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Scientists have for the first time determined the actual permeability of the asthenosphere in Earth's upper mantle, which is basically...

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Just like many categories of people, I've recently been (insistently) offered a free flu shot. I said no. Without going...

Since the Large Hadron Collider went back in business, all sort of rumors have been circling the scientific circles (and...

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The Siberian tiger is the biggest feline to walk the face of the Earth at the time, but if today's...

The researchers and engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider have smashed together for the first time protons, in what is...

The researchers from the Census of Marine Wildlife have accomplished a truly amazing task; they have inventoried a fantastic abundance...

Physicists from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) have demonstrated what they claim to be the first universal programmable...

Quartz is a hard mineral consisting of silicon and oxygen. It's one of the most common minerals in the Earth's...

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A study conducted by professor Joseph Forgas at the University of New South Wales showed that bad moods can actually...

The first experiments with this laser (Linac Coherent Light Source) have been given the green light at the Department of...

In 2005, a huge 35 mile rift broke the Ethiopian desert apart and immediately led to geological claims that a...

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Star clusters are among the pretties things you can see, when it comes to astrophysical observations. Recently, ESO provided some...

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Dr. Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa was doing some...

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An international team of researchers from the University of Leicester (UK), and the Geological Institute, Beijing (China) managed to identify...

Out of the 40.000 or more species of spiders found up to date, every single one of them is a...

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Man I tell you, you can never have enough mushrooms... it's really hard to put my finger on it, but...

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The response to the awesome phenomena article was amazing, I'd really like to thank you all! I was really surprised...