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Sperm Count in Western Men Has Dropped Over 50 Percent Since 1973, Paper Finds Research that studied semen samples from nearly 43,000 men from 50 countries detected a sharp downward trend that is provoking broad health concerns.
New York Times | 44 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Japan looks to wood pulp to make lighter auto parts Researchers at Kyoto University say a material made from wood pulp which weighs just one fifth of steel and is up to five times stronger could be used to build cars and planes in the future.
Mail Online | 47 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Barack Obama's Charlottesville tweet most popular ever Former president Barack Obama's tweet on Charlottesville has been liked 2.9 million times while 1.2 million people have retweeted it making it the most popular Twitter message of all time.
Mail Online | 1 hour, 5 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
HMS Queen Elizabeth to reach Portsmouth this morning HMS Queen Elizabeth willsend a message to the UK's allies and enemies that the country means business, according to her captain. The 3billion behemoth is set to be the nation's future flagship.
Mail Online | 1 hour, 11 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Chimps can play rock-paper-scissors Japanese researchers have taught chimps the rules of rock-paper-scissors.
BBC News | 1 hour, 17 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Visual effects of 'crown shyness' revealed Beautiful cracks in the canopy of forests and woodlands around the world have been captured in a series of stunning images that appear to show channels of water when viewed from below.
Mail Online | 1 hour, 28 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
GH reveal what one portion of five-a-day looks like Colour-coded graphics by Good Housekeeping reveal the exact portion sizes for fruit and veg you need to eat to get closer to reaching your five-a-day. One portion is 14 cherries - or one tbsp of puree.
Mail Online | 1 hour, 36 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
'Pompeii of the East' mosaics reveal earthquake A devastating earthquake struck the city of Jerash in what is now Jordan in the year 749 AD, after which the surviving inhabitants never returned.
Mail Online | 1 hour, 37 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
'Most bizarre dinosaur ever found' is missing evolutionary link study
Originally classified as a relative of T rex, analysis shows Chilesaurus belongs to a different dinosaurian group, with implications for the dinosaur family tree An unusual vegetarian dinosaur with the silhouette of a flesh-ripping velociraptor, whose fos
The Guardian | 1 hour, 41 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
The Guardian | 1 hour, 41 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Woolly Mammoths Are Long Gone, But The Hunt For Their Ivory Tusks Lives On
Last year China banned the sale of commercial elephant ivory. But that's led to another illicit trade in woolly mammoth tusks that is having a severe impact on Siberia's permafrost.
NPR.org | 1 hour, 41 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
NPR.org | 1 hour, 41 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
