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 Atom Smasher Out 2 Months 

Experiments postponed; heating and recooling elements takes weeks

Sep 20, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - It turns out that the glitch with the Large Hadron Collider is worse than originally thought and will keep the massive atom smasher out of commission for at least 2 months, the Telegraph reports. The collider, which seeks to replicate the Big Bang and solve mysteries of creation, began... More »

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science • repair • CERN • Large Hadron Collider • particle physics • particle collider

 Advertisers Go for the Nose 

It's not just perfume in magazines anymore

Sep 17, 08 8:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you think scented advertising begins and ends with old-school scratch-and-sniff ads, brace yourself, and your nose, for a coming assault. It's sort of a double-whammy in the advertising world, Salon reports: Marketers are learning more every day about how smells hold sway over our emotions, and chemists can synthesize... More »

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advertising • science • iSmell • salon • Smellovision • scent • targeted advertising

(Newser) - Honeybees flip over en masse and reflect light with their bellies for a reason, scientists have found: It's to scare off enemies. Bee experts knew that giant honeybees in Southeast Asia flipped over by the hundreds or even thousands but only recently discovered they were warding off predatory wasps. What... More »

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bees • study • science • honeybee

'Biohackers' Push DIY Science in the Basement

Movement aims to capitalize on American passion for invention

Sep 15, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just as individual computer experts can create new programs and technological movements from home, a new generation of scientists wants to make do-it-yourself biology a household activity. Sessions such as those teaching laypeople how to extract DNA show "how much science can be about duct tape and having a... More »

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science • MIT • biology • hackers • science experiment

Anglicans Making Nice With Darwin

Church's essay series aims to repair evolutionist's reputation

Sep 15, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Charles Darwin came out with his theory of evolution by natural selection nearly 150 years ago, the Church of England opposed it. But now, 200 years after the celebrated scientist's birth, the church has launched a website exploring its history with Darwin, and the church's head of public affairs... More »

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evolution • science • Charles Darwin • apology • Church of England • natural selection

ANALYSIS

Plans to Stop Global Warming Straight From Sci-Fi Novels

Geo-engineering offers promise for slowing climate change ... and fear of consequences

Sep 5, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists worry humans might not curb carbon emissions in time to save the planet from irreversible harm, and some have suggested a radical concept called geo-engineering, the Economist reports. Once the stuff of science fiction, geo-engineering would combat global warming by manipulating the environment. While promising, critics warn ecological consequences... More »

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climate change • environment • greenhouse gases • global warming • science • science fiction • carbon emissions • geo-engineering

(Newser) - Does thinking make us fat? Researchers say that intellectual activity just might cause us to pig out, LiveScience reports. Volunteers who performed a series of problem-solving tasks in a study consumed almost 30% more calories afterward than those who just sat around and took it easy. One theory: The body... More »

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health • hunger • science • brain • calories • health research • medical study

Vatican Debates Paying Tribute
to Galileo

Heretic remains a touchy subject in Catholic Church

Aug 28, 08 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Galileo Galilei is riling the Catholic church yet again, the Wall Street Journal reports, as an anonymous donor has offered to pay to erect a statue in the Vatican of Catholicism’s most famous heretic. But though the church has come around on science, Galileo remains a touchy subject. He’... More »

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astronomy • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • science • Vatican • Galileo • Pope John Paul II

 5 Facts About Pain

And why it's hard to treat

Jul 28, 08 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Electrical signals carry pain impulses to the brain—that much scientists know. But how to treat pain remains a question, LiveScience reports. Here's the scoop:
  1. It "is a complex mixture of emotions, culture, experience, spirit, and sensation," one expert said. In other words, it's hard to even
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health • science • list • medical study • pain

 How to Become Batman 

It's possible—but don't expect to keep it up

Jul 17, 08 9:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - We all want to be Batman. But how do we make it happen? An interview with neuroscience professor and martial artist E. Paul Zehr in Scientific American provides some tips: Three to 5 years of strength and conditioning training, 10 to 12 years of learning self-defense skills, and up to... More »

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science • superhero • Batman • The Dark Knight

Italian Cooks Up Eggplant and Tomato Tree

Hardy hybrid said to yield better produce than nature intended

Jul 11, 08 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Sicilian amateur botanist claims to have developed a plant hybrid that functions as the world’s first tomato/eggplant tree, ANSA reports. Taking advantage of the fact that all three share the same genus, Giuseppe Marino grafted tomato and eggplant tissue onto a devil’s fig shrub, a hardy plant... More »

