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Deep-Sea Octopus Broods Eggs for Over Four Years -- Longer Than Any Known Animal
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have observed a deep-sea octopus brooding its eggs for four-and-a-half years -- longer than any other known animal. Throughout this time, the female kept the eggs clean and guarded them ... full story
Tidal Forces Gave Moon Its Shape Early in Its History, New Analysis Finds
July 30, 2014 — The shape of the moon deviates from a simple sphere in ways that scientists have struggled to explain. A new study shows that most of the moon's overall shape can be explained by taking into ... full story
Decades-Old Amber Collection Offers New Views of a Lost World: Tiny Grasshopper Encased in Amber
July 30, 2014 — Scientists are searching through a massive collection of 20-million-year-old amber found in the Dominican Republic more than 50 years ago, and the effort is yielding fresh insights into ancient ... full story
Fossils Found in Siberia Suggest All Dinosaurs Could Have Been Feathered
July 30, 2014 — The first ever example of a plant-eating dinosaur with feathers and scales has been discovered in Russia. Previously only flesh-eating dinosaurs were known to have had feathers, so this new find ... full story
Weighing the Milky Way: Researchers Devise Precise Method for Calculating the Mass of Galaxies
July 29, 2014 — Does the Milky Way look fat in this picture? Has Andromeda been taking skinny selfies? Using a new, more accurate method for measuring the mass of galaxies, and international group of researchers has ... full story
Pesticide DDT Linked to Slow Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes, Mouse Study Finds
July 30, 2014 — A new study in mice is the first to show that developmental exposure to DDT increases the risk of females later developing metabolic syndrome -- a cluster of conditions that include increased body ... full story
Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Result of Carbon Dioxide Decrease, Not Continental Breakup
July 30, 2014 — Climate modelers have shown that the most likely explanation for the initiation of Antarctic glaciation during a major climate shift 34 million years ago was decreased carbon dioxide levels. The ... full story
Scientists Reproduce Evolutionary Changes by Manipulating Embryonic Development of Mice
July 30, 2014 — By modifying the embryonic development of mice, scientists have reproduced in the laboratory the changes in teeth shape which, in mammals, took millions of years of evolution to take ... full story
Double Star With Weird and Wild Planet-Forming Discs
July 30, 2014 — Astronomers have found wildly misaligned planet-forming gas discs around the two young stars in the binary system HK Tauri. These new observations provide the clearest picture ever of protoplanetary ... full story
Finding Quantum 'Lines of Desire': Physicists Track Quantum System's Wanderings Through Quantum State Space
July 30, 2014 — What paths do quantum particles, such as atoms or photons, follow through quantum state space? Scientists have used an "artificial atom" to continuously and repeatedly record the paths ... full story
Five Daily Portions of Fruit and Vegetables May Be Enough to Lower Risk of Early Death
July 29, 2014 — Eating five daily portions of fruit and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of death from any cause, particularly from cardiovascular disease, but beyond five portions appears to have no ... full story
Exploring 3-D Printing to Make Organs for Transplants
July 30, 2014 — Printing whole new organs for transplants sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but the real-life budding technology could one day make actual kidneys, livers, hearts and other organs for ... full story
Mercury's Bizzare Magnetic Field Tells Scientists How Its Interior Is Different from Earth's
July 30, 2014 — Mercury's interior is different from the Earth's interior in a way that explains Mercury's bizarre magnetic field, planetary physicists report. Measurements from NASA's Messenger ... full story
Climate Extremes Are Here to Stay: Expect More Heat Waves and Cold Snaps
July 30, 2014 — Researchers show how they've used advanced computational data science tools to demonstrate that despite global warming, we may still experience severe cold snaps due to increasing variability in ... full story
Chinese Mosquitoes on the Baltic Sea: Ancient Insect Inclusions in East-Asian Amber
July 30, 2014 — The analysis of the roughly 3,000 pieces is still in its infant stage. But it is already evident that the results will be of major significance. The Baltic amber comes from the Baltic Sea region, ... full story
- Deep-Sea Octopus Broods Eggs for Over 4 Years
- Early Tidal Forces Gave Moon Its Shape
- Lost World Found in 20-Million-Year-Old Amber
- Did All Dinosaurs Have Feathers? Fossil Clues
- Weighing the Milky Way: Half Andromeda's Mass
- Pesticide DDT Linked to Metabolic Syndrome
- Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Result of ...
