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King Tut's maladies and shortened life attributed to incest

Scientists have performed a "virtual autopsy" of King Tut using a 3D model based on more than 2000 digital scans. The model has revealed many previously unrecognized congenital deformities, including a...

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Ridley Scott to produce miniseries on rocket scientist, occultist Jack Parsons

Jack Parsons. The colorful life of Jack Parsons as revealed in the biography Strange Angel by George Pendle will appear on AMC in miniseries form, according to a Deadline report. Ridley Scott and David...

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Web site helps you split almost anything fairly

Carnegie Mellon researchers have built Spliddit, a web site which gives users "provably fair" ways to divide things of value. Dividing a cake using the “I cut, you choose” method is the classic example...

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We listen to sad music to feel nostalgic

In a recent study Liila Taruffi and Stefan Koelsch from the Free University of Berlin used an online survey to better understand why people engage with sad music and the emotions they experience when...

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Google to offer employees cancer DNA test to improve treatment

Starting in 2015, Google will offer its employees and their family members with cancer free tumor DNA testing to guide treatment decisions. Image: Benzopyrene DNA adduct 1JDG by Bstlee

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Echolocating bats jam each other's sonar

Mexican free-tailed bats emit a special "sweep jamming" sound to interfere with prey localization in  other bats competing for food.

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Performance on the soccer field linked to facial structure

According to a study of the 2010 World Cup, facial width to height ratio (FWHR) predicts a player's aggressiveness in soccer.   ...midfielders, who play both offense and defense, and forwards, who lead...

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Genomic sequencing finds no single gene basis for extreme longevity

Whole genome sequencing has not found any single gene variation responsible for extreme longevity, according to a paper published in PLOS ONE: We have sequenced the genomes of 17 supercentenarians...

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Fable of suicidal lemmings traced to Disney

An article from the BBC clarifies the popular notion about lemmings. On the back of the animated classic Bambi, Disney undertook a series of ground-breaking, feature-length nature documentaries known...

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If you've ever wondered why Swiss cheese has holes, then, hey, here's your...

Researchers have discovered the cause of the 100-year-old mystery of why Swiss cheese has holes.

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Improving chemotherapy by lowering tumor pressure

It can be difficult for chemotherapies to reach cancer cells because access is often restricted by poor vasculature and high pressure within tumors. This lowers efficacy. But new interim results from...

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Brilliant USC commencement speech on Leonard Cohen, turning off tech, and...

This year noted author and intellect Pico Iyer gave USC's commencement address. It's a great 17 minutes for graduating college students and anyone else. Watch it here.

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Circuitry found linking cerebral cortex to body's stress response

Our autonomic nervous system influences internal organs and governs key functions such as heart rate, digestion, and temperature regulation. Psychosomatic diseases are those without clear physical...

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You can hear the smile in someone's voice even when you can't

We often unconsciously mirror the behavior of people we interact with. This can include mirroring posture, gestures, and voice patterns. A recent paper in Current Biology reports that we can mirror a...

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