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  Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to rise 20 percent by the 2020s

  By T.C. Sottek on May 19, 2013 01:00 pm + 82 comments

  A new study from The Earth Institute at Columbia University projects that heat-related fatalities Continue reading…

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  New genetic migraine cause suggested by researchers

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 13, 2013 09:50 pm + 11 comments

  University researchers may have determined a new type of gene mutation that leads to migraines. The Continue reading…

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  The robots are coming, but will we love them?

  By Amar Toor on April 26, 2013 01:16 pm + 57 comments

  Would you shed a tear if a robot was being tortured before your eyes? According to Astrid Continue reading…

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  Origins, unknown: where did the Maya empire really come from?

  By Amar Toor on April 25, 2013 02:00 pm + 65 comments

  Photo by Takeshi Inomata, University of Arizona The astronomy, calendar, and apocalyptic Continue reading…

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  Dinosaur egg incubation research strengthens evolutionary link with birds

  By Sam Byford on April 23, 2013 01:55 am + 34 comments

  Some species of dinosaurs incubated their eggs in a similar way to modern birds, a new study has Continue reading…

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  Study links low bacteria levels in circumcised men with HIV resistance

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 17, 2013 02:52 pm + 138 comments

  Multiple studies have shown that circumcision decreases a man's risk of contracting HIV by as much Continue reading…

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  Researchers discover brain scan signature that can determine when people feel pain

  By Bryan Bishop on April 10, 2013 08:31 pm + 11 comments

  In a set of recent studies, researchers were able to determine whether individual subjects were Continue reading…

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  Finding happiness in tweets written near and far from home

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 10, 2013 12:41 pm + 5 comments

  If you tend to stay close to your home and workplace, you might have fewer happy tweets than your Continue reading…

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  Sea lion blows scientists' minds by head-bobbing to the Backstreet Boys

  By Sam Byford on April 1, 2013 08:28 pm + 78 comments

  Researchers at the University of California in Santa Cruz have successfully trained a sea lion to Continue reading…

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  For American gangsters, the internet is not much of a G thing

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 28, 2013 02:29 am + 23 comments

  What are America's gangsters doing on the internet? Not a whole lot, according to a recent survey. A Continue reading…