- Scientists Reproduce Evolutionary Changes
- Double Star: Weird, Wild Planet-Forming Discs
- Finding Quantum 'Lines of Desire'
- Five Fruits and Veggies a Day for Longer Life
- 3-D Printing to Make Organs for Transplants
- Magnetism of Earth, Mercury: Insides Differ
- Expect More Heat Waves and Cold Snaps
- Ancient Chinese Mosquitoes On the Baltic Sea
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Otzi Iceman Had Genetic Predisposition for Atherosclerosis: Much the Same in Ancient Peoples as It Is Today
July 30, 2014 — While prevalence and types of risk factors for atherosclerosis have varied over time from ancient times to modern society -- such as levels of obesity, physical activity -- genetic ... full story
New Malaria Vaccine Candidates Identified
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have discovered new vaccine targets that could help in the battle against malaria. Taking a new, large-scale approach to this search, researchers tested a library of proteins from the ... full story
Kids With Autism and Sensory Processing Disorders Show Differences in Brain Wiring
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have found that children with sensory processing disorders have decreased structural brain connections in specific sensory regions different than those in autism, further establishing SPD ... full story
Birthweight and Breastfeeding Have Implications for Children's Health Decades Later
July 30, 2014 — Young adults who were breastfed for three months or more as babies have a significantly lower risk of chronic inflammation associated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, according to new ... full story
Dissolvable Fabric Loaded With Medicine Might Offer Faster Protection Against HIV
July 30, 2014 — Bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when ... full story
Dimly Lit Working Environments: Correcting Body Clock Is Possible
July 30, 2014 — Researchers have, for the first time, conducted a study under real conditions on the body clocks of members of an international polar research station. The researchers have shown that a particular ... full story
Naltrexone May Be Effective in Diminishing Impulse Control Disorders in Parkinson's Disease Patients
July 30, 2014 — Parkinson's disease (PD) patients may confront a common but largely unrecognized challenge: the occurrence of impulse control disorders (ICDs) such as compulsive gambling, sexual behavior, eating, or ... full story
Many Depressed Preschoolers Still Suffer in Later School Years
July 30, 2014 — Children diagnosed with depression as preschoolers are likely to suffer from depression as school-age children and young adolescents, new research shows. The investigators followed 246 children, now ... full story
Is a Cancer Drug Working? Modified Drug Gives a 'Green Light' for Its Own Success
July 30, 2014 — A modified anticancer drug can simultaneously target tumor sites and show whether or not it is ... full story
Toward a Home Test for Detecting Potentially Dangerous Levels of Caffeine
July 30, 2014 — The shocking news of an Ohio teen who died of a caffeine overdose in May highlighted the potential dangers of the normally well-tolerated and mass-consumed substance. To help prevent serious health ... full story
- Did Iceman Have Narrowing of the Arteries?
- New Malaria Vaccine Candidates Identified
- Brain Wiring: Autism and Sensory Disorders
- Birthweight, Breastfeeding: Decades of Effects
- Dissolvable Fabric Delivers Medicine
- Correct Body Clock With Dimly Lit Environments
- Naltrexone for Impulse Control in Parkinson's
- Many Depressed Preschoolers Still Suffer Later
- Modified Drug Gives a 'Green Light' for Success
- Home Test for Too Much Caffeine?
Fear of Losing Money, Not Spending Habits, Affects Investor Risk Tolerance
July 30, 2014 — Scientists analyzed the causes of risk tolerance and found that loss aversion, or the fear of losing money, is the primary factor that explains investors' risk ... full story
Supportive Moms and Sisters Boost Female Baboon's Rank
July 30, 2014 — A study of dominance in female baboons suggests that the route to a higher rank is to maintain close ties with mom, and to have lots of supportive ... full story
Sugar Mimics Guide Stem Cells Toward Neural Fate
July 30, 2014 — Many growth factors that influence the fate of embryonic stem cells must bind to sugars attached to specific receptors on the surface of the cell to work. Because the sugars are difficult to ... full story
Numerical Learning Disability: Dyscalculia Linked to Difficulties in Reading and Spelling
July 30, 2014 — Between three and six percent of schoolchildren suffer from an arithmetic-related learning disability. Researchers now show that these children are also more likely to exhibit deficits in reading and ... full story
Brain Response to Appetizing Food Cues Varies Among Obese People
July 30, 2014 — People who have the most common genetic mutation linked to obesity respond differently to pictures of appetizing foods than overweight or obese people who do not have the genetic mutation, according ... full story
Teen Insomnia Linked With Depression, Anxiety
July 30, 2014 — A study of high school students has shed new light on the links between insomnia-related mental health conditions among teens. "People with insomnia find it difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep ... full story
A Blood Test for Suicide Risk? Alterations to a Single Gene Could Predict Risk of Suicide Attempt
July 30, 2014 — Researchers say they have discovered a chemical alteration in a single human gene linked to stress reactions that, if confirmed in larger studies, could give doctors a simple blood test to reliably ... full story
Problem Drinking in Midlife Doubles Chance of Memory Problems in Later Life
July 29, 2014 — Middle-aged adults with a history of problem drinking are more than twice as likely to suffer from severe memory impairment in later life, research shows. The study highlights the hitherto largely ... full story
Striatal Dopamine Transporter Binding Correlates With Body Composition and Visual Attention Bias for Food Cues in Healthy Young Men
July 29, 2014 — Scientists have described a way that brain chemistry may make some people notice food more easily, which can tempt overeating even in people who are not ... full story
Drinking Sugar-Sweetened Beverages During Adolescence Impairs Memory, Animal Study Suggests
July 29, 2014 — Daily consumption of beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup or sucrose can impair the ability to learn and remember information, particularly when consumption occurs during adolescence, a ... full story
- Fear of Losing Money: Investor Risk Tolerance
- Supportive Moms, Sisters, Boost Baboon's Rank
- Sugar Mimics Guide Stem Cells Toward Neural Fate
- Numerical Learning Disability Linked to Reading
- Brain Response to Food Cues Varies Among Obese
- Teen Insomnia Linked With Depression, Anxiety
- Gene-Based Blood Test for Suicide Risk?
