Spiritual effects of hallucinogens persist, researchers report July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than ... | |
Hot future shock: Heat wave temperatures to soar July 02, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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(AP) -- During the European heat wave of 2003 that killed tens of thousands, the temperature in parts of France hit 104 degrees. Nearly 15,000 people died in that country alone. During the Chicago heat wave of 1995, the ... | |
 More Evidence for a Revolutionary Theory of Water June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 133 vote(s)
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The traditional picture of how liquid water behaves on a molecular level is wrong, according to new experimental evidence collected by a collaboration of researchers from the Department of Energy's Stanford ... | |
 Maverick scientists probe Siberian forest mystery July 01, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Was it a gigantic meteorite? A tremendous bolt of lightning? Perhaps the crash of a UFO the size of Tokyo? No one is certain of the answer to one of the 20th century's greatest scientific mysteries -- the ... | |
 Surprising fact: Half of gun deaths are suicides July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners ... | |
 Calif's hands-free cell law for drivers in effect July 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 9
(AP) -- Millions of California motorists have had to put down their cell phones or risk a ticket as a new law takes effect requiring hands-free devices for those behind the wheel. | |
 Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which ... | |
 When using gestures, rules of grammar remain the same June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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The mind apparently has a consistent way of ordering an event that defies the order in which subjects, verbs, and objects typically appear in languages, according to research at the University of Chicago. | |
 Phoenix Scrapes 'Almost Perfect' Icy Soil for Analysis July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander enlarged the "Snow White" trench and scraped up little piles of icy soil on Saturday, June 28, the 33rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Scientists say that the scrapings are ... | |
Love thy neighbor? States that lower drinking age hurt others June 30, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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States currently considering reducing the drinking age aren't doing their neighbors any favors. | |
 Super atoms turn the periodic table upside down July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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Researchers at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals. Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms ... | |
 'Mind's eye' influences visual perception July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery—what we see with the "mind's eye"—directly impacts ... | |
 Mars lander's next bake test could be its last July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The Phoenix lander's first chemical sniff of Martian soil did not turn up any trace of the building blocks of life. Its next whiff could be its last. | |
Woman aquires new accent after stroke July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A woman in southern Ontario is one of the first cases in Canada of a rare neurological syndrome in which a person starts speaking with a different accent, McMaster University researchers report in the July issue of the Canadian ... | |
 Qubits and Branes Share Surprising Features July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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What do black holes and entangled particles have in common? Until about a year ago, physicists thought that the two entities existed in completely separate worlds. Then, in 2007, physicist Michael Duff from ... | |
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