Dogs Know When We Are Lying

We all know how perceptive dogs are to emotion, but it turns out their a lot more perceptive than we realize. The reality, if you lie to your dog, they’ll probably pick up on and stop trusting you. Details on the research from Science Alert.

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Early Evidence Shows Common Antibiotics also Kill Cancer Cells

A simple idea from a little girl inspired a research trial to test low-cost, low-impact common antibiotics effects on cancer cells. The research is in the early stages, but the results so far are encouraging.

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Science Finding Answers to Honey Bee Declines

Scientists have found a link between commonly used insecticides known as neonicotinoids and impaired brain activity in bees. The research provides a promising direction of inquiry in the search for the cause of the little-understood colony collapse disorder facing the bee industry.

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WATCH: Citizen-Funded Solar Sail Will Fly in May

A small spacecraft powered entirely by the sun and funded by people like you and me will take flight in May. Get the details and a video animation that shows the design concept from Science Alert.    

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New Super-Hydrophobic Metal Makes Water Bounce

The new metal surface is the result of a laser etching process, and the description of how that’s done is as cool as the video of water bouncing up and down.

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Ancient Biblical Text Discovered in an Egyptian Mummy Mask

The find has yet to be independently reviewed, but if confirmed it would mark the earliest discovered fragment of the Gospel of Mark.

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Scientists Have Found a Way to Fight Alzheimer’s in Mice

Keep in mind, this is early-stage science so there’s no magic Alzheimer bullet on the horizon, but it does amount to promising steps beating back this disease.

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Optimistic People are More Likely to Have Healthy Hearts

When it comes to staying healthy, a positive outlook may be more important than you realize.

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New Years Resolutions: Trick Yourself into Keeping Them…

The scientific term is ‘implementation intentions’, and if you use them to your advantage, you’ll trick your brain into making you act on your resolutions. If you read the article slowly, the good advice will stick with you…

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WATCH: Is Sitting Too Much Killing You?

The verdict is in, it’s the sitting more than anything else that is contributing to your poor health.

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Fight Hospital Infections with Copper Bed Rails?

There are a few more reports that will soon be published, but early evidence suggests copper bed rails in hospital rooms has a significant effect on reducing hospital born infections. And though they cost more, the payback period is pretty quick.

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Star Trek’s Universal Translator is Now a Real Thing

It’s technology coming from Microsoft and being introduced through Skype. If you follow the link below, you’ll see two videos that show it in action.

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The Science is in… Men are More Likely to Be Idiots

A statistical study of the world’s most idiotic deaths suggests men are more likely to suffer from a sort of fatal idiot syndrome. The science is real, so if you’re a man… you’ve been warned.

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E-Cigarettes Contain Carcinogens Just Like Cigarettes

In one test case, e-cigarettes were found to have 10 times the amount of carcinogens as traditional cigarettes. Among the bad stuff created by these products that ends up being inhaled… formaldehyde and acetaldehyde.

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Cannabis Used to Shrink Aggressive Brain Cancer

Anecdotal evidence has long been used in defending medicinal uses of marijuana, but increasingly, strong, peer reviewed scientific evidence showing the value of the drug. This study showed that cannabis combined with radiotherapy was effective at stopping growth of an aggressive brain cancer.

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Electric Cars Without Batteries?

Lithium-ion is the standard battery of the day, but they’re far from ideal. Graphene-based batteries are cheaper, lighter, charge faster, and safer, and researchers in Australia believe they can produce a battery-free car within five years.

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