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Mr. 72-year-old grandfather registered for the 3rd invention
Mr. Nguyen Dang Luong, 72, who was granted a US patent by the US Patent Office and a third patent.
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The Pope honors astronomer Galileo
Yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI gave words of praise to the famous 17th-century astronomer Galileo Galilei
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Caffeine affects men more
A study directed by scientists at the University of Barcelona (UB) showed that caffeine has more impact on men than women, and these effects appear only after 10 minutes.
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Detection of enzymes involved in early cancer
Researchers have discovered two enzymes that, when combined, can participate in the earliest stages of cancer.
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Men and women do different charity
According to research by Professor Karen Winterich and colleagues at Texas A&M University, if you are a man, you tend to give money to the people closest to you.
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The best of science in 2008
The hottest planet, the oldest dating tree with nearly ten thousand years of age and the largest black hole in the history of world astronomy, has been discovered this y…
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New breeding ground for head whales?
A large number of northern Atlantic Atlantic whales have appeared in the Gulf of Maine in the past few days, making the bull whale researcher at NOAA's Northeast Marine…
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New park preserves penguins and marine animals in Argentina
The Bronx Zoo Wildlife Conservation Association recently announced that their efforts to protect the diversity of wildlife in the South American coast have paid off: a p…
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Visual acuity is a factor that causes older people to stop driving
With about 30 million drivers across the United States aged 65 or older, we rely on themselves to realize when they can't drive safely anymore and decide it's time to gi…
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Half of the population may face a food crisis
This is a stinging problem, around the equatorial belt - from 35 degrees north latitude to 35 degrees latitude south - most crowded in the world.
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Take a ride with a flying car
The idea of designing a flying car has been around for a long time, but the use of this device to travel from England to Africa is completely new.
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Environmental factors can accelerate the process of extinction
In general, the extinction phenomenon of animals is a natural process. For some reason, an estimated 99.9% of all species that once lived on Earth today are extinct.
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Americans want to save energy
Many Americans have taken measures to reduce energy use and many others can do the same if they can.
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Nguyen Lan Cuong's house of bones
Graduated from a university majoring in biology, Dr. Nguyen Lan Cuong went back to archeology.
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Impact of climate change on biodiversity
When three college students began their journey to catch caterpillars in 1965 on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, they did not know that they had built the foundation for the s…