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Posted on October 8, 2015

Chemicals From Roasting Coffee May Be Cramping Lungs

Chemicals From Roasting Coffee May Be Cramping Lungs

Naturally-occuring chemicals released during coffee roasting could cause a nasty sounding respiratory disease called obliterative bronchiolitis.

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Posted on October 8, 2015

Why Optical Illusions Like These Make Your Brain Go Haywire

Why Optical Illusions Like These Make Your Brain Go Haywire

A lot can get lost in translation between your eyes and your brain.

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Posted on October 7, 2015

US Volcano Monitoring May Get an Overhaul

US Volcano Monitoring May Get an Overhaul

The US may be getting a more modernized and unified volcano monitoring system.

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Posted on October 7, 2015

DNA Repair Mechanisms Get the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

DNA Repair Mechanisms Get the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The 2015 award goes to three scientists who dissected the molecular mechanisms that drive DNA repair.

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Posted on October 7, 2015

Why America Still Doesn’t Have Any Good Data on Guns

Why America Still Doesn’t Have Any Good Data on Guns

A comprehensive government databases exists for car deaths. Why not for gun deaths?

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Posted on October 7, 2015

California’s Busiest Bridge Has a Serious Issue With Rust

California’s Busiest Bridge Has a Serious Issue With Rust

The Bay Bridge's failures reveal the two main problems with engineering innovation.

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Posted on October 7, 2015

Welcome to SB 100, Examining the Future of Football

Welcome to SB 100, Examining the Future of Football

WIRED and Sports Illustrated are teaming up to imagine what professional football will look like fifty years from now.

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Posted on October 7, 2015

Eerie Photos Trace the Strange History of Nukes

Eerie Photos Trace the Strange History of Nukes

Since the first plutonium bomb was detonated in 1945, photography has followed the development of nuclear warfare.

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Posted on October 7, 2015

Athletes Turn to Implants to Take Training Into the Future

Athletes Turn to Implants to Take Training Into the Future

From RFID tags to tracking implants, athletes will go further and further to gain an edge in their training.

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Posted on October 7, 2015

Watch: How Science Is Hacking the Ultimate Athletes

Motion tracking, data driven exercise, and DNA analysis are some of the scientific advances in training that may create the perfect NFL player.

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