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by Chris Nerney

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Chris Nerney writes about research news and the latest discoveries in the areas of science, technology, space and psychology.

The month that makes the difference between wolves and dogs

Posted Jan 18, 2013 - 10:50 am

Dogs and wolves experience and interpret life differently as puppies, largely determining whether they can be domesticated.
Apps for curbing drunk driving

Posted Jan 16, 2013 - 01:39 pm

The latest app designed to curb drunk driving relies on other motorists videotaping vehicles being operated erratically.
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- Software, BAC, drunk driving
Double disappointment for doomsday dolts: Asteroid Apophis will blow not one, but two chances to kill us all

Posted Jan 14, 2013 - 09:53 pm

It appears the odds of the asteroid Apophis hitting Earth in 2036 are less than one in a million. Which means, to some doomsday cult, it's a sure thing!
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Maybe China won't be our economic master after all

Posted Jan 11, 2013 - 02:58 pm

China is expected to surpass the U.S. as the world's largest economy, but a new study hints at problems ahead for the Asian nation thanks to its One Child Policy.
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- Software, China, economy
10 things that happen to our bodies during space flight

Posted Jan 10, 2013 - 06:01 pm

Humans face a number of physical changes and challenges in our efforts to reach for the stars.
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- Software, astronauts, NASA
Want to be a Mars One colonist? Here's what you need to qualify

Posted Jan 09, 2013 - 02:52 pm

Mars One is getting ready to accept applications for astronauts eager to colonize the Red Planet.
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- Hardware, astronauts, mars
How can anybody truly believe there's no life on any other planet?

Posted Jan 07, 2013 - 09:32 pm

With at least 17 billion planets about the size of Earth in the Milky Way, how can it be possible that there's no life elsewhere?
Low wages linked with hypertension

Posted Jan 04, 2013 - 05:21 pm

Workers who make low wages are more prone to hypertension than higher-paid workers.
NASA wants to capture an asteroid in a bag and put it in orbit around the moon. Really, a bag.

Posted Jan 03, 2013 - 04:59 pm

What do you do when it's too dangerous for astronauts to travel for months to a near-Earth asteroid?
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- Hardware, asteroid, astronauts
I went to deep space and all I got was this lousy Alzheimer's disease

Posted Jan 02, 2013 - 02:33 pm

A new study concludes that galactic cosmic radiation poses a significant threat to deep-space travelers.

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