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Our Galaxy Is Bigger Than Once Thought

cbsnews.com — Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda. Not anymore. More… (General Sciences)

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Is It Possible For DNA To Have Telepathic Properties?

dailygalaxy.com — Scientists are reporting evidence that contrary to our current beliefs about what is possible, intact double-stranded DNA has the “amazing” ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands from a distance. Somehow they are able to identify one another, and the tiny bits of genetic material tend to congregate with similar DNA.More… (General Sciences)

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Strange,Weird And Mysterious Sounds That Come From The Earth

noiseaddicts.com — The earth is full of sounds ... Here is a list of weird “sonic mysteries” that come from our Earth.(includes some audio)More… (General Sciences)

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Pink Iguana That Darwin Missed Holds Evolutionary Surprise

blog.wired.com — For iguanas, it turns out that it's not easy being pink, either.Biologists report that a rare type of pink iguana found on a single volcano in the Galapagos Islands is a genetically-distinct species from its green cousins — and that it's probably critically endangered. More… (General Sciences)

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Did Earth's Twin Cores Spark Plate Tectonics?

dsc.discovery.com — The driving mechanism for plate tectonics has long been a mystery to geologists. Now a new theory purports to have the answer: Our planet has two inner cores.More… (General Sciences)

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Five Ways the World Can End

foxnews.com — Five Ways the World Can End, Asteroid impact? Massive volcanoes? How about a passing black hole? There's lots of ways to destroy the Earth.More… (General Sciences)

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Scientists See Brain Aging Before Symptoms Appear

newsroom.ucla.edu — UCLA scientists have used innovative brain-scan technology developed at UCLA, along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk, to help diagnose brain aging, often before symptoms appear. Published in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, their study may offer a more accurate method for tracking brain aging.More… (General Sciences)

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A device that mimics one of nature's key transport machines.

physorg.com — To help protect its genes, a cell is highly selective about what it allows to move in and out of its nucleus. Yet that choosiness is regulated by just a thin barrier, perforated with tiny transport machines called nuclear pore complexes: protein-coated holes surrounded by flimsy, unfolded protein strands.More… (General Sciences)

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