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Science

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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Goggles bring virtual reality closer to your living room

Goggles bring virtual reality closer to your living room

Going back to ancient times, the aim of storytellers has been to immerse us in an experience -- of another place, time or point of view. This past week at the South by Southwest film, music and technology conferences in Austin, storytellers and great technologists showed off new ways to take us beyond cinema, or TV or even traditional video games. One of the most compelling experiences came via the Oculus Rift, a set of virtual reality goggles.
by Laura Sydell

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US lags as commercial drones take off around globe

US lags as commercial drones take off around globe

Tempting technology and an eager marketplace are outrunning the aviation agency's best intentions to regulate drones. Photographers, real estate agents, moviemakers and others are hurrying to embrace the technology.
by The Associated Press

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U.S. to relinquish remaining control of the Internet

U.S. to relinquish remaining control of the Internet

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration said it wants to relinquish its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

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