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Empathy Chimpanzees Offer Is Key to Understanding Human Engagement
Mar. 11, 2014 New findings show that chimpanzees exhibit flexibility in their empathy, just as humans do. This may help explain the evolution of how and when humans engage with others and choose to offer ... full story -
To Drink or Not to Drink: Decision-Making Center of Brain Identified
Mar. 11, 2014 Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in the brain when a person makes these ... full story -
Saturn and Jupiter: X-Ray Laser Spies Deep Into Giant Gas Planets
Mar. 11, 2014 Using DESY's X-ray laser FLASH, researchers took a sneak peek deep into the lower atmospheric layers of giant gas planets such as Jupiter or Saturn. The observations reveal how liquid hydrogen ... full story -
Personality Predicts Social Learning in Wild Monkeys: Bold or Anxious Baboons Learn to Solve Tasks from Other Baboons
Mar. 11, 2014 Baboons learn from other baboons about new food sources -- but only if they are bold or anxious. The results suggest that personality plays a key role in social learning in animals, something ... full story -
Timid Jumping Spider Uses Ant as Bodyguard
Mar. 11, 2014 Ants are the unlikely guardians of jumping spiders in their battle against aggressive spitting spiders. A timid jumping spider uses the scent of ants as a secret weapon to save itself from becoming ... full story -
Milky Way Amidst a 'Council of Giants'
Mar. 11, 2014 We live in a galaxy known as the Milky Way -- a vast conglomeration of 300 billion stars, planets whizzing around them, and clouds of gas and dust floating in between. Though it has long been known ... full story -
Effective Thermal Camouflage and Invisibility Device for Soldiers Created
Mar. 11, 2014 Scientists have created a thermal illusion device to control thermal camouflage and invisibility using thermotic materials. Every natural object exhibits thermal signatures. However, if these signals ... full story -
Galaxies in the Early Universe Mature Beyond Their Years
Mar. 10, 2014 An international team of researchers has discovered the most distant examples of galaxies in the early universe that were already mature and massive. The mature galaxies were found at a ... full story -
Possible Evidence for Dark Matter Particle Presented at UCLA Physics Symposium
Mar. 10, 2014 Dark matter, the mysterious substance estimated to make up approximately more than one-quarter of the mass of the universe, is crucial to the formation of galaxies, stars and even life but has so far ... full story -
Natural Selection Has Altered the Appearance of Europeans Over the Past 5,000 Years
Mar. 10, 2014 There has been much research into the factors that have influenced the human genome since the end of the last Ice Age. Anthropologists, geneticists and archaeologists have analyzed ancient DNA from ... full story -
Mongol Empire Rode Wave of Mild Climate, but Warming Now May Be Tipping Region Into Unparalleled Drought
Mar. 10, 2014 Researchers studying the rings of ancient trees in mountainous central Mongolia think they may have gotten at the mystery of how small bands of nomadic Mongol horsemen united to conquer much of the ... full story -
Volcanoes Helped Species Survive Ice Ages
Mar. 10, 2014 Researchers have found evidence that the steam and heat from volcanoes and heated rocks allowed many species of plants and animals to survive past ice ages, helping scientists understand how species ... full story -
Serious Side Effect: Several FDA-Approved Anti-Cancer Drugs Induce Stem Cell Tumors
Mar. 10, 2014 In a surprise finding, researchers discovered that several chemotherapeutics that do stop fast growing tumors have the opposite effect on stem cells in the same animal, causing them to divide too ... full story -
Outside the Body Our Memories Fail Us
Mar. 10, 2014 New research demonstrates for the first time that there is a close relationship between body perception and the ability to remember. For us to be able to store new memories from our lives, we need to ... full story -
How Light Affects Our Brain's Performance: Photic Memory for Executive Brain Responses
Mar. 10, 2014 It has long been known that light exerts powerful effects on the brain and on our well-being. Light is not only required for vision but is also essential for a wide range of “non-visual” ... full story -
A Shocking Diet: Researchers Describe Microbe That 'Eats' Electricity
Mar. 10, 2014 Researchers have shown that the commonly found bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris can use natural conductivity to pull electrons from minerals located remotely in soil and sediment while remaining ... full story -
Scientists Build Thinnest-Possible LEDs to Be Stronger, More Energy Efficient
Mar. 10, 2014 Scientists have built the thinnest-known LED that can be used as a source of light energy in electronics. The LED is based off of two-dimensional, flexible semiconductors, making it possible to stack ... full story -
Two-Dimensional Material Shows Promise for Optoelectronics: LEDs, Photovoltaic Cells, and Light Detectors
Mar. 10, 2014 Team creates LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and light detectors using novel one-molecule-thick material. Researchers have used a novel material that's just a few atoms thick to create devices that ... full story -
Aerosols from Human Activities Tend to Weaken Hurricanes and Cyclones
Mar. 10, 2014 Aerosols in the atmosphere produced from human activities do indeed directly affect a hurricane or tropical cyclone, but not in a way many scientists had previously believed. In fact, they tend to ... full story -
'Death Stars' in Orion Blast Planets Before They Even Form
Mar. 10, 2014 Astronomers have studied the often deadly relationship between highly luminous O-type stars and nearby protostars in the Orion Nebula. Their data reveal that protostars within 0.1 light-years (about ... full story -
Healthy Midlife Diet May Prevent Dementia Later
Mar. 10, 2014 Healthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years, according a doctoral thesis. The results showed that those who ate the healthiest diet at the average age of 50 had an almost ... full story
- Empathy chimpanzees offer is key to understanding human engagement
- To drink or not to drink: Decision-making center of brain identified
- Saturn and Jupiter: X-ray laser spies deep into giant gas planets
- Personality predicts social learning in wild monkeys: Bold or anxious baboons learn to solve tasks from other baboons
- Timid jumping spider uses ant as bodyguard
- Milky Way amidst a 'Council of Giants'
- Effective thermal camouflage and invisibility device for soldiers created
- Galaxies in the early universe mature beyond their years
- Possible evidence for dark matter particle presented at UCLA physics symposium
- Natural selection has altered the appearance of Europeans over the past 5,000 years
- Mongol Empire rode wave of mild climate, but warming now may be tipping region into unparalleled drought
- Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages
- Serious side effect: Several FDA-approved anti-cancer drugs induce stem cell tumors
- Outside the body our memories fail us
- How light affects our brain's performance: Photic memory for executive brain responses
- A shocking diet: Researchers describe microbe that 'eats' electricity
- Scientists build thinnest-possible LEDs to be stronger, more energy efficient
- Two-dimensional material shows promise for optoelectronics: LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and light detectors
- Aerosols from human activities tend to weaken hurricanes and cyclones
- 'Death stars' in Orion blast planets before they even form
- Healthy midlife diet may prevent dementia later
- Weirdness in cosmic web of the universe: Faint strings of galaxies in 'empty' space arranged in way never before seen
- Spread of antibiotic resistance understood by unravelling bacterial secretion system
- First animals oxygenated Earth's oceans, study suggests
- Four new human-made ozone depleting gases found in the atmosphere
- Blood test identifies those at-risk for cognitive decline, Alzheimer's within three years
- Sun's energy influences 1,000 years of natural climate variability in North Atlantic
- New class of antibiotics discovered by chemists
- NASA's WISE survey finds thousands of new stars, but no 'Planet X'
- Mystery of planet-forming disks explained by magnetism
- Squeezing light into metals: Engineers control conductivity with inkjet printer
- Preschoolers can outsmart college students at figuring out gizmos
- Europe may experience higher warming than global average
- Birds display lateralization bias when selecting flight paths
- 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
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