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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.

Not only can smoking tobacco kill you, it can make your hangovers worse

Posted Dec 05, 2012 - 09:05 am

A study from Brown University shows that people who smoke when they drink run a greater risk of suffering a hangover the next morning.
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- Software, addiction, alcohol
How social networking helps male chimps get sex

Posted Dec 04, 2012 - 01:18 pm

A new study of male chimpanzees shows that, even in the animal kingdom, demonstrating strong social networking skills impresses the opposite sex.
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- Software, chimpanzees, coalitions
Why the elderly are vulnerable to fraud

Posted Dec 03, 2012 - 04:03 pm

New research shows that a part of the brain that determines if someone is trustworthy is less active in elderly people.
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- Software, brain, elderly
Polar ice sheets continue to melt, but climate-change deniers remain thick as ever

Posted Nov 30, 2012 - 01:33 pm

The latest and most comprehensive study yet showing an alarming accelerating of sea ice loss is being dismissed by climate-change deniers. What a surprise.
The dark (yet shallow) seeds of cell phone addiction

Posted Nov 29, 2012 - 05:09 pm

What are the psychological factors driving addictions to mobile phones and instant messaging?
U.S. Air Force once wanted to 'nuke' the moon

Posted Nov 28, 2012 - 10:38 pm

There are stupid ideas and really stupid ideas. The U.S. Air Force had one of the latter in the late 1950s when it suggested detonating a nuclear device on the moon to send a "message" to the Soviet Union.
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- Hardware, Cold War, moon
Elon Musk's 80,000-person Mars colony: Daring dream or crazy talk? Tell us!

Posted Nov 27, 2012 - 02:59 pm

Billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk wants to build a colony of 80,000 humans on Mars, and he wants to start pretty soon.
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- Hardware, Elon Musk, mars
How dogs learn names of new objects

Posted Nov 23, 2012 - 11:58 am

We all know dogs have the ability to learn dozens of words. But do they learn the same way as humans?
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- Software, dogs, language
Injured hospital patients more likely to survive if they're drunk, research shows

Posted Nov 20, 2012 - 05:25 pm

A new study shows that the more alcohol seriously injured hospital patients had in their blood at the time of admission, the less likely they were to die.
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- Software, alcohol, hospitals
If you see a balding orangutan driving a red sports car, here's why

Posted Nov 19, 2012 - 04:21 pm

Humans aren't the only ones who can experience a mid-life crisis, according to new research.
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- Software, depression, Great Apes

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