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Physicists excited by discovery of new form of matter, excitonium | Siv Schwink
Artist's depiction of the collective excitons of an excitonic solid. These excitations can be thought of as propagating domain walls (yellow) in an otherwise ordered solid exciton background (blue). ...
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Gene variants identified that may influence sexual orientation in men and boys | Bob Yirka
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Dec. 8, 2017 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have found two gene variants that appear to be more prevalent in gay men than straight men, adding further evidence of sexual ...
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Scientists use NASA data to study link between solar storms and animal beachings | Lina Tran
Illustration of an Atlantic White-sided Dolphin and a Long-finned Pilot Whale, two marine mammal species that strand in Cape Cod. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Brian Monroe Dec. 8, 2017 (Phys.org) -- The ...
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Study sheds light on the voices in our head | Wendy Van Zuijlen
We spend a lot of our time talking to ourselves in our heads. Credit: UNSW Science Dec. 8, 2017 (Medical Xpress) -- New research showing that talking to ourselves in our heads may be the same as ...
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Many different types of anxiety and depression exist, new study finds | Leanne Williams, Ph.D.
Credit: Stanford University Dec. 8, 2017 (Phys.org) -- Five new categories of mental illness that cut across the current more broad diagnoses of anxiety and depression have been identified by ...
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A Few Notes on Nature Spirits, Part Two: Into A Living World | John Michael Greer
Credit: Priya Saihgal, Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)Dec. 6, 2017 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last week’s post here on Ecosophia.net dealt with some of the reasons why so many people in today’s industrial ...
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Bitcoin Soars Past $12,000 as Futures Move Closer to Reality | Dave Liedtka
Dec. 6, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin surpassed $12,000 for the first time amid speculation that the widespread use of futures will help lead to digital currencies being viewed as a legitimate asset ...
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From the hearts and minds of men: Torture (vol. 1) | Mickey Z.
Dan Mitrione (above left); also shown a finger crushing device, an electric shock device, and dental devices - all smuggled into Brazil and Uruguay by "diplomatic pouch" from the United States. ...
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Global Stocks Slump as Risk-Off Takes Hold; Bonds Advance | Cormac Mullen
Tech shares, basic resources lead decline; EM equities tumble Gold and yen strengthen; pound retreats as Brexit talks go on Will Hobbs of Barclays Wealth says the pullback is a “function of healthy ...
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The Silence of the (Empire's) Lambs | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2017 In Jonathan Demme's superb 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs, homicidal manic Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) asks FBI ...
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‘Say the Word’: What the Rohingya Struggle is Really About | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2017 Pope Francis lost a historical opportunity to truly set his legacy apart from previous Popes. Alas, for him, too, political expediency ...
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