- Problem Drinking May Lead to Memory Problems
- Brain Chemistry: Some People Notice Food More
- Do Sweetened Drinks Impair Memory in Teens?
Soy May Help Women's Hearts If They Start Early
July 30, 2014 — A diet rich in soy may help feminine hearts, but timing matters, finds a new study. "This study underscores how important it is for women to get into the best cardiovascular shape they can before ... full story
Acupuncture Provides Significant Quality of Life Improvements Among Breast Cancer Patients Taking Drugs to Prevent Recurrence, Study Shows
July 30, 2014 — Use of electroacupuncture (EA) – a form of acupuncture where a small electric current is passed between pairs of acupuncture needles – produces significant improvements in fatigue, anxiety and ... full story
Why We Should Vaccinate Boys Against HPV as Well as Girls
July 29, 2014 — An expert in chronic illnesses says that boys should be vaccinated against the HPV virus, as well as girls, to cut incidence of genital warts and several ... full story
Dieting Young May Lead to Poor Health Outcomes Later: Trends in Dieting Strategies in Young Adult Women from 1982 to 2012
July 29, 2014 — The younger a woman is when she goes on her first diet, the more likely she is to experience several negative health outcomes later in ... full story
Maternal Obesity Modulates Offspring Microflora Composition and Gastrointestinal Functions, Animal Study Shows
July 29, 2014 — Maternal obesity leads to marked changes in the offspring's gastrointestinal microflora composition and gastrointestinal function. This study suggests there are non-genetic factors that could be ... full story
Vision-Correcting Display Makes Reading Glasses So Yesterday
July 29, 2014 — Researchers are developing vision-correcting displays that can compensate for a viewer's visual impairments to create sharp images without the need for glasses or contact lenses. The technology could ... full story
Brainwaves Can Predict Audience Reaction of Television Programming
July 29, 2014 — By analyzing the brainwaves of 16 individuals as they watched mainstream television content, researchers were able to accurately predict the preferences of large TV audiences, up to 90 percent in the ... full story
Brand-Specific Television Alcohol Ads a Significant Predictor of Brand Consumption Among Underage Youth
July 29, 2014 — Underage drinkers are three times more likely to drink alcohol brands that advertise on television programs they watch compared to other alcohol brands, providing new and compelling evidence of a ... full story
Menu Secrets That Can Make You Slim by Design
July 29, 2014 — If you've ever ordered the wrong food at a restaurant, don't blame yourself; blame the menu. What you order may have less to do with what you want and more to do with a menu's layout and ... full story
Social Origins of Intelligence in the Brain
July 29, 2014 — By studying the injuries and aptitudes of Vietnam War veterans who suffered penetrating head wounds during the war, scientists are tackling -- and beginning to answer -- longstanding questions about ... full story
- Soy May Help Women's Hearts If They Start Early
- Acupuncture, Breast Cancer, and Quality of Life
- Why We Should Vaccinate Boys Against HPV, Too
- Dieting Young May Lead to Poor Health Outcomes
- Gut Microbes: How Obesity Is Passed Down?
- Vision-Correcting Displays: No Glasses Needed
- Brainwaves of Few Predict TV Preferences of Many
- Underage Drinkers Influenced by Alcohol Ads
- Menu Secrets That Can Make You Slim by Design
- Social Origins of Intelligence in the Brain
Barnacles: Marine 'Pest' Provides Advances in Maritime Anti-Fouling and Biomedicine
July 30, 2014 — Biologists performed cutting-edge research on a marine pest that will pave the way for novel anti-fouling paint for ships and boats and also improve bio-adhesives for medical and industrial ... full story
Nature Inspires a Greener Way to Make Colorful Plastics
July 30, 2014 — Long before humans figured out how to create colors, nature had already perfected the process -- think stunning, bright butterfly wings of many different hues, for example. Now scientists are tapping ... full story
Solar Energy: Dyes Help Harvest Light
July 30, 2014 — A new dye-sensitized solar cell absorbs a broad range of visible and infrared wavelengths. Dye-sensitized solar cells rely on dyes that absorb light to mobilize a current of electrons and are a ... full story
Heat-Responsive Polymers That Do Not Breakdown in Water May Lead to New Antifouling Coatings and Enhanced Oil Recovery
July 30, 2014 — Heat-responsive polymers that do not breakdown in water may lead to new antifouling coatings and enhanced oil ... full story
Spin-Based Electronics: New Material Successfully Tested
July 30, 2014 — Spintronics is a new field of electronics, using electron spin rather than motion. This technology requires insulating components that can control this quantum property. Scientists have shown ... full story
