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Thermo-learning from Nest Labs

Nest Learning Thermostat; Credit: © Nest Labs Nest Laboratories at Palo Alto have furthered the Californian ambition to be ahead in all technology. As far as your home comforts are...

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Americans hunted Mastodon

American mastodon or Mammut via Shutterstock North Americans will be pleased to find that their history has been backdated by 800 years. Texas A&M University researched in Washington State with...

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Low Flying Objects

3D illustration of archaeopteryx, a prehistoric bird via Shutterstock My old Prof. was a physicist, but it never got in his way! Scientists have been delving into the evolution debate...

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Glass is half full for nano disease diagnosis

Microcircuit nanotechnology via Shutterstock Scientists have used the ancient art of glass blowing as the inspiration for a new way to make electronic chips that could one day test for...

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New star clusters unveiled by ESO telescope

The new vista (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) telescope of ESO, located in Chile via Shutterstock New infrared images from the center of the Milky Way reveal faint,...

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Mystery of dark matter deepens

Illustration of Dark Matter in Space via Shutterstock In an effort to shed light on the elusive nature of dark matter, astrophysicists admit they've only deepened the mystery. Dark matter...

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'Minibeasts' rule the world, it seems

em>Transparent nematode (roundworm) via Shutterstock We look down on it. We trample all over it. We very rarely give it a thought, but, "most of Earth's biodiversity is found in...

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Mars Carbs.

Meteorite ALH84001; Credit: NASA In Pasadena, it could be warm and wet, but early Martian climates have exactly those characteristics. CALTECH, in Pasadena have researched how at least one part...

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ESO travel through time with VLT

How ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) facility looks through the eyes of Google Earth; Credit: ESO and Google Maps TheVery Large Telescope array (VLT) in Chile is owned by the...

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