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Why do we love lists so much? Science and literature might have some answers
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New research suggests that the downers wind up outlasting the uppers
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One rat, presented with a task, completes it using only the thoughts transmitted from another rat's brain
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After a string of mishaps, Shell is pausing their bid to drill the Arctic seas
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Spiderman really could have stopped that train from falling, so long as his silk resembled that produced by the Darwin's bark spider
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Brain wrinkles naturally develop as the brain gets larger in order to lend more surface area and help white matter fibers avoid long stretches
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If carbon dioxide emissions don't start dropping in the next few decades, we're looking at hundreds of years of high temperatures
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When was The Iliad actually written? To answer that question, you might turn to a historian or a literary scholar. But geneticists wanted a crack at it
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In a recent study, researchers put seven Java Sparrows in a cage with a bunch of artwork and watched them to see which ones they preferred
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Populations of native fish have decreased tenfold in Lake Tahoe, and this new invader could only exacerbate the situation
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The same man who wanted to establish a Jurassic Park theme park now wants to build the Titanic II
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The U.S. military's Naval Research Lab teamed up with university researchers and defense contractors to set the atmosphere aglow
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Innerscope Research recently did a study claiming that by looking at viewers "emotional engagement threshold" during a trailer, they can predict just how well it will do at the box office. But neuroscience isn't that easy
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Both males and females still get to pass on their genes to the next generation, despite one of them being dead
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According to new research, it's because they age faster
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People who sleep normally have around 1,800 functioning genes, but the sleep deprived lose around 400 of these
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Researchers have developed an image stabilization program that can actually smooth out the footage and give you some great, ball's- eye-view shots
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The Chinese government says it is committed to saving tigers from extinction, yet it legalized trade in captive-bred big cats' skin and bones
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A rusty sheen turns Mars red, but beneath the rock is a plain gray
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For the Vulcan home world, or the Roman god of fire, Pluto's new moon may soon be named Vulcan
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