New Catalyst Converts Carbon Dioxide to Fuel
July 30, 2014 — Scientists have synthesized a catalyst that improves their system for converting waste carbon dioxide into syngas, a precursor of gasoline and other energy-rich products, bringing the process closer ... full story
Superman's Solar-Powered Feats Break a Fundamental Law of Physics
July 30, 2014 — It goes without saying that Superman can accomplish some pretty spectacular feats. But according to students, the Man of Steel actually achieves the impossible--by breaking the fundamental physics ... full story
All-in-One Energy System Offers Greener Power for Off–grid Homes, Farms and Businesses
July 30, 2014 — An innovative ‘trigeneration’ system fuelled entirely by raw plant oils could have great potential for isolated homes and businesses operating outside grid ... full story
Good News for Couch Potatoes: 3-D TV May Be the Victim of Negative Preconceptions
July 30, 2014 — An academic led a lab-based research, involving 433 viewers of ages from 4 to 82 years, in which participants were asked to watch Toy Story in either 2-D or 3-D (S3D) and report on their viewing ... full story
Revolutionary Microshutter Technology Hurdles Significant Challenges
July 29, 2014 — NASA technologists have hurdled a number of significant technological challenges in their quest to improve an already revolutionary observing technology originally created for the James Webb Space ... full story
- Barnacles Aid Anti-Fouling and Biomedicine
- Greener Way to Make Colorful Plastics
- Solar Energy: Dyes Help Harvest Light
- Thermoresponsive Polymers for Antifouling
- Spin-Based Electronics: New Material Successful
- New Catalyst Converts Carbon Dioxide to Fuel
- Superman 'Breaks' a Fundamental Law of Physics
- Greener Power for Off–Grid Homes and Businesses
- 3-D TV May Be Victim of Negative Preconceptions
- Microshutter Technology Hurdles Big Challenges
NASA-Funded X-Ray Instrument Settles Interstellar Debate
July 29, 2014 — New findings from a NASA-funded instrument have resolved a decades-old puzzle about a fog of low-energy X-rays observed over the entire sky. Thanks to refurbished detectors first flown on a NASA ... full story
Mysterious Molecules in Space: Silicon-Capped Hydrocarbons May Be Source of 'Diffuse Interstellar Bands'
July 29, 2014 — New research has offered a tantalizing new possibility in the realm of interstellar molecules and diffuse interstellar bands: these mysterious molecules may be silicon-capped hydrocarbons like SiC3H, ... full story
The Quantum Cheshire Cat: Can Neutrons Be Located at a Different Place Than Their Own Spin?
July 29, 2014 — Can neutrons be located at a different place than their own spin? A quantum experiment demonstrates a new kind of quantum paradox. The Cheshire Cat featured in Lewis Caroll's novel "Alice in ... full story
NASA Long-Lived Mars Opportunity Rover Passes 25 Miles of Driving
July 28, 2014 — NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. The previous record was held ... full story
Printing the Metals of the Future
July 28, 2014 — 3-D printers can create all kinds of things, from eyeglasses to implantable medical devices, straight from a computer model and without the need for molds. But for making spacecraft, engineers ... full story
Cassini Spacecraft Reveals 101 Geysers and More on Icy Saturn Moon
July 28, 2014 — Scientists using mission data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have identified 101 distinct geysers erupting on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. Their analysis suggests it is possible for liquid water to ... full story
Cool-Burning Flames in Space, Could Lead to Better Engines on Earth
July 28, 2014 — Scientists have discovered a new type of cool burning flames that could lead to cleaner, more efficient engines for cars. The discovery was made during a series of experiments on the International ... full story
Glow in Space Is Evidence of a Hot Bubble in Our Galaxy
July 28, 2014 — A recent study shows that the emission is dominated by the local hot bubble of gas -- 1 million degrees -- with, at most, 40 percent of emission originating within the solar system. The findings ... full story
Building 'Invisible' Materials With Light
July 28, 2014 — A new technique which uses light like a needle to thread long chains of particles could help bring sci-fi concepts such as cloaking devices one step closer to ... full story
New Mass Map of Distant Galaxy Cluster Is Most Precise Yet
July 24, 2014 — Astronomers have mapped the mass within a galaxy cluster more precisely than ever before. Created using observations from Hubble's Frontier Fields observing program, the map shows the amount and ... full story
- X-Ray Instrument Settles Interstellar Debate
- Source of Mysterious Molecules in Space?
- Quantum Paradox: Neutrons Separated from Spin?
