By modifying a single gene, scientists have made Hobbie-J the smartest rat in the world, a new study says. A similar gene tweak might boost human brainpower too, but scientists warn that there is such a thing as being too smart for your own good.
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These incredible pictures show octopuses making their own mobile homes from discarded coconut shells – in what scientists believe is the first 'intelligent' use of tools by an invertebrate. Researchers studied more than 20 of the eight-legged creatures in Indonesia, watching how they recycled the shell halves thrown into the sea by humans
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Bangalore: Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) are on the brink of a path-breaking discovery. They may have found signs of life in some form or the other on the Moon
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On Friday, one of Nevada's most important industries took a big step toward gender equality. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean men in leotards will now be serving cocktails on casino floors at 9 a.m., but it does mean that people who like to have sex with men will legally be able to purchase an opportunity to do so. Technically, male prostitution wasn't expressly prohibited before, but health codes required “that prostitutes must undergo 'cervical' testing for sexually transmitted diseases,” leaving those without a cervix out of a job
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Two nonprofit groups say that computer technicians have found 22 million White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush
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“ROME – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hit in the face and knocked to the ground by a protester at the end of a rally in Milan on Sunday, news reports said. The attack occurred as the 73-year-old Berlusconi was signing autographs near his car, state TV said. TV showed the stunned leader with blood under his nose and on his mouth as he was lifted to his feet by aides
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new Internal Revenue Service unit set up to catch rich tax cheats hiding their wealth in complex business entities is rapidly taking shape with the hiring of hundreds of employees. The IRS high wealth unit, part of a broader effort to combat international tax evasion, is focusing on “the entire web of business entities controlled by a high wealth individual,” IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman told a tax conference this week. Another IRS official told Reuters “hundreds” of people have already been hired to staff the new unit, including some from within the agency.
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The aircraft was Russian, registered in Georgia. Its crew were from Kazakhstan and Belorussia. It was about to fly on to a refuelling stop in Sri Lanka when it was seized by police in Thailand – and found to be carrying 40 tonnes of heavy weapons from North Korea and destined for the Ukraine.
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Annise Parker has been elected by the voters as Houston's first openly gay mayor, seizing 53.6 percent of the vote. Of the more than 152,000 residents who turned out to cast ballots in the fourth largest U.S
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