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It’s Definitive: Rose and Jack Could Both Have Survived in Titanic
Perhaps Jack was just dumb for not climbing onto the raft
Today’s Physics Nobel Prize Didn’t Go to the Higgs
The winning research centers around figuring out the way light behaves at a very fundamental level - a field called "quantum optics"
Bioluminescent Worms Welcomed Columbus to the New World
Before Columbus made landfall in the New World 520 years ago today, glowing green worms engaged in a mating dance may have welcomed him first
The Two Newest Nobel Prize Winners Opened Up Pandora’s Box of Stem Cell Research And Cloning
Today's Nobel Prize in medicine went to Shinya Yamanaka and John Gurdon for their work on stem cell research and cloning
Skydiver Plans to Break the Sound Barrier by Jumping From 120,000 Feet
Carried aloft by a giant helium balloon, Felix Baumgartner will free-fall from the stratosphere
The Crazy Things a Few Tiny Little Mouse Eggs Made Scientists Say
Scientists took heed of the announcement that eggs can be made from stem cells, as evidenced by a collection of uncharacteristically colorful reactions
One Tiny Piece of Space Debris Can Destroy a Satellite
Roughly 21,000 pieces of space junk orbit near the Earth
UNESCO-Listed Medieval Souk in Syria Burned, Bombed
Aleppo, the site of an ancient UNESCO-listed souk in Syria, went up in flames on Sunday as clashes between troops and rebels infiltrated the market quarter.
California Bans ‘Cure The Gays’ Therapy
In California, it's no longer legal to try to cure homosexual youth
The Regular Referees Are Back So We Can Start Hating Them Again
The regular N.F.L. referees have reached a deal and will return to officiating American's favorite contact sport
Google Brings Street View to the Great Barrier Reef
Google Street View-style views take you to on a tour of exotic coastal ecosystems
Dear Florida: Stop Messing With Mating Manatees
But in Florida, residents are being asked to stop bothering manatees while they're trying to get it on
Looters Are Selling Artifacts to Fund War in Syria
War zones are dangerous places, for both people and cultural heritage
Next Year, We Start to Run Out of Bacon
This year's US drought is rippling through globalized agriculture. Next on the chopping block? Bacon
NIH Sends Almost One-Fifth of Its Research Chimpanzees Into Retirement
The National Institutes of Health has retired 110 chimpanzees of a total of 563
Just Before the Hajj, Two Patients Contract SARS-Like Virus
A new coronavirus has been spotted in Saudi Arabia
America’s Issues with Voter Turnout Stretch Back More Than 200 Years
Since before the Revolutionary War, America has struggled with low voter turnout
The NFL’s Replacement Refs Are Changing the Odds for Gamblers
Gambling on NFL games is a huge industry, full of people making wagers on who will win this weekend, and the new referees are introducing a new set of probabilities
Fire Tornado, Fire Devil, Whatever—Just Look at This Swirling Column of Fire
New York's state climatologist and a professor of atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, the columns of dust are more similar to a dust devil
Unusual, Odd, and Curious Science Honored Tonight in This Year’s Ig Nobel Awards
The 22nd annual Ig Nobel awards kick off tonight, highlighting odd but interesting scientific research
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