September 2010 Archives
30 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: Dinosaurs Just Got Taller
Study of bone joints and cartilage gives some of the beasts a 30 centimeter lift
30 September 2010 |
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How Penguins Got Their Water Wings
Ancient fossil sheds light on how birds became such expert swimmers
30 September 2010 |
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A Better Way to Reprogram Cells
Strategy to make mature cells behave like embryonic stem cells is easier and safer than previous methods
29 September 2010 |
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Astronomers Find Most Earth-like Planet to Date
Potentially habitable world lives right in our galactic neighborhood
28 September 2010 |
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Our Ancient Ancestors Didn't Like It Hot
Researchers identify the closest living relative of eukaryotes, the group that includes humans
28 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: Soda's Spicy Secret
Fizzy drinks switch on the same pain sensors that mustard and horseradish do
28 September 2010 |
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Ancient Virus Found Hiding Out in Finch Genome
Discovery indicates hepatitis B family of viruses originated at least 19 million years ago
27 September 2010 |
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Video: There's No 'I' in 'Spore'
Fungal spores travel much farther when they work together as a team
27 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: A Cure for the Distracted Driver?
Tactile navigation device keeps users on course
24 September 2010 |
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Primordial Magnetic Field May Permeate the Universe
Halos in images of supermassive black holes reveal another possible big bang leftover
23 September 2010 |
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Florida Panthers Dodge Extinction
Introduction of Texas cougars prevented ill effects of inbreeding
23 September 2010 |
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Superaccurate Clocks Confirm Your Hair Is Aging Faster Than Your Toenails
New generation of atomic clocks takes the measure of tiny effects of relativity
23 September 2010 |
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The Sun Can Lob Curveballs
Scientists discover that some solar magnetic storms will loop toward Earth
22 September 2010 |
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Mating Games at Meerkat Manor
Study with animal TV stars reveals the sophisticated strategy of dominant females
22 September 2010 |
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The Dust That Drives Earthquakes
Powdery material inside faults could be key to temblors
22 September 2010 |
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Malagasy Spiders Spin the World's Toughest Biological Material
Arachnid architects build brawny webs that stretch across rivers and streams
22 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: Unique Horned Dinosaur Fossils Found in Utah
Two Triceratopslike creatures sported horns in unusual places
22 September 2010 |
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Long-Sought Viking Settlement Found
Archaeologists claim to have found a legendary shipbuilding town in Ireland
21 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: Lopsided Legs May Be a Turn-On for Dance Flies
Researchers propose that balloonlike limbs help males lure a mate
21 September 2010 |
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Lasker Awards Honor Work on Key Signaling Molecules
Winning research advanced knowledge of appetite and blood vessel formation
21 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: Too Much Water on the Moon?
Altered water vapor molecules could put the kibosh on some types of lunar astronomy
20 September 2010 |
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Tuning In to Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
Radio waves reflected off Antarctic ice could be used to track particles from space, chance observation suggests
20 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: It's a Dark World Out There
Dark images predominate over light ones, explaining receptor imbalance in our eyes
17 September 2010 |
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Metal Smasher Makes Aluminum as Strong as Steel
Technique could produce a cheap alternative to titanium for aircraft and body armor
17 September 2010 |
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Is Narcissism Good for Business?
Narcissists' ideas aren't any more creative, but narcissists help get things done
17 September 2010 |
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Podcast: Lying Robots, Protective Glaciers, and More
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week
17 September 2010 |
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'Dance Your Ph.D.' Finalists Announced
Judges pick the best danced interpretations of graduate research
16 September 2010 |
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Moon Hit With a Double Whammy of Impacts
NASA lunar orbiter's first year of data provides surprises, new questions
16 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: Tool-Using Crows Eat Well
Research reveals why New Caledonian crows go through so much trouble to eat
16 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: Streetlights Make Male Birds Macho
Early risers more likely to snag a female
15 September 2010 |
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Social Network Predicts Flu Spread
Tracking friends can give researchers up to 2 weeks' notice of flu outbreaks
15 September 2010 |
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Record Hot Summer Wreaks Havoc
High temperatures imperil coral, Arctic ice
15 September 2010 |
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Glacial Blankets Can Protect Mountains From Erosion
Study shows ice frozen to bedrock can insulate mountains from wind and water
15 September 2010 |
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DNA 'Volume Knobs' May Be Associated With Obesity
Chemical modifications could predispose individuals to weight gain
14 September 2010 |
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Kelp Raft Carries Marine Stowaways Hundreds of Kilometers
Tiny critters hitchhiked to New Zealand inside floating mats of seaweed
14 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: A Caste System That Wriggles
Flatworms divide their society between warriors and reproducers
14 September 2010 |
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Video: This Molecule Doesn't Horse Around
"Four-legged" molecule refuses to trot
14 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: In Yeast, It Pays to Cheat
Selfish fungi benefit the group
14 September 2010 |
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Say Goodbye to Sunspots?
New research suggests the magnetism that produces sunspots is weakening
13 September 2010 |
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ScienceShot: Archer Fish See the World Like People Do
Fish are as good at recognizing specific images as mammals are
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