December 2011 Archives
22 December 2011 |
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A Surprising Threshold for Seabird Survival
Across species, seabird numbers plummet when stocks of prey fish fall below one-third of their maximum size
22 December 2011 |
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No Joke: Pigeons Ace a Simple Math Test
Observation shows that numerical reasoning is not limited to primates
22 December 2011 |
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The Year in Pictures
Check out a collection of some of the most spectacular science images of 2011
22 December 2011 |
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The Top 10 ScienceNOWs of 2011
See what our favorite and the most popular ScienceNOW stories were from the past year
22 December 2011 |
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Elephants Have a Sixth 'Toe'
CT scans help finger a mystery bone in the fat pads of pachyderm feet
22 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Solar Wind Stifles Mercury's Magnetic Field
Modeling suggests solution to 37-year-old mystery
22 December 2011 |
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Vibrating Skulls Help Snakes Hear
Study reveals how reptiles sense airborne sounds
21 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Performing Surgery on Your Christmas Turkey
Veterinarians recommend best way to suture a stuffed bird
21 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Giant Dino Lived in Antarctica
Tailbone points to presence of sauropod on once lush continent
21 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Future of Frankincense Not So Sweet
Livestock grazing, fires, and burrowing beetles threaten the trees that produce the fragrant resin
20 December 2011 |
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Spicy Chilies Need a Drink of Water, Too
Bolivian chili peppers can afford to be hotter when they have enough water
20 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Probing a Black Hole
Pulsars could reveal complex physics at event horizon
19 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: A Bar at the Center of the Milky Way
Observations confirm presence of starry formation
16 December 2011 |
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Is Jupiter Eating Its Own Heart?
Some gas giants may have destroyed their cores
16 December 2011 |
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Podcast: Snakes, 'Vocal Fry,' and the 'Thermal Grill' Illusion
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
15 December 2011 |
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Are You Inhaling Secondhand Coke?
Researchers pick up traces of illegal drugs in the atmosphere
15 December 2011 |
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Solar Cells Capture Lost Energy
New materials generate more electrical charges than the number of photons that energize them
15 December 2011 |
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Why Tuberculosis Is So Hard to Cure
Asymmetrical cell division may help disease-causing bacteria survive antibiotics
15 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: A Shirt That Cleans Itself
Treated cotton degrades dirt in sunlight
15 December 2011 |
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No Acid Burn for Naked Mole Rats
Mystery solved of why rodents are unable to feel certain types of pain
15 December 2011 |
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Falling Taboos Put Lemurs on the Menu in Madagascar
Iconic species threatened by changing beliefs and lawlessness
15 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Celestial Snow Angel
Hubble image depicts 'two-winged' nebula
14 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Ant 'Gas Gun' Paralyzes Prey
Vapor kills termites at long range
14 December 2011 |
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Singing Whales Steal Spotlight From Earthquakes
Seismic records reveal seasonal swimming habits of fin whales
14 December 2011 |
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Mechanical Amplifier Nears Quantum Noise Limit
Device could boost the signals from quantum computers
14 December 2011 |
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Warning: Black Hole Dead Ahead!
In 2013, a gas cloud may plunge into the biggest black hole in the galaxy
14 December 2011 |
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Live Chat: The Higgs Boson at Last?
Chat with experts about this week's big announcement from CERN
13 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Hairy Men Make Good Bedbug Catchers
People with more body hair are better at detecting crawling parasites
13 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Light Me Up, Buttercup
Researchers reveal how flower casts a yellow glow on the human chin
13 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Don't Worry, Little Planet
Your star probably won't eat you, according to a new study
13 December 2011 |
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In Search for Higgs Boson, Physicists Report a Definite Maybe
Dueling experiments see coinciding clues, but case for long-sought particle remains unpersuasive
12 December 2011 |
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An 'Arms Race' Between Snakes and Humans
A new analysis suggests the two kinds of animals have played a large role in each other's evolutionary history
12 December 2011 |
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Video: Ancient Fish Takes a Walk
African lungfish may provide clues to colonization of land
12 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Standing Tall to Beat the Heat?
New study argues that bipedalism did not evolve to help our ancestors cool off
12 December 2011 |
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How the 'Thermal Grill' Illusion Tricks the Mind
Strange burning sensation may provide clues to how brain registers pain
12 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: 'Burgeroids' Cause Double Rainbows
Scientists say the unusual displays stem from fat water drops
9 December 2011 |
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Podcast: Bedbugs, Biofuels, and Bad Bacteria on the Farm
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week
9 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Grand Canyon Too Crowded in Spring? Blame Climate Change
Warming world may be altering attendance patterns at some U.S. national parks
9 December 2011 |
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'Vocal Fry' Creeping Into U.S. Speech
Young women end sentences with a gravelly buzz in what could be a catching trend
9 December 2011 |
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ScienceShot: Sniffing Out the One in a Quadrillion
New detector could spot hazardous substances with 1000 times more precision
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