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Antioxidant Supplements Vs. Cancer – The Truth

On June 10, 2015 by Tim Newman

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As we all known, people who work for food companies like to flog their wares in any way that they can. If it is possible to infer that a product is healthy, all...

The History Of Life: Creatures From The Silurian

On June 3, 2015 by Tim Newman

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Welcome to part three of my leisurely wander through the timeline of life. Recently, I touched on the Cambrian period which led to the Ordovician, and today we’ll tackle the scintillating Silurian. The Silurian...

Platybelodon & Amebelodon

On May 30, 2015 by Tim Newman

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Platybelodon and Amebelodon, what lovely beasts they were. They look like the type of animal you would see in an awful Disney Star Wars remake, but the important difference is, these guys actually roamed...

The Chemistry Of The Amazon Mapped

On May 30, 2015 by Tim Newman

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Scientists from the Carnegie Airborne Observatory have done something pretty impressive. They have mapped the chemical content of the Amazon basin and its ancient forests. It’s the largest project of its type, and as an added bonus the...

Amazing Weather Records: Rain

On May 22, 2015 by Tim Newman

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This is the second installment of impressive weather records. Last time I covered temperature and this time it is the turn of our old foe: rain. I hate rain. It’s my least favourite...

Climate Change: The Almighty Elephant In The Deeply Fragile Room

On May 16, 2015 by Lonesome George

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Global warming: virtually everyone accepts it is happening and that it will inevitably result in dire consequences for humanity and other life on this planet. Most people accept the overwhelming weight of evidence...

The Mystery Of The Black Knight Satellite

On April 12, 2015 by Tim Newman

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Who doesn’t like a nice mystery, hey? They’re more exciting than cold hard facts because they take less effort to think about. The image above shows the so-called Black Knight Satellite. This Black Knight...

Tesla’s Pigeon: A Love Story

On February 20, 2015 by Louis Falasha

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“Yes, I loved that pigeon, I loved her as a man loves a woman, and she loved me.” – Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla, born in 1856, was for modern science what Sir Isaac...

Beautiful Drawings Of Bones From William Cheselden’s Osteographia

On February 6, 2015 by Tim Newman

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William Cheselden was born on October 19, 1688 at Somerby, near Burrow-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire. He worked as an apprentice surgeon at St. Thomas’s Hospital where he fell deeply in love with bones. By 1711, he was...

Cicada Wings Naturally & Passively Destroy Bacteria

On January 30, 2015 by Tim Newman

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Some incredible results have been published this week in the Biophysical Journal showcasing the work of an international research team. The findings are interesting in themselves because they show us yet another incredible trick that...

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