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Bright beaks equals delight for ducks

How do you know how to pick a mate? Best body? Big car? Lots of money? Female mallards have their own unique way of determining which mate they should choose....

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Hear No Problems and See the Solutions

In addition to lighting options, more homeowners desire extra privacy and face the challenge of reducing noise pollution. It used to be difficult to find non-carcinogenic, low VOC (volatile organic...

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Earth started out as 'candy floss'

As building blocks go, fragile candy floss-like collections of grains hardly seem an ideal starting point for making a planet. But according to research from the Imperial College London, that's...

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New evidence of the first Americans

Images Credit: Michael R. Waters. New archaeological evidence has found new evidence of the earliest Americans, pre-dating the Clovis culture which was once thought to be the continent's first human...

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''Feathered Helmet'' opens door on earliest vertebrates

Image Credit: Professor Derek Siveter, Oxford University. A 525-million-year-old fossil found in China shows new evidence of how the earliest vertebrates evolved. Researchers from China, Leicester and Oxford found the...

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SuperHomes are Open to Visitors

Fancy going inside a SuperHome? What is a SuperHome and does it wear a cape? The answer to that is fairly clear: no it doesn't; in fact a SuperHome looks...

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Skinny worms provide new approach for obesity drugs

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have found a new way to understand human obesity in the unlikeliest of animals - the traditionally long and thin worm. The...

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