This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? To keep your car purring, you have to change the oil. Such maintenance produces eight billion gallons of used motor oil annually. Some waste oil does get re-refined to pro

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If you are like many language students, you might have a problem with procrastination. Perhaps you are slow to do homework or study for a test. Maybe you do not like to study or you become distracted while studying. Whatever the case may be, learning

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I am Steve Mirsky.Got a minute? Talk about your vicious cycles. A new study finds that belly fat could be making you hungrier. Which would lead to more belly fat. The research was performed at the Univ

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Syrian Refugees Watch Violence Unfold from Border Camp Syrian helicopters buzz rebel-held territory - occasionally firing rockets that raise plumes of smoke. Army snipers holed up in a minaret take aim at anyone trying to flee Syria. Kilis refugee ca

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BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday started to review anti-dumping measures it imposed on chloroprene rubber imported from a Japanese company, the Ministry of Commerce said. The move came after the ministry received complaints that Japan E

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Cement is a major component of concrete, the world's most widely used man-made material, an integral part of roads, bridges and buildings. But making cement requires heating limestone and other materials to very high temperatures, a process that rele

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