What Anthropic Reasoning Can Really Tell Us
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Anthropic reasoning is under debate in the scientific community, and is considered by some as a cop-out. It has now lost further ground as physicists show that anthropic conclusions mostly reflect our biases ...
Computer simulations strongly support new theory of Earth's core
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Swedish researchers present in today’s Web edition of the journal Science evidence that their theory about the core of the earth is correct. Among other applications, the findings may be of significance for ou ...
Researchers Hear the Sound of Quantum Drums
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Forty years ago, mathematician Mark Kac asked the theoretical question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?"
Extremophile Hunt Begins
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A team of scientists has just left the country to explore a very strange lake in Antarctica; it is filled with, essentially, extra-strength laundry detergent. No, the researchers haven't spilled coffee on ...
Earth's orbit creates more than a leap year
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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The Earth's orbital behaviors are responsible for more than just presenting us with a leap year every four years. According to Michael E. Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences ...
'Love Hormone' Promotes Bonding
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Gazing into your lover’s eyes isn’t only romantic; it may also mimic early attachments that forever alter your brain and body.
Researchers produce nanowires easier, faster than before
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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Sometimes simpler is better. Engineering researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a new way to produce ultra-thin electricity-conducting wire that is simpler and faster than existing processes.
Deep Impact Begins Hunt for Alien Worlds
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is aiming its largest telescope at five stars in a search for alien (exosolar) planets as it enters its extended mission, called Epoxi.
French paradox redux? U.S. vs. French on being full
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It's the French paradox redux: Why don't the French get as fat as Americans, considering all the baguettes, wine, cheese, pate and pastries they eat?
Listening for the cosmic symphony: New SU supercomputer will help scientists listen for black holes
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Scientists hope that a new supercomputer being built by Syracuse University's Department of Physics may help them identify the sound of a celestial black hole. The supercomputer, dubbed SUGAR (SU Gravitational and Relativity ...
Unravelling the Northwest's Viking past
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The blood of the Vikings is still coursing through the veins of men living in the North West of England — according to a new study which has been just published.
Moss protein plays role in Alzheimer's Disease
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Preventing Alzheimer's disease is a goal of Raphael Kopan, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology and pharmacology at the Washington University School of Medicine. The moss plant Physcomitrella patens studied ...
Deadly storms underscore new research finding: Mid-South is most vulnerable region to tornadoes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 08, 2008 |
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The tornadoes that swept across the mid-South on Tuesday and Wednesday illustrate in tragic fashion the findings of a recently published study by Northern Illinois University meteorologist Walker Ashley.
New Research on the 2002 Collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 08, 2008 |
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A new study co-authored by NSIDC Research Scientist Ted Scambos and published in Volume 54 of the Journal of Glaciology sheds light on the 2002 collapse of a massive Antarctic ice shelf.
Botanists see winter fading away in U.K.
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Climate change is leading some British botanists to conclude that winter is disappearing as a distinct season in the United Kingdom.
