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October 2010 Archives

12 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Dead Fish Tell Evolutionary Tales

Experiments with decaying carcasses provide insights into the vertebrate fossil record
12 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Humpback Breaks Migration Record

Female whale travels nearly 10,000 kilometers between Brazil and Madagascar
12 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Exploding Star Concealed by Dust

A distant supernova gets smothered by its own ashes
12 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Recently Discovered Habitable World May Not Exist

Swiss team finds no evidence for the first Earth-like exoplanet that could harbor life
12 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Social Life Starts in the Womb

Twin fetuses caress each other by 14 weeks
12 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Stripes and Scarlets All the Buzz

Red and striped flowers draw bees toward nectar
11 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Economics Nobel: Why Unemployment Is Inevitable

Winners explained why people continue to be out of work even when the number of vacant jobs equals the number of job seekers
11 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Is Your Dog Pessimistic?

Canines with a negative outlook tend to become anxious when their owners leave the house
8 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Moon-Driven Rain, the Origin of Thoroughbred Horses, and More

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
8 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Mars's Grand Canyon

Huge chasm brims with signs of ancient water flows
8 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

At the Smallest Scale, Water Is a Sloppy Liquid

Complex shapes and interactions could explain why H2O is fundamental to life
8 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: An Asteroid Smashup

Astronomers detect first asteroid-asteroid collision
8 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Purple Fins Drive Male Ciclids Wild

Female fish sport an unusual feature to grab a male's attention
7 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Biggest Genome Ever

Japanese flower has 50 times more DNA than humans do
7 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Building Blocks of Life in Titan's Atmosphere?

Air of Saturn's moon shows similarities to that of early Earth
7 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Video: Walking Tall, Bacterial Style

Protein-based "legs" allow some microbes to walk upright
7 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Join the Discussion: Returning Tribal Remains

Science reporters will field your queries and comments about the impact of a law that requires the return of Native American remains and artifacts to tribes
6 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Folklore Confirmed: The Moon's Phase Affects Rainfall

Researchers find link between lunar cycles and precipitation
6 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Carbon Catalysts Get Chemistry Nod

Technology used in everything from anticancer drugs to computer displays
6 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

How Volcanoes Feed Plankton

Research cruise connects iron-rich ash from an eruption to an unprecedented bloom
5 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Slideshow: Hundreds of New Species Found in Papua New Guinea

Researchers discover never-before-seen mammals, frogs, and insects
5 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Who's Your Mommy?

Researchers trace the maternal lineage of thoroughbred horses
5 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: An Earlier Start for Dinosaurs?

Footprints in Polish sediments suggest precursor species appeared soon after a global catastrophe
5 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Two-Dimensional Crystal Claims Physics Nobel

U.K. duo wins for discovery of graphene
4 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

West Virginia Is a Geothermal Hot Spot

Researchers uncover a warm zone that could be used for green energy projects
4 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Twofer for the Biggest Bioterror Threats?

Dual vaccine could replace existing shots against smallpox and anthrax—and have advantages over both
4 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

IVF Pioneer Wins Medicine Nobel

British physiologist Robert Edwards honored for research that helped millions of couples conceive
1 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

A Turn-On for Catalysts

Method to control catalytic reactions could lead to better explosive detection and medical diagnostics
1 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Whale Snot, Fruit Bat Fellatio Take Home This Year's Ig Nobels

Ceremony recognizes offbeat, humorous science
1 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: The World's Toughest Biomaterial, Solar Curveballs, and More

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
1 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

Keep Looking for That Extinct Mammal

Scientists have rediscovered more than one-third of mammals believed or suspected to be extinct
1 October 2010 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Mantis Shrimp Armor Can Take a Beating

Exoskeleton can withstand forces thousands of times the animal's body weight
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