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Live Science - 26 Jan 2014 22:44
Love, sweet love, sloth potty breaks and star-shaped cataracts are just a few of the cool Science stories we found this week.
In Images: An Ancient European Hunter Gatherer
Live Science - 26 Jan 2014 20:42
An ancient hunter-gatherer from Spain had blue eyes and dark skin, suggesting that light skin evolved much later in Europe than previously thought.
7,000-Year-Old Human Bones Suggest New Date for Light-Skin Gene
Live Science - 26 Jan 2014 20:40
An ancient hunter-gatherer from Spain had blue eyes and dark skin, suggesting that light skin evolved much later in Europe than previously thought.
Ancient European hunter-gatherer was a blue-eyed boy
New Scientist - 26 Jan 2014 20:00
A 7000-year-old hunter-gatherer found in a Spanish cave has a genome surprisingly similar to modern humans, with blue eyes and a host of immunity genes
Grand Canyon is a sprightly young 6-million-year-old
New Scientist - 26 Jan 2014 20:00
New measurements date Arizona's vast canyon to 6 million years ago, not 70 million years as has been suggested
Neuroscience's most famous brain is reconstructed
New Scientist - 26 Jan 2014 20:00
Henry Molaison's brain changed our understanding of memory, now a 3D reconstruction of it is revealing new insights
Gene Therapy Improves Sight in UK Patients
Singularity Hub - 26 Jan 2014 17:45
In a recent Oxford trial reported in The Lancet, doctors restored sight to patients with choroideremia, a rare inherited cause of blindness that affects about 1 in 50,000 people, with a surgery that involved temporarily ...
3 Reasons to Interview for a Job You Don't Want
Live Science - 26 Jan 2014 14:27
Many job seekers will take interviews for positions that aren't necessarily their dream job, even if it's just for practice. Here are a few reasons to interview for a job you don't have your heart set on.
50 Job Interview Questions You Should Be Prepared to Answer
Live Science - 26 Jan 2014 14:26
A list of the 50 most common interview questions for 2014 will give you a head start on your next job interview.
Getting a charge from changes in humidity
EurekAlert! - 26 Jan 2014 07:00
(Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard) A new type of electrical generator uses bacterial spores to harness the untapped power of evaporating water, according to research conducted at the Wyss I...