Daniel Dennett's seven tools for thinking
guardian.co.uk 10 hours ago
Cognitive scientist and philosopher Daniel Dennett is one of America's foremost thinkers. In this extract from his new book, he reveals some of the lessons life has taught him
Lauren Laverne on fashion: shopping with a conscience
guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago
Rana Plaza shows just how much traceable supply chains matter. We need to care about the people making our clothes, says Lauren Laverne
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Angelina Jolie's cancer decision highlights row over genetic technology
guardian.co.uk 10 hours ago
Concerns that firms' rights to hold patents on genes linked to breast cancer is pushing up cost of testing for disease
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Briton picked for five-month mission on International Space Station in 2015
guardian.co.uk 10 hours ago
Tim Peake's selection seen as major boost for UK industry and an inspiration to young people
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Teen's invention could charge your phone in 20 seconds - NBC News.com
nbcnews.com 16 hours ago
Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student's invention. She won...
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A cure for HIV is now a a realistic possibility
independent.co.uk 10 hours ago
This week in Paris, the world's leading Aids scientists will gather to mark the 30th anniversary of the discovery of HIV...
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16-year-old finds a new way to detect cancer
cbsnews.com 9 hours ago
Jack Andraka's innovative mind led him to create a new way to find pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer
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New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft
indianexpress.com 3 hours ago
Console gaming still takes the lion's share of a growing gaming market - about 42 percent.
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Obama's Arctic strategy sets off a climate time bomb
guardian.co.uk 17 May
Nafeez Ahmed: US National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate 'economic opportunities' at the expense of everyone else
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Science promises strawberry fields forever
guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago
UK growers adopt specialist computer forecasting system to help improve yields of crops whatever the weather
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Mystery of Moon's Magnetic Field Deepens
news.yahoo.com 19 hours ago
The moon generated a surprisingly intense magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports.
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Does Prozac help artists be creative?
guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago
Do antidepressants hamper the creative process, or are they the answer to tortured artists' prayers? Alex Preston recalls his experiences of Prozac and asks others how the drug affected their own work
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Green Deal debt may have to be repaid before property sold
guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago
Homeowners wishing to sell may find buyers are not prepared to take over Green Deal loan attached to the property's energy bill
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Students can't resist distraction for two minutes ... and neither can you
redtape.nbcnews.com 17 hours ago
Are gadgets making us dumber? Two new studies suggest they might be. One found that people who are interrupted by technology score 20 percent lower on a standard cognition test...
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Digital Cannes: Meet the IMDb guy – Colin Needham
foxnews.com 3 hours ago
Just like it has newspapers, magazines, and television, digital technology is poised to change the way people consume movies.
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PHOTOS: Amazing Sea Butterflies
huffingtonpost.com 8 hours ago
We're consistently impressed by the variety of biodiversity out there, but these sea butterflies are really something else...
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Joseph Farman, 82, Is Dead; Discovered Ozone Hole
nytimes.com 6 hours ago
Mr. Farman’s single-minded and at times officially derided study of atmospheric changes in the Antarctic led to one of the most important environmental discoveries of the 20th century.
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Charlatans musicians Tim Burgess and Mark Collins on their relationship
guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago
The singer and guitarist on being Mancunian, becoming inseparable, and pushing each other
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Police fear £2 app which lets mobiles use secret code to provide phones with military-level security
dailymail.co.uk 9 hours ago
Smartphone app Seecrypt is designed to make phone calls and text messages impossible to bug. Anti-terrorist agents have said the technology would 'enable the bad guys to get ahead'.
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LOOK: National Geographic's Stunning Photo Contest
huffingtonpost.com 13 hours ago
The 'National Geographic Traveler' Photo Contest is upon us, and some stunning images have already started to flow in...
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Is Climate Change Increasing Tornado Intensity?
huffingtonpost.com 8 hours ago
By Marlene Cimons, Climate Nexus: Marlene Cimons of Climate Nexus contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
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Population growth and climate change explained by Hans Rosling – video
guardian.co.uk 17 May
Han Rosling demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions
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Frogs, salamanders and climate change
sciencedaily.com 13 hours ago
Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns can lead to declines in southeastern frog and salamander populations, but protecting ponds can improve their plight.
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LOOK: Mystery Man Gives Canada Animal Shelter $25,000 In Random Act Of Kindness
huffingtonpost.com 16 hours ago
This week, an unidentified man redefined generosity by anonymously donating a large sum of money to a Canadian animal shelter...
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10% of Facebook's users are not human - including Mark Zuckerberg's dog Beast who has 1.5 MILLION...
dailymail.co.uk 15 hours ago
Market research company, eMarketer, claims that of Facebook's one billion users at least 100 million are pets, brands and companies.
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Hong Kong launches first electric taxis
phys.org 15 hours ago
Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city's high levels of roadside pollution.
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Human cloning developments raise hopes for new treatments
guardian.co.uk 13 hours ago
People with conditions such as heart disease or Parkinson's could benefit from tissue grown with their own DNA
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Where is genetic testing taking us?
telegraph.co.uk 3 hours ago
Checks for predisposition to disease, such as the one that led actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a double mastectomy, are now common, but so are fears for what might come next
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Cheetah back in India? Yes, if govt has its way
zeenews.india.com 2 hours ago
The Indian government is planning to petition the Supreme Court to allow the import of African cheetah that became extinct 60 years ago.
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Camp Lejeune Coming Clean After Nearly 30 Years
huffingtonpost.com 13 hours ago
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — Purple wildflowers sprout in abundance around the bright-yellow pipe, one of several jutting from the sandy soil in this unassuming patch of grass and mud.
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Govt plans to import African cheetah
timesofindia.indiatimes.com 2 hours ago
The environment ministry's proposal comes after the apex court last month quashed the Rs 300 crore project to import and re-introduce the Namibian cheetah in India.
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Deep sea 'gold rush' moves closer
bbc.co.uk 18 May
The prospect of a deep sea "gold rush" opening a controversial new frontier for mining on the ocean floor has moved a step closer.
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First Saudi Woman Ever Climbs Mount Everest
huffingtonpost.com 13 hours ago
KATMANDU, Nepal — Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain...
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Huge Rock Crashes Into Moon, Sparks Giant Explosion
news.yahoo.com 17 May
The moon has a new hole on its surface thanks to a boulder that slammed into it in March, creating the biggest explosion scientists have seen on the moon since they started monitoring it.
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Now we know why old scizophrenia medicine works on antibiotics-resistant bacteria
sciencedaily.com 12 hours ago
An old medicine for schizophrenia is effective at treating something completely different than it was designed for: antibiotic-resistant bacteria...
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Marine Reunited With Four-Legged Friend
huffingtonpost.com 17 May
DES MOINES, Iowa -- When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the yellow lab who was his constant companion that he'd look her up when he returned home...
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Green signal for lion safari park in UP
timesofindia.indiatimes.com 11 hours ago
SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav first came up with the idea of the lion safari project in 2005 but it could not take shape further in BSP regime in 2007.
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Russia retrieves mice, newts from space
uk.news.yahoo.com 1 hour ago
A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts along with other small animals returned from a month's mission in orbit on Sunday with data scientists hope will pave the way for a manned flight to...
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To manage your diabetes, Weird Science recommends the munchies
arstechnica.com 18 hours ago
But it advises against using frog-based pregnancy tests.
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