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Preschoolers Can Outsmart College Students at Figuring out Gizmos
Mar. 6, 2014 — Preschoolers can be smarter than college students at figuring out how unusual toys and gadgets work because they're more flexible and less biased than adults in their ideas about cause and ... full story -
Birds Display Lateralization Bias When Selecting Flight Paths
Mar. 6, 2014 — Flocks of birds manage to navigate through difficult environments by individuals having predispositions to favor the left- or right-hand side. Researchers flew the budgerigars down a tunnel where ... full story -
BPA Linked to Breast Cancer Tumor Growth
Mar. 6, 2014 — Researchers have attempted to trace how bisphenol-A may promote breast cancer tumor growth with help from a molecule called RNA HOTAIR. "We can't immediately say BPA causes cancer growth, ... full story -
Plasma Plumes Help Shield Earth from Damaging Solar Storms
Mar. 6, 2014 — Scientists have identified a plasma plume that naturally protects the Earth against solar storms. Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, stretches from the planet's core out into space, ... full story -
Icy Wreckage Discovered in Nearby Planetary System
Mar. 6, 2014 — Astronomers have discovered the splattered remains of comets colliding together around a nearby star. The researchers believe they are witnessing the total destruction of one of these icy bodies once ... full story -
Warmer Temperatures Push Malaria to Higher Elevations
Mar. 6, 2014 — Researchers have debated for more than two decades the likely impacts, if any, of global warming on the worldwide incidence of malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that infects more than 300 million ... full story -
Are You Smarter Than a 5-Year-Old? Preschoolers Can Do Algebra
Mar. 6, 2014 — Millions of high school and college algebra students are united in a shared agony over solving for x and y, and for those to whom the answers don't come easily, it gets worse: Most preschoolers ... full story -
Earth's Mantle Plasticity Explained: Missing Mechanism for Deforming Olivine-Rich Rocks
Mar. 6, 2014 — The Earth's mantle is a solid layer that undergoes slow, continuous convective motion. But how do these rocks deform, thus making such motion possible, given that minerals such as olivine (the ... full story -
Hubble Witnesses an Asteroid Mysteriously Disintegrating
Mar. 6, 2014 — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid, which has fragmented into as many as ten smaller pieces. Although fragile comet nuclei have been ... full story -
Engineering Team Increases Power Efficiency for Future Computer Processors
Mar. 6, 2014 — Scientists have made major improvements in computer processing using an emerging class of magnetic materials called 'multiferroics,' and these advances could make future devices far more ... full story -
Robotic Prosthesis Turns Drummer Into a Three-Armed Cyborg
Mar. 6, 2014 — Scientists have created a robotic drumming prosthesis with motors that power two drumsticks. The first stick is controlled both physically by the musicians’ arms and electronically using ... full story -
New Insights Into Ancient Pacific Settlers' Diet: Diet Based on Foraging, Not Horticulture
Mar. 5, 2014 — Researchers studying 3,000-year-old skeletons from the oldest known cemetery in the Pacific Islands are casting new light on the diet and lives of the enigmatic Lapita people, the likely ancestors of ... full story -
New Dinosaur Found in Portugal, Largest Terrestrial Predator from Europe
Mar. 5, 2014 — A new dinosaur species found in Portugal may be the largest land predator discovered in Europe, as well as one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs from the Jurassic. T. gurneyi had blade-shaped ... full story -
Alzheimer's Disease Much Larger Cause of Death Than Reported, Study Shows
Mar. 5, 2014 — Alzheimer’s disease may contribute to close to as many deaths in the United States as heart disease or cancer, a new study suggests. Currently, Alzheimer's disease falls sixth on the list of ... full story -
Personalized Gene Therapy Locks out HIV, Paving the Way to Control Virus Without Antiretroviral Drugs
