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Blind man sees wife for first time after having a TOOTH implanted into his eye | Mail OnlineBlind man sees wife for first time after having a TOOTH implanted into his eye By Paul Sims Last updated at 1:43 AM on 04th July 2009 Seeing clearly: Martin Jones opens his newly-sighted eye fitted with a tooth When Martin Jones met his wife four years ago, he never imagined that one ...
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The Strange Ingredients in Fireworks | LiveScienceFireworks for the 4th of July are all about light, color and sound. But inside, there are some bizarre ingredients, from aluminum to Vaseline and even the stuff of rat poison. An ancient mix of black powder, essentially gunpowder little changed from its invention in China a millennia ago, ...
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Stephen Hawking: "Humans Have Entered a New Stage of Evolution"Stephen Hawking: "Humans Have Entered a New Stage of Evolution" Although It has taken homo sapiens several million years to evolve from the apes, the useful information in our DNA, has probably changed by only a few million bits. So the rate of biological evolution in humans, Stephen Hawking ...
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New class of black holes discoveredNew class of black holes discovered This is an artist's impression of the new source HLX-1 (represented by the light blue object to the top left of the galactic bulge) in the periphery of the edge-on spiral galaxy ESO 243-49. This is the first strong evidence for the existence of intermediate ...
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Revealed: How pandemic swine flu kills - health - 03 July 2009 - New ScientistAs the H1N1 swine flu pandemic continues to spread around the world, most cases are still mild. But reports are starting to emerge of people who sicken and die very quickly of what appears to be viral pneumonia. Now two independent groups of scientists have now found out why – and it's all ...
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3Whales Might Be as Much Like People as Apes | Wired Science | Wired.comShould "canabalism" for higher-level ["thinking"] species be defined as eating other higher-level species?JDP added 9 days ago
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3Underweight and extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight, study findsSo starving (and becoming underweight) may NOT be a way to longer life! IN FACT, being slightly "overweight" MAY BE (mainly later in life)!JDP added 11 days ago
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3Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be tied to empathyMore proof of the connection of the "physical" (projected spatial awareness) to the "mental" (empathy)!?JDP added 11 days ago
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7Fish can learn despite small brains | Science | ReutersHuh? I forgot what you said.fishead .•∞º˙ added 2 weeks ago
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3Same-sex Behavior Seen In Nearly All Animals, Review FindsSO, are animals capable of this "sin" (and so maybe have a heaven and hell!?)? Or did the "creator" create this behavior in so many animals but only judged it a "sin" for humans?JDP added 2 weeks ago
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