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Love is located in the brain
While love may be a habit, it’s not necessarily a bad one. We want to know where love is and research helps develop the first brain map of love and desire.
June 20, 2012
Deforestation tracker Rio+20 launch
First satellite deforestation tracker for whole of Latin America launched at Rio+20 UN environment conference.
June 19, 2012
The nastiest surfaces in your hotel room
An experiment that examined hotel room surfaces found TV remotes to be among the most heavily contaminated with bacteria so are the nastiest surfaces in the room.
June 19, 2012
This is your brain on no self-control
New pictures show - this is your brain - what your brain looks like when you run out of patience and lose your self-control.
June 18, 2012
Black holes as particle detectors
Previously undiscovered particles could be detected as they accumulate around black holes say Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology.
June 18, 2012
Warm climate – cold Arctic?
The Eemian interglacial period that began some 125,000 years ago is used as a model for contemporary climate change. Does a warm climate mean a cold Arctic?
June 15, 2012
Cool image of two overlapping galaxies
A Hubble image of a pair of overlapping galaxies. They look as if they're colliding, but they are actually separated by tens of millions of light-years.
June 15, 2012
Fruit fly gene could help researchers develop new cancer drugs
MAYWOOD, Ill. -- Loyola researchers are taking advantage of a quirk in the evolution a fruit fly gene to help develop new weapons against cancer.
June 14, 2012
Marine experts are taking discoveries to new underwater heights
For marine experts, discovering any type of new species is a big thrill, and an even bigger one if the new creature is named after you.
June 13, 2012
North-East Passage soon free from ice again?
The North-East Passage, the sea route along the North coast of Russia, is expected to be free of ice early again this summer.
June 13, 2012
