Most of your Facebook friends don’t care about you and probably wouldn’t even sympathise with your problems, according to a new study. Many people have hundreds of Facebook friends. But people can only really depend on four of them, on average, according… Discuss
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If NASA really faked the moon landing in 1969, about 411,000 people would have worked together to keep that information from the public, and the whole thing would have been exposed about four years later, according to an Oxford researcher who has … Discuss
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Some octopuses intimidate their neighbors by turning black, standing tall and looming over them threateningly, like an eight-armed Dracula. That’s according to a study published Thursday that helps show that octopuses aren’t loners, contrary to what … Discuss
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If scientists one day discover life on Mars, they might just want to thank a tiny fungi found on Antarctic rocks. These cryptoendolithic fungi, which normally are found in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in the Antarctic Victoria Land, were recently sent by … Discuss
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The “Doomsday Clock” is set to be adjusted today to indicate how close the world’s leading scientists think we are to a global catastrophe. Midnight on the clock represents “doomsday.” The closer the minute hand is to midnight, the higher the chance of a … Discuss
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The successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is reaching some key milestones in its preparation for launch in 2018. Engineers are about to complete the assembly of the primary mirror surface on the James Webb Space Telescope. They are also winding up … Discuss
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For nearly 150 years, a bizarre tree frog species in India was believed to be extinct. Now, scientists have found the elusive Frankixalus jerdonii in India’s West Bengal state, in the foothills of the Himalayas. Last seen in the wild in 1870, the frogs … Discuss
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There might be a ninth planet in the solar system after all — and it is not Pluto. Two astronomers reported on Wednesday that they had compelling signs of something bigger and farther away — something that would definitely satisfy the current definition … Discuss
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If you’re reading this at home, you are currently surrounded by arthropods — invertebrates with exoskeletons and jointed legs. But just how many spiders, crustaceans and other creepy crawlies live in the average American home? Until now, that question … Discuss
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Sorry Spiderman fans, but scientists may have disproved his signature move. Humans are too big and have too small feet to climb a wall like a spider, according to a new study. Hundreds of smaller animals, from tiny mites to geckos, have adhesive footpads … Discuss
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