and Tough, But Is That Enough to Make People Have Safer Sex? (Op-Ed)

The proposal of an ultra-thin condom made from graphene and latex brings design of the contraceptive into the 21st century.

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Preserved Brain Cut In Thin Layers | Video

Patient H.M. brain cutting.

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Audrina Patridge Sideboob in a Dress at Republic Records Post Grammy Party in West Hollywood

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Sabine Jemeljanova Topless Secretary Nuts Shoot in January 2014

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Jessica Alba Booty in Jeans at Prix Body Piercing for a Tattoo in West Hollywood

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Ashley Tisdale Leggy at ‘That Awkward Moment’ LA Premiere

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Δευτέρα 27 Ιανουαρίου 2014

How Do We Know If Security Measures Work Against Terrorists?

Experts are working to develop evidence-based ways to measure anti-terrorism efforts.

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Why the Masculine Face? Genetic Evidence Reveals Drawbacks of Hyper-Masculine Features

Studying sex differences seldom gets boring.

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The Dangerously Fun Game of Bubble Soccer (Op-Ed)

Maybe we got it all wrong with those helmets and pads.

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Devastating Plague Strains Arose Twice, Could Return

Scientists say that the two great bubonic plagues — the Black Death (14th century) and the Plague of Justinian (6th century) — aren't connected after all, and were caused by different bacterial strains.

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Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos in Blue is the Warmest Color Screencaps

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Kids' Vitamins Often Exceed Recommended Doses

Young children who take vitamins may be consuming much greater levels of the nutrients than are recommended, a new study suggests.

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Holy Snow Rollers! Strange Snowballs Invade the US

A strange and rare winter weather marvel appeared overnight in Eastern states blasted by blustery winds — snow rollers, or snow sculpted into fanciful shapes such as doughnuts and hollow tubes.

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Jennifer Akerman Smoking Hot in Galore Magazine 2014

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Five Tips to Ward Off Cholesterol Confusion (Op-Ed)

Despite how cholesterol guidelines change, when it comes to heart health, there are clear steps to take.

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Study Shows Breast Cancer Survivors Improved Health With Yoga | Video

Yoga is commonly known to be a healthy way to improve flexibility, strength, and balance. A new study has shown it might have an even greater impact for breast cancer survivors by lowering inflammation and reducing fatigue.

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What Is Energy?

The universe is made up of matter and energy. What is energy? Matter — anything that has mass and takes up space — is pretty straightforward and easy to grasp, but energy is a bit more abstract.

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Humans Managed Rainforests of Southeast Asia for Thousands of Years

The "untouched" rainforests of Southeast Asia may have been more manhandled than previously thought, with humans burning forests to make way for food-bearing plants soon after the last ice age ended.

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Alena Blohm Covered Topless in Victoria’s Secret January 2014

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Real-Life Hit Men Nothing Like 'Sherlock' Shadowy Snipers

Contract killers are often paid a surprisingly small amount of money to kill people for petty personal reasons, contrary to television accounts of hit men, new research finds.

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$1.7 Million Personal Submarine Lets You 'Fly' Underwater

Adventurers with deep pockets can now explore the hidden depths of the ocean, thanks to a futuristic submarine that lets users "fly" underwater.

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Yoga Holds Benefits for Breast Cancer Survivors

For women who've had breast cancer, yoga may reduce inflammation in the body and lessen the grip of fatigue, a new study says.

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Black Holes Get Even Weirder with New Stephen Hawking Theory

To resolve a paradox between quantum mechanics and general relativity, Stephen Hawking has released a new paper arguing that light can, in fact, escape from black holes eventually, doing away with the notion of an event horizon.

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Gallery: DeepFlight Submarine 'Flies' Underwater

The DeepFlight Super Falcon, developed by Hawkes Ocean Technologies, is a two-seater submersible that enables passengers to "soar" underwater.

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How Fast Does Hair Grow?

Most studies measuring the rate of hair growth haven't taken into account the race of study participants. A 2005 study found a difference among races in the rate of hair growth. Asian hair grows the fastest, while African hair grows the slowest.

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Pesticide DDT Linked with Alzheimer's Disease

Exposure to the pesticide DDT, which was banned in the United States in the 1970s but is still found in the environment, may increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease, a new U.S. study suggests.

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Black Carbon Soot Greater in China, India Than Thought

A new black carbon inventory shows that exposure to this pollutant is 130 percent greater than previous estimates have suggested, according to a new report.

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Seal Island Webcam Livestreaming Newborn Pups

On a 65-acre island off the coast of northern Maine, hundreds of gray seals gather each year to give birth to and rear pups, and mate with other seals. Thanks to explore.org, viewers around the world can watch the adorable scene unfold on a live, high-def

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