Performing deliberate acts of kindness makes pre-teen children more popular with their peers, say scientists.
Water drilled from rock in a North American mine is among the oldest yet found on Earth, say scientists.
Doing so, say scientists, will prevent the release of up to four tonnes of the gas per acre every year.
Pregnant women whose job is physically demanding - or who do shift work - could face more childbirth problems, say scientists.
It is a discovery of high concern say scientists because it demonstrates just how dry the Middle East can become during Earth's warm phases.
Designing a bionic eye has been much more difficult than developing other types of aids, such as a cochlear implant for hearing, say scientists.
It seems that regular churchgoers have significantly lower levels of stress hormones and so may be better equipped to cope with the challenges in life, say scientists.
That is 400 times the accepted limit in Holland, say scientists at a Dutch laboratory, the nearest facility that could test for dioxins and related chemicals. (The tainted fat was also found to contain 781 parts per trillion of dioxin - 1, 500 times higher than the Dutch safe level.) That was then.
This is enough, say the scientists, to encourage dangerous changes to the Earth's climate.
Still, others say the scientists are tampering with the very essence of humanity.
Given the different strengths of the two telescopes it would be good, say the scientists involved, if both were built.
The Florida pythons have probably not experienced temperatures as cold as those in January this year before, say the scientists.
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That is something the Conservatives have been calling for - but the government has rejected it as unworkable, because it would not allow for flexibility should the economy suddenly require an influx of, say, scientists.
When alarmists say that scientists can be biased based on their career path, and that only atmospheric scientists are qualified to give informed opinions on global warming, they are engaging in the most laughable form of hypocrisy.
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The species that have persevered, scientists say, are adaptable to sporadic changes in rainfall.
Scientists say the climate back then was also considerably warmer than it is today.
The earlier the process begins, scientists say, the more opportunity there is to reshape the brain.
If deforestation continues the scientists say, the project will deliver 30% less power than currently estimated.
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Climates were different in the distant past and now these scientists say new ones are emerging.
The Stampede supercomputer will be the first major rollout of these new chips, TACC scientists say.
The scientists say the biggest threat to the dolphins is overfishing in the two neighboring seas.
Compounds present in exhaled breath can act as a "fingerprint" for individuals, scientists say.
The UK has experienced its "weirdest" weather on record in the past few months, scientists say.
And scientists say that some of that rise is undoubtedly being driven by human activities.
The scientists say their experiment in the Svalbard archipelago could work just as well elsewhere.
Green tea is also full of antioxidants that scientists say can ward off some cancers.
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The main threats to Africa's birds are habitat clearance and the encroachment of farmland, scientists say.
The scientists say protecting just 7% of Africa's land area would help to save many species.
Scientists say the practice of feeding biological material from cows to cows can spread the disease.
The scientists say genetic screening could mean cases could be detected and diagnosed earlier.
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