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Breastfeeding Duration Appears Associated With Intelligence Later in Life
July 29, 2013 Breastfeeding longer is associated with better receptive language at 3 years of age and verbal and nonverbal intelligence at age 7 years, according to a new ... > full story -
Capturing Black Hole Spin Could Further Understanding of Galaxy Growth
July 29, 2013 Astronomers have found a new way of measuring the spin in supermassive black holes, which could lead to better understanding about how they drive the growth of ... > full story -
Two 6,000-Year-Old 'Halls of the Dead' Unearthed
July 29, 2013 The remains of two large 6000-year-old halls, each buried within a prehistoric burial mound, have been discovered by archaeologists. The sensational finds on Dorstone Hill, near Peterchurch in ... > full story -
Monogamy Evolved as a Mating Strategy: New Research Indicates That Social Monogamy Evolved as a Result of Competition
July 29, 2013 Social monogamy, where one breeding female and one breeding male are closely associated with each other over several breeding seasons, appears to have evolved as a mating strategy, new research ... > full story -
Human Cells Respond in Healthy, Unhealthy Ways to Different Kinds of Happiness
July 29, 2013 Human bodies recognize at the molecular level that not all happiness is created equal, responding in ways that can help or hinder physical health, according to new ... > full storyMore: -
Social Amoebae Travel With a Posse: Tiny Single-Celled Organisms Have Amazingly Complicated Social Lives
July 29, 2013 Some social amoebae farm the bacteria they eat. Now scientists have taken a closer look at one lineage, or clone, of D. discoideum farmer. This farmer carries not one but two strains of bacteria. One ... > full story -
NASA's Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-Rays for First Time
July 29, 2013 For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent ... > full story -
Evolution of Monogamy in Humans the Result of Infanticide Risk, New Study Suggests
July 29, 2013 The threat of infants being killed by unrelated males is the key driver of monogamy in humans and other primates, a new study ... > full story -
Pulsating Star Sheds Light on Exoplanet
July 29, 2013 Astronomers have devised a way to measure the internal properties of stars —- a method that offers more accurate assessments of their orbiting ... > full story -
Natural Affinities -- Unrecognized Until Now -- May Have Set Stage for Life to Ignite
July 29, 2013 The chemical components crucial to the start of life on Earth may have primed and protected each other in never-before-realized ways, according to new research. It could mean a simpler scenario for ... > full story
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