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Renewable energy has found a considerable support in wind farms, as more and more people seem to be adopting this...

  Everybody pondered at least once in their lives the possibility of being immortal, and this idea sparkled in the...

It's hard to say that during last year's G8 summit the "world leaders" made promises and predictions that were just...

A few days ago, I wrote about the damage that a well intended, but wrongly conducted mangrove restoration could cause;...

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Lester Brown is "one of the world's most influential thinkers", according to the Washington Post, and the Calcutta refers to...

  Think about China today; the country with the most people in the world, who's surface is in the top...

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Actually, it's not about the brightest star of all, but the brightest star in our galaxy. It seems there's a...

Archaeopteryx has been the subject of many controversies, but it is now widely considered as the world's oldest bird; however,...

If you have a bug you want to identify and know everything about, there's one place which will solve all...

Whether you want to admit it or now, the world (and most of all America) has a problem with obesity....

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Scientists have believed for years that the moon doesn't have water, only to find that its interior proved them wrong,...

    The city of Seattle is one of the most active cities in the US and in the world...

If you were to be optimistic, where do you think mankind would get most of its energy a century from...

Michio Kaku, a highly regarded physicist and one of the world's leading authorities on string theory (essentially an attempt to...

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We all know (or really should know) the benefic impact a healthy lifestyle has on your body and mind. But...

The salt and pepper of any religion, mythology or folklore is represented by legendary figures, known to us, mortals, as...

Ever wake up in the morning and just couldn't get out of bed? Did you ever have something to do...

When I read what Ray Kurzweil said about the future, I was just awed! I mean, coming from somebody else,...

For the first time, scientists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods (four legged vertebrates) in Antarctica dating from the Early...

The Caribbean Monk seal (or West Indian seal) has been announced extinct on Friday. This comes as a shock (at...

It's not a science contest or a fair, or anything like that; it's way simpler than that. Here's how it...

Geography Easter Island (Rapa Nui in the native Easter Island language) is situated in the southeastern Pacific Ocean - it's...

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The Phoenix Lander was definitely a marking moment for scientists and researchers, who now have the opportunity of actually seeing...

Seven was considered a magic number by the ancient Greeks. So when it came to naming the most impressive constructions...

For almost a century, scientists have been trying to figure out what's good and what's bad about Einstein's vision of...

  Think about the hottest thing that comes to your mind; probably, 90% of people would answer the Sun. But...

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Photo by net_efekt In what is a laudable action, Germany has banned a family of pesticides that are blamed for...

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    A study conducted by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman...

    If we were to state the obvious, there are 2 sides: creationists and evolutionists. Creationists are mostly religious...

    It's still unclear how sleep deprivation affects us, as there are still so many things scientists have failed...

    British scientists have received the green light to research devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s using human-animal...

Just like when you lie certain things happen in your brain, the same thing happens when you think something about...

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  I really hope everybody knows who Einstein is, and many people know why he is famous and how he...

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