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How the Body's Cells Hold on Tight
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World Cup Prediction Mathematics Explained
The World Cup is back, and everyone's got a pick for the winner. Gamblers have been predicting the outcome of sporting contests since the first foot race across the savannah, but in recent years a unique type of statistical analysis has taken over the prediction business...
Don't Go in the Water: The Chemistry of Pee in the Pool [Video]
Pee in a swimming pool could start an unpleasant chemical reaction with chlorine
What Do Your Tumor Genes Say About Your Prospects? The Quest, Part 7
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Psychedelic Chemist & `Godfather of Ecstasy' Alexander Shulgin Dies at 88
Alexander Shulgin, chemist and renowned psychonaut who acquainted the world with the drug MDMA - or Ecstasy - died Monday evening at his home in Lafayette, Calif.
Americans Who Mistrust Climate Scientists Take Cues from Global Temperatures
The White House obviously accepts the science behind human-caused climate change, as was made clear again this week by its announcement of plans to cut carbon emissions from U.S.
Google Gives the Internet Amnesia in Europe
One of the Internet's greatest assets is also perhaps its biggest curse—it never forgets. Except in the European Union, where a court last month ruled that people have the right to have certain sensitive information about themselves deleted from Google search results...
Obama's Clean Power Plan Means More Gas to Fight Global Warming [Video]
400 PPM: What’s Next for a Warming Planet Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached this level for the first time in millions of years.
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