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Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area | Pankaj Sah
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Aug. 15, 2017 (MedicalXpress) -- A University of Queensland discovery may lead to new treatments for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). UQ ...
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Space junk could destroy satellites, hurt economies | AFP
There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called "space junk"—left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages or as small as paint flakes — in orbit alongside some US$700 ...
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Temperate earth-sized worlds found in extraordinarily rich planetary system | PhysOrg
This artist's impression shows the view from the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets orbit this ultra cool dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth and they ...
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Scientists Discover New Form Of Matter: Time Crystals | Fiona MacDonald
Kent Schimke/Flickr Perpetual motion without energy Jan. 28, 2017 (ScienceAlert.com) -- For months now, there's been speculation that researchers might have finally created time crystals -- strange ...
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US is no longer a full democracy, EIU warns | Nyshka Chandran
Jan. 25, 2017 (CNBC) -- The United States has been demoted from a full democracy to a flawed democracy for the first time, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Every year, the firm's ...
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The Unique Human Capacity for War | Michael Brenner
Trench warfare during World War I. One characteristic that sets humans apart from other animals is the capability to organize sustained warfare against members of their own species, a troubling fact ...
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Air Pollution Skyrocketing Worldwide in 'Public Health Emergency': WHO | Nadia Prupis
WHO found that fully 92 percent of people worldwide live in regions where the pollution exceeds the organization's safety limits. (Photo: UCL News/flickr/cc) Developing countries and vulnerable ...
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Beyond the Middle East: The Rohingya Genocide | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 27, 2015 “Nope, nope, nope,” was Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott’s answer to the question whether his country will take in any of the nearly ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- March 10, 2015 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation Scheduled national and international events related to nuclear weapons and proliferation issues. March 10, 2015 March 6-15 House of ...
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IMF Lowers Global Growth Forecast by Most in Three Years | Andrew Mayeda
Jan. 20, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- The IMF made the steepest cut to its global-growth outlook in three years, with diminished expectations almost everywhere except the U.S. more than offsetting the boost ...
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Trade Secrets | George Monbiot
George MonbiotWhy will no one answer the obvious, massive question about TTIP? Jan. 13, 2015 (Monbiot.com) -- When a government proposes to abandon one of the fundamental principles of justice, ...
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