Saturday, August 22, 2015

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Women are more likely than men to initiate divorce in the United States, but they are no more likely than men to initiate breakups in a dating relationship, a ..
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A 29-year-old woman went to the ER because she felt hysterical, and unable to calm down. But doctors soon found the true problem.
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Breakups can have severe emotional aftermath... or not. Here's a look at what science says about splitting up.
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Oil companies plan to extract billions of barrels of crude oil from beneath Alaskan lands and Arctic seas that are at risk for environmental damage.
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The corpse flower is a pungent plant that blooms rarely and only for a short time. While it is in bloom, the flower emits a strong odor similar to rotting meat..
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A new mathematical rule explains how simple, 3D curved surfaces — such as domes or saddles — can be folded and snapped into new positions or to form different ..
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The kelp gull has a few unsavory eating habits.
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To adjust to the incredibly parched conditions in the Golden State, Californians are pumping groundwater and causing the ground to sink even faster than expect..
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A so-called fire rainbow filled the sky with a haze of colors over Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday (Aug. 16) in a recent photo posted to Twitter by Tiffa..
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To treat Jimmy Carter's cancer, doctors will use one of the newest advances in cancer therapy — a class of drugs that turns the immune system against cancer.
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Get the science scoop on the animal kingdom's Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and Thing. Can you guess which animals make the cut?
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A 2-million-year-old skull unearthed in South Africa belongs to the earliest baboon ever found, a new study finds.
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The future is here, and it looks like a pair of robot legs that you control with your mind.
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Babies who are breastfed can build up worrying levels of a potentially harmful class of industrial chemicals, a new study finds.
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Ancient marks on 3.4-million-year-old animal bones were not caused by trampling — a finding that raises the odds that they were made by deliberate cutting by h..
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Addyi, the new libido-enhancing pill for women, was approved by the FDA, but many health care professionals are still skeptical about whether women really need..
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Most U.S. contact wearers engage in bad hygiene habits with their lenses that could increase the risk of eye infection, according to a new report.
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Something mysterious is happening on the surface of Pluto: No matter how much nitrogen the atmosphere releases into space, it's still chock-full of the stuff. ..
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The Atlantic just got its first hurricane of the season. According to the latest update from National Hurricane Center, Danny passed the hurricane test with wi..
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For the last few months, rumors have circulated that a big asteroid will slam into Earth near Puerto Rico between Sept. 15 and Sept. 28, wreaking widespread de..
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Graffiti in an ancient cave in China reveals a history of droughts in the region, and may portend climate troubles, new research suggests.
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LiveScience - 3 days ago
After nearly 10 years without a case of plague, California has seen two cases already this summer. What's behind the return of plague to the state?
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Physicists have created a so-called magnetic wormhole that transports a magnetic field from one point to the other without being detected.
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A frozen observatory has spotted ghostly, nearly massless particles coming from inside our galaxy and points beyond the Milky Way. Finding these cosmic neutrin..
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Controversial and more specific science pages on Wikipedia may contain less trustworthy, overly technical or limited information, research suggests.
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Photos reveal the huge laboratory under Antarctica's ice where detectors scan the heavens for ghostly particles called neutrinos.
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A rare bloom from a huge tropical plant has crowds in Denver waiting in line for hours.
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A towering corpse flower, or titan arum, is blooming in Denver. The teenage plant is a novice, as this is its first time opening up a flower bud, and generatin..
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Years of unrelenting drought are straining a large reservoir of water between Nevada and Arizona, new satellite images reveal.
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People who have fewer moles may be at higher risk for aggressive skin cancer than those with more moles, according to a new study.
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A marine scientist is dwarfed by what is being called the biggest shark ever caught on camera in a recent video taken near Mexico's Guadalupe Island. How did t..
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Vitamin B6 is important to maintaining a healthy body and developing a healthy brain.
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The "smart drug" modafinil improves performance on long and complex tasks, and also enhances decision-making and planning skills in certain people, a new study..
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Finally, there's a crowdfunding campaign for people who want to watch giant robots fight to the death.
