Mental gymnastics ByPhilipCoheninSanDiegoITSOUNDSlikeacouchpotato’sdream.Justimaginingyourselfexercisingcanincreasethestrengthofevenyourlargemuscles.Thediscoverycouldhelppatientstooweaktoexercisetostartrecuperatingfrom

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Lucky earwigs are doubly endowed EARWIGS’penisesoftensnapoffduringsex.Sooneearwigfamilyhascomeupwiththeobvioussolution:keepanotheroneinreservetouseinanemergency.EntomologistsknewthatmalesoftheAnisolabididaefamilyhavetwopenises

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Tanked NEUTRINOresearchhassufferedamajorsetback.Japan’sSuper-Kamiokandedetectorisoutofactionafteroneofthephototubesliningitswater-filledtankimplodedduringaroutinerefill.Theshockwavedestroyedanother7000of11

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Milky Way’s bulge may have been formed by the galaxy buckling ESO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/M.Kornmesser/R.HurtByJacobAronBendyourbrainaroundthis:theentiregalaxymighthavebuckledunderitsownweight.Manydiscgalaxies

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Printed power ByIanSampleEVERnoticedhowgadgetslikecellphonescannearlydoubleinsizeandweightonceyouslaponabatterypack?Littlewonderthenthatshrinkingthesizeofbatteriesisamajorpreoccupation—whichiswhereanewtoolcalled

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Battle cry ByDeboraMacKenzieASDEVELOPINGnationscelebrateahard-wonvictoryintheirbattleforcheaperdrugsrich

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Turn on, kill off BySylviaPagánWestphalandMichaelLePageTHEaccidental“switchingoff”ofkeygenescouldbeatleastasimportantacauseofcancerasmutations

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Why granny's only robot will be a sex robot AFP/JIJIPressByAvivaRutkinDouglasHinesstartedoutwithwhatsoundedlikeaniceidea.Intheearly2000s

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Next PM Theresa May often demands the scientifically impossible LeonNeal/AFP/GettyByJacobAronTheUKissettogetanewprimeministerinamatterofdays

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Outlook lean for NASA ByJamesOberginHoustonWITHtheUSspaceprogrammebillionsofdollarsoverbudget

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Graphene sheets open like a flower’s petals when poked DomhnallMaloneByConorGearinGivegrapheneadiamondandyou’llgetaflowerinreturn.Researchershavefoundthatpokingasheetofatom-thickgraphenewithadiamondtoolcausestinyribbonstopeelawayfromthesurface

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Bees and their trees AFOREIGNbeeiscomingtotherescueoftheBrazilianrainforest.TheAfricanhoneybee—normallyregardedasapest—isrescuing“livingdead”treesfromalifeofcelibacy.Lonetreesleftstandingwhenforestiscutdownforpasturearees

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Evolutionary forces are causing a boom in bad science MontyRakusen/GettyBySimonOxenhamCallitacrisis.Researchersarefindingithardertoreplicateeachother’sfindings

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Eviction time ByMarcusChownTHEgiantplanetsUranusandNeptunemayhaveformedmuchclosertotheSunthanwheretheyaretoday

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Domain dispute ByKurtKleinerALEGALrowisthreateningthefutureofaninternationalgenedatabase.Thehospitalwhichhoststhedatabaseissuingaformeremployee

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UK doctors may officially warn women of vaginal birth risks Sputnik/SciencePhotoLibraryByClareWilsonFORthefirsttime

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You can count on DNA ISRAELIscientistshavebuiltthefirstautomaticDNAcomputer.ItsolvessimpleproblemsusingstrandsofDNAassoftwareandenzymesashardware.Thedevice

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Gut bacteria spotted eating brain chemicals for the first time CustomMedicalStockPhoto/SPLByAndyCoghlanBacteriahavebeendiscoveredinourgutsthatdependononeofourbrainchemicalsforsurvival.ThesebacteriaconsumeGABA

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Driverless cars learn from landscape pics before going off-road JamesCheadle/AlamyStockPhotoByConorGearinWherewe’regoingwedon’tneedroads

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Brain, heal thyself ByPhilipCoheninSanDiegoFORdecades

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A rational nation ruled by science would be a terrible idea I.Glory/AlamyStockPhotoByJeffreyGuhinImagineafuturesocietyinwhicheverythingisperfectlylogical.Whatcouldgowrong?“Scientism”isthebeliefthatallweneedtosolvetheworld’sproblemsis–youguessedit–science.Pe

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Muscle mats could put robots through their paces ByIanSampleROBOTSmayonedaydotheirworkusingmusclesmadefromsheetsoftanglednanotubes.GeoffSpinksattheUniversityofWollongonginAustraliahasdiscoveredthatsheetsofthetinycarbontubescanbemadetocontractandrela

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Baby star illuminates icy wall between rocky planets and giants Cieza

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Hollow promises ByRobEdwardsinEdinburghTHEnucleararmscutsannouncedbyPresidentsGeorgeBushandVladimirPutinlastweekwerehailedaroundtheworldashistoric.ButthepromisesarenobetterthancommitmentsmadefouryearsagobyBillClinton

2019-03-05 03:12:05

The musical harmonies you like depend on where you're from Bettmann/GettyByAndyCoghlanThere’snosuchthingasanasty-soundingchord:italldependsonwhatyou’reusedto.That’sthesuggestionfromastudyofmorethan160peoplefromtheUSandBolivia

