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Perfumed virtual reality mask can change the taste of cookies
The Meta Cookie system takes advantage of a principle that any good chef knows: We taste with our eyes and nose before any food enters our mouth.
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X Prize offers $1.4 million for Gulf oil spill cleanup ideas
The X Prize Foundation is offering $1.4 million for technology that can improve the methods for surface oil cleanup by at least 50 percent.
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Titan's giant sand dunes shaped by 'backward' winds, study finds
The odd equatorial sand dunes found on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have been shaped by winds blowing in the opposite of the prevailing direction, new research finds.
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Rare failed star found circling sun-like star
The newfound failed star, known as a brown dwarf, has been dubbed PZ Tel B. It is separated from its sun-like companion star, PZ Tel A, by a distance similar to that between Uranus and the sun in our solar system.
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Seven internet 'key holders' could insure against cyber attack
Seven "keys" have been handed out to a trusted circle of people who might get called upon to "save" the Internet in the aftermath of a cyber attack.
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What's that weird thing around Saturn's second-largest moon?
There is something around the moon of Rhea. It's not a ring, and it sure is weird, say researchers.
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Chile earthquake lifted country's coast eight feet
The Feb. 27 Chile earthquake lifted the ground by the coast by more than eight feet and sunk ground inland by more than three feet, a new study found.
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Are we causing a mass extinction in our oceans?
Research shows that many areas of today's oceans have conditions that parallel those of 250 million years ago, when 95 percent of marine species quickly died out.
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New research explains the physics of wrinkles
A new study of the physics of wrinkles – on our clothes or skin – helps iron out some of the uncertainty.
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Undersea microphones listen for whales threatened by Gulf oil spill
A team from Cornell is working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to listen in on whales who may have been affected by the Gulf oil spill.
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Mushrooms used to make eco-friendly packaging
Mycobond, a composite material made from mushroom roots and agricultural waste, is grown around structures to create customized packaging.
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Vital ocean phytoplankton a casualty of global warming?
A new study suggests that a global rise in ocean temperatures has cut the number of phytoplankton, which are the bedrock of the food chain, by 40 percent since 1950. Other scientists link the rise in ocean temperatures to global warming.
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Massive black hole bends light, magnifying distant galaxy
Located some 1.6 billion light-years from Earth, the energy-spewing black hole acts as a gravitational lens
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Solar sail experiment could test Einstein hypothesis
A physics professor has proposed using a solar sail to confirm a side-effect of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
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Huge asteroid on possible collision course with Earth (172 years from now)
The asteroid has a one-in-a-thousand chance of striking our planet in the year 2182, say NASA experts.
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Huge spacequakes shaking Earth's magnetic field
A new study has found that spacequakes – tremors in the Earth's magnetosphere caused by plasma ejected from the sun – tend to pack a punch.
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Australian attraction to offer tours in Klingon language
The Jenolan Caves in Australia's Blue Mountains will soon offer the world's first audio tour entirely in Klingon, the fictional language used by the lumpy-headed, militaristic aliens in the Star Trek universe.
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Marsupials originated in South America, study suggests
Marsupials did not, as had been previously thought, did not get their start in Australia, a new genetic study suggests. Rather, they share a common ancestor in South America.
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NASA should protect Earth from space rocks, panel finds
A NASA task force says the space agency should make protecting the planet a strategic goal.
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Is the Taliban really training monkeys to shoot at US troops?
A report in China's People's Daily indicated that the Taliban is creating an army of monkey mujahideen. The report is almost certainly false, a distinguished primatologist says.
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