- Mars Opportunity Rover: 25 Miles of Driving
- Printing the Metals of the Future
- Cassini Reveals 101 Geysers On Saturn Moon
- Cool-Burning Flames in Space: Better Engines
- Glow in Space: Hot Bubble in Our Galaxy
- Building 'Invisible' Materials With Light
- New Precise Mass Map of Distant Galaxy Cluster
Optimum Inertial Self-Propulsion Design for Snowman-Like Nanorobot
July 29, 2014 — A new study investigates the effects of small but finite inertia on the propulsion of micro and nano-scale swimming machines. Scale plays a major role in locomotion. Swimming microorganisms, such as ... full story
Kill Switch in Cell Phones Could Save Consumers More Than $3.4 Billion Annually
July 29, 2014 — A new study shows consumer savings from the Kill Switch legislation exceed initial projections and now points to well over $3 billion. This savings to consumers comes at the expense of insurance and ... full story
Using TV, Videos or a Computer Game as a Stress Reducer After a Tough Day at Work Can Lead to Feelings of Guilt and Failure
July 29, 2014 — It seems common practice: After a long day at work, most people sometimes just want to turn on the TV or play a video or computer game to calm down and relax. However, in a new study researchers ... full story
Google Searches May Hold Key to Future Market Crashes, Researchers Find
July 28, 2014 — A team of researchers has developed a method to automatically identify topics that people search for on Google before subsequent stock market ... full story
A Transistor-Like Amplifier for Single Photons
July 28, 2014 — Scientists have achieved a twentyfold amplification of single-photon signals with the help of an ultracold quantum ... full story
New Tools Help Neuroscientists Analyze 'Big Data'
July 27, 2014 — New technologies for monitoring brain activity are generating unprecedented quantities of information. That data may hold new insights into how the brain works -- but only if researchers can ... full story
Primary Texting Bans Associated With Lower Traffic Fatalities, Study Finds
July 25, 2014 — States that allow officers to pull over a driver for texting while driving saw fewer deaths than those that use secondary enforcement of texting bans. Some states have banned all drivers from texting ... full story
Collecting Just the Right Data: Algorithm Helps Identify Which Data to Target
July 25, 2014 — Much artificial-intelligence research addresses the problem of making predictions based on large data sets. An obvious example is the recommendation engines at retail sites like Amazon and Netflix. ... full story
Smartphone Experiment Tracks Whether Our Life Story Is Written in Our Gut Bacteria
July 25, 2014 — Life events such as visiting another country or contracting a disease cause a significant shift in the make-up of the gut microbiota -- the community of bacteria living in the digestive system, ... full story
New Characteristics of Complex Oxide Surfaces Revealed
July 24, 2014 — A combination of microscopy and data processing has given researchers an unprecedented look at the surface of a material known for its unusual physical and electrochemical ... full story
- Swimming for Snowman-Like Nanorobots?
- Cell Phone Kill Switch Could Save Billions
- Media Can Make a Tough Day Worse
- Google Searches: Key to Future Market Crashes?
- A Transistor-Like Amplifier for Single Photons
- Tools Help Neuroscientists Analyze 'Big Data'
- Some Texting Bans Linked to Lower Traffic Deaths
- Algorithm Collects Just the Right Data
- Our Life Story Written in Our Gut Bacteria?
- New Characteristics of Complex Oxide Surfaces
Vocal Variety in African Penguins: Four Basic Vocalizations Used for Adult Communication, Two More for the Young
July 30, 2014 — Adult African penguins communicate using four different vocalizations and juveniles and chicks use two begging calls to request ... full story
Saving Seeds the Right Way Can Save the World's Plants
July 30, 2014 — Exotic pests, shrinking ranges and a changing climate threaten some of the world's most rare and ecologically important plants, and so conservationists establish seed collections to save the seeds in ... full story
Peru's Carbon Quantified: Economic and Conservation Boon
July 30, 2014 — Today scientists unveiled the first high-resolution map of the carbon stocks stored on land throughout the entire country of Peru. The new and improved methodology used to make the map marks a sea ... full story
Prehistoric Dairy Farming at the Extremes
July 29, 2014 — Finland's love of milk has been traced back to 2500 BC, thanks to high-tech techniques to analyze residues preserved in fragments of ancient ... full story
Eating Tree Nuts Results in 'Modest Decreases' in Blood Fats and Sugars, Survey Finds
July 29, 2014 — Eating tree nuts appears to help reduce two of the five markers for metabolic syndrome, a group of factors that raise the risk for heart disease and other health problems such as diabetes and ... full story
Vaccine Against Tick-Transmitted Disease Under Development
July 29, 2014 — An important advancement toward developing a vaccine against the debilitating and potentially deadly tick-transmitted disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis has been made by scientists. Successful ... full story
Underwater Elephants: Mixed Impacts of the World's Largest -- And Threatened -- Parrotfish
July 29, 2014 — Scientists recently got back to basics in order to discover the positive and negative effects that bumphead parrotfish exert on coral reef ecosystems. Using direct observation, animal tracking and ... full story
'Killer Sperm' Prevents Mating Between Worm Species
July 29, 2014 — Most cross-species mating is merely unsuccessful in producing offspring. However, when researchers mated Caenorhabditis worms of different species, they found that the lifespan of the female worms ... full story
Diet Affects Males' and Females' Gut Microbes Differently
July 29, 2014 — The microbes living in the guts of males and females react differently to diet, even when the diets are identical, according to a new study. These results suggest that therapies designed to improve ... full story
Algae-Eating Native Freshwater Snails: 'Little Janitor' Merits Attention in Florida Springs Health Debate
July 29, 2014 — For decades, crystal-clear water bubbling from the ground has driven Florida tourism, via scuba divers, canoeists, boaters and swimmers, but today, many of those springs aren't healthy. Although the ... full story
- Vocal Variety in African Penguins
- Saving Seeds Right Way Can Save World's Plants
- Peru's Carbon: Economic, Conservation Boon
- Prehistoric Dairy Farming at the Extremes
- Tree Nuts Slightly Lower Blood Fats, Sugars
- Tick-Transmitted Disease: Vaccine In Development
- Impacts of Large Threatened Parrotfish
- 'Killer Sperm': No Mating Between Worm Species
- Males' and Females' Gut Microbes: Diet Impact
- Cleaning Up Florida Springs With Snails?