Mar. 5, 2014 — The immune cells of 12 HIV positive patients have been successfully genetically engineered by researchers to resist infection, and decrease the viral loads of some patients taken off antiretroviral ... full story -
A Small Step Toward Discovering Habitable Earths
Mar. 5, 2014 — For the first time, astronomers have used the same imaging technology found in a digital camera to take a picture of a planet far from our solar system with an Earth-based telescope. The ... full story -
Drug Therapy Could Eventually Reverse Memory Decline in Seniors
Mar. 5, 2014 — It may seem normal: As we age, we misplace car keys, or can't remember a name we just learned or a meal we just ordered. But researchers say memory trouble doesn't have to be inevitable, ... full story -
Chandra and XMM-Newton Provide Direct Measurement of Distant Black Hole's Spin
Mar. 5, 2014 — Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's (ESA's) XMM-Newton to show a supermassive black hole six billion light years from Earth is ... full story -
First Step Towards 'Programmable Materials': Sheet Metal That Never Rattles
Mar. 5, 2014 — Researchers have succeeded in producing a prototype of a vibration-damping material that could change the world of mechanics forever. The material of the future is not only able to damp vibrations ... full story -
Determination Might Be a Very Human Expression
Mar. 5, 2014 — Humans might be using facial expressions of determination as a call for help from others, according to new research. When children and chimpanzees were both given a task that was impossible to solve, ... full story -
Convergent Evolution: New Fins Evolve Repeatedly in Teleost Fishes
Mar. 5, 2014 — A new study analyzing the origins of the adipose fin, thought by some to be vestigial, finds that these fins arose repeatedly and independently in multiple species -- a striking example of convergent ... full story
- Preschoolers can outsmart college students at figuring out gizmos
- Birds display lateralization bias when selecting flight paths
- BPA linked to breast cancer tumor growth
- Plasma plumes help shield Earth from damaging solar storms
- Icy wreckage discovered in nearby planetary system
- Warmer temperatures push malaria to higher elevations
- Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra
- Earth's mantle plasticity explained: Missing mechanism for deforming olivine-rich rocks
- Hubble witnesses an asteroid mysteriously disintegrating
- Engineering team increases power efficiency for future computer processors
- Robotic prosthesis turns drummer into a three-armed cyborg
- New insights into ancient Pacific settlers' diet: Diet based on foraging, not horticulture
- New dinosaur found in Portugal, largest terrestrial predator from Europe
- Alzheimer's disease much larger cause of death than reported, study shows
- Personalized gene therapy locks out HIV, paving the way to control virus without antiretroviral drugs
- A small step toward discovering habitable Earths
- Drug therapy could eventually reverse memory decline in seniors
- Chandra and XMM-Newton provide direct measurement of distant black hole's spin
- First step towards 'programmable materials': Sheet metal that never rattles
- Determination might be a very human expression
- Convergent evolution: New fins evolve repeatedly in teleost fishes
- Sea-level rise threatens UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Passive smoking causes irreversible damage to children's arteries
- Mother's diet linked to premature birth: fruits, vegetables linked to reduced risk of preterm delivery
- Young children form first impressions from faces
- 'Dimer molecules' aid study of exoplanet pressure, hunt for life
- Silk-based surgical implants could offer a better way to repair broken bones
- New evidence confirms link between IQ, brain cortex
- Prequel outshines the original: Exceptional fossils of 160-million-year-old doahugou biota
- Motion-sensing cells in eye let brain 'know' about directional changes
- Transparent, color solar cells fuse energy, beauty
- Meat and cheese may be as bad for you as smoking
- Insights into plate tectonics, the forces behind earthquakes, volcanoes
- What makes flying snakes such gifted gliders?
