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Meet The Researcher Whose Fake-Poop Project Could Save Your Life
Dirty JobsEmma Allen-Vercoe in the lab with collaboratorsCourtesy University of GuelphEmma Allen-Vercoe's fecal-transplant treatment could battle lethal gastrointestinal infections. Done with your...
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Big Pic: Check Out This Jumping Spider's Death Stare
Phidippus clarusSam Droege/USGS Bee Inventory and MonitoringHello, hairy little guy Meet Phidippus clarus, a common species of jumping spider uncommonly photographed in a portrait style by USGS Bee...
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What Pangaea Would Look Like With Today's Political Boundaries [Infographic]
Political PangaeaMassimoGoodbye, East Coast. About 300 million years ago, the supercontinent of Pangaea started to break apart into the continents we live on today. An Italian designer who goes by the...
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FYI: Just How Old is Dirt?
DirtFlickr/Josh LariosReally, really old "It depends on what you mean by dirt," says Milan Pavich, a research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. "The oldest sedimentary rocks are about 3.9...
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Dolphins Know Other Dolphins By Name Even After Decades Apart
Bottlenose DolphinsWikimedia CommonsEven humans have trouble remembering the names of people they met 20 years ago. But not dolphins! Last month, a study indicated that dolphins call each other by...
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Use These Apps To Help Inspectors Find Nuclear Warheads
Inspecting a Russian Nuclear SiteWikimedia CommonsWell, some day Inspecting nuclear weapons sites, while an important part of international treaties limiting a nation's number of warheads, can be...
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New Radiation Technique Spots Designer Knockoffs
New technology can now separate fake designer goods from the real thingDreamstimeCounterfeiters, beware. Making it through British customs with a shipment of knockoff designer duds might be getting a...
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Watch Two Apes Swim In A Pool
They look so happy! Most mammals, when they deign to take a dip, swim with a version of the doggy-paddle. The limbs move underneath the water, perpendicular to the water's surface, in a running motion....
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Crunching The Numbers On Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart 64NintendoSee what getting knocked into last place looks like in data form. To show off the capabilities of number-crunching tool Manta, programmer Dave Pacheco explains how he wired a...
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What Elle Magazine Got Wrong In Its Shoddy Takedown Of Genetically Modified Corn
Chipped CornA freshly chipped corn kernel.Courtesy MonsantoA Slate investigation finds no merit in one writer's claim that she's allergic to genetically modified corn. Genetically modified food has all...
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What Twins Reveal About The Science Of Faith
Twins and the "faith gene" DreamstimeStudies of twins suggest that faith is influenced by genes. I am frequently asked by journalists to recall the most surprising finding of our twin studies. The...
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Adorable Lemur Babies Fare Better If They Go To Kindergarten
Lemur mothers share childcare responsibilities with an "infant pool." Dive on in! For lemurs, putting the kids in kindergarten isn't just beneficial to the young 'uns--it provides necessary foraging...
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Why Do Stars Twinkle?
Stars appear to twinkle, planets don't. Here's why. Did you know you can distinguish between stars and planets in the sky?Stars twinkle, planets don't.Okay, that's not actually correct. The stars,...
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7 World-Saving Inventions From Art School Kids
A Kinetic Washing MachineIdrees Rasouli designed Qaf with the millions of people who wash clothes by hand in Afghanistan in mind. Essentially, it's a lawnmower/washing machine: push the clothes around...
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How Intel's New Processor Will Keep Your Gadgets Alive Longer
4th-Generation Core ProcessorsIntelThe U- and Y-series core processors can extend battery life by two hours, and keep devices moving faster than ever. In the world of chip design, there's one spec...
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FYI: How Often Do Astronauts Do Laundry?
The European Space Agency (ESA) has gotten to the bottom of the most pertinent question we hadn't been asking. Are all astronauts floating around in dirty underoos? The ESA's video team polled people...
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Is Kickstarter Hostile To Science?
A Weed That GlowsGlowing PlantBy discouraging a promising science project, Kickstarter could be encouraging corporate monopolies, enabling sloppy legislation, and keeping cool glow-in-the-dark plants...
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5 Sneaky Ways The NSA Spies On Americans
National Security Agency HeadquartersWikimedia CommonsThe U.S. government needs only three degrees of separation to look at Kevin Bacon's phone records. The U.S. National Security Agency remains at the...
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Can 'Brain Freeze' Cause Long-Term Brain Damage?
Brain FreezeGetty ImagesAnd is it already too late?! We've all sucked down a milkshake so quickly that it causes a sudden headache-the dreaded brain freeze. But . . . milkshake. Tasty. Must. Drink....
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8 Cool Civil War Artifacts
Lincoln Meets General McClellan Outside SharpsburgTaken October 3, 1862, this picture shows President Lincoln meeting with General George B. McClellan. Sharpsburg was the site of the battle better...
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