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A new advance in lighting could soon bring a silent, consistent glow that's easy on the eyes to an office near you
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Scientists examine what chemicals make the Asian fruit smell like "turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock"
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After decades of uncertainty, a new study confirms that both polar ice sheets are melting
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The newly discovered quasar spews an amount of energy equivalent to more than two million suns
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Principles from the weather models that predicted Sandy a week ahead of time might be used to warn about the flu before it arrives
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The system uses surgically implanted electrodes so that a blind person can "see" the letters
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Another study debunks the idea that the lunar cycle triggers mental instability
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Scientists say the hormone ghrelin can drive us to eat high-calorie foods like desserts, even on a full stomach
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A new study indicates that, like humans, these great apes go through a nadir of happiness in middle age
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Astronomers have spotted an object roughly 100 light-years away that appears to be a planet not associated with any star
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#8: A turkey's gender can be determined from its droppings
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Illacme plenipes, an extremely rare species endemic to just a few wooded areas in Northern California, is fully described for the first time
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A new study shows that nothing scares a smoker away from taking another puff more than a picture of how a body will look like after a lifetime of doing so
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Researchers say that the larger fonts and backlights available on tablets help improve reading speeds
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44 light years away, scientists have detected a planet that might be the right temperature to hold liquid water, a precondition for life
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New science reveals that, when threatened by toxic seaweed, corals send out chemical signals to small goby fish that remove the coral-choking greenery
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A new study shows that the equivalent of a few cups of coffee can help us process words more quickly and accurately
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A number of irrelevant factors—from a polling place's location to a home sports team's winning percentage—have been found to sway voters
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A pair of spade-toothed whales washed ashore on a beach, the first time the complete body of a member of this species has ever been seen
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A new study shows that justifying paywalls as fair makes readers much more likely to pay for online content
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