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Top Science News
November 23, 2016

Naturally occurring chemicals found in road salts commonly used to de-ice paved surfaces can alter the sex ratios in nearby frog populations, a phenomenon that could reduce the size and viability of ... read more
Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what's in Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes, researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have ... read more
Researchers have discovered a way to remove specific fears from the brain, using a combination of artificial intelligence and brain scanning technology. Their technique could lead to a new way of ... read more
Astronomers have found, for the first time, a large population of distant dwarf galaxies that could reveal important details about a productive period of star formation in the universe billions of ... read more
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Health News
November 23, 2016

While some people rely more on reason and evidence than others when deciding on their beliefs, a new report suggests people can also come to see a reliance on reason and evidence as a moral issue -- ... read more
Teenagers, aged between 11 and 18, drink almost a bathtub full of sugary drinks on average a year, according to new ... read more
When two people smell the same thing, they can have remarkably different reactions, depending on their cultural background. Researchers have found that even when two cultures share the same language ... read more
A new study of mortality patterns in humans, monkeys and apes suggests that the last few generations of humans have enjoyed the biggest life expectancy boost in primate history. Yet males still lag ... read more
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Physical/Tech News
November 23, 2016

Colors are produced in a variety of ways. The best known colors are pigments. However, the very bright colors of the blue tarantula or peacock feathers do not result from pigments, but from ... read more
Solely adjusting the aspect ratio of a pipe -- regardless of its shape -- precisely controls how medicine, pollutants, nutrients and chemicals travel down it and hit their target, scientists have ... read more
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are mysterious flashes of radio waves originating outside our Milky Way galaxy. A team of scientists has now observed the most luminous FRB to date, called FRB ... read more
Scientists have reverse engineered a biosynthetic pathway for more effective carbon fixation that is based on a new CO2-fixing enzyme that is nearly 20 times faster than the most prevalent enzyme in ... read more
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Environment News
November 23, 2016

A new study of the temporary slowdown in the global average surface temperature warming trend observed between 1998 and 2013 concludes the phenomenon represented a redistribution of energy within the ... read more
Think of all the things your mom taught you - sit up straight, close your mouth when you chew your food, remember to say please and thank you...the list goes on. When it comes to learning how to ... read more
A mineral far below Earth's surface may hold the key to how much water is stored in the planet, a researcher ... read more
New research has found evidence of original keratin and melanosome preservation in a 130-million-year-old Eoconfuciusornis specimen. The work extends the timeframe in which original molecules may ... read more
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Society/Education News
November 23, 2016

In a hopeful sign for the health of the nation's brains, the percentage of American seniors with dementia is dropping, a new study finds. The ... read more
The more children are exposed to household tobacco smoke in early childhood, the greater their risk of adopting antisocial behavior toward others, ... read more
Scientists have identified the first evidence of Deepwater Horizon oil in a land animal - the Seaside Sparrow. The scientists analyzed the diet and feathers of sparrows collected more than a year ... read more
The number of people in the world with high blood pressure has reached 1.13 billion, according to new research. The largest ever study of its kind, the research involved the World Health Organization ... read more
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