- Native American city on the Mississippi was America's first 'melting pot'
- Virtually all red dwarf stars have at least one planet in orbit around them
- 30,000 year-old giant virus found in Siberia
- Complex plant behavior? In fight against parasites, Barberry sacrifices seeds depending on survival chance
- Outbursts of anger linked to greater risk of heart attacks and strokes
- Large mammals were the architects in prehistoric ecosystems
- A new renewable energy source? Device captures energy from Earth's infrared emissions to outer space
- Talking Neanderthals challenge the origins of speech
- First glimpse of brain circuit that helps experience to shape perception
- Newly discovered catalyst could lead to the low-cost production of clean methanol from carbon dioxide
- European flood risk could double by 2050
- How Earth might have looked: How a failed Saharan Atlantic Ocean rift zone sculped Africa's margin
- Physicists solve 20-year-old debate surrounding how glassy surfaces flow like a liquid
- NASA scientists find evidence of water in meteorite, reviving debate over life on Mars
- Competition breeds new fish species, study finds
- New fast and furious black hole found
- Big step for next-generation fuel cells and electrolyzers
- Fat or flat: Getting galaxies into shape
- Fragile X syndrome: Trigger for most common form of intellectual disability and autism uncovered
- 10,000 years on the Bering Land Bridge: Ancestors of Native Americans paused en route from Asia
- Physicians' stethoscopes more contaminated than palms of their hands
- Prenatal Nicotine Exposure May Lead to ADHD in Future Generations
- Ancient 'great leap forward' for life in the open ocean: Cyanobacteria sheds light on how complex life evolved on earth
- Circadian clock in the ear: Time of day of hearing damage affects healing
- Study uncovers why autism is more common in males
- Big thaw projected for Antarctic sea ice: Ross Sea will reverse current trend, be largely ice free in summer by 2100
- Road map, dictionary for arthropod brain developed by neuroscientists
- Closest, brightest supernova in decades is also a little weird
- Why dark chocolate is good for your heart
- Secondhand smoke exposure linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes
- DNA test better than standard screens in identifying fetal chromosome abnormalities
- Caesarean babies more likely to become overweight as adults, analysis finds
- Our memory for sounds is significantly worse than our memory for visual or tactile things
- Climate change: No warming hiatus for extreme hot temperatures
- Father's age tied to higher rates of psychiatric, academic problems in kids
- Why breastfed babies are so smart: Moms who breastfeed are often responsive and read to their babies
- NASA's Kepler mission announces a planet bonanza, 715 new worlds
- Pine forest particles appear seemingly out of thin air, influence climate
- Physicists discover 'quantum droplet' in semiconductor
- Photopharmacology: Optoswitches turn pain off and sight on
- Sunburns strike twice by altering pigment cells, harming surrounding tissue
- Decline of bronze age 'megacities' linked to climate change
- Replicating motions of the heart: Artificial muscles that do the twist set the stage for soft robotics
- Causal link found between vitamin D, serotonin synthesis and autism in new study
- Offshore wind farms could tame hurricanes before they reach land
- How small cosmic seeds grow into big stars
- 'Super-Earths' may be dead worlds: Being in habitable zone is not enough
- Glimmer of light in the search for dark matter
- Climate change causes high but predictable extinction risks
- Mass strandings of marine mammals blamed on toxic algae: Clues unearthed in ancient whale graveyard
- 'Team of rivals' approach works for sparrows defending territories
- Novel blood screen reveals the risk of dying among healthy people
- Study of jaw mechanics sheds new light on early tetrapod feeding habits
- New approach to chip design could yield light speed computing
- Bullying black holes force galaxies to stay red and dead
- Climate engineering: Minor potential, major risk of side-effects?
- New neurons generated in brains, spinal cords of living adult mammals
- Psychological side-effects of anti-depressants worse than thought
- New record set for data-transfer speeds: Existing technology for short-range data transmission may be fast enough for years to come
- Discovery of a 'conductor' in muscle development could impact on the treatment of muscular diseases
- Reciprocity and parrots: Griffin the grey parrot appears to understand benefits of sharing, study suggests
- 3-D printer creates transformative device for heart treatment
- How did the universe begin? Hot Big Bang or slow thaw?
- Ventriloquist delight: Scientists twist sound with metamaterials so sound appears to come from somewhere else
- Water detected in a planet outside our solar system
- Use of acetaminophen during pregnancy linked to ADHD in children, researchers say
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