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280 new craters found on the Moon
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Curtin University researchers have identified what could be an additional 280 craters on the Moon, using a combination of gravity and terrain modelling. Professor Will Featherstone, Dr Christian...
Baby's intelligence linked to weight gain
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age. The study was led by...
Obesity inflames the brain
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Low testosterone worsens the harmful effects of obesity in the nervous system, a new study in mice finds. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San...
Immunity mechanism discovered
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Scientists at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine have discovered a mechanism that is used to protect the body from harmful bacteria. Platelets, a component of blood typically associated...
Final construction begins for Europe’s 2016 methane sniffing Mars mission
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Has life ever existed on Mars? Or anywhere beyond Earth? Answering that question is one of the most profound scientific inquiries of our time. Europe and Russia have teamed up for a bold venture...
The compatibilism puzzle
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
I am a hardline materialist. I think the material world is all that there is and I have no reason to believe in the existence ofany nonmaterial entities. I did not start out with this view as an a...
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NASA names first astronaut class for deep space exploration
On Monday, NASA introduced eight new astronaut candidates – four women and four men – who will “help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system...
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Quote of the Day

"Who could deny that man could somehow also make the heavens, could he only obtain the instruments and the heavenly material?"


~ MARSILIO FICINO, 1474


Fact of the day

Evolution is not a progression from inferior to superior organisms, and it also does not necessarily require an increase in complexity. It is possible for a population to evolve to become simpler, having a smaller genome.

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