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  Digital Portrait for Grapes Indicates Their Ripeness

  November 30, 2012 — Researchers have developed a technique for estimating grape composition and variety using computer imaging. They have also put forward an index for identifying the ripeness of seeds without the need ... > full story
• Mating and Breeding
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  The Color of Love: Zebrafish Perform Colorful Courtship Displays

  November 30, 2012 — Billy Ocean may not have been thinking of fish when he wrote “The Color of Love”, but biologists were able to show that zebrafish males and females both wear their brightest colors while ... > full story
• Dark Matter
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  Too Much Dark Matter in Galaxy Cluster? 'Dark Core' May Not Be So Dark After All

  November 29, 2012 — Astronomers were puzzled earlier this year when NASA's Hubble Space Telescope spotted an overabundance of dark matter in the heart of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 520. This observation was ... > full story
• Atmosphere
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  First-Ever Hyperspectral Images of Earth's Auroras: New Camera Provides Tantalizing Clues of New Atmospheric Phenomenon

  November 29, 2012 — Hoping to expand our understanding of auroras and other fleeting atmospheric events, a team of space-weather researchers designed and built a new camera with unprecedented capabilities that can ... > full story
• Nature
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  Camera Trap Photo of Rare Cat Wins Prize

  November 29, 2012 — A photo of a little known Bolivian cat species called an oncilla has been taken by a camera ... > full story
• NASA
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  Fast Forward to the Past: NASA Technologists Test 'Game-Changing' Data-Processing Technology

  November 27, 2012 — It's a digital world. Or is it? NASA technologist Jonathan Pellish isn't convinced. In fact, he believes a computing technology of yesteryear could potentially revolutionize everything from ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
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  Nine Radar Images of Asteroid 2007 PA8

  November 27, 2012 — A collage shows nine radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8 that were obtained between Oct. 31 and Nov. 13, 2012, with data collected by NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network ... > full story
• Apes
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  Seeing the World Through the Eyes of an Orangutan

  November 27, 2012 — A captive bred Sumatran orangutan and a neuroscientist in Malaysia are hoping to explain some of the mysteries of the visual brain and improve the lives of captive bred ... > full story
• Eye Care
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  Sonar Vision System for Congenitally Blind

  November 27, 2012 — A "sonar vision" system that enables people who are blind from birth to perceive the shape of a face, a house or even words and letters, is now being developed. Using this device, the researchers ... > full story
• Memory
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  Brief Exercise Immediately Enhances Memory: Results Apply to Older Adults Both With and Without Cognitive Deficits

  November 27, 2012 — A short burst of moderate exercise enhances the consolidation of memories in both healthy older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment, scientists have ... > full story

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