Scientists Caution Against Exploitation of Deep Ocean
July 30, 2014 — The world's oceans are vast and deep, yet rapidly advancing technology and the quest for extracting resources from previously unreachable depths is beginning to put the deep seas on the cusp of ... full story
Huge Waves Measured for First Time in Arctic Ocean
July 29, 2014 — The first measurements of waves in the middle of the Arctic Ocean recorded house-sized waves during a September 2012 storm. More sensors are going out this summer to study waves in newly ice-free ... full story
Famine in the Horn of Africa (1984) Was Caused by El Nino and Currents in the Indian Ocean
July 29, 2014 — Oceanic patterns are important drivers of climatic variability. There is a clear link between periods of drought in the North Ethiopian Highlands and oceanic phases of El Nino, the Indian Ocean ... full story
From Finding Nemo to Minerals: What Riches Lie in the Deep Sea?
July 29, 2014 — As fishing and the harvesting of metals, gas and oil have expanded deeper and deeper into the ocean, scientists are drawing attention to the services provided by the deep sea, the world’s largest ... full story
Evolution in Rainforest Flies Points to Climate Change Survival
July 29, 2014 — Scientists believe some tropical species may be able to evolve and adapt to the effects of climate change. The new findings suggests some sensitive rainforest-restricted species may survive climate ... full story
Worldwide Water Shortage by 2040
July 29, 2014 — Water is used around the world for the production of electricity, but new research results show that there will not be enough water in the world to meet demand by 2040 if the energy and power ... full story
New Gadget Helps Vision-Impaired to Read Graphs
July 29, 2014 — People who are blind can now read more than just words, such as graphs and graphics, following the development of an affordable digital reading system by ... full story
Gasses from Kilauea Volcano Affected Tropical Storm Flossie Formation
July 29, 2014 — One might assume that a tropical storm moving through volcanic smog would sweep up the tainted air and march on, unchanged. However, a recent study from atmospheric scientists revealed that, though ... full story
Mortality Rates Increase Due to Extreme Heat and Cold
July 29, 2014 — When temperatures are extremely high or low, there is a significant increase in the number of deaths caused by heart failure or stroke. This has been confirmed by epidemiological ... full story
Generating a Genome to Feed the World: African Rice Sequenced
July 28, 2014 — An international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of African rice. The new information will enable scientists and agriculturalists to develop varieties of rice that can survive in a ... full story
- Caution Against Exploitation of Deep Ocean
- Huge Waves Measured in Arctic Ocean
- El Nino and Currents: Famine in Horn of Africa
- What Riches Lie in the Deep Sea?
- Climate Change Spurring Evolution of Flies
- Worldwide Water Shortage by 2040
- Gadget Helps Vision-Impaired Read Graphs
- Volcanic Gasses Affecting Tropical Storm
- Extreme Heat or Cold Ups Deaths from Stroke
- Genome of African Rice Sequenced
Ice Age Lion Figurine: Ancient Fragment of Ivory Belonging to 40,000 Year Old Animal Figurine Unearthed
July 30, 2014 — Archaeologists have found an ancient fragment of ivory belonging to a 40,000 year old animal figurine. Both pieces were found in the Vogelherd Cave in southwestern Germany, which has yielded a number ... full story
Violent Aftermath for the Warriors at Alken Enge
July 29, 2014 — Denmark attracted international attention in 2012 when archaeological excavations revealed the bones of an entire army, whose warriors had been thrown into the bogs near the Alken Enge wetlands in ... full story
Dinosaurs Fell Victim to Perfect Storm of Events, Study Shows
July 28, 2014 — Dinosaurs might have survived the asteroid strike that wiped them out if it had taken place slightly earlier or later in history, scientists say. They found that in the few million years before a ... full story
Fire Ecology Manipulation by California Native Cultures
July 26, 2014 — Before the colonial era, 100,000s of people lived on the land now called California, and many of their cultures manipulated fire to control the availability of plants they used for food, fuel, tools, ... full story
Earlier Stone Age Artifacts Found in Northern Cape of South Africa
July 24, 2014 — Excavations at an archaeological site at Kathu in the Northern Cape province of South Africa have produced tens of thousands of Earlier Stone Age artifacts, including hand axes and other ... full story
Biologist Warn of Early Stages of Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction Event
July 24, 2014 — The planet's current biodiversity, the product of 3.5 billion years of evolutionary trial and error, is the highest in the history of life. But it may be reaching a tipping point. Scientists caution ... full story
