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Giant dinosaurs eating habits revealed
High-tech technology, traditionally usually used to design racing cars and aeroplanes, has helped researchers to understand how plant-eating giant dinosaurs fed 150 million years ago.
July 17, 2012
Weight loss today keeps the doctor away
Statistics show that today, almost one in four Canadians is obese. A deadly trend that has been on the rise for the last thirty years, but weight loss can help.
July 16, 2012
Higgs boson and how the universe generates mass
Physicists have discovered a new elementary particle. They’re 99 percent certain it's the long-sought Higgs boson, which some call "The God Particle."
July 16, 2012
Global warming harms lakes
Global warming also affects lakes. The warmer temperatures are compromising the successful lake clean-ups of recent decades.
July 16, 2012
Antarctica at risk from global warming
The continent of Antarctica is at risk from human activities and other forces, and environmental management is needed to protect the planet’s wilderness area.
July 13, 2012
Jupiter, Saturn and Venus might have lightning sprites, too
Lightning sprites on alien worlds like Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. Cool!
July 13, 2012
Supernova up close via computer simulation
Each century, about two massive stars in our own galaxy explode, as supernova. These send fundamental, uncharged particles called neutrinos in to space.
July 12, 2012
Snow could offset global warming in Antarctica
Increased snowfall in Antarctica could offset the future impact of global warming on the continent, according to research carried out by a French research team.
July 11, 2012
Shop at that time of the month
Researchers are looking at the menstrual cycle by investigating what these monthly hormonal fluctuations mean when a consumer goes out to shop.
July 10, 2012
Rising carbon dioxide in atmosphere speeds carbon loss from forest soils
Rising carbon dioxide the the atmosphere accelerate carbon cycling and soil carbon loss in forests, new research has found.
July 10, 2012
