Dolphins help fishermen to catch fish - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com

Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 5:09 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A visitor might stumble upon a strange sight in Laguna, Brazil, if they went down to the shore. Here, the local fishermen rely on dolphins to help them with their yearly fish catch. New research has found that just one local group of about 20 dolphins works with the fishermen, …

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U.S. News - 4 feet of hail in Texas? Reports, photos cause quite a storm

Seeded on Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:15 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Sure, everything's bigger in Texas. But 4 feet of hail from one storm? That's what the National Weather Service, the Texas Department of Transportation, a local sheriff and others say happened Wednesday in an area north of Amarillo when hail piled up in drifts so wide they cut …

Study: Sierra snowfall consistent over 130 years

Seeded on Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:55 AM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)

Snowfall in the Sierra Nevada has remained consistent for 130 years, with no evidence that anything has changed as a result of climate change, according to a study released Tuesday. The analysis of snowfall data in the Sierra going back to 1878 found no more or less snow overall …

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Eighth retraction marks slide of lung cancer work - Health - Cancer - msnbc.com

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:02 AM EST (msnbc.com)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a reminder of how much a once-heralded area of lung cancer research has crumbled, a former Duke oncologist and his colleagues issued their eighth study retraction late last week. The retraction is the eighth of what Duke officials said this past …

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Alien abductions may be vivid dreams: study - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com

Seeded on Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:43 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Researchers say they have conducted "the first experiment to ever prove that close encounters with UFOs and extraterrestrials are a product of the human mind." In a sleep study by the Out-Of-Body Experience Research Center in Los Angeles, 20 volunteers were instructed to perfo …

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A View of How the Human Mind Works

Thu Nov 4, 2010 12:23 PM EDT

Preface Now what I’m about to say will befuddle and confuse most of you, ……. and at first you won’t believe me …… because you may have never ever heard or read anything similar before now.

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