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Science

Meet the most powerful nerd in the 'Cosmos'

Neil deGrasse Tyson -- astrophysicist, irreverent tweeter, vanquisher of Pluto, frequent Stephen Colbert foil -- is America's "It" Nerd. A lot of people have held that title before, acting as evangelists for science and discovery. Ben Franklin. George Washington Carver. Stephen Jay Gould. Carl Sagan. So why Tyson is different?

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Need money for your startup? Being an attractive male may help

Need money for your startup? Being an attractive male may help

When men and women pitch the same idea to venture capitalists, men are awarded money more often. A new study found that appearance also factors into whether or not an idea will get funded.
by Rebecca Hersher

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Preserving audio for the future is a race against time

Preserving audio for the future is a race against time

Old records are breaking, cassette tapes are warping, even digital recordings can become obsolete. The Library of Congress is working to save millions of the nation's recordings before they're lost.
by Emily Siner

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Never mind eyesight, your nose knows much more

Never mind eyesight, your nose knows much more

Scientists say the human nose can distinguish more than a trillion different smells. That new figure displaces a much more modest estimate. Until now, smell researchers have been saying the human nose can distinguish about 10,000 smells.
by Richard Harris

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Here's what the 500-pound 'chicken from hell' likely ate

Here's what the 500-pound 'chicken from hell' likely ate

For the past decade, dinosaur scientists have been puzzling over a set of fossil bones they variously describe as weird and bizarre. Now they've figured out what animal they belonged to: a bird-like creature they're calling "the chicken from hell." There are two reasons for the name.
by Christopher Joyce

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'Puny human brains' and the beginning of time

'Puny human brains' and the beginning of time

Clem Pryke, an experimental cosmologist at the University of Minnesota and one of the principal investigators on the team that discovered proof of cosmic inflation, joins us to discuss the research.

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Thank your gut bacteria for making chocolate healthful

Thank your gut bacteria for making chocolate healthful

For centuries, people have been attributing a vast array of health benefits to eating chocolate, from curing infertility and fatigue to fever and dental problems. But so far, the links to lower blood pressure and heart health have been the strongest -- and one of the few benefits to pass muster in the eyes of science.
by Michaeleen Doucleff

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Malaysian jet: Why was transponder off?

Malaysian jet: Why was transponder off?

Authorities believe that Flight 370's transponder was intentionally shut off, delaying search and rescue efforts and helping to conceal the plane's location -- a mystery unsolved more than 10 days after the Boeing 777 vanished.
by The Associated Press

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More on the Big-Bang, Einstein, and evidence

More on the Big-Bang, Einstein, and evidence

Even on its own, finding new evidence for Albert Einstein's much-sought-after gravity waves is a major achievement. But finding evidence from the early universe means we have a new tool for exploring the most extreme, mind-blowing event that ever occurred: the birth of everything.
by Adam Frank

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Good news, bad news: Big Bang smoking gun found; we might be alone

Good news, bad news: Big Bang smoking gun found; we might be alone

Researchers today announced they've discovered the gravitational waves that traveled through space/time shortly after the Big Bang. It's the first direct evidence of the rapid expansion at the beginning of the universe.
by Bob Collins

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