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 Einstein can rest easy: Second team finds neutrinos don't break light speed
European researchers said Friday they have measured the speed of neutrinos and found the subatomic particles don't travel faster than light after all, refuting another team's measurements that prompted widespread disbelief among scientists last year.
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 Faster-than-light neutrinos: Was Einstein wrong or was the wire loose?
The world of science was upended last year when an experiment appeared to show one of Einstein’s fundamental theories was wrong — but now the lab behind it says the result could have been caused by a loose cable.
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 Large Hadron Collider turns up power to hunt for HiggsScientists hunting the Higgs boson, the subatomic particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe, decided on Monday to turn up the power in their Large Hadron Collider to try to prove its existence this year.
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 Scientists discover pea-sized frogs in Borneo
One of the world's tiniest frogs — barely larger than a pea — has been found living in and around carnivorous plants on Borneo island, one of the scientists who made the accidental discovery said Thursday.
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 Two new planets discovered in Lyra constellation
NASA's Kepler telescope allows findings of density as well as size and orbit, scientists say.
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 Scientists find fossil of new dinosaur in Spain
Scientists say it is the most complete skeleton of a meat-eater yet, and it sports a noticeable hump on its back.
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 Hawking book says the universe was created spontaneously
American physicist Leonard Mlodinow worked with famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking to create The Grand Design.
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 How coming solar storms could cripple economyNASA scientist says severe solar weather could disable Earth's infrastructure when it hits.
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 Paleontologists discover two new horned dinosaur species
"It's not every day that you find two rhino-sized dinosaurs that are different from all the other dinosaurs found in North America."
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 Mysteries of time: it slows the closer you are to Earth
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 The new Earth: Why you will never live there
First problem with the new, potentially habitable planet? Its name.
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 Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk says he's made his last trip to spaceVeteran Canadian astronaut Bob Thirsk won't be leaving Earth anymore.
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 Finally, the answer to 'What do cats do all day (and night)?'
For his Master’s thesis, Jeff Horn strapped radio transmitters to 42 owned and unowned cats and tracked them for two years.
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 World's largest atom smasher close to finding 'Big Bang' particleIt’s the linchpin of the standard model of particle physics that explains the theory, and is believed to give mass to other objects in the universe.
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 World's largest atom smasher close to finding 'Big Bang' particleIt's the linchpin of the standard model of particle physics that explains the theory, and is believed to give mass to other objects in the universe.
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 Largest population of rare gibbon found in Vietnam
About 455 northern white-cheeked crested gibbons were discovered in Pu Mat National Park in Nghe An province during a survey by the wildlife group Conservation International.
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 Hubble's unexpected discovery: a new moon around PlutoAstronomers had been looking to see if Pluto had a ring, but instead they found another object circling the dwarf planet.
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 New weapon to fight malaria in Africa: Smelly socksCanadian funds help with development of mosquito traps that can use dirty socks as bait.
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 AIDS drugs can protect uninfected, African studies showTwo studies show that HIV-negative people who take antiretroviral drugs are far less likely to contract the AIDS virus.
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 Forecast for Saturn: raging lightning storms with highs of 11,000 C
It began as a bright white dot in Saturn's northern hemisphere. Within days, the dot grew larger and stormier.
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 Does feeding birds affect breeding? Yes, says one scientist
A British ornithologist found supplementary feeding of birds can change breeding in unusual ways.
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 Dogs were dinner 10,000 years ago, study finds
It is the earliest direct evidence that dogs, also used for company and hunting, were eaten by humans and may have been bred as a food source.
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 Ontario thinking big with brain institute
The Ontario Brain Institute will be a research centre aimed at Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, autism and schizophrenia.
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 The science behind how cats lap
Scientists have discovered the reason why cats are daintier drinkers than dogs, with feline tongues employing the physical principles of inertia and gravity.
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 Brain source of tinnitus, not earsAttention tinnitus sufferers -- that annoying ringing in your ears may be all in your head.
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