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Are you a man or a worm?

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Up to 2,7 million people die from malaria each year, and is not only a disease associated with poverty, but it is considered an obstacle in dealing with such. So, it should be no wonder that scientists are actively studying ways of effectively fighting the disease where the usual methods won’t work. But I have [...]

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First, a 17-year-old girl from Oklahoma builds a spectograph for less than U$ 1000 for a science competition. Now, a high school student builds a working fusion reactor from parts bought at the local hardware store and eBay. And people complain American kids are not being taught enough science.

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I wonder what the impact of a 250-meters-wide asteroid somewhere on the Pacific Ocean would do to current global warming calculations. All those predictions about an economic breakdown setting the world’s population back to the 19th century would probably seem a little silly.
What amazes me is that, unlike global warming, this is a problem that [...]

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These news about a mind reading device have raised quite a few comparisons with Minority Report. But while it does remind me of K. Dick’s novel, I have to say it is for a different reason: more than a critique on preventive policing, I think the book is mainly a defense of free will.
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Living in a place where temperature hardly gets below 10°C during the winter, this confirms something I’ve always suspected but couldn’t put to the test:
The language of “equivalent temperatures” creates a fundamental misconception about what wind chill really means. It doesn’t tell you how cold your skin will get; that’s determined by air temperature alone. [...]

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Capturing and caging a bird is usually considered a cruelty, even a crime if you choose the wrong one. The same goes for ferrets, monkeys, guinea pigs, racoons, squirrels and all sorts of animals that would otherwise seem like great pets, especially if you were to neuter them. So how come the first reaction of [...]

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So it seems 5% of US dogs are obese, with another 20% to 30% overweight. Just as with their owners, with the extra fat comes greater risks of diabetes, heart conditions and such. What to do? Well, give them drugs, of course:
The drug, Pfizer Inc’.s (PFE.N: Quote, Profile , Research) Slentrol, helps decrease appetite [...]

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