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# it's science

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Momentum, upsets, and your NFL divisional weekend preview
It’s not how you finish December, it’s how you start February, writes Steve O’Rourke.
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The 100% accurate and completely definitive guide to the best sports movie montages
Disagree? You’re wrong.
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Oct 30th 2017, 11:00 AM
Move over, Paul the Octopus - mathematical model says Ireland WILL progress from their Euro 2016 group
The AA’s Analytics team say Ireland has a 1% chance of making the final.
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Jun 6th 2016, 2:41 PM
Genes have a big influence on when you lose your virginity
That’s according to a study which looked at the lives of 380,000 people.
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Apr 19th 2016, 9:55 AM
Russell Wilson has made a bizarre claim about how he prevented a concussion
Wilson says a $3 bottle of water is the reason his concussion went away.
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Aug 27th 2015, 4:50 PM
Explained: why we think bubble wrap is so great
There’s some science in them there hills.
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Jul 9th 2015, 11:59 PM
Do you wear old festival wristbands? Science says you're manky
Bleugh.
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Jun 25th 2015, 7:26 PM
Oh, you know you want to see what happens when you burn through a jawbreaker
Gross and mesmerising in equal measures.
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Apr 16th 2015, 9:50 PM
Both the Sixers and the Heat want to lose tonight in the weirdest NBA game of the season
And here’s why…
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Apr 15th 2015, 6:43 PM
Why you need to take electrolyte tablets to prevent the onset of cramps
Gather round, fellow runners.
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Nov 15th 2014, 8:20 AM
Man builds ultimate machine to make the perfect cookie
The cookie perfection machine. The dream.
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Oct 25th 2014, 1:45 PM
A new technology coming to the NFL will revolutionise a fan's viewing experience
Sensors on players will tell us exactly where they were in real time.
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Aug 6th 2014, 11:26 AM
Eating more than five-a-day may be a complete and utter waste of time
That’s according to a major new study… So put the banana down.
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Jul 30th 2014, 9:35 PM
Fist bumps are the least infectious way to say hello
Forget hand shakes and high fives.
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Jul 28th 2014, 6:00 PM
This doodle reveals what scientists are REALLY up to in the labs
We thought we knew but we were wrong. SO wrong.
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Jan 30th 2014, 12:17 PM
The NBA could replace the draft lottery with 'The Wheel' — a system that sets the draft order for the next 30 years
It’s designed to stamp out teams ‘tanking’ to get a high pick.
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Dec 23rd 2013, 5:02 PM
3D printing, biomechanical data and custom spike plates? New Balance running customisation in new direction
I want that one.
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Mar 6th 2013, 10:23 PM
Who knew? Chocolate keeps you slim
Enjoy that bar of chocolate, safe in the knowledge that it’s helping you keep your trim figure. Hurrah!
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