Each cigarette sold in Canada will have to come with an individual health warning that “cigarettes cause impotence” and cancer, and that there is “poison in every puff” under new rules that came into...
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Ethereal New Image Reveals The Birth of Giant Jupiter-Like Worlds : ScienceAlert
New observations of the roiling cloud of dust around a baby star have revealed what looks like the early stages in the gestation of giant planets. By using the Very Large Telescope and the...
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World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Rocket Engine Begins Construction : ScienceAlert
Nuclear fusion propulsion technology has the potential to revolutionize space travel in terms of both speeds and fuel usage. The same kinds of reactions that power the Sun could halve travel times to Mars,...
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Here’s Why The World’s First Eco-Certified Shark Fishery Closed Down : ScienceAlert
Many sharks are being fished to the point of extinction, and yet one of the proposed solutions – sustainable shark fisheries – has largely failed to catch on. A new paper on the sudden...
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World’s Oldest Known Human Footprint Identified in South Africa : ScienceAlert
Just over two decades ago, as the new millennium began, it seemed that tracks left by our ancient human ancestors dating back more than about 50,000 years were excessively rare. Only four sites had...
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World’s First X-Ray of a Single Atom Reveals Chemistry on The Smallest Level : ScienceAlert
Atoms may not have bones, but we still want to know how they are put together. These tiny particles are the basis on which all normal matter is built (including our bones), and understanding...
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The World’s Deadliest Spider Can Tweak Its Venom Depending Its Mood : ScienceAlert
The potent cocktail of toxins in the venom of one of the world’s deadliest spiders seems to vary depending on context. A new analysis of how funnel-web spiders produce their venom shows that factors...
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Alien Hands And Walking Corpses Among Some of The World’s Rarest Mental Conditions : ScienceAlert
Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare that many psychiatrists won’t come across a single case in their professional lives. Here I...
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Artists Recorded Haunting Sounds Made by The World’s Largest Living Thing : ScienceAlert
We can now hear one of the largest and most ancient living organisms on Earth whisper with the tremble of a million leaves echoing through its roots. The forest made of a single tree...
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The World’s Deadliest Mushroom Appears to Have an Antidote : ScienceAlert
In spite of being responsible for over 90 percent of mushroom-related fatalities around the world, we still don’t know why the death cap mushroom is as lethal as it is. Which makes it a...
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