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February 2012 Archives

8 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: The Science of Love

Talk with experts about the latest research into human emotions
7 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Tarsiers Communicate in Secret Speech

Tropical tree-dwellers are the only primates to chat entirely in ultrasonic frequencies
7 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Shhh ... Ocean Noises Stress Out Whales

Terrorist attacks provide unique window into whale physiology
7 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Metaphors Make Brains Touchy Feely

Textural phrases light up a touch center in the brain
7 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

The Unusual Physics of Floating Pyramids

Hovering objects suggest that future robots could fly like jellyfish
7 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Hot Idea for a Faster Hard Drive

Tiny heat pulses promise new way to flip magnetic memory "bits," could increase speeds hundreds of fold
6 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Did Easter Islanders Mix It Up With South Americans?

Genetic evidence suggests that Polynesians may have mingled with pre-Columbian Native Americans
6 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Night Songs of the Jurassic

Chirping of ancient katydids reconstructed from fossils
3 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Podcast: Spider Webs, Ancient Plants, and the Science of Massage

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
3 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Double-Star System Hosts Ancient World

Both suns are 2 billion years older than Earth
3 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Air Guns Shake Up Earthquake Monitoring

A new device may help researchers keep an eye on changing stresses along fault zones
2 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Built by Black Holes?

Super-dense objects may help stars form
2 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Primed for Addiction?

People with brains wired for drug abuse don't necessarily become addicts
2 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Braking a Dead Star's Wild Spin

Magnetic fields may tame the most extreme pulsars
2 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Climate Change Okay for One Coral

Warmer seas spur growth in cooler reefs
2 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Two-Dimensional Glass

Researchers create world's thinnest pane of glass—and it resembles an 80-year-old sketch
1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: How a Restaurant Menu Is Like a Book

Customers don't focus on "sweet spots," according to eye-tracking study
1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Human Brains Wire Up Slowly but Surely

Unprecedented comparison of chimp and monkey brain genes to our own reveals drastic differences
1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Massage's Mystery Mechanism Unmasked

Hands-on therapy turns genes on (and off) for better healing
1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

How to Build a Hardy Web

Unusual mechanical behavior in single strands of spider silk makes for a heavy-duty trap
1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Big Storms Roil Even the Deep Ocean

Following a major tempest, swift currents carry sand and nutrients to normally tranquil deep-sea habitats
1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Did Plants Freeze the Planet?

Vegetation may have accelerated weathering of rocks, leaching CO2 from the atmosphere
1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Live Chat: Peak Oil—Is the Well Running Dry?

Chat with experts about the world’s fuel future
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