GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists at Europe's physics research center CERN on Sunday restarted their "Big Bang" Large Hadron Collider (LHC), embarking on a bid to probe into the "dark universe" they believe lies beyond the visible one.
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U.S. to halt expanded use of some insecticides amid honey bee decline
(Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it was unlikely to approve new or expanded uses of certain pesticides while it evaluates the risks they may pose to honey bees.
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Deadly snakes ‘milked’ to create potent new anti-venom
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND / KADUNA, NIGERIA - A new anti-venom to treat victims of potentially deadly snake bites in sub-Saharan Africa is just a few years away from reality, according to scientists at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). They ai...
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Oh, baby: study shows how surprises help infants learn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The red-and-blue ball rolls down a ramp and, thanks to a little bit of trickery, seems to pass right through a purple wall.
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Liquid body armor tested in Poland
Scientists at a Polish company that produce body armor systems are working to implement a non-Newtonian liquid in their products.
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Voice-controlled GPS helmet to help bikers
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Motorcyclists will no longer have to rely on maps or GPS systems, both of which require riders to take their eyes off the road, once a new Russian smart helmet goes on sale this summer.
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‘Little Foot’ fossil sheds light on early human forerunners
Scientists said on Wednesday a sophisticated new dating technique shows that Little Foot, an important fossil of an early human forerunner unearthed in the 1990s in South Africa, is roughly 3.7 million years old.
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Wound-healing laser soon to be a reality: Israeli scientist
Closing wounds and surgical incisions with a laser is a step closer to reality, Israeli scientists say.
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Rodent romance: male mice use ‘love songs’ to woo their women
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs. And what's wrong with that? I'd like to know," Paul McCartney sings in his 1976 song "Silly Love Songs." Mice might agree.
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Electrical fault corrected, ‘Big Bang’ collider to restart soon
GENEVA (Reuters) - CERN engineers said on Tuesday they have resolved a problem that had delayed the relaunch after a two-year refit of the Large Hadron Collider particle smasher, which is probing the mysteries of the universe.
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