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You Can Name a Planet in Outrageous Contest

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:00:27 +0000

Earth, Mars, Neptune – how hard can it possibly be to name a planet?

Now’s your chance to find out.

Scientists Discover Green Jelly After Meteor Hits Russia

Mike Adams — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:00:42 +0000

Just days after a fiery meteor came crashing down on central Russia, scientists say they have now discovered a mysterious green jelly that may be some sort of space residue or “astral jelly,” a substance commonly associated with meteor showers.

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Falling Meteor Rocks Russia, Causing Injuries to 500 People

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:55:53 +0000

It may have looked like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, but a meteor racing across the sky in Russia had people scared out of their wits Friday morning.

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The Scientific Power of Thought

Kyle Dowling — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:00:22 +0000

Mind over matter, people! According to this video, when you change your mind, you physically change your brain.

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Doomsday Asteroid Officially Upgraded in Size

Mike Adams — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:30:30 +0000

An asteroid that scientists said could threaten Earth’s atmosphere in 2036 is now believed to be substantially larger than previously stated. In fact, astronomers currently studying the dreaded, potential doomsday rock say asteroid 'Apophis' has officially been supersized by about

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Why Don't We Have Faster-Than-Light Travel Yet?

Mike Adams — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:00:13 +0000

Traveling faster than the speed of light is a popular concept in the world of most science fiction, but still very much fiction. So why is it that with all of the technological advancements that actual science has made over the last century is faster-than-light travel nowhere within our reach?

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10 Amazing Facts About the Universe You Won't Believe

Carl Pettit — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:45:14 +0000

The universe is a pretty amazing place, from the unimaginably large, right down to the incredibly small. There’s an awful lot going on in this field we call "existence."

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10 Food Myths You Probably Believe

Ruth Waxman — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:00:22 +0000

All too often we get carried away believing (or worse, repeating) everything we are told and don't spend enough time questioning what's actually been said. We've picked 10 very common health mantras you hear everyday and weeded out the worst of the lies, because we want you to eat all the avocados. All of them.

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The Real Life Science Behind James Bond's Gadgets

Ruth Waxman — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:04:19 +0000

In anticipation of the upcoming release of 'Skyfall,' the 23rd installment of the James Bond franchise, we've explored five of our favorite Bond gadgets and put them to the test of reality. It's every guy's (and probably girl's) dream to have their own real life Q and his accompanying gadgets. But how many of these are accurate portrayals of reality and how many are far-flung fantasies that belong on the big screen?

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Get Off the Couch or Risk Getting Kidney Disease, Says Science

Donald Deane — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:42:39 +0000

Mom always told you to stop watching so much TV, get up off the couch and exercise more or you become a bum, right? Well, a new study by British researchers has uncovered something else that couch potatoes may need to be concerned about: kidney disease.

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Just How Rare Is an Actual Blue Moon? [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:05:17 +0000

Saying something only happens “once in a blue moon” typically means it’s extremely rare. True blue moons — defined as the second full moon in a month — aren’t actually that uncommon, but if you don’t catch the one on Aug. 31, it’ll be three years before you get another chance.

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Bill Nye the Science Guy vs. Creationism: 'I'm Not Attacking Religion'

Nick Romano — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:45:57 +0000

Bill Nye the Science Guy has taken the internet by storm with Twitter rumors that he was killed in a balloon accident (sparked by The Onion) and his new Web series for Big Think. Most recently, however, our favorite childhood TV scientist sparked a lively debate through his video blog, pitting science against creationism, and America, obviously, had something to say about it.

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Did Scientists Discover a New Human Species?

Shauna Wright — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:07:06 +0000

The cast of ‘Jersey Shore’ aside, there’s pretty much only one kind of human being these days — but according to a new scientific discovery, it may not have always been that way.

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15 Obvious Discoveries from the Least Surprising Scientific Studies

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:18:08 +0000

Science has done a lot of great things in our time. It’s brought mankind to the surface of the moon and back. It has given us a bountiful supply of food. It has created super-stretch waistbands on pants for people who are as big as the moon because they consume too much food.

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Mind Reading Isn't Just for 'X-Men' Anymore – Science Might Make It a Reality

Mike Adams — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:50:49 +0000

While mind reading has long since been a novelty among magicians, circus sideshows and Professor Xavier from the ‘X-Men’ franchise, a new study suggests that this once thought fictional ability is actually possible.

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Science May Help Bring Us One Step Closer to Communicating with Dolphins

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:30:13 +0000

Legend has it that humans and dolphins have long possessed some unspoken kinship. And now, we may be very close to actually being able to communicate with them.

Scientists are unveiling new findings at the Acoustical Society of America meeting in Hong Kong that could help them develop a special speaker that can take the cries and shrieks of dolphins and translate them into our human languages.

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How Can We Prove Bigfoot Is Real? How About Using DNA?

Mike Adams — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:42:55 +0000

A team of scientists from Oxford University and Switzerland’s Lausanne Museum of Zoology plan to use genetic testing in an attempt to prove the existence of Bigfoot.

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What Is a 'Supermoon' and Why Should You Care It's Coming Out This Weekend? [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:22:26 +0000

Amateur astronomers may want to dust off their telescopes, because a massive full moon — aka a “supermoon” — will arrive this weekend and it’ll be the year’s biggest.

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Do You Believe in Global Warming? – Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:39:58 +0000

Belief in global warming has hit a three-year high, which experts attribute to a warmer than usually winter in the US.

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Scientists Develop New Way To Treat Prostate, Pancreatic Cancer

Daryl Nelson — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:00:43 +0000

Researchers in Sweden may have developed new technology to properly monitor laser light therapy to treat prostate and pancreatic cancer.

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