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Creationist offering $7.5 trillion if you prove evolution
newscientist.com — Palaeontologists: this could be your lucky day. Turkish creationist Adnan Oktar has just offered ten trillion lira - a mouth-watering $7.5 trillion - to "anyone who produces a single intermediate-form fossil demonstrating evolution".More… (General Sciences)
MichaelabehseraThe Man Who Stuck His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator
wired.com — So it was in 1978 that when the proton beam entered Anatoli Bugorski's skull it measured about 200,000 rads, and when it exited, having collided with the inside of his head, it weighed in at about 300,000 rads. More… (General Sciences)
GregdScales of Attractiveness from Composites of Faces (PIC) view!
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Scientists Discover Fish in Act of Evolution in Africa
ecoworldly.com — In what could be a first in the world, a fish species known as cichlids has been discovered by scientists in the act of splitting into two distinct species in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake and one of the world’s biggest fresh water bodies.More… (General Sciences)
MediaSightAgnosticism vs. Atheism
erik-rasmussen.com — Most people that say they are agnostic are really functional atheists, but they are making an epistemological argument to avoid confrontation and accusations of having faith or dogma.More… (General Sciences)
KaiserArnySpace rock found on collision course with Earth
space.newscientist.com — For the first time, astronomers have found an object on a certain collision course with Earth.More… (General Sciences)
Science, sex, and the art of seduction
mailonsunday.co.uk — Humans have long been baffled by just what shapes sexual attraction. Why do we find some people beautiful and others not? And is there anything we can do to make ourselves more attractive? More… (General Sciences)
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Human evolution has come to an end, says scientist
dailymail.co.uk — For centuries, writers have attempted to predict the future of the human race. Some have argued that we are destined to evolve into super-beings, others that we are turning into dim-witted goblins incapable of anything more demanding than watching TV. But according to a leading geneticist, both visions are wrong because human evolution has stopped.More… (General Sciences)
Heavy Metal-Eating "Superworms" Unearthed in U.K.
news.nationalgeographic.com — Newly evolved "superworms" that feast on toxic waste could help cleanse polluted industrial land, a new study says. These hardcore heavy metal fans, unearthed at disused mining sites in Britain and Wales, devour lead, zinc, arsenic, and copper.More… (General Sciences)
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Ancient Peru pyramid spotted by satellite
msnbc.msn.com — A new remote sensing technology has peeled away layers of mud and rock near Peru's Cahuachi desert to reveal an ancient adobe pyramid, Italian researchers announced on Friday at a satellite imagery conference in Rome. More… (General Sciences)
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Nerds Rejoice: Braininess Boosts Likelihood of Sex
abcnews.go.com — Women Proved to Be Decent Judges of Intelligence, Study Says. Lonely men ought to flaunt their copies of New Scientist. Women looking for both one-night stands and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dumb jocks, according to a new study of hundreds of university students. More… (General Sciences)
8 Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins Who Pushed the Boundaries
io9.com — In real life, plenty of mad and not-so-mad scientists have played with human and animal bodies (and body parts) to gain a greater understanding of the limits on life. Here are 8 real-life scientists who have performed shocking experiments on the nature life and death.More… (General Sciences)
"Intelligent" Supercomputers Put to the Turing Test
maximumpc.com — This Sunday, six computer programs will be put through the Turing test in an attempt to win their creator not only an 18-carat gold medal and $100,000, but to prove that computers are capable of thought.More… (General Sciences)
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Premature ejaculation gene found by researchers
news.bbc.co.uk — Men who suffer from premature ejaculation may be able to blame their genes, work suggests. A study of nearly 200 Dutch men found those who climaxed too soon during intercourse had a version of a gene that controls the hormone serotonin.More… (General Sciences)
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