SHOREHAM, N.Y. – Internet “crowdfunding” has raised $1.3 million to restore a New York laboratory once used by Nikola Tesla.…
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Deadliest sea snake splits in two
The deadliest sea snakes in the world can be found from the Arabian Peninsula to Australia. They like to live…
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Time travel is a staple of science fiction, with the latest rendition showing up in the film “Looper.” And it…
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Gelatinous menace? Jellyfish on boom-bust cycle worldwide
Though some reports suggest jellyfish are taking over the world’s oceans, long-term records of these gelatinous animals fail to show…
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3D printer spits out human embryonic stem cells
Imagine if you could take living cells, load them into a printer, and squirt out a 3D tissue that could…
Read MoreGenetic ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ uncovered
Almost every man alive can trace his origins to one man who lived about 135,000 years ago, new research suggests.…
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Oops! 5 retracted science studies from 2012
When you read about medical breakthroughs in the newspapers, you shouldn’t get your hopes up. This is not because of…
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Reality check: Is our universe real?
Perhaps our human senses are deceiving us maybe existence is an illusion, and reality isn’t real. The idea that everything…
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Speed of light may not be constant, physicists say
The speed of light is constant, or so textbooks say. But some scientists are exploring the possibility that this cosmic…
Read MoreWhat’s missing from the Nobel Prizes? Scientists weigh in
The Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel established the Nobel prizes more than 100 years ago, in 1895, with the following prize…
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