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Bogus Academic Conferences Lure Scientists
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Who Or What Left This 60,000-Ton Ancient Artifact Under The Sea?
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Oxford Institute Forecasts The Possible Doom Of Humanity
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How Giant Concrete Balls Could Make Wind Power More Efficient
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BeerSci: How Do We Measure The Bitterness Of Beer?
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Oregon lawmakers in the House just voted 58-0 to approve its new state microbe. If the state Senate also approves, Oregon will boast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the humble…
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Most of us are content to just worry about the future of humanity in our spare time, but there's an entire group of academics at Oxford University in England who make that their professional mission.
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Wind power is pretty great: One doesn't need to do much but build turbines and capture the energy from a passing breeze. But, like what happened to the Ancient Mariner, still air means trouble....
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