July 2011 Archives
29 July 2011
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Shrimp Hurt the Sponges That Shelter Them
Seemingly parasitic crustacean species living deep inside sponges pig out on their hosts
29 July 2011
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Podcast: Brain Shrinkage, Black Hole Collisions, and Electro-Sensing Dolphins
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
29 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Golf Is All About the X (and S) Factor
3D analysis reveals actions that separate the pros from the amateurs
28 July 2011
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Modern Humans 10, Neandertals 1
Did the sheer number of modern humans in Europe force Neandertals to go extinct?
28 July 2011
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How to Invite Bats for Dinner
A special dish-shaped leaf helps flower bats locate a Cuban vine
28 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Tree Gliders Are Energy Wasters
Colugos would be more efficient if they just walked
27 July 2011
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Gene May Explain 'Elephant Man' Disorder
Rare mutation leads to deformed hands and feet
27 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Juno Takes on Solar System's Heavyweight
Spacecraft launching next week will finally size up Jupiter
27 July 2011
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Atlantic Cod Show Signs of Recovery Off Nova Scotia
Nearly 2 decades after their collapse, one population of the iconic fish seem to be on the rise again
27 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Earth's Little Buddy
Astronomers discover "Trojan" asteroid copying our planet's orbit
27 July 2011
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Black Hole Collision May Have Set Off Fireworks in the Milky Way
Smashup may have produced some of the highest energy radiation in the universe
27 July 2011
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Live Chat: Do Animals Use Language?
Chat with experts about what new studies are revealing about the language
abilities of non-humans
26 July 2011
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Asian Elephants Are Social Networkers
Long thought to be antisocial, the pachyderms actually form complex friendships
26 July 2011
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Guiana Dolphins Can Use Electric Signals to Locate Prey
First discovery of electric sensing in mammals
26 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Brains Grow at Earth's Poles
People living far from the equator have bigger noggins
26 July 2011
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ScienceShot: A Buzz in the Dark
New genetic map explains how bees see at night
26 July 2011
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Video: Macho Mice Make Manly Melodies
Hormone-pumped rodents sing tunes that attract females
25 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Like Daughter, Like Mother
Mothers mimic their daughters' fashion sense—not the other way around
25 July 2011
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The Incredible Shrinking Human Brain
Study suggests we pay a hefty price for our smarts
24 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Coral Genome Reveals Tiny Helper
Marine organism is older, more fragile than thought
22 July 2011
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How Blasts Injure the Brain
New findings may provide important clues to how explosions cause traumatic brain injury in soldiers
22 July 2011
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Podcast: Cheating Seals, Cloaking the Past, and More
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week
22 July 2011
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A Submarine That Doesn't Make Waves
New "wake cloak" could eliminate drag on water vessels, making them operate as though they were in a vacuum
22 July 2011
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ScienceShot: The Milky Way's Dimmest Star Cluster
Segue 3 ekes out a mere 90 suns' worth of light
22 July 2011
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Particle Physicists Report Possible Hints of Long-Sought Higgs Boson
Experimenters with the Large Hadron Collider report curious excess of particles but claim no discovery
22 July 2011
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Did an Unholy Trinity Kill Jesus?
Physician adds to long-running debate with new theory on Christ's cause of death
21 July 2011
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Did Greenhouse Gases Unleash the Dinosaurs?
A new study links massive methane outpourings triggered by volcanic eruptions to the end-Triassic mass extinction
21 July 2011
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A Bit of Shade for a Warming Planet
A thickened stratospheric haze has been counteracting global warming, but it won't last
21 July 2011
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Deep Diamonds Shed Light on Ancient Continental Movements
Minerals trapped in diamonds may reveal the beginning of plate tectonics
21 July 2011
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'Bastard' Mouse Steals Poison-Resistance Gene
Cross-species breeding leads to a rare advantage
20 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Tall People More Likely to Develop Cancer
Risk rises 16% with every added 10 centimeters
20 July 2011
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Why Dolphins Wear Sponges
Observations reveal why the cetaceans cover their beaks when hunting
20 July 2011
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Man-Eating Lions Attack by the Dark of the Moon
Study explains why attacks spike at certain times of month
20 July 2011
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A $1000 Genome by 2013?
Electronic DNA sequencing technology promises fast, cheap results
20 July 2011
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Live Chat: The Science of Mummies
Chat with experts about what mummies are revealing about our past and our future
19 July 2011
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Heavy Armor Gave Knights a Workout
Physiologists put armor-clad historical interpreters on a treadmill and measure how quickly they run out of steam
19 July 2011
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ScienceShot: Rock, Paper, Scissors Not So Random
Players of the time-tested game may imitate each other's gestures, making draws common
18 July 2011
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Punching a Hole in Time
New "time cloak" hides events that occur at a specific moment
18 July 2011
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'Asexual' Ants May Be Having Sex After All
Researchers turn up evidence of sperm in colonies full of female clones
18 July 2011
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Cheating on the Beachmaster
Female elephant seals often avoid the harem and mate on the sly
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