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Research & Innovations";"Understand how advancements in environmental research and innovation are changing the world.

  • Robots could destroy humanity to satisfy their own pleasures

    Thu, May 16, 2013 2:37 PM by Marshall Honorof, TechNewsDaily

    A researcher asserts that robots with the capacity for feelings of pleasure would likely take all the same shortcuts that humans use to acquire it.

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  • 5 of the greatest scientific blunders

    Thu, May 16, 2013 10:10 AM by Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience

    From the shape of DNA to how the universe worked, even great minds make mistakes.

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  • Honduras rain forest may be home to ruins of lost city

    Wed, May 15, 2013 5:30 PM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

    Light detection and ranging reveals images that could be canals, roads, building foundations and terraced agricultural land.

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  • Weird skin color illusion can reduce racism

    Tue, May 14, 2013 7:40 PM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

    A study finds that an illusion that makes people feel that a rubber hand is their own can make white people less unconsciously biased against people with dark skin.

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  • Warp speed, Scotty? Star Trek's FTL drive may actually work

    Tue, May 14, 2013 11:50 AM by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily

    NASA scientists are taking the first steps to prove it's possible to traverse vast distances faster than the speed of light.

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  • Mysterious Minoans were European, DNA finds

    Tue, May 14, 2013 11:40 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    The conclusion was drawn by comparing DNA from Minoan skeletons with genetic material from people living throughout Europe and Africa.

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  • Bill Gates 2.0: From Microsoft founder to disease eradicator

    Mon, May 13, 2013 11:18 AM by John Platt

    In an interview with '60 Minutes,' Gates predicts an end to polio, TB and malaria.

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  • Why 3-D printed guns don't faze gun lobbyists

    Fri, May 10, 2013 9:46 AM by Leslie Meredith, TechNewsDaily

    The concern politicians have over plastic guns stems from the guns' ability to pass through metal detectors at airports and other security checkpoints.

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  • Mystery popped: Science of bubbles decoded

    Thu, May 09, 2013 2:20 PM by Denise Chow, LiveScience

    Researchers have created a series of equations that model how foamy clusters evolve, based on their examination of shape-shifting soap bubbles.

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  • Why scientists are excited about atoms with pear-shaped nuclei

    Thu, May 09, 2013 9:25 AM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    The pear-shaped nucleus could provide a good place to search for antimatter.

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  • 3 health technology solutions from student entrepreneurs

    Tue, May 07, 2013 1:50 PM by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily

    These inventions could help a lot of people provided they received some funding.

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  • We need rules on killer robots, says U.N.

    Tue, May 07, 2013 12:36 PM by Elizabeth Palermo, TechNewsDaily

    A new report questions both the balance of power robots would bring to the battlefield and also their ethical implications.

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  • Nanotechnology could bring affordable clean water to rural poor

    Tue, May 07, 2013 11:50 AM by Denise Chow, LiveScience

    The filtration process takes approximately an hour, and the researchers' current prototype containers can hold up to 10 liters of water.

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  • Launch of the Nautilus: New magazine aims to be 'a New Yorker version of Scientific American'

    Tue, May 07, 2013 11:31 AM by John Platt

    The ambitious publication, available in print and online, will tackle a different topic each month.

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  • Autopsy shows why famous patient couldn't remember

    Mon, May 06, 2013 1:50 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    The brain showed extensive damage to the medial temporal lobe, a brain region known for processing memories.

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