Synchronization of North Atlantic, North Pacific Preceded Abrupt Warming, End of Ice Age
July 24, 2014 — Scientists have long been concerned that global warming may push Earth's climate system across a 'tipping point,' where rapid melting of ice and further warming may become irreversible -- a hotly ... full story
Leaf-Mining Insects Destroyed With the Dinosaurs, Others Quickly Appeared
July 24, 2014 — After the asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous period that triggered the dinosaurs' extinction and ushered in the Paleocene, leaf-mining insects in the western United States completely ... full story
Four-Billion-Year-Old Chemistry in Cells Today
July 24, 2014 — Parts of the primordial soup in which life arose have been maintained in our cells today according to scientists. Research has revealed how cells in plants, yeast and very likely also in animals ... full story
Dog Jealousy: Study Suggests Primordial Origins for the 'Green-Eyed Monster'
July 23, 2014 — Dogs exhibit jealous behaviors. The first experimental test of jealousy in dogs supports the view that there may be a more basic form of jealousy, which evolved to protect social bonds from ... full story
- Ancient Ivory Lion Figurine Unearthed
- Violent Aftermath for Warriors at Alken Enge
- Dinosaurs: Victim to Perfect Storm of Events
- Fire Ecology Manipulation by California Natives
- Earlier Stone Age Artifacts Found in S. Africa
- Biologists Warn of Earth's 6th Mass Extinction
- Risk of Tipping Point for Abrupt Global Warming
- Leaf-Mining Insects Destroyed With Dinosaurs
- Four-Billion-Year-Old Chemistry in Cells Today
- Primordial Origins for Jealousy in Dogs
Urbanization of Rural Africa Associated With Increased Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes
July 29, 2014 — The increasing urbanization of rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa could lead to an explosion in incidences of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study carried out in Uganda that found that ... full story
Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Coral Is Deeper and Broader Than Predicted
July 28, 2014 — A new discovery of two additional coral communities showing signs of damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill expands the impact footprint of the 2010 spill in the Gulf of ... full story
'Nuisance Flooding' an Increasing Problem as Coastal Sea Levels Rise
July 28, 2014 — Eight of the top 10 US cities that have seen an increase in so-called 'nuisance flooding' -- which causes such public inconveniences as frequent road closures, overwhelmed storm drains and ... full story
Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1 Most Prevalent Worldwide
July 28, 2014 — In one of the largest prevalence studies to date, researchers from the UK provide national, regional, and global genotype prevalence estimates for the hepatitis C virus. Findings indicate that ... full story
Climate Change and Air Pollution Will Combine to Curb Food Supplies
July 27, 2014 — Many studies have shown the potential for global climate change to cut food supplies. But these studies have, for the most part, ignored the interactions between increasing temperature and air ... full story
Experiences at Every Stage of Life Contribute to Cognitive Abilities in Old Age
July 25, 2014 — Early life experiences, such as childhood socioeconomic status and literacy, may have greater influence on the risk of cognitive impairment late in life than such demographic characteristics as race ... full story
'Light Pollution' May Affect Love Lives of Birds in the Viennese Forests
July 25, 2014 — Artificial light in cities exerts negative effects on humans, animals, and their environment. In an ongoing research project, behavioral biologists are investigating how blue tits in the Viennese ... full story
Shift Work Linked to Heightened Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
July 24, 2014 — Shift work is linked to a heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with the risk seemingly greatest among men and those working rotating shift patterns, indicates an analysis of the available ... full story
Parched West Is Using Up Underground Water: Study Points to Grave Implications for Western U.S. Water Supply
July 24, 2014 — A new study finds more than 75 percent of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin since late 2004 came from underground resources. The extent of groundwater loss may pose a ... full story
Humans Share Fairness Concerns With Other Species
July 24, 2014 — Humans aren’t the only species to react strongly to actions they consider unfair. A similar drive for fairness in monkeys and some dogs may offer insight into people’s desire for equity, ... full story
- Africa: Urbanization Linked to More Diabetes
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Impact On Coral
- Coastal Flooding Worse on East Coast of U.S.
- Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1: Most Prevalent
- Higher Temperatures, Pollution, Less Food
- Life Experiences Contribute to Old Age Abilities
- Love Birds Prefer Dark? Light Pollution Harm
- Shift Work Linked to Heightened Diabetes Risk
- Parched U.S. West Is Using Up Groundwater Fast
- Human-Like Drive for Fairness in Other Species
It Takes More Than Practice to Excel
July 28, 2014 — Psychologists have overturned a 20-year-old theory that people who excel in their fields are those who practiced the ... full story
Powerful New Source of Up-to-Date Information on Economic Activity
July 10, 2014 — Researchers have developed a new data infrastructure for measuring economic activity. The infrastructure uses aggregated and de-identified data on transactions and account balances from Check, a ... full story
Computer Security: 'Melbourne Shuffle' Secures Data in the Cloud
July 10, 2014 — Encryption might not be enough for all that data stored in the cloud. Usage patterns -- which files are accessed and when -- can give away secrets as well. Computer scientists have developed an ... full story
Neuroeconomists Confirm Warren Buffett's Wisdom: Brain Research Suggests an Early Warning Signal Tips Off Smart Traders
July 7, 2014 — Investment magnate Warren Buffett has famously suggested that investors should try to 'be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy only when others are fearful.' That turns out to be excellent ... full story
Putting a Price Tag on the 2 Degree Celsius Climate Target
July 2, 2014 — Addressing climate change will require substantial new investment in low-carbon energy and energy efficiency -- but no more than what is currently spent on today's fossil-dominated energy system, ... full story
Oil Palm Plantations Threaten Water Quality, Scientists Say
June 30, 2014 — Indonesia pays a price for a lucrative crop used in many household products. Palm plantations damage freshwater streams that supply drinking water to millions of people. Found in thousands of ... full story
Are You Seen as a Jerk at Work? Many People Are Oblivious to How They Come Across to Counterparts and Colleagues
June 30, 2014 — New research shows that many people seen by others as under-assertive or over-assertive think they're appropriately assertive. The study also reveals that people seen as getting assertiveness right ... full story
Back Away, Please: Humans Tend to Fear Things Approaching, Even If Non-Threatening
June 23, 2014 — We still have negative feelings about things that approach us -- even if they objectively are not threatening, according to new research. Though we modern humans don't really consider such fear, it ... full story
New Research Proves Gender Bias Extraordinarily Prevalent in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Fields
June 23, 2014 — With everyone from the federal government to corporate America working to encourage more women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math fields, you would think the doors would ... full story
Android Security Weaknesses Caused by Performance Design Identified
June 19, 2014 — Researchers have identified a weakness in one of Android’s security features. The research identifies an Android performance feature that weakens a software protection called Address Space Layout ... full story
- It Takes More Than Practice to Excel
- New Source of Information On Economic Activity
- 'Melbourne Shuffle' Secures Data in the Cloud
- Neuroeconomists Confirm Warren Buffett's Wisdom
- Putting a Price Tag On Climate Target
- Oil Palm Plantations Threaten Water Quality
- Are You Seen as a Jerk at Work?
- Humans Tend to Fear Things Approaching
- Huge Gender Bias in STEM Careers
- Android Security Weaknesses Identified
Community Service Programs That Include Reflection Found to Be More Beneficial to Youth
July 24, 2014 — Using meta-analysis to asses 49 studies from around the world, researchers have found that community service that includes reflection is more beneficial for adolescents than community service that ... full story
Stronger Early Reading Skills Predict Higher Intelligence Later
July 24, 2014 — A study of 1,890 identical twins has found that strong early reading skill might positively affect later intelligence. The twins, who are part of an ongoing longitudinal study in the United Kingdom, ... full story
Essays in English Yield Information About Other Languages
July 23, 2014 — Grammatical habits in written English reveal linguistic features of non-native speakers' languages, researchers report. The work could enable computers chewing through relatively accessible documents ... full story
Natural-Terrain Schoolyards Reduce Children's Stress, Says Study
July 22, 2014 — Playing in schoolyards that feature natural habitats and trees and not just asphalt and recreation equipment reduces children's stress and inattention, according to a ... full story
Try, Try Again? Study Says No: Trying Harder Makes It More Difficult to Learn Some Aspects of Language, Neuroscientists Find
July 21, 2014 — Neuroscientists find that trying harder makes it more difficult to learn some aspects of language. When it comes to learning languages, adults and children have different strengths. Adults excel at ... full story
Philosopher Uses Game Theory to Understand How Words, Actions Acquire Meaning
July 21, 2014 — Why does the word "dog" have meaning? If you say "dog" to a friend, why does your friend understand you? A philosopher aims to address these types of questions in his latest research, which focuses ... full story
Brain Waves Show Learning to Read Does Not End in 4th Grade, Contrary to Popular Theory
July 21, 2014 — Teachers-in-training have long been taught that fourth grade is when students stop learning to read and start reading to learn. But a new study tested the theory by analyzing brain waves and found ... full story
Large Twin Study Suggests That Language Delay Due More to Nature Than Nurture
July 21, 2014 — A study of 473 sets of twins followed since birth found twins have twice the rate of language delay as do single-born children. Moreover, identical twins have greater rates of language delay than do ... full story
Months Before Their First Words, Babies' Brains Rehearse Speech Mechanics
July 14, 2014 — New research in 7- and 11-month-old infants shows that speech sounds stimulate areas of the brain that coordinate and plan motor movements for speech. The study suggests that baby brains start laying ... full story
Want a Higher GPA in College? Join a Gym
July 10, 2014 — For those students looking to bump up their grade point averages during college, the answer may not be spending more time in a library or study hall, but in a gym. New research shows that students ... full story
- Community Programs: Reflection Beneficial to ...
- Strong Early Reading Predict High IQ Later
- Essays in English: Info About Other Languages
- Natural-Terrain Schoolyards Reduce Kids' Stress
- Try, Try Again? Neuroscientists Say No
- Game Theory: How Words, Actions Acquire Meaning
- Learning to Read Does Not End in 4th Grade
- Language Delay Due More to Nature Than Nurture
- Before First Words, Babies' Brains Rehearse
- Want a Higher GPA in College? Join a Gym
