July 2012 Archives
31 July 2012
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Live Chat: Curiosity Rover Arrives at Mars
Talk with experts about the coming adventures on the Red Planet
31 July 2012
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ScienceShot: The Unbalanced Sloth
Slow-moving tree creatures apparently don't have a fine-tuned sense of balance
30 July 2012
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Of Ice and Men
Scientists recreate weather conditions that sculpted unusual formations on Japanese mountain
27 July 2012
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Gamma-Ray Glow Hints at Dark Matter in the Center of Our Galaxy
But the signal could also be produced by pulsars, researchers say
27 July 2012
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Podcast: Franken-Jellyfish, Mating Flies, and Neandertals
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories of the week
27 July 2012
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Disarming Deep-Sea Tactics
Robotic submersible documents the first squid known to leave parts behind when provoked
27 July 2012
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Flushing Out Drug Users
Chemical analysis of sewage yields a new picture of drug use across Europe
26 July 2012
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ScienceShot: For Life's Evolution, Stellar Chemistry Matters
The chemical composition of stars may help determine how long planets are suitable for life
26 July 2012
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Write to Me Only With Thine Eyes
New technology based on 1970s illusion could help paralyzed patients write and draw
26 July 2012
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By the Skin of Their Teeth
A catfish that lives in an underground stream in Ecuador relies on teeth that stick out all over its body to sense the water around it
26 July 2012
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Old Termites Blow Themselves Up to Protect the Nest
Aging insects carry explosive crystals on their backs
26 July 2012
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Genetic Code Tells Hunter-Gatherer Tales
In-depth sequencing of three African populations hints at origins of human diversity
25 July 2012
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The Wisdom of Not Being Too Rational
Birds can master difficult problems, but children learn to solve "impossible" ones
25 July 2012
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On the Same Plane
Planetary orbits in distant solar system aligned with star's rotation
25 July 2012
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Live Chat: Invasive Species,Threats or Just Misunderstood?
Talk with experts about the ecological role of introduced species
24 July 2012
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Is Mythology Like Facebook?
Researchers use social networks to hunt for history in ancient myths
24 July 2012
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ScienceShot: Can of Worms
Invasive earthworm in Ireland may unleash carbon from soil
24 July 2012
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ScienceShot: No Mother Needed
Scientists create mother-of-pearl in a lab
23 July 2012
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Bats Catch Mating Flies in the Act
Study reveals that bats home in on noises made by copulating flies
23 July 2012
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Selfish Sheep Seek the Center
GPS tracking provides evidence to back up biology's selfish herd theory
23 July 2012
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Don Catlin's ScienceLive Responses
Expert antidoping scientist answers your questions on performance-enhancing drugs and the London Olympics
23 July 2012
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Neandertals Didn't Bite the Volcanic Dust
Timing of ancient volcanic eruption suggests that modern humans, not climate or catastrophe, pushed the Neandertals to extinction
22 July 2012
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Artificial Jellyfish Swims Like the Real Thing
Cell-silicone hybrid may inform design of replacement hearts
20 July 2012
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Podcast: Punishing Cheaters, Robbing Rodents, and Growing Algae to Cool the Planet
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories of the week
20 July 2012
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Why Facial Disfigurements Creep Us Out
Study suggests