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'Theory of Everything' Film Reveals Stephen Hawking's Personal LifeThe new biopic "The Theory of Everything" documents the personal life of cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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What Are You Really Eating? Wearable Camera Tracks Your MealsA new diet tracker uses a camera and jawbone motion sensor to record how much people are eating.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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'Project Recover' Searches for Long-Lost World War II Heroes"Project Recover" uses underwater robots to scour the ocean in search of lost World War II veterans.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Photos: Underwater Robots Help Recover WW II Plane WrecksProject Recover using autonomous robots to map areas where World War II planes likely crashed in the Pacific Ocean.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Brain-to-Brain Link Makes 'Mind Control' PossibleResearchers have developed a way to send the thoughts of one person through a computer to control the hand motion of another person.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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'Dark Ice' Speeds Up Melting in Greenland (Photos)Researchers are studying the reflectivity of Greenland's dark ice and how climate change may contribute to the ice sheet melting.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Why a Physics Revolution Might Be on Its WayPhysicist Nami Arkani-Hamed gave a live lecture on the future of physics research and predicted that a revolution in the field is on its way.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Cyber-Roach! Mic-Equipped Bugs Could Aid Disaster RescueCyborg cockroaches equipped with microphones could one day be used to navigate disaster scenes and listen for survivors.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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'Big Bang' of Species May Be Explained by Continental ShiftNew research shows that a major tectonic shift may explain the huge increase in new species during the Cambrian explosion.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Famed Physicist Talks Quantum Mechanics and Space-Time: How to Watch LivePhysicist Nima Arkani-Hamed will give a live lecture on recent quantum mechanics research and the evolving understanding of space-time at the Perimeter Institute on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. ET.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Deer with 'Vampire Fangs' Spotted for 1st Time in DecadesRare fanged musk deer were spotted in Afghanistan for the first time in 60 years.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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The Human Race: Will We Keep Breaking Running Records?Runners are getting close to breaking the 2-hour marathon record. But what are the physical limitations to human running speed and endurance?
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Hurricane Gonzalo Stirs Up Miles of Sediment Around Bermuda (Photo)Hurricane Gonzalo hit Bermuda earlier this month, stirring up miles of calcium carbonate sediment that forms the foundation of the island.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Chilly Record! Coldest Object on Earth Created in LabA chunk of copper became the coldest cubic meter (35.3 cubic feet) on Earth when researchers chilled it to 6 millikelvins, or six-thousandths of a degree above absolute zero (0 Kelvin).
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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'Living Paint' Transforms Bacteria Into ArtScience-minded artists can use "living paint" to create art inside petri dishes.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Record Bid! Early Apple Computer Sells for Nearly $1 MillionBy Kelly Dickerson Published
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Real-Life Tractor Beam Pulls in ParticlesBy Kelly Dickerson Published
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Solved: When Earth's Largest Shark DisappearedA new study of fossil records estimates that the 60-foot-long (18 meters) Megalodon shark went extinct 2.6 million years ago.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Earth's Magnetic Field Could Flip in Our LifetimeEarth's magnetic field could flip within the next 100 years, a new study suggests.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Jet Flies Hot on the Heels of Biofuel-Burning Aircraft (Photo)A NASA mission is measuring biofuel emissions and contrail formation by flying jets directly behind a large aircraft.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Incredible Science and Historical Artifacts Up for AuctionAn Apple-1 computer, a window from the Manhattan Project test site and letters from Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin will go on sale at a history-of-science auction this month.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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Rare Artifacts from the History of Science Auction (Photos)Bonhams auction house will hold a history-of-science themed auction on Oct. 22, featuring a vintage Apple-1 computer and a window from the Manhattan Project test site.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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New Exotic Particle Could Help Explain What Holds Matter TogetherPhysicists have discovered a new particle from data from the Large Hadron Collider that could reveal how protons in atomic nuclei are held together.
By Kelly Dickerson Published
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1,900-Year-Old Ritual Bath Found Defaced by World War II GraffitiThe Israel Antiquities Authority unearthed an ancient ritual bath and water cistern with modern world war two graffiti during a highway 38 construction project in Israel.
By Kelly Dickerson Published

