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Illusions contest: Non-glossy gloss

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 19:31
Change the finish of a photo without changing it

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LHCsound: Listening to the God particle

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 19:00
What would the Higgs boson sound like? Through a process called sonification, Lily Asquith is trying to find out

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Asian audience hates sexy ads

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 18:00
Sex doesn’t always sell, according to a new study – American men and women liked ads with sexual content, but Asian audiences didn’t.(author unknown)

Excess salt cancels craving

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 18:00
A new study was expected to find that humans crave salt after they’ve been stressed – but we eat too much salt, so it made no difference.(author unknown)

Signal flurry checks location

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 18:00
New research has discovered a way to send secure messages that can only be read by someone in the right location.(author unknown)

Dome implies old bombardment

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 18:00
Geologists have found a great dome buried in the Timor Sea – part of an ancient asteroid barrage that may have dropped global temperatures.(author unknown)

Skull reveals short ancestor

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 18:00
Researchers have discovered a new branch of the human family tree – a species that was light, short, and fond of chewy plants.(author unknown)

Omega-3: Fishy claims for fish oil

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 17:00
Claims that the famous fatty acids can fix innumerable health problems – and cut murder rates into the bargain – take some swallowing

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Spectrum reveals supernova surprise

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 16:41
Astronomers have developed a new way to determine the size of a star before it went supernova, by studying its chemistry.(author unknown)

Researchers snap signs of illegal fishing

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 13:00
Scientists investigating deep sea life in a supposedly pristine area of the Southern Ocean near eastern Antarctica have been shocked to find what they believe is evidence of illegal fishing there.(author unknown)

Sweep yields leads for new malaria drugs

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:24
A massive screening of chemicals has turned up thousands of compounds that could lead to new drugs in the fight against malaria, according to a pair of studies published today.(author unknown)

Opinion: The challenge of climate change as cultural crisis

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 09:28
Prof Linda Connor argues that modern anthropological research can provide useful and important perspectives on climate change as a cultural crisis in the contemporary world, and contribute to a cultural theory of action and activism.(author unknown)