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Charming surprise: First evidence for CP violation in charm decays

The LHCb Collaboration has presented today at the Hadron Collider Particle Symposium in Paris possible first evidence for CP violation, the difference between behaviour of matter (particles) and antimatter (antiparticles), in charm decays.

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Power Users: Why Google+ Loves Kim Kardashian, And Path Doesn’t Friend Justin Bieber

Now that Kim Kardashian is on Google+, can we say the service has arrived? Nothing signals the success of a social network or propels its growth more than power users, the influentials who boast both clout and Klout. Their mass followings can drive a service's success, from celebs-turned-techies (Ashton Kutcher) to techies-turned-celebs (Robert Scoble)

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A Long, Strange "Trip to the Moon"

It took science, faith, and a bit of magic (oh, and 10 years and a million bucks) to bring a lost version of a pioneering silent film classic back to colorful life. Here’s how it happened.

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An American Cycling in Paris: My Ode to Bike Sharing

Bike-share stands: a common sight around Paris. Credit: John Matson/Scientific American I recently spent three days in Paris on the way home from a conference , becoming just the latest in a long history of visitors to fall in love with the City of Light. It wasn’t the sights, the cafes, or the croissants that got me--although all those things helped.

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Old Masters in Paris

Old-master paintings are finally getting their own dedicated international art fair. Ten Parisian dealers of old masters have joined forces to launch Paris Tableau in the French capital. It takes place from November 4 to 8 and features 20 galleries, including Noortman Master Paintings of Amsterdam, Galeria Caylus from Madrid, ...

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Europe Looks to Russia after NASA Falls Short on ExoMars Mission

By Ron Cowen of Nature magazine The European Space Agency (ESA) will forge ahead with ExoMars, an ambitious two-part robotic mission that would look for signs of life on the Red Planet, even though NASA has reneged on its promise to provide a launch rocket for the first stage of the mission. During a 12-13 October ESA council meeting in Paris, the agency decided to begin negotiations with Russia for a rocket that would launch the first stage of ExoMars, in 2016, in exchange for Russian participation in the mission

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Paris Set to Launch Electric Car-Share Scheme Next Week

By Elena Berton PARIS (Reuters) - Paris launches its first car-sharing project next week with the aim of clearing its traffic-clogged boulevards and delivering what its backers hope will be a major boost for electric vehicles.

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The Creative Brain On Exercise

For artists, entrepreneurs, and any other driven creators, exercise is a powerful tool in the quest to help transform the persistent uncertainty, fear, and anxiety that accompanies the quest to create from a source of suffering into something less toxic, then potentially even into fuel. For more than thirty years, Haruki Murakami has dazzled the world with his beautifully crafted words, most often in the form of novels and short stories

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Bally Revisits Its Roots

While visiting Paris in 1851, a Swiss ribbon salesman named Carl Franz Bally picked up a dozen pairs of ready-made shoes as a gift for his wife. When only two actually fit, she insisted he return to France for more. Instead, Bally began the process of converting his Sch

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Foursquare Hackathon’s 3 Gems: A Profile Pic Automator, Divorce Counter, And Toilet GPS Inspired By Seinfeld

From Paris to New York, Tokyo to San Francisco, developers from around the world turned out for Foursquare's global hackathon this past weekend. The aim? Like any good hackathon, to seed innovations in a round-the-clock binge of hacking and 5-Hour Energy

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