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Biting Vs. Chewing: Cutting Their Food Helps Kids Behave Better
Apr. 22, 2014 There's a new secret to get your child to behave at the dinner table -- cut up their food! This new study found that when 6- to 10-year-old children ate food that they had to bite with their ... full story -
Checking Up on Crude Oil in the Ground: Nanoreporters Tell 'Sour' Oil from 'Sweet'
Apr. 22, 2014 Scientists have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence and concentration of hydrogen sulfide in crude oil and natural gas while they're still in the ... full story -
Mantis Shrimp Stronger Than Airplanes: Composite Material Inspired by Shrimp Stronger Than Standard Used in Airplane Frames
Apr. 22, 2014 Inspired by the fist-like club of a mantis shrimp, researchers have developed a design structure for composite materials that is more impact resistant and tougher than the standard used in airplanes. ... full story -
Impact of Facebook Unfriending Analyzed by Researchers
Apr. 22, 2014 Two studies are shedding new light on the most common type of 'friend' to be unfriended on Facebook and their emotional responses to it. The studies show that the most likely person to be ... full story -
Neurotics Don't Just Avoid Action: They Dislike It, Study Finds
Apr. 22, 2014 Neurotics don't just avoid taking action. By their very nature they dislike it. A study of nearly 4,000 college students in 19 countries has uncovered new details about why neurotic people may ... full story -
Brain Size Matters When It Comes to Animal Self-Control
Apr. 22, 2014 Chimpanzees may throw tantrums like toddlers, but their total brain size suggests they have more self-control than, say, a gerbil or fox squirrel, according to a new study of 36 species of mammals ... full story -
Cloaked DNA Nanodevices Survive Pilot Mission
Apr. 22, 2014 By mimicking a viral strategy, scientists have created the first cloaked DNA nanodevice that survives the body's immune defenses. Their success opens the door to smart DNA nanorobots that use ... full story -
How Are We Different and What Gave Us the Advantage Over Extinct Types of Humans Like the Neanderthals?
Apr. 22, 2014 In parallel with modern man (Homo sapiens), there were other, extinct types of humans with whom we lived side by side, such as Neanderthals and the recently discovered Denisovans of Siberia. Yet ... full story -
'Blood Lab' Inside a Mobile Phone Could Detect Cancer
Apr. 22, 2014 Scientists are in the early stages of an 'e-health technology' project aimed at developing a mobile phone app that can examine blood sample images and diagnose cancer. It would work by ... full story -
Tarantulas' Personality Determines Whether They Copulate With Males or Cannibalize Them
Apr. 22, 2014 Sexual cannibalism in spiders – the attack and consumption of males by females before or after copulation – is very widespread. A new investigation analyses the reason behind such extreme ... full story -
Jacket Works Like a Mobile Phone
Apr. 22, 2014 A fire is raging in a large building and the fire leader is sending a message to all firefighters at the scene. But they don't need a mobile phone -- they simply check their jacket sleeves and ... full story -
Red Stars and Big Bulges: How Black Holes Shape Galaxies
Apr. 22, 2014 The universe we can see is made up of thousands of millions of galaxies, each containing anywhere from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of billions of stars. Large numbers of galaxies are elliptical ... full story -
'Upside-Down Planet' Reveals New Method for Studying Binary Star Systems
Apr. 21, 2014 What looked at first like a sort of upside-down planet has instead revealed a new method for studying binary star systems. Astronomers confirmed the first "self-lensing" binary star system ... full story -
Today's Antarctic Region Once as Hot as California, Florida
Apr. 21, 2014 Parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today's California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st-century Florida heat, according to scientists using a new ... full story -
Earth Week: Bark Beetles Change Rocky Mountain Stream Flows, Affect Water Quality
Apr. 21, 2014 On Earth Week -- and in fact, every week now -- trees in mountains across the western United States are dying, thanks to an infestation of bark beetles that reproduce in the trees' inner bark. ... full story -
Lack of Breeding Threatens Blue-Footed Boobies' Survival
Apr. 21, 2014 Blue-footed Boobies are on the decline in the Galαpagos. A new study indicates numbers of the iconic birds, known for their bright blue feet and propensity to burst into dance to attract mates, have ... full story -
Edible Flowers May Inhibit Chronic Diseases
Apr. 21, 2014 Common edible flowers in China are rich in phenolics and have excellent antioxidant capacity, research has shown. Edible flowers, which have been used in the culinary arts in China for centuries, are ... full story -
Teachers' Scare Tactics May Lead to Lower Exam Scores
Apr. 21, 2014 As the school year winds down and final exams loom, teachers may want to avoid reminding students of the bad consequences of failing a test because doing so could lead to lower scores, according to ... full story -
ADHD: Scientists Discover Brain's Anti-Distraction System
Apr. 18, 2014 Psychologists have made a brain-related discovery that could revolutionize doctors' perception and treatment of attention-deficit disorders. This discovery opens up the possibility that ... full story -
'Dressed' Laser Aimed at Clouds May Be Key to Inducing Rain, Lightning
Apr. 18, 2014 The adage "Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it" may one day be obsolete if researchers further develop a new technique to aim a high-energy laser beam ... full story
- Biting vs. Chewing: Cutting their food helps kids behave better
- Checking up on crude oil in the ground: Nanoreporters tell 'sour' oil from 'sweet'
- Mantis shrimp stronger than airplanes: Composite material inspired by shrimp stronger than standard used in airplane frames
- Impact of Facebook unfriending analyzed by researchers
- Neurotics don't just avoid action: They dislike it, study finds
- Brain size matters when it comes to animal self-control
- Cloaked DNA nanodevices survive pilot mission
- How are we different and what gave us the advantage over extinct types of humans like the Neanderthals?
