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Mind-Bending Cryptography Puzzle Gets an 'Early' Solution After Just 20 Years
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Mind-Bending Cryptography Puzzle Gets an 'Early' Solution After Just 20 Years
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Mind-Bending Cryptography Puzzle Gets an 'Early' Solution After Just 20 Years
All the way back in 1999, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Computer Science was celebrating its 35th year of research, it gave itself an unusual birthday present: a large lead container, shaped like a paper bag, sculpte
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If You've Gone Vegan, Keep an Eye Out For These 4 Nutrient Deficiencies
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If You've Gone Vegan, Keep an Eye Out For These 4 Nutrient Deficiencies
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If You've Gone Vegan, Keep an Eye Out For These 4 Nutrient Deficiencies
There are many reasons people go vegan, from wanting to be healthier, to reducing their environmental footprint, to concerns about animal welfare.
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All Those Tiny White Dots in Mind-Blowing New Hubble Photo Are Actually Galaxies
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All Those Tiny White Dots in Mind-Blowing New Hubble Photo Are Actually Galaxies
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All Those Tiny White Dots in Mind-Blowing New Hubble Photo Are Actually Galaxies
The Hubble Space Telescope has been giving us amazing images of far flung regions of space since it was launched back in 1990.
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Tiny Deep-Sea Creatures Are Building Their Own Armour to Survive The Crushing Depths
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Tiny Deep-Sea Creatures Are Building Their Own Armour to Survive The Crushing Depths
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Tiny Deep-Sea Creatures Are Building Their Own Armour to Survive The Crushing Depths
Life isn't easy at the bottom of Challenger Deep – at nearly 11,000 metres (36,000 feet) the deepest point of the oceans – and scientists just shed some light on how tiny creatures are able to survive at these phenomenal depths.
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Huge Step as HIV Antiviral Treatment Achieves "Effectively Zero" Sexual Transmission
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Huge Step as HIV Antiviral Treatment Achieves "Effectively Zero" Sexual Transmission
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Huge Step as HIV Antiviral Treatment Achieves "Effectively Zero" Sexual Transmission
Scientists registered a huge step forward toward stopping the spread of HIV after a study showed over 750 gay men on an anti-viral treatment did not transmit the virus to their partners.
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A 1,100-Foot-Wide Asteroid Is on Course to Pass by Earth in a Decade
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A 1,100-Foot-Wide Asteroid Is on Course to Pass by Earth in a Decade
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A 1,100-Foot-Wide Asteroid Is on Course to Pass by Earth in a Decade
A massive asteroid will be visible to the naked eye when it passes close to Earth within the same distance as spacecraft that orbit the planet, according to NASA.
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Scientists Have Finally Achieved Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication
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Scientists Have Finally Achieved Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication
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Scientists Have Finally Achieved Direct Counterfactual Quantum Communication
Quantum communication is a strange beast, but one of the weirdest proposed forms of it is called counterfactual communication - a type of quantum communication where no particles travel between two recipients.
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We're Constantly Plagued by Thoughts We Don't Even Know We Have, Study Reveals
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We're Constantly Plagued by Thoughts We Don't Even Know We Have, Study Reveals
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We're Constantly Plagued by Thoughts We Don't Even Know We Have, Study Reveals
If we told you not to think about a red apple, would an image of a red apple immediately pop into your mind? We're less adept at controlling our thoughts than we might think, according to new research.
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Stanford Scientist Says in-Ear Gadgets Will Be Able to Monitor Our Brains
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Stanford Scientist Says in-Ear Gadgets Will Be Able to Monitor Our Brains
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Stanford Scientist Says in-Ear Gadgets Will Be Able to Monitor Our Brains
Personal gadgets known as "hearables," which communicate with the neural signals passing through our ears in order to monitor and interact with our brains, are on their way.
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This Is The Time of Life When People Feel The Most Optimistic, And It's Definitely Not Your 20s
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This Is The Time of Life When People Feel The Most Optimistic, And It's Definitely Not Your 20s
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This Is The Time of Life When People Feel The Most Optimistic, And It's Definitely Not Your 20s
Optimism is often considered a finite human resource: for the young, with all their endless opportunities, the virtue is abundant; for the old and embittered, a mere memory.
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We Just Got a Huge Step Closer to Solving The Bizarre Physics of Glass
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We Just Got a Huge Step Closer to Solving The Bizarre Physics of Glass
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We Just Got a Huge Step Closer to Solving The Bizarre Physics of Glass
For something so commonplace, glass is actually an incredible mystery; an enigma of physics that has defied understanding since humans first encountered it millennia ago.
