Scientists Use AR to Make Arachnophobes See Huge Spiders
It's easier for people with a fear of spiders to face a virtual spider than a real one
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Doctors Administer Oxytocin Nasal Spray to Lonely People
We might like to think of ourselves as rational creatures, but the fact is that the whole experience of being human is basically the result of a bunch of swirling chemicals in the brain. Case in point? A team of European and Israeli doctors just released an intriguing study, published in the journal Psychother Psychosom, in which they administered oxytocin — that's the much hyped feel-good hormone that's released by physical intimacy, among other activities — to lonely people as a nasal spray.
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Scientists Reverse Alzheimer's Synapse Damage in Mice
Treated mice with Alzheimer's have same cognitive function as healthy mice
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Rural Hospital Installs Holograph Machine So Doctors Can Appear From Elsewhere
I can see the three dimensions of the anesthesiologist's head, legs, and torso in lifelike detail
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China Shows Off Reusable Space Shuttle
China has shown off a reusable shuttle that it intends to use to ferry cargo to and from its Tiangong space station. As Space.com reports, the project — dubbed Haolong — recently won the state-owned Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute a government contract to develop a low-cost space station cargo spacecraft.
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Decaf Coffee Contains a Horrifying Poison, Experts Say
For fans of decaffeinated coffee, we have some bad news. The not-so-buzzy version of coffee can harbor a chemical that can cause cancer, CNN reports, which has health and environmental activists pushing to have the substance banned for its use in making decaf coffee.
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Scientist Injects Her Own Cancerous Tumor With Viruses She Grew in Lab
An immune response was, for sure, elicited
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Former Military Officials Tell Congress America Has Secretly Recovered Alien Technology
As the saying goes, the truth is out there
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Scientists Intrigued by Discovery of Light That Can Cast a Shadow
Wait, what?
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Scientists Propose Shooting $200 Trillion Worth of Pulverized Diamonds Into Atmosphere
There are ways of cooling the planet, and then there are cool ways of cooling the planet. Spending decades grinding up something approaching a quadrillion dollars worth of diamonds into dust, and then dispersing the powdered gemstones into our atmosphere? That falls into the latter.
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Weird New Quantum Experiment Sounds Suspiciously Like Time Travel
"The clock hand would, under certain circumstances, move backward rather than forward."
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New Microscope So Absurdly Fast It Can See Electrons In Motion
It captures images at one *quintillionth* of a second
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Something Wild Just Happened at the CERN Particle Accelerator
"If we measure a deviation from the [standard model], it's a clear sign of new physics."
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Lazy Flossers Rejoice! Tiny Robot Shapeshifters Will Brush and Floss for You
If flossing is, in short, the bane of your existence, a group of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania might have an ingenious solution for you. The team has developed the ultimate no-hands dental care in the form of a swarm of shapeshifting microrobots, ready to treat and remove tooth decay-inducing bacteria and plaque from your filthy, unflossed teeth.
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DNA Tests Have a Nasty Side Effect: Discovering Your Parents' Secrets
"I didn't even think my mom had ever met a Jewish person before."
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