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How to de-skunk your dog using chemistry

Posted August 26, 2013 - 10:36 am

Why you should ditch tomato juice and stick to basic science to remove odors.
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Video: Watch this sinkhole totally swallow several large trees

Posted August 22, 2013 - 10:43 am

Officials from a parish in south Louisiana videotape several trees being pulled underwater by a large sinkhole.
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Science panel only 95% certain that humans are causing global warming, so obviously the debate rages on!

Posted August 20, 2013 - 4:54 pm

The percentage of scientists convinced that human activity is causing global warming continues to rise, but that won't matter to the climate-change deniers.
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Science Class: Why we get bored and procrastinate

Posted August 19, 2013 - 4:11 pm

YouTube videos help explain why we get distracted (or bored), and whether that's good or bad.
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Female tree frogs are quite demanding of their prospective mates

Posted August 19, 2013 - 11:53 am

It's do this, do that, do the other thing -- and all at once!
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Researchers send data without battery, transmitter

Posted August 16, 2013 - 2:27 pm

Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a way to communicate over short distances using devices that don't require batteries or transmit any signals.
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The world's five most fascinating 3D printing projects

Posted August 15, 2013 - 3:27 pm

The 3D printing world is exploding, with researchers in fields across the spectrum drumming up formerly unthinkable projects. It was tough to narrow it down, but here are the five most fascinating 3D printing projects that are in the works.
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Can humans handle the psychological challenge of living on Mars?

Posted August 14, 2013 - 11:13 am

NASA wants to figure out what kinds of food people living on Mars should eat, but the agency also should be studying the psychological impact of life in space.
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Researchers find scientific basis for near-death experiences

Posted August 13, 2013 - 12:31 pm

What are near-death experiences? Scientists may at least have found some physiological evidence.
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Mars One project passes milestone

Posted August 12, 2013 - 11:53 am

The number of applicants for a one-way ticket to Mars continues to grow.
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A giant list of time travel science fiction

Posted August 9, 2013 - 12:52 pm

From the 1700s through today, time travel has been an incredibly popular topic for science fiction.
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California gets religion (in the form of global warming impact)

Posted August 8, 2013 - 6:16 pm

Some people call global warming a "religion." Others live in California.
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IBM devises software for its experimental brain-like chips

Posted August 8, 2013 - 12:03 am

Following up on work commissioned by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), IBM has developed a programming paradigm, and associated simulator and basic software library, for its experimental SyNAPSE processor.
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How many Mona Lisas can fit on the head of a pin?

Posted August 7, 2013 - 1:49 pm

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers use nanotechnology to create world's smallest version of da Vinci's masterpiece.
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Meet the guys behind AsapSCIENCE

Posted August 6, 2013 - 4:28 pm

Take a sneak peek behind one of YouTube's biggest science-related video channels.
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NASA celebrates Curiosity's first year on Mars with this highlight reel

Posted August 5, 2013 - 3:23 pm

August 6th marks one year since NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars in a process that required the car-sized robot to endure "seven minutes of terror." To commemorate the occasion, NASA has put together a short video entitled "Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity's first year on Mars."
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Thinking of doing a job interview via video? Don't.

Posted July 30, 2013 - 9:40 am

New research shows that candidates who interview for jobs via video conferencing put themselves at a disadvantage.
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These are the animals and insects most likely to kill you

Posted July 29, 2013 - 1:10 pm

An analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control shows that humans can have fatal encounters with a wide range of animals and insects.
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Astronaut controls robot on Earth from the ISS

Posted July 26, 2013 - 7:14 pm

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station used an extraterrestrial remote control system on Friday to maneuver a robot rover at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
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Saturn on an acid trip

Posted July 26, 2013 - 9:21 am

A film editor has assembled more than 200,000 photos from the Cassini probe to make a short video of Saturn's rings.
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Worried about asteroids? Bill Nye's got your back

Posted July 24, 2013 - 3:00 pm

The Science Guy will save us all with laser bees. No, really.
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Dolphins may call each other by name (but let's face it, nicknames would be more impressive)

Posted July 23, 2013 - 1:18 pm

The distinct whistles that dolphins emit may serve as their names, scientists now suspect.
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The CIA wants to control the weather. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted July 22, 2013 - 4:03 pm

A study is underway in which scientists working for the CIA and other federal agencies will experiment with ways to control the weather.
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Here is why work is like high school, and it should make you sad

Posted July 18, 2013 - 9:31 am

New research confirms our worst suspicions: High school behavior follows us into the workplace.
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Why freshwater life survived the asteroid impact that wiped out most dinosaurs

Posted July 17, 2013 - 10:22 am

The asteroid blast that resulted in the extinction of most land-based dinosaurs nearly 66 million years ago spared most inland freshwater organisms.
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