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Nearby dark-matter-free zone poses cosmic conundrum ByLisaGrossmanTHEinvisibledarkmattercreditedwithprovidingover80percentoftheuniverse’smassisbyitsnatureinconspicuous–butwhatifitdoesn’texistatall?Anewsurveyofthestarswithin13

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Hypersonic plane ditched after speed ripped skin away FORthreegloriousminutesitstreakedthroughtheskiesatupto20timesthespeedofsound.Unfortunately

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Laser pointers make super-fast 'optical Wi-Fi' ByJeffHechtCOMMONLYavailablelaserpointerscanzingdatathroughtheairacrossaroomtwiceasfastasmostUSBcablesorWi-Firouters.Thenewopticalwirelesspromisestobecheapandeasytorolloutinhospitalsandotherplaceswher

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China is taking control of Asia's water tower ByFredPearceEditorial:“Waterwayrobbery“ITSvasticesheetsandmonsoonrun-offmaketheTibetanplateauoneofthelargestsourcesoffreshwateronanincreasinglythirstyplanet.Itsupplies1.3billionpeoplewithwaterfori

2019-03-04 12:03:10

‘Bullet time' signals to stop cyber attacks on grid ByPaulMarksINTHEMATRIX

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Male bowerbirds grow a garden to attract a mate WHAThasgreenfingersbutnohands?Thebowerbird

2019-03-04 12:01:02

Give treatment earlier to slow spread of HIV ANYpersonwithHIVwhosepartnerisnotinfectedshouldbeofferedimmediatetreatmenttocuttheriskoftransmission.Therecommendation

2019-03-04 11:20:04

Clues to aspirin's anti-cancer effects revealed ASPIRINseemstohelpkeepcanceraway.Anewstudymaygosomewaytoexplainwhy.Toinvestigatethedrug’sunexpectedsideeffects

2019-03-04 10:14:12

Self-bending light boomerangs could help surgeons ByJustinMullinsSELF-BENDINGlightbeamscapableofturningacornerlikeaboomerangaredartingaroundanopticslaboratoryinFrance.Thebeamsarejustafewmicrometresacross

2019-03-04 10:10:12

Super-accurate atomic clock sets time travel record ByJacobAronSettingthetimeonaclockiseasy–unlessit’soneofthemostaccurateintheworld.NowalightsignalsentbetweentwoGermancitieshassetanewrecordforthetransmissionofanatomicclock’stick.Thefeat

2019-03-04 09:06:04

Epigenetic changes linked with ageing SOMEofthegeneticchangesassociatedwithageingmaybetheresultofepigenetics–whichsuggeststheycouldbereversed.MoleculescanattachtoDNA

2019-03-04 09:05:12

Cyberspace keeps the stars shining brighter ByJacobAronINTHEageofliveblogging

2019-03-04 09:02:05

Leeches help track down endangered species BLOODSUCKERStheymaybe

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Zoologger: The ant that dives into digestive juices ByCatherinedeLangeSpecies:CamponotusschmitziHabitat:InsidecarnivorouspitcherplantsinthetropicalforestsofBorneoWhenlookingforanewhome

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Gut-microbe swap changes eating habits EATENtoomanypies?Blamethemicrobesinyourgut–theymaybeinfluencinghowmuchyoueat.In2006

2019-03-04 07:18:09

Life-extending properties of buckyballs questioned ByAndyCoghlanInoneofthemostsurprisingfindingsoftheyear

2019-03-04 07:16:04

Astrophile: Mars coils hold with those who favour fire ByLisaGrossmanObject:SpiralpatternsinMartianvalleysOrigin:SolidifiedlavalakeSomesayMars’snorthernvalleyformedinfire

2019-03-04 07:15:01

Brain may not be hard-wired to link numbers and space ByAnilAnanthaswamyIsourabilitytomapnumbersontoaphysicalspace–suchasalongaline–aculturalinventionratherthananinnateability?MembersofaremotetribeinPapuaNewGuineaunderstandtheconceptofnumbersbutdonot

2019-03-04 06:16:05

A dusty home may influence a baby's gut ByJessicaHamzelouIFYOUthoughtthebacteriathatlineourgutwereprettypersonal

2019-03-04 06:09:11

Robot sensing and smartphones help blind navigate ByHelenKnightROBOTSneedhelpnavigatingtheirsurroundingsandsophisticatedlocationsystemstokeeptrackoftheirposition.Nowthesametechnologiesarebeingadaptedtohelpblindpeoplenavigateindoorandoutdoorspacesinde

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Clean up the cloud: making data storage greener ByPeterAldhousWILLourGmails

2019-03-04 06:07:04

Mining asteroids could boost space exploration Readmore:Clickheretoseetheoriginal

2019-03-04 06:03:06

How to defuse sub-Saharan Africa's population bomb ByEliyaZuluWilltherebe15.8billionpeopleinhabitingtheworldin2100

2019-03-04 05:12:11

Move over DNA: Six new molecules can carry genes ByMichaelMarshallALLofasudden

2019-03-04 05:01:11

Analytical thinking erodes belief in God ByDeboraMacKenzieCharlesDarwinandAlbertEinsteinfamouslydidnotbelieveinasupernaturalGod

2019-03-04 03:20:02

Bleach lightning ByBarryFoxReckittBenckiserandtheUniversityofSouthamptonhaveawaytoputmoremuscleintohouseholdcleaningfluidssuchasscouringcreamandbleach(GB2377191).Thetriggeroftheiraerosolsprayalsorubsasmallinsulatedpla

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