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trees • science • genetic modification • tomatoes • botany • eggplant

Brains Get
Noisier as
They Age

Study finds neural complexity generates more cranial static

Jul 10, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just because you can't hear it doesn't mean your brain isn't making noise. It is, and scientists using high-tech gear to record it have now discovered that it increases as you mature, reports LiveScience. A comparison of noise generated by groups of children and young adults indicates that brain noise,... More »

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memory • schizophrenia • science • neuroscience • noise • scientific study • brain fitness • Alzheimer's Disease

 To Cheat Death, Eat Less 

15% reduction in your diet at age 25 could add 4½ years to your life, researchers think

Jul 9, 08 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Call it the Refrigerator of Youth: Eating less could add nearly 5 years to your lifespan, LiveScience reports. Even scholars dismissive of anti-aging hype concede that a more moderate eating approach could bear fruit. "There is plenty of evidence that calorie restriction can reduce your risks for many common... More »

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food • health • elderly • science • aging • youth • calories • lifespan • calorie restriction

opinion

Global Warming's a Myth;
Here's Why People Believe

The climate change debate is one of 'sick-souled religion'

Jul 1, 08 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Global warming is a bunch of hooey, a “nonfalsifiable hypothesis logically indistinguishable from claims for the existence of God”—and any discussion of it is not a matter of science but one of “sick-souled religion,” writes Bret Stephens in the Wall Street Journal. Evidence has emerged... More »

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climate change • global warming • science • religion

That Irritating Itch? It May Just Be Your Brain

In fact, our noodles could be inventing 90% of what we call real

Jun 24, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A woman suffers from an itch so severe that she scratches right through to her brain—yet doctors find no medical ailment. War victims feel the sensations of a real limb—but from phantom appendages. What does it all add up to? Perhaps a new understanding of how our brains... More »

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medicine • science • brain • neuroscience • pain • itch • phantom limb • scratch

Americans See Many Stairways to Heaven: Poll

70% say chance for eternal life isn't unique to their religion

Jun 23, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reaching the afterlife is possible through more than one religion, 70% of Americans believe, according to a new poll. Surveying 36,000 people, the study confirms that while 92% of Americans believe in God, the country is growing more secular, the Dallas Morning News reports. Seven in 10 also agreed... More »

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science • religion • secularism • Afterlife

It's Official:
Bikinis Make
Men Stupid

Scientists say
sex drive trumps
common sense

Jun 20, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Men make dumb decisions when ogling bikini-clad beauties—conventional wisdom, sure, but now there's some science behind it. Belgian researchers found that men bombarded with sexy images have a definite drop-off in cognitive skills when compared with those who gaze at landscapes, reports MSNBC. The experiment supports earlier findings that... More »

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science • economics • cognitive science • sexual behavior • male brain • bikini

 10 Who Were
 Blinded
 (or Worse)
 by Science 

Their work lead to big discoveries...and unfortunate death and injury

Jun 12, 08 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Knowledge may be power, but finding that knowledge can get you killed. List Universe ranks the top scientists killed or injured by their experiments.
  1. Galileo Galilei: The “father of modern physics” refined the telescope by staring at the sun for hours, resulting in near-blindness.
  2. Michael Faraday: A
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science • list • death • Galileo • radiation • experiments • invention

NASA Was Muzzled on Climate Change

Bush appointees in press office withheld information, probe finds

Jun 3, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Political appointees at NASA withheld scientific results on global warming, NASA's inspector general has determined after an internal probe. Investigators found that the public affairs office, run by Bush appointees, suffered from political spinning that was "inconsistent" with the agency's responsibility to pass full information on to the public,... More »

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climate change • NASA • politics • global warming • science • NASA administrator • Inspector General • political appointee

Homosexuality: It's
Perfectly Natural

Gay relationships abound in animal kingdom

May 19, 08 7:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - It may throw a wrench in Noah's ark-stocking plans, but same-sex relationships appear in many animal species, reports LiveScience.com. The long list of animals that practice gay sex includes bears, penguins, gorillas, and dolphins, among others. But scientists question the act's evolutionary purpose, because it doesn't aid in reproduction.... More »

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science • homosexuality • nature • biology • biodiversity • gays

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