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Young Earth May Have Been All Wet
Because the chemical signature of water on Earth matches the signature of water in an ancient group of asteroids called eucrites, it means that Earth might have had water much earlier than previously thought. Julia Rosen reports.
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Seismologists Cleared of Manslaughter for Failing to Predict Quake
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Google Scholar Pioneer Reflects on the Academic Search Engine's Future
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Watch Now: The Relationship between Innovation and the University
The celebration of the 2015 Breakthrough Prizes in fundamental physics and life sciences continues today with discussions about the factors that drive innovation -
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Instant Egghead - Why Do Bruises Change Color?
Ever wonder why a bruise goes through a rainbow of color changes before it completely heals itself? Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti explains how it happens. -
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Gingivitis Bacteria Triggers a Tailspin in Your Mouth
In small numbers a keystone pathogen can still cause destruction -
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Does Global Warming Make Food Less Nutritious?
It may be only a matter of time before climate change impacts nutrition. -
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Hunger for Meat Plows Up Brazil's Cerrado Plains
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Can Humans and Nature Co-Exist?
Conservationists go to war over whether humans are the measure of nature's value -
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Dark Matter Black Holes Could Be Destroying Stars at the Milky Way’s Center
If dark matter comes in both matter and antimatter varieties, it might accumulate inside dense stars to create black holes
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Time’s End Will Be the End of Endings
Could time end? Yes. And no. Recent work in physics suggests a resolution to the paradox -
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NASA's Plan to Visit an Asteroid Faces a Rocky Start
America's keystone human spaceflight mission for the next decade may be over before it begins -
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The Rise of All-Purpose Antidepressants
Doctors are increasingly prescribing SSRIs to treat more than just depression -
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Coldest Air of the Season Forecast to Blast 42 U.S. States This Week
An Arctic blast is set to drop temperatures from the Canadian border down to the Gulf of Mexico -
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Imagining Our Post-Human Future: A Q&A with Author John Scalzi
In Scalzi’s thriller, Lock In, people can mentally inhabit robotic bodies -
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Synchronized Walking Reduces Opponent's Perceived Size
Subjects who kept pace with a walking colleague estimated a potential enemy to be smaller and lighter than did other walkers who were not marching. Karen Hopkin reports
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Understanding Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to depression, cancer, and even heart attacks. But are these claims true? Should you get your Vitamin D levels checked? The House Call Doctor separates Vitamin D facts from fiction -
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Shape-Shifting Wood with a Mind of Its Own [Video]
An M.I.T.-led collaboration wants to show that programmable matter is no longer hypothetical—it is ready for commercial development -
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How the Motion of a Milk Drop Was Captured in 1957
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Physics Week in Review: November 8, 2014
It was a big week for physics in the movies, with the premiere of Interstellar, and the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything. That translates into lots of pixels commenting on the science behind the films.
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