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Mice Don't Need the Cortex to Sing Their Songs
Mar. 6, 2015 — The human language is unique in that we can refer to objects, events and ideas. The combination of syllables and words enables humans to generate an infinite number of expressions. An important ... full story -
Mars: The Planet That Lost an Ocean's Worth of Water
Mar. 5, 2015 — A primitive ocean on Mars held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean, and covered a greater portion of the planet's surface than the Atlantic Ocean does on Earth, according to new results ... full story -
Hubble Sees Supernova Split Into Four Images by Cosmic Lens
Mar. 5, 2015 — Astronomers have spotted for the first time a distant supernova split into four images. The multiple images of the exploding star are caused by the powerful gravity of a foreground elliptical galaxy ... full story -
Menopausal Whales Are Influential and Informative Leaders
Mar. 5, 2015 — Menopause is a downright bizarre trait among animals. It's also rare. Outside of the human species, only the female members of two whale species outlive their reproductive lives in such a major ... full storyMore: -
Baby Mantises Harness Mid-Air 'Spin' During Jumps for Precision Landings
Mar. 5, 2015 — High-speed videos reveal that, unlike other jumping insects, the juvenile praying mantis does not spin out of control when airborne. In fact, it both creates and controls angular momentum at ... full story -
Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors During Pregnancy Affects the Brain Two Generations Later, Rat Study Shows
Mar. 5, 2015 — Prenatal exposure to low doses of the environmental contaminants polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, change the developing brain in an area involved in metabolism, and some effects are apparent even ... full story -
Reliance on Smartphones Linked to Lazy Thinking
Mar. 5, 2015 — Our smartphones help us find a phone number quickly, provide us with instant directions and recommend restaurants, but new research indicates that this convenience at our fingertips is making it easy ... full story -
Turning a Vole Into a Mighty Rodent
Mar. 5, 2015 — Take a wild, common forest-dwelling mouse-like rodent, known as a vole, and subject it to 13 rounds of selection for increased aerobic exercise metabolism, and what do you get? A mighty ... full story -
'Extinct' Bird Rediscovered: Last Seen in 1941
Mar. 5, 2015 — A scientific team has rediscovered a bird previously thought to be extinct. Jerdon's babbler (Chrysomma altirostre) had not been seen in Myanmar since July 1941, where it was last found in ... full story -
Breakthrough in Energy Harvesting Could Power 'Life on Mars'
Mar. 5, 2015 — Martian colonists could use an innovative new technique to harvest energy from carbon dioxide thanks to new research. The research proposes a new kind of engine for producing energy based on the ... full story -
Male Images Seen by Left Side of the Brain
Mar. 4, 2015 — A new study has found that people are quicker to categorize a face as being male when it is shown to the left side of the ... full story -
Strength in Numbers: First-Ever Quantum Device That Detects and Corrects Its Own Errors
Mar. 4, 2015 — When scientists develop a full quantum computer, the world of computing will undergo a revolution of sophistication, speed and energy efficiency that will make even our beefiest conventional machines ... full story -
Galactic 'Rain' Explains Why Some Galaxies Are Better at Creating Stars
Mar. 4, 2015 — Some of the galaxies in our universe are veritable star nurseries. For example, our own Milky Way produces, on average, at least one new star every year. Others went barren years ago, now producing ... full story -
Why Isn't the Universe as Bright as It Should Be?
Mar. 4, 2015 — A handful of new stars are born each year in the Milky Way, while many more blink on across the universe. But astronomers have observed that galaxies should be churning out millions more stars, based ... full story -
Discovery of 2.8-Million-Year-Old Jaw Sheds Light on Early Humans
Mar. 4, 2015 — For decades, scientists have been searching for African fossils documenting the earliest phases of the Homo lineage, but specimens recovered from the critical time interval between 3 and 2.5 million ... full storyMore: -
Planet 'Reared' by Four Parent Stars
Mar. 4, 2015 — Growing up as a planet with more than one parent star has its challenges. Though the planets in our solar system circle just one star -- our sun -- other more distant planets, called exoplanets, can ... full story -
Taking Madness out of March Madness
Mar. 4, 2015 — A business professor takes the madness out of the month with his "Dance Card" Method for determining NCAA March Madness brackets, also known as ... full story -
Experiments Support Conductivity Claims for Microbial Nanowires
Mar. 4, 2015 — Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwelling anaerobic bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, truly possess metallic-like ... full story -
Energy-Generating Cloth Could Replace Batteries in Wearable Devices
Mar. 4, 2015 — From light-up shoes to smart watches, wearable electronics are gaining traction among consumers, but these gadgets' versatility is still held back by the stiff, short-lived batteries that are ... full story -
Determining Recipes for Some of the World's Oldest Preserved Beers
Mar. 4, 2015 — Some breweries have taken to resurrecting the flavors of ages past. Adventurous beer makers are extrapolating recipes from clues that archeologists have uncovered from old and even ancient brews ... full story
- Mars: The planet that lost an ocean's worth of water
- Hubble sees supernova split into four images by cosmic lens
- Menopausal whales are influential and informative leaders
- Baby mantises harness mid-air 'spin' during jumps for precision landings
- Exposure to endocrine disruptors during pregnancy affects the brain two generations later, rat study shows
- Reliance on smartphones linked to lazy thinking
- Turning a vole into a mighty rodent
- 'Extinct' bird rediscovered: Last seen in 1941
- Breakthrough in energy harvesting could power 'life on Mars'
- Male images seen by left side of the brain
- Strength in numbers: First-ever quantum device that detects and corrects its own errors
- Galactic 'rain' explains why some galaxies are better at creating stars
- Why isn't the universe as bright as it should be?
