Milky Way's quiet life leaves it with no dark matter skeleton

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THE Milky Way has had a sheltered life. A search for the signs of a violent galactic upbringing has come up empty, and the finding is helpi...

That's no moon! Spacecraft mistaken for new natural satellite

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Something looking awfully like a moon was detected in the sky today For 13 hours today, Earth had a new moon – or so we thought. Now astro...

US farms hit by bird flu - but a vaccine might make things worse

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Bird flu is rampaging across the Midwestern US this week. So far 8 million chickens and turkeys have been destroyed to stop the spread of ...

Jolt of java helps spermbots in final race to the finish

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CAFFEINE gives you a spike of energy before you crash back down – even if you're a robot made from bull sperm. Spermbots, as they are ...

Old Scientist: How biologists tussled over the Loch Ness monster

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Continue reading page | 1 | 2 Old Scientist is our occasional column dedicated to gems from our 59 years of back issues You just can...

Nice legs: Native American bee poses for his close-up

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(Image: Clay Bolt/www.claybolt.com, http://ift.tt/1HPXB1x) HE MAY look soft and furry – but don't be fooled. "Out of all the spe...

19th-century champagne haul shows seabed is perfect wine cooler

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"Animal notes" and "wet hair" were the terms used to describe 170-year-old champagne hauled up from the bottom of the B...

Vampire feeds on decaying matter and spawns eggs in batches

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It's a tough life deep in the ocean, so you can't really blame the vampire squid for taking a break. All other species of soft-bod...

Space geckos seen playing on their trip into orbit

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Video: Space geckos play in zero gravity Sometimes a little less gravity is all it takes to cut loose. For a group of Russian space-fari...

Does music strike a chord with everyone?

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Stephen McAdams played movie tunes to Mbenzélé pygmies in the Congo rainforest to find out whether music is a universal language Why do yo...