Science articles

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  Solar cell coating could break efficiency barrier, researchers claim

  By Katie Drummond on April 19, 2013 02:15 pm + 39 comments

  A new technique to produce solar cells might one day yield devices that boast significantly greater Continue reading…

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  Watch a 6-hour long spacewalk streamed live from the International Space Station

  By Carl Franzen on April 19, 2013 09:58 am + 17 comments

  NASA is live-streaming a six-hour long spacewalk by two astronauts aboard the International Space Continue reading…

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  New strain of avian flu in China is deadlier to humans than birds, researchers report

  By Carl Franzen on April 18, 2013 04:50 pm + 19 comments

  Researchers in Japan and the US have analyzed the genes of a new strain of avian (bird) flu that's k Continue reading…

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  NASA's Kepler mission finds the most Earth-like planets yet

  By Adi Robertson on April 18, 2013 03:29 pm + 43 comments

  Scientists have found what they believe are the two most Earth-like exoplanets yet, shedding new Continue reading…

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  Under bright light, the Portuguese man-of-war becomes a twisting landscape of neon

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 18, 2013 01:50 pm + 6 comments

  When light beams through a Portuguese man-of-war's gelatinous body, the aquatic creature's swirling Continue reading…

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  Sick idea: how rabies spawned vampires and zombies

  By Sarah Pavis on April 18, 2013 01:45 pm + 53 comments

  “What disturbs me is I smashed his mouth off, I smashed his teeth in, but he still wanted to Continue reading…

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  What caused a massive, deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant?

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 18, 2013 12:17 pm + 99 comments

  At around 6:50PM yesterday in West, Texas, just a few miles from Waco, a fertilizer plant plant Continue reading…

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  As superbugs gain ground, antibiotic development slows to a crawl

  By Katie Drummond on April 18, 2013 12:15 pm + 27 comments

  Antibiotic resistance is rapidly becoming a critical public health risk, with a growing number of Continue reading…

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  Google and other huge companies pledge 30 percent emissions cuts in New York City

  By Carl Franzen on April 18, 2013 11:08 am + 6 comments

  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg just announced a huge boost to his long-term plan to green the Continue reading…

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  I think, therefore I heal: the weird science of neurofeedback

  By Katie Drummond on April 18, 2013 10:02 am + 61 comments

  Imagine if treating a mental illness was as simple as playing a video game — except your mind is Continue reading…