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Ladies, Just Say No To Sperm

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/… Researchers in Japan found out that women live longer than men due to sperm. How did they find this out?

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Intel wants brain implants in its customers’ heads by 2020

If the idea of turning consumers into true cyborgs sounds creepy, don't tell Intel researchers. Intel's Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control all sorts of gadgets directly via brain waves by 2020. The scientists anticipate that consumers will adapt quickly to the idea, and indeed crave the freedom of not requiring a keyboard, mouse, or remote control for surfing the Web or changing channels

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Army suicides set another yearly record

Washington (CNN) — Suicides among soldiers this year have topped last year's record-breaking numbers, but Army officials maintain a recent trend downward could mean the service is making headway on its programs designed to reduce the problem, Army officials said Tuesday. Since January, 140 active-duty soldiers have killed themselves while another 71 Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers killed themselves in the same time period, totaling 211 as of Tuesday, Gen. Peter Chiarelli, U.S

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Giant crack in Africa will create a new ocean

“A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

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850 Mostly Blind, Pale Creatures Discovered Underground

” Australia, down underground, scientists have found 850 previously unknown species living in subterranean water, caves and micro-caverns. These insects, crustaceans, spiders and worms are likely only about one-fifth of the number of undiscovered species the researchers think exist underground amid the harsh conditions of the Australian outback. Two species of blind fish and two of blind eels were also uncovered

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Spanking detrimental to children, study says

Think a little spanking won't do much harm to kids?

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Meditation increases brain gray matter

That's the finding from a group of researchers at UCLA who used high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of people who meditate. In a study published in the journal NeuroImage and currently available online (by subscription), the researchers report that certain regions in the brains of long-term meditators were larger than in a similar control group

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Army of flea-sized robots to do our bidding in the future

Researchers are working towards mass-producing a bunch of tiny, flea-sized robots to do our bidding. Bring on the miniscule robot helpers! I-SWARM robots could be used for everything from cleaning to surveillance to medicine to manufacturing

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Obese people have ‘severe brain degeneration’

A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals.

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Hamburger USB

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