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  • 5 retracted science studies of 2012

    Fri, Dec 21, 2012 1:00 PM by Christopher Wanjek, LiveScience

    A recent study found that the majority of retractions are due to some type of misconduct, and not honest mistakes.

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  • DARPA robot 'mule' carries on despite fall

    Fri, Dec 21, 2012 10:15 AM by Jeremy Hsu, TechNewsDaily

    The LS3 robot ambles after its human leader like an overlarge, clumsy puppy trying to keep up with an owner.

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  • How educators are using video conferencing technology

    Thu, Dec 20, 2012 3:15 PM by Starre Vartan

    With the aid of video conferencing software, students of all ages can learn (almost) anywhere.

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  • IBM predicts computers that will smell, taste, see, hear and touch

    Wed, Dec 19, 2012 2:58 PM by John Platt

    Cognitive computing will dramatically change our daily lives in just 5 years, say IBM experts

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  • 10 scientists who mattered in 2012

    Wed, Dec 19, 2012 2:45 PM by Tia Ghose and Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience

    The editors of the scientific journal Nature have announced their 'Nature's 10' scientists for the second year.

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  • Researchers discover novel way to make one-time flu vaccine

    Wed, Dec 19, 2012 1:13 PM by Melissa Breyer

    The new process may provide a revolutionary, all-purpose flu shot.

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  • Stunning images of larva brains, butterfly scales nab prizes

    Tue, Dec 18, 2012 3:04 PM by Megan Gannon, LiveScience

    The first-place winner will get $5,000 worth of Olympus camera and microscope equipment.

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  • Music's effects on the mind remain mysterious

    Tue, Dec 18, 2012 9:30 AM by Wynne Parry, LiveScience

    A surgeon who studies the neuroscience of music is attempting to better understand creativity by putting jazz musicians and rappers in a brain-imaging scanner.

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  • People may be stingier than thought

    Mon, Dec 17, 2012 7:15 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    A new study suggests people may donate money not out of generosity, but because they simply don't understand how their actions will lead to payoffs down the line.

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  • Quadriplegic woman moves robot arm with her mind

    Mon, Dec 17, 2012 2:10 PM by Charles Choi, LiveScience

    The robotic hand is capable of joint and wrist movements comparable to that of a human hand.

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  • Scientists turn ordinary heart cells into cardiac pacemakers

    Mon, Dec 17, 2012 11:19 AM by Melissa Breyer

    Ailing hearts may be whipped into shape by the injection of a genetically-modified virus.

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  • Christmas tree's genes date to dinosaur age

    Thu, Dec 13, 2012 4:30 PM by LiveScience Staff

    New research shows that the genome of conifers has hardly changed since the days of the dinosaurs.

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  • First cheesemakers date back 7,500 years

    Thu, Dec 13, 2012 8:57 AM by Live Science

    Cheese evolved after the development of dairy farming, which helped people take advantage of animal milk, a highly nutritious food one can sustainably procure.

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  • Stephen Hawking, CERN scientists get $3M physics prizes

    Wed, Dec 12, 2012 7:00 AM by Megan Gannon, LiveScience

    The Fundamental Physics Prize, nearly 3 times as lucrative as the Nobel Prize, was founded last year and is the world's richest science award.

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  • Key to origin of life is information, not chemicals, scientists say

    Wed, Dec 12, 2012 7:00 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    Research suggests that the ways in which living things process information give more clues to the origin of life than chemical structures do.

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