Category: 7. SciTech
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Why do we talk in our sleep? ‘It’s a glitch.’
The mustard battle starts at quarter after. Do we have everybody lined up for it?”
“We’re playing food roulette, food…
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‘Hot Blob’ Heading For New York Following Ancient Greenland Rift : ScienceAlert
A vast blob of hot rock moving slowly beneath the Appalachian Mountains in the northeastern US is now thought to be the result of a divorce between Greenland and Canada some 80 million years ago.
A study by an international team of researchers challenges the existing consensus in both…
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Study finds organised scientific fraud is now a booming, fast-growing industry
An organised underground network of individuals and groups is enabling fraudulent research and increasingly undermining the integrity of
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Discovery in Arctic cave provides a ‘rare snapshot of a vanished world’
The remains of animals dating back more than 10,000 years have been found in a cave in northern Norway providing…
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How Argentine scientists’ deep-sea livestream from Mar de Plata became the latest social media hit
Transparent-faced fish glide through the murky depths, snow-like detritus drifts from above, and soft sponges emerge from the seafloor’s soot….
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How Supercomputing Will Evolve, According to Jack Dongarra
Quantum computing is interesting. It’s really a wonderful area for research, but my feeling is we have a long way to go. Today we have examples of quantum computers—hardware always arrives before software—but those examples are very primitive. With a digital computer, we think of doing a…
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Scientists define six traits that make a person ‘cool’ – and they transcend borders
People deemed “cool” boast six surprisingly similar personality traits across cultures, according to a new study that hints at the role…
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Not all fierce-looking dinosaurs like T rex packed strong bites, study reveals
A comprehensive new analysis of the bite forces of 18 species of dinosaurs has revealed that, despite their size, several of the giant…
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Old Mars rovers can learn new tricks! NASA’s Curiosity marks 13-year milestone with new science capabilities
Can you teach an old Mars rover new tricks? NASA says the answer is a resounding “yes.”
Following its landing on Mars 13 years ago,…
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