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Researchers 'reprogram' network of brain cells in mice with thin beam of light
Global warming's next surprise: Saltier beaches
Hubble uncovers a galaxy pair coming in from the wilderness
Much ado about nothing: Astronomers use empty space to study the universe
Lions in West and Central Africa apparently unique
Venus may have been habitable, NASA climate modeling suggests
In a race for Cheetos, magpies win, but crows steal
Orangutan able to guess a taste without sampling it, just like us
Our ancestors: More gorilla than chimp
Paraplegics regain some feeling, movement after using brain-machine interfaces
Britain's last hunter-gatherers discovered using breakthrough analysis of bone
fragments
Unearthed: The cannibal sharks of a forgotten age
Mars gullies likely not formed by liquid water
Earth interacted with supernova remnants for 1 million years
Ultracold atoms in a 'Rydberg-dress'
Surprising way laundry adds flame retardants to surface waters
Researchers 'reprogram' network of brain cells in mice with thin beam of light
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 11:35 AM PDT
Neurons that fire together really do wire together, says a new study,
suggesting that the three-pound computer in our heads may be more malleable
than we think.
Global warming's next surprise: Saltier beaches
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 11:26 AM PDT
Batches of sand from a beach on the Delaware Bay are yielding insights into the
powerful impact of temperature rise and evaporation along the shore that are in
turn challenging long-held assumptions about what causes beach salinity to
fluctuate in coastal zones that support a rich network of sea creatures and
plants.
Hubble uncovers a galaxy pair coming in from the wilderness
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 11:26 AM PDT
Two tiny dwarf galaxies have been observed that have wandered from a vast
cosmic wilderness into a nearby 'big city' packed with galaxies. After being
quiescent for billions of years, they are ready to party by starting a
firestorm of star birth.
Much ado about nothing: Astronomers use empty space to study the universe
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 11:26 AM PDT
An international team of astronomers reports that they were able to achieve
four times better precision in measurements of how the universe's visible
matter is clustered together by studying the empty spaces in between.
Lions in West and Central Africa apparently unique
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 09:05 AM PDT
Lions in West and Central Africa form a unique group, only distantly related to
lions in East and Southern Africa, biologists have discovered.
Venus may have been habitable, NASA climate modeling suggests
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 09:04 AM PDT
Venus may have had a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface
temperatures for up to two billion years of its early history, according to
NASA computer modeling of the planet's ancient climate.
In a race for Cheetos, magpies win, but crows steal
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 07:11 AM PDT
In urban neighborhoods, magpies often nest near their cousin corvid species,
crows. Nesting near a bigger bird affords them some extra defense against
predators. But do they pay a food penalty? To find out, ecologists presented
the birds with a set of Cheetos challenges.
Orangutan able to guess a taste without sampling it, just like us
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 07:10 AM PDT
Without having tasted a new juice mix before, an orangutan in a Swedish zoo has
enough sense to know whether it will taste nice or not based on how he
recombined relevant memories from the past. Only humans were thought to have
this ability of affective forecasting, in which prior experiences are used to
conjure up mental pictures about totally new situations.
Our ancestors: More gorilla than chimp
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 07:10 AM PDT
A new study that for the first time examined the internal anatomy of a fossil
human relative's heel bone, or calcaneus, shows greater similarities with
gorillas than chimpanzees.
Paraplegics regain some feeling, movement after using brain-machine interfaces
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 07:10 AM PDT
Eight people who have spent years paralyzed from spinal cord injuries have
regained partial sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after
training with brain-controlled robotics, according to a new study.
Britain's last hunter-gatherers discovered using breakthrough analysis of bone
fragments
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 05:59 AM PDT
Archaeologists have identified rare human bones from the UK dating to the Late
Mesolithic era (around 4000 BC, just prior to the arrival of farming in
Britain) using an innovative new bone collagen analysis technique.
Unearthed: The cannibal sharks of a forgotten age
Posted: 11 Aug 2016 05:56 AM PDT
Scientists have discovered incredible fossil evidence that a
300-million-year-old shark, which mildly resembled a modern-day bull shark,
cannibalized its babies.
Mars gullies likely not formed by liquid water
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 02:44 PM PDT
New findings using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) show that
gullies on modern Mars are most likely not being formed by flowing liquid
water. This new evidence will allow researchers to further narrow theories as
to the mechanisms behind the formation of gullies on Mars, and help reveal more
details about Mars' recent geologic processes.
Earth interacted with supernova remnants for 1 million years
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 07:44 AM PDT
Physicists have succeeded in detecting a time-resolved supernova signal in the
Earth's microfossil record. As the group shows, the supernova signal was first
detectable at a time starting about 2.7 million years ago. According to the
researcher's analyses, our solar system spent one million years to transit
trough the remnants of a supernova.
Ultracold atoms in a 'Rydberg-dress'
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 05:58 AM PDT
Scientists have developed a novel technique to let atoms interact over large
distances.
Surprising way laundry adds flame retardants to surface waters
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 05:46 AM PDT
In recent years, evidence has been building suggesting that flame retardants,
which are used in furniture and electronics, are potentially linked to health
problems. And studies have shown that the substances leach out of products, and
end up in indoor dust, air and in us. Now, scientists report how flame
retardants in our homes could also be contaminating surface water through our
laundry.
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