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Plumes on Saturn's moon may be a sign of life - USATODAY.com

A photo of Enceladus, Saturn's moon, taken by the Cassini spacecraft on March 12, 2009. A model radiation-cooked melt water powered by hydrogen peroxide and geysering out of Saturn's moon, Enceladus. Saturn's geyser-spewing...

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The Many Mysteries of Neanderthals (LiveScience.com)

Editor's Note: This is Part 6 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved. We are currently the only human species alive, but as recently...

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BYU scientists rip lawmakers over climate change

Published: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 3:21 p.m. MST PROVO (AP) — A group of scientists from BYU has criticized state lawmakers over their recent handling of the climate change issue. The 18 scientists rebuked legislators in a...

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Top 7 FAQs on Brain Plasticity and Cognitive Fitness for Life

ago. What do they mean? How can they help me? We just polled over a thousand people about their main questions on neuroplasticity and brain fitness. I have selected and answered the 7 most common ones below. I hope you enjoy...

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A Cloaking Device? Scientists Gain Ground on Science Fiction

By Charles Petit, Science News Ulf Leonhardt is riding high these days, with a new award from the Royal Society of Great Britain to further develop his ideas on how to make things in plain sight disappear. Born in East Germany...

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6:00 PM (PT) - The Future of Forestry: Challenges to Forestry in the Pacific Northwest

In the spring of 2009, the Denman Forestry Issues Series was presented by the College of Forest Resources (now the School of Forest Resources in the new College of the Environment) at the University of Washington. The series...

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Today in History: Widow doffs hat and is acquitted

It was a day like today. Following the death of her husband President Franklin Roosevelt and the end of the Second World War, which led to the beginning of the Cold War, Mrs. Roosevelt busied herself with the workings of the...

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"In a similar study in 2008, scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found that when..."

“ In a similar study in 2008, scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm found that when subjects slept four hours a night over five days, and then “recovered” with eight hours a night over the following week, they...

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Lightnings Found to Produce 10% of Atmospheric NOx Greenhouse Gas

Every year, scientists learn something new about the power of lightning. With the helps of the satellites they have created a lightning map for the globe, which shows that Rwanda has the most flashes per square kilometer, while...

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Lone Questioners of the Universe

George Johnson explores lore and love of science in ‘10 Most Beautif Before "industrialized" science, scientists worked on their own to pose questions to the universe, and persisted until the universe answered. That...

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