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Beware the smell of bitter almonds. Why do many food plants contain cyanide? In murder mysteries, the detective usually diagnoses cyanide poisoning by the scent of bitter almond...

Asteroid Impact in 2182?Scientists are reporting that a 560-meter diameter asteroid could hit the Earth in the year 2182. "T...

Two Catalysts Are Better Than OneMuch like two children in the back seat of a car, it can be challenging to get two catalysts to coop...

Unraveling the Matrix to Improve Signal-processing Applications and Data-compression SchemesAmong the most common tools in electrical engineering and computer science are rectangular grids of ...

Best hope for saving Arctic sea ice is cutting soot emissions, says Stanford researcherSoot from the burning of fossil fuels and solid biofuels contributes far more to global warming than...

In the 'neck' of time: Scientists unravel key evolutionary trait leading to better brain powerBy deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck - that little b...

Caltech Astronomer Finds Planets in Unusually Intimate Dance around Dying Star Hundreds of extrasolar planets have been found over the past decade and a half, most of them solitar...

Stars Just Got Bigger: A 300 Solar Mass Star UncoveredUsing a combination of instruments on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered the mo...

The Flight of Migrating MicrobesEvery day, millions of microorganisms travel with the wind from one place on Earth to another. Bacte...

Scientists Set Sail to Map the Arctic SeafloorAmerican and Canadian scientists are setting sail this summer to map the Arctic seafloor and gather ...

Oil dispersants used in Gulf of Mexico unlikely to be endocrine disrupters and have low toxicityGovernment scientists are reporting that eight of the most commonly used oil dispersants used to fig...

Caltech Team Finds Evidence of Water in Moon MineralsThat dry, dusty moon overhead? Seems it isn't quite as dry as it's long been thought to be. Although...

Mountain marmots made bigger by climate change, says new studyThe research, carried out by scientists at Imperial College London and collaborators in the UK and U...

UBC researcher discovers ancient "stress hormone" in pre-historic fishA University of British Columbia zoologist has discovered a new corticosteroid hormone in the sea la...

Detector Technology Could Help NASA Find Earth-like Exoplanets The hunt is on for Earth-like planets outside of our solar system. Since the 1990s, astronomers have...

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