 Giant pythons invade southeastern Florida: study 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Giant pythons capable of swallowing a dog and even an alligator are rapidly making south Florida their home, potentially threatening other southeastern states, a study said. | |
 A baseball cap that reads your mind 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you’re getting too sleepy when driving ... | |
 How small molecule can take apart Alzheimer's disease protein fibers 11 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers connected to ... | |
A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles 8 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for some forms of "Anthropic Principles" that strive to explain why ... | |
 Entrepreneurs value 'ideas' over weatlh, study finds 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A study at the University of Liverpool has revealed that entrepreneurs are driven to start companies by their passion for ideas rather than the pursuit of wealth. | |
Sight Recovery After Blindness Offers New Insights on Brain Reorganization 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Studies of the brains of blind persons whose sight was partially restored later in life have produced a compelling example of the brain's ability to adapt to new circumstances and rewire and reconfigure itself. | |
HIV infection stems from few viruses 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A new study reveals the genetic identity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the version responsible for sexual transmission, in unprecedented detail. | |
Scientists unveil new tool to understand evolution of multi-domain genes 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Carnegie Mellon scientists have discovered critical flaws in the standard method used to analyze gene evolution. Standard methods fail when applied to genes that encode multi-domain proteins, an important class of proteins ... | |
Huge project to restore Everglades to be suspended 15 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Construction on a huge reservoir meant to help restore the Everglades will be put on hold over a lawsuit brought by a group that fears the water could be diverted for other purposes. | |
 Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF 8 hours ago | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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The world's wildlife populations have reduced by around a quarter since the 1970s, according to a major report published Friday by the WWF conservation organization. | |
Canada scraps plans for new reactors for making medical isotopes 8 hours ago | User rating: 3 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Canada announced Friday it is scrapping development of two new nuclear reactors that would have supplied radioactive materials, essential for medical tests, to most of the world. | |
Researchers identify proteins that help develop mammalian hearts 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The absence of two proteins in mammalian embryos prevents the development of a healthy heart, a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has found. | |
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