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Amateur Cryptographers Decode Mysterious Subway MessageIt might sound like a plot from a bad spy novel, but this is real life.
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How to Walk on Water with Help from Dr. Seuss' OobleckPhysicists discover how to walk across Seuss's sticky substance called oobleck.
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Arsenic-Munching Bacteria Doubted, But Still Alien-LikeThey live in arsenic levels that would kill most organisms.
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New Material Allows Electronics To StretchThe new work brings wearable electronics and flexible displays closer to reality.
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New Computer Circuits Made for Extreme ConditionsSilicon circuits fry when exposed to radiation. Using mechanical switches may solve that problem.
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Retinal Prosthesis Could Help The Blind SeeAn implant could help those with degenerative eye disease see again.
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Franken-Physics: Atoms Split in Two & Put Back TogetherPhysicists have just upped their ante ...
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Climate 'Time Machine' Tests Future CO2 LevelsAn Australian experiment will gain a peek at what future carbon dioxide levels will do to forests.
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Hidden Fingerprint of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Finally FoundAfter 50 years, physicists detect the radioactive compound's signal.
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Brain-Controlled Robotic Arm Points Way to New ProstheticsPeople who use the system say it doesn’t require any more concentration than moving your arm normally.
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GPS Robot Swarm Swims California RiversFloating robots equipped with mobile phone equipment will help study river environments.
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Pandemic Potential? Bird Flu Becomes Airborne With Just 4 MutationsThe details of mutant H5N1 have just been published in Nature.
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Mysterious Particle Found After Decades of SearchingThe Majorana fermion acts as its own antiparticle, but nobody had ever detected it before now.
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The Acid Test: Armor-Covered Plankton Adapt to Warming World -
Fukushima Radiation Tracked Across Pacific OceanThe findings may help predict how pollutants will spread in a future environmental disaster.
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Nuclear Fusion Is a Real Possibility, New Models SuggestThe models would also allow weapons testing in the lab.
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Why Seeing Around Corners May Become Next 'Superpower'You may be able to one-up Superman with this ability.
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Accurate Weather Forecast For Your StreetAccurate weather forecasts depend on data collected from weather instruments.
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Can Humans See 'Spooky' Quantum Images?A physicist hopes to find out if we can see what Einstein dubbed "spooky action at a distance."
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Bird Flu More Prevalent, Less Deadly Than ExpectedFatality rates may be overestimated.
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New Technology Turns Hand Gestures into MusicFor instance, a closed right hand creates consonants, and opening it creates vowels.
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'Crackpot' Theory of Everything Reveals Dark Side of Peer ReviewThe theory suggests inanimate objects are alive - which others call bunk.
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New Vaccine Approach Gives Hope to Those Living with HIVPost-infection vaccines are already in clinical trials.
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World's Smallest Ear Can Hear GermsNano-ears can detect sound a million times fainter than humans can hear.