- Discovery of 2.8-million-year-old jaw sheds light on early humans
- Planet 'reared' by four parent stars
- Taking madness out of March Madness
- Experiments support conductivity claims for microbial nanowires
- Energy-generating cloth could replace batteries in wearable devices
- Determining recipes for some of the world's oldest preserved beers
- Kids and robots learn to write together
- Hurricanes helped accelerate spread of lionfish
- Men tend to be more narcissistic than women, study finds
- Grand tree of life study shows a clock-like trend in new species emergence and diversity
- Analysis of spider venom reveals seven promising compounds with potential to relieve chronic pain
- Vampire bats: Who bit whom?
- Flexible sensors turn skin into a touch-sensitive interaction space for mobile devices
- Creative genius driven by distraction
- Far from home: Wayward star cluster is both tiny and distant
- 3-D printed parts provide low-cost, custom alternatives for lab equipment
- Cloudy, with a wisp of liquid rock: Clouds around exoplanets analyzed
- When age matters: precise dating of ancient charcoal found near skull is helping reveal unique period in prehistory
- Nice to sniff you: Handshakes may engage our sense of smell
- Modeling chimp behavior? Try using laws that govern matter
- In hot and cold water: The private lives of 'Hoff' crabs revealed
- Sad movies are fattening
- Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser
- Perfect NCAA bracket? Near impossible: Mathematician says
- Is 'the dress' white and gold or blue and black? Visual perception expert weighs in
- Colon + septic tank = unique, at times stinky, study
- Pens filled with high-tech inks for do-it-yourself sensors
- Black phosphorus is new 'wonder material' for improving optical communication
- Unlocking key to immunological memory in bacteria
- Scientists crack piece of neural code for learning, memory
- Swarmies shuffle through field tests
- First ever photograph of light as a particle and a wave
- Alzheimer amyloid clumps found in young adult brains
- Archaeologists open mysterious lead coffin found buried just feet from the former grave of King Richard III
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Zombie outbreak? Statistical mechanics reveals the ideal hideout; and informs real disease modeling
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Neurons controlling appetite made from skin cells
- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Wind-powered freighters
- Talking drone offers aviation safety boost
- Living in genetic comfort zone: How to avoid influence of genetic variation
- How mantis shrimp evolved many shapes with same powerful punch
- Neurons that help predict what another individual will do identified
- Bumblebees make false memories, too
- Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical model
- Could squirmy livestock dent africa's protein deficit?
- New insight found in black hole collisions
- Beliefs can regulate effects of nicotine on the human brain
- Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays
- Pockets of calm protect molecules around a supermassive black hole
- Sewage provides insight into human microbiome
- Monster black hole discovered at cosmic dawn
- Consideration of costs can reduce moral objections to human organ sales and other 'repugnant' transactions, says researcher
- Physicists offer a solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe
- Blockbusters: Can EEGs predict a movie's success better than surveys?
- Norway rats reciprocate help according to the quality of the help they received
- Easy on the eyes: Optimum length of eyelashes is one third width of eye
- Boy or girl? Lemur scents have the answer
- Bionic reconstruction lets patients use a robotic prosthetic hand controlled by the mind
- Tissue engineering: Scientists grow leg muscle from cells in a dish
- Sensor-packed smartphones can read your mood, guard your data, and wreak havoc in the wrong hands
- Yellowstone: Geysers erupt periodically because they have loops in their plumbing
- Climate-change clues from turtles of tropical Wyoming
- Why a latte is less likely to spill than a coffee
- Great Barrier Reef corals eat plastic
- Mapping lizard venom makes it possible to develop new drugs
- Preventing diabetic heart condition in mice by amplifying effect of exercise: Potential for benefits of exercise in a pill?
- Neuroscientists literally change the way we think: Advantages of a wandering mind
- Sobering effect of the love hormone
- Bacteria in marine sponges harvest phosphorus for reef community
- Hidden in plain sight: Amazonian bird chick mimics toxic caterpillar to avoid being eaten
- Carnivorous plant packs big wonders into tiny genome
- Sauna use associated with reduced risk of cardiac, all-cause mortality
- Wisdom teeth stem cells can transform into cells that could treat corneal scarring
- New assistive equipment to maximize human sensorimotor function
- Perfect colors, captured with one ultra-thin lens
- New nanogel for drug delivery: Self-healing gel can be injected into the body and act as a long-term drug depot
- Mouse embryo with big brain: Evolving a bigger brain with human DNA
- A new view of the solar system: Astrophysical jets driven by the sun
- Atomically thin gas and chemical sensors
- Does dark matter cause mass extinctions and geologic upheavals?
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