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After Curiosity, uncertainty lingers on NASA’s Mars program

YoopyaAug 14, 20120

(Reuters) – This week’s arrival of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity set the stage for a potentially game-changing quest to learn whether the planet most like

World over-using underground water reserves for agriculture

YoopyaAug 13, 20120

(Reuters) – The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists in Canada and the

Pop music too loud and all sounds the same: official

YoopyaJul 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Comforting news for anyone over the age of 35, scientists have worked out that modern pop music really is louder and does all

Anti-matter universe sought by space-based detector

YoopyaJul 26, 20120

(Reuters) – A seven metric ton particle detector parked for over a year on the International Space Station (ISS) aims to establish whether there is

Flu “super antibody” may bring universal shot closer

YoopyaJul 25, 20120

(Reuters) – Scientists have found a flu “super antibody” called FI6 that can fight all types of influenza A viruses that cause disease in humans

Polar bears ancient and in decline

YoopyaJul 24, 20120

Polar bears split from ancient bears more than 4 million years ago, suggests ancient DNA and the gene maps of multiple bears. The polar bear

The rise in women seeking a perfect vagina

YoopyaJul 24, 2012January 7, 20230

A research charity has launched an animated film hoping it will encourage debate about the surge of women seeking “designer vaginas”. The film called Centrefold,

Indian scientists try to crack monsoon source code

YoopyaJul 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Scientists aided by supercomputers are trying to unravel one of Mother Nature’s biggest mysteries — the vagaries of the summer monsoon rains that

“It’s a boson:” Higgs quest bears new particle

YoopyaJul 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Five people were shot dead after a gunman facing eviction seized hostages in an apartment in the southern German city of Karlsruhe on

Scientists find new particle, probably the Higgs

YoopyaJul 4, 20120

(Reuters) – Scientists at Europe’s CERN research center have found a new subatomic particle that could be the Higgs boson, the basic building block of