- 'Blood lab' inside a mobile phone could detect cancer
- Tarantulas' personality determines whether they copulate with males or cannibalize them
- Jacket works like a mobile phone
- Red stars and big bulges: How black holes shape galaxies
- 'Upside-down planet' reveals new method for studying binary star systems
- Today's Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida
- Earth Week: Bark beetles change Rocky Mountain stream flows, affect water quality
- Lack of breeding threatens blue-footed boobies' survival
- Edible flowers may inhibit chronic diseases
- Teachers' scare tactics may lead to lower exam scores
- ADHD: Scientists discover brain's anti-distraction system
- 'Dressed' laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning
- Ancient DNA: Barnyard chickens living just a few hundred years ago looked far different from today's chickens
- Gecko-like adhesives now useful for real world surfaces
- Impact glass from asteroids and comets stores biodata for millions of years
- Bright points in sun's atmosphere mark patterns deep in its interior
- Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites
- Tracking flu levels with Wikipedia
- Sporting latest tech toy can make you seem more like a leader
- Fear of the cuckoo mafia: In fear of retaliation, birds accept and raise brood parasites' young
- In sex-reversed cave insects, females have the penises
- Simplicity is key to co-operative robots
- Chess robots to cause Judgment Day?
- Changing where a baby is held immediately after birth could lead to improved uptake of procedure that reduces infant iron deficiency
- Chimpanzees prefer firm, stable beds
- Infectious diseases: High disease load at conception reduces mortality of children during epidemics
- Residing in high altitude military facilities protects service members from obesity
- Information storage for the next generation of plastic computers: Efficient conversion from magnetic storage to light is key
- Eavesdropping on brain cell chatter
- How smells stick to your memories: Your nose can be a pathfinder
- Searching for dark energy with neutrons: With neutrons, scientists can now look for dark energy in the lab
- Using video surveillance to measure peoples' hand washing habits
- Ant colonies help evacuees in disaster zones
- Augmented reality: Bringing history and the future to life
- Computer software analyzing facial expressions accurately predicts student test performance
- Fish exposed to antidepressants exhibit altered behavioral changes
- Potential use of Google Glass in surgical settings
- Masculine boys, feminine girls more likely to engage in cancer risk behaviors, study finds
- Lemurs match scent of a friend to sound of her voice
- Research reveals what your sleeping position says about your relationship
- Repeated self-healing now possible in composite materials
- Astronomers: 'Tilt-a-worlds' could harbor life
- Tiger beetle's chase highlights mechanical law
- Computerized counseling reduces HIV-1 viral load, sexual transmission risk
- Chew on this: How does food texture impact its perceived calorie content?
- Hair from infants gives clues about life in womb
- Bizarre parasite may provide cuttlefish clues
- Exams in cold auditoriums? Better memory at ideal temperature
- Everest trek shows how some people get type II diabetes
- Climate change likely culprit in coqui frog's altered calls, say biologists
- Faithful allies since the Cretaceous: Symbiosis between beewolves and protective bacteria originated millions of years ago
- Cosmic slurp: Supercomputers help astronomers understand and predict how black holes swallow stars
- Four new species of 'killer sponges' from the deep sea
- House windows that double as solar panels? Shiny quantum dots brighten future of solar cells
- SpaceX’s Dragon headed to space station to create astronaut farmers
- Surgeons develop personalized 3-D printed kidney to simulate surgery prior to cancer operation
- Wolves at the door: Study finds recent wolf-dog hybridization in Caucasus region
- Genetically modified tobacco plants as an alternative for producing bioethanol
- Does germ plasm accelerate evolution?
- Look who's evolving now: Using robots to study evolution
- How a Silly Putty ingredient could advance stem cell therapies
- Ocean acidification robs reef fish of their fear of predators
- Computer rendering: Graduate student brings extinct plants 'back to life'
- What happens when we try to manipulate our voice to attract a mate? Her voice is hot, his is not
- How nerve cells flexibly adapt to acoustic signals
- Impact of the 1,000 mph supersonic car predicted
- Eye of the beholder: Improving the human-robot connection
- Appearance of night-shining clouds has increased
- Sharks contain more pollutants than polar bears
- The ATM strikes back: Researchers protect money with method borrowed from an aggressive beetle
- Scientists grow cartilage to reconstruct nose
- Sneak a peek through the mist to technology of the future
- Laboratory-grown vaginas implanted in patients
- Antennae help flies 'cruise' in gusty winds
- Forever clean? Metal–organic 'micromushrooms' repel all
- World ranking tracks evolutionary distinctness of birds
- 'Dinosaurs of the turtle world' at risk in Southeast U.S. rivers
- Fruit flies, fighter jets use similar nimble tactics when under attack
- Uncovering a new angle on mental distance: Feeling closer leads to poor judgement of space
- Thermoelectric generator on glass fabric for wearable electronic devices
- Ancient 'spider' images reveal eye-opening secrets
- Planaria deploy an ancient gene expression program in the course of organ regeneration
- Fruit flies have latent bioluminescence, study shows
- Lettuce rejoice! Scientists grow longer lasting salad
- Extinct carnivorous marsupial may have hunted prey larger than itself
- Breastfeeding and infant sleep: Are babies who wake to breastfeed at night trying to delay the birth of a sibling?
- Older people with faster decline in memory and thinking skills may have lower risk of cancer death
- Genetic circuits: Bacterial 'FM radio' created
- See what a child will look like using automated age-progression software
- Scientists reconstruct ancient impact that dwarfs dinosaur-extinction blast
- Recycling astronaut urine for energy and drinking water
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