Ice Shelf Bigger Than Manhattan Could Be About To Break From Antarctica
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Nansen Ice Shelf and the crack, taken by Landsat 8 on December 16, 2015. USGS
Antarctic scientists have documented ice shelves disintegrating from the southern continent at an unprecedente...
Newly Formed Neurons Help Brain “Catalog Memories In Time”
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The human brain generates 1,400 new neurons per day, but their function had until now remained unknown.
Sometimes it can feel every day is...
Oldest Known Pine Tree Fossil Discovered
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The tiny fossil, on the left, measures just half a centimeter long.
When triceratops and velociraptors stalked the forests of the...
$1bn Bank Heist Foiled By A Rather Hilarious Mistake
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When there’s billions of dollars on the table and you’ve been snooping around the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, make sure you...
IHEU calls on UN to reinforce human rights mechanisms protecting LGBTI people and SRHR
Today at the United Nations, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, again called on the Human Rights Council to...
Nothing New in the Ladies’ Room
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Long before the discussion concerning laws that allow transgenders into the women's restrooms, wearing their dresses and...
Atheists in Kenya must be officially recognised
An atheist group in Kenya has been denied formal registration as a recognised association on the grounds that “The Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that the interests of...
Scientists Create Synthetic Bacteria With Only 473 Genes
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A team, led by synthetic biologists at the J. Craig Venter Institute in La Jolla, California, have come up with an answer...
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Researchers Are Using Tarantula Venom To Design New Painkillers
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Tarantula venom may be surprisingly useful.
The search for safer, more effective and non-addictive painkillers has led scientists to an unlikely source: tarantula...