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• Dolphins and Whales
  Fish
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  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Mammals
   
  

  Study Reveals How Fishing Gear Can Cause Slow Death of Whales

  May 21, 2013 — Using a "patient monitoring" device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale's diving and swimming behavior. The ... > full story
• Birds
  Bird Flu Research
  Zoology
  Behavioral Science
  Dolphins and Whales
  Mice
   
  

  Bird's Playlist Could Signal Mental Strengths and Weaknesses

  May 21, 2013 — Having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch, a new study shows. In a series of problem-solving tests with the birds, researchers found that the male song ... > full story
• Alzheimer's
  Alzheimer's Research
  Healthy Aging
  Dementia
  Caregiving
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Drawing Closer to Alzheimer’s Magic Bullet? Drugs Found to Both Prevent and Treat Alzheimer's Disease in Mice

  May 21, 2013 — Imagine a pharmaceutical prevention, treatment or even cure for Alzheimer's disease. It is almost impossible to overstate how monumental a development that would be and how it would answer the ... > full story
• Alternative Fuels
  Energy and the Environment
  Fuel Cells
  Renewable Energy
  Organic Chemistry
  Air Quality
   
  

  Engineers Devise New Way to Produce Clean Hydrogen

  May 21, 2013 — Engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental ... > full story
• Dinosaurs
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
  Paleontology
  Biology
  Biotechnology
  Genetically Modified
   
  

  Allosaurus Fed More Like a Falcon Than a Crocodile: Engineering, Anatomy Work Reveals Differences in Dinosaur Feeding Styles

  May 21, 2013 — The mighty T. rex may have thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey, but a new study shows that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more ... > full story
• Nature of Water
  Nanotechnology
  Nuclear Energy
  Physics
  Chemistry
  Civil Engineering
   
  

  Better Understanding of Water's Freezing Behavior at Nanoscale

  May 21, 2013 — The results of a new study provide direct computational evidence that nucleation of ice in small droplets is strongly size-dependent, an important conclusion in understanding water's behavior at the ... > full story
• Smoking
  Smoking Addiction
  Child Development
  Children's Health
  Lung Cancer
  Child Psychology
   
  

  Aggressive Behavior Linked Specifically to Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Childhood

  May 21, 2013 — Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically aggressive and antisocial, regardless of whether they were exposed during pregnancy or their ... > full story
• Bird Flu Research
  Influenza
  Bird Flu
  Virology
  Viruses
  Cold and Flu
   
  

  Low Population Immunity to New Bird Flu Virus H7N9 in Humans

  May 21, 2013 — The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity ... > full story
• Early Climate
  Climate
  Global Warming
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Geography
   
  

  Origins of Human Culture Linked to Rapid Climate Change

  May 21, 2013 — Rapid climate change during the Middle Stone Age, between 80,000 and 40,000 years ago, sparked surges in cultural innovation in early modern human populations, according to new ... > full story
• Endangered Plants
  Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
  Botany
  Genetics
  Pests and Parasites
   
  

  Small but Speedy: Short Plants Live in the Evolutionary Fast Lane

  May 21, 2013 — Biologists have known for a long time that some creatures evolve more quickly than others. Exactly why isn't well understood, particularly for plants. But it may be that height plays a role. Shorter ... > full story

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