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While We Scramble to Save The Great Barrier Reef, Earth's Oldest Rainforest Vanishes Nearby
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While We Scramble to Save The Great Barrier Reef, Earth's Oldest Rainforest Vanishes Nearby
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While We Scramble to Save The Great Barrier Reef, Earth's Oldest Rainforest Vanishes Nearby
Most of us know the Great Barrier Reef is facing a major crisis. A rapidly warming planet and a series of disastrous bleaching events have left this natural wonder a mere skeleton of its former self, with half the coral it contains already dead.
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NASA Finds Evidence Humans Were Draining The Planet as Far Back as The 1900s
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NASA Finds Evidence Humans Were Draining The Planet as Far Back as The 1900s
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NASA Finds Evidence Humans Were Draining The Planet as Far Back as The 1900s
We humans have been impacting our environment for longer than you might think: new NASA research shows human influence on drought can be traced as far back as the start of the 20th century, and continues to get stronger over time.
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A Mysterious Hole Keeps Opening Up in Antarctica, And Scientists Say It'll Be Back
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A Mysterious Hole Keeps Opening Up in Antarctica, And Scientists Say It'll Be Back
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A Mysterious Hole Keeps Opening Up in Antarctica, And Scientists Say It'll Be Back
In the early 1970s, when satellites first began snapping photos of Earth, scientists noticed a mysterious hole in one of Antarctica's seasonal ice packs, floating on the Lazarev Sea. Come summertime the gap had disappeared, and for decade
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Here's More Evidence Sexual Orientation Is Fluid Right Into Our Adult Years
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Here's More Evidence Sexual Orientation Is Fluid Right Into Our Adult Years
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Here's More Evidence Sexual Orientation Is Fluid Right Into Our Adult Years
The vocabulary we currently use to describe sexual orientation is hopelessly inadequate, with labels like 'gay', 'straight' and 'bi' falling far short of the complex reality, a large long-term study suggests.
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Why Do People See Serpent-Like Sea Monsters? It Could Come Back to Science
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Why Do People See Serpent-Like Sea Monsters? It Could Come Back to Science
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Why Do People See Serpent-Like Sea Monsters? It Could Come Back to Science
For as long as we've explored the oceans there have been tales of monsters lurking below. No doubt many sightings have been glimpses of actual marine life, but emerging sightings of long-necked serpentine beasts such as the Loch Ness Monster aren't
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Some Humans Have Mysterious Variants in Their Anatomy - Here Are 5 of The Strangest
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Some Humans Have Mysterious Variants in Their Anatomy - Here Are 5 of The Strangest
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Some Humans Have Mysterious Variants in Their Anatomy - Here Are 5 of The Strangest
Scientists in the UK recently reported that a bone that was thought to be lost to evolution is making a comeback. The little bone, known as the fabella (little bean), is found at the back of the knee – if it is found at all.
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The Chilling Story of WWII's 'Demon Core' And The Scientists Who Became Its Victims
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The Chilling Story of WWII's 'Demon Core' And The Scientists Who Became Its Victims
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The Chilling Story of WWII's 'Demon Core' And The Scientists Who Became Its Victims
It was August 13, 1945, and the 'demon core' was poised, waiting to be unleashed onto a stunned Japan still reeling in fresh chaos from the deadliest attacks anyone had ever seen.
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A Man Says He Swallowed an AirPod, And It Still Worked in His Stomach
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A Man Says He Swallowed an AirPod, And It Still Worked in His Stomach
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A Man Says He Swallowed an AirPod, And It Still Worked in His Stomach
A man in Taiwan found that his AirPod was still functional after he had accidentally swallowed it, according to a report from the Daily Mail.
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You're About to Have a Rare Chance to See This Usually Obscure Meteor Shower
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You're About to Have a Rare Chance to See This Usually Obscure Meteor Shower
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You're About to Have a Rare Chance to See This Usually Obscure Meteor Shower
Never heard of the Eta Aquarid meteors? 2019 offers a good chance to check out this normally obscure meteor shower.
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Study of 'No Drill' Dentistry Shows Fillings Aren't Needed in Many Cases
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Study of 'No Drill' Dentistry Shows Fillings Aren't Needed in Many Cases
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Study of 'No Drill' Dentistry Shows Fillings Aren't Needed in Many Cases
Many of us fear going to the dentist, and that fear is made worse by the dreadful prospect that on any given visit, you could be subjected to a whirring drill boring its way through your poor, hurty teeth.