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Megabots, Inc., a Boston-based company, is building a huge, human-operated "battle bot" for an upcoming robot duel.
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Although genetically modified organisms (GMOs) themselves don't appear to have ill effects on human health, some researchers argue that the herbicides used on ..
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Vomiting creates a fine spray of airborne virus particles, a vomit device proves.
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a "vomiting device" to study the transmission of norovirus -- the dreaded stomach bug that causes..
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The first-ever bloom of a stinky "corpse flower" in the Rocky Mountain region is happening here today (Aug. 19).
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LiveScience - 4 days ago
Dogs may play catch, obey commands and even share the occasional dessert with their owners, but can they understand simple interactions between people?
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The slender hummingbird tongue has been misunderstood for more than 180 years, a new study finds.
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New research has revealed that the hummingbird tongue "acts as a tiny pump" instead of the long-standing "capillary tube" belief. Several variety of hummingbir..
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The exact way hummingbird tongues work has long eluded scientists — until now.
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An outbreak of a rare and fatal brain disease tied to human growth hormone treatments in the 1950s through the 1980s continues even today, decades after the ho..
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Marijuana is burning in California, but nobody feels buzzed about it.
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Vitamin K is known as the “blood-clotting vitamin” for its important role in healing wounds.
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Certain spiders have evolved a novel way of gliding through their rainforest habitat.
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The "Flattie" spider (Selenops spp.) has the ability to change direction in mid-air by moving its front legs. They live in the tropical rain forest canopy and ..
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A river in Myanmar appears swollen with monsoon rain in a new photo taken from space.
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Teens who "vape," or use electronic cigarettes may be more likely to start smoking regular cigarettes than teens who have never tried e-cigarettes, according t..
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An astrophotographer spotted a beautifully-formed solar prominence that looks like a giant version of the famous Parisian landmark.
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Fossils of one of the oldest flowering plants on Earth date back to the early Cretaceous period, approximately 125 million to 130 million years ago.
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There are five medications approved in the U.S. for the long-term treatment of obesity, but none can take the weight off without the help of diet and exercise...
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Scientists have discovered the oldest known fossil of a hand bone yet to resemble that of a modern human. The hand belonged to an unknown human relative who wo..
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Officials are pulling out pieces of the CSS Georgia, a Confederate warship, from the depths of the Savannah River, 150 years after the ship's crew deliberately..
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The mystery surrounding the ancient rock paintings of Utah's Black Dragon Canyon has finally been solved.
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Creationists and researchers have long debated how to interpret the rock art adorning Black Dragon Canyon in Utah.
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A line of longitude on maps called the Prime Meridian of the World has shifted 334 feet to the east, thanks to satellite measurements.
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Using giant vats of organic liquid buried under a mountain in Italy, scientists have shed new light on the origins of ghostly particles known as neutrinos gene..
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For many parts of California, an end to the cycle of drought may just be wishful thinking.
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The most powerful laser beam ever created has been recently fired at Osaka University in Japan, where the Laser for Fast Ignition Experiments (LFEX) has been b..
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Two shocking accounts of doctors behaving inappropriately while their patients were under anesthesia came to light in an essay published today in a respected m..
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Soaking muscles in cold water after workout may do more harm than good, a new study finds.
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A 7,000-year-old mass grave holding at least 26 adults and children, many of them with smashed skulls and broken legs, is likely evidence of an early Neolithic..
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A fluffy, frondy plant that wouldn't look out of place in a lake today was one of the oldest flowering plants on Earth, new research finds.
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The bacteria in a pregnant woman's body may provide clues to her risk of going into labor early, according to a new study.
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The armored husk of a Confederate warship is being raised out of the depths of a Georgia river, 150 years after the ship's crew deliberately sunk it.
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A new study finds that shortly before a diagnosis of ALS, people with the condition have a higher calorie intake, but lower BMI, than people who don't develop ..
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A great white shark famously saved last month by Cape Cod beachgoers is likely still alive and swimming, said a shark expert.
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LiveScience - 6 days ago
Some parents of newborns are opting out of all shots for the baby shortly after birth and unknowingly turning down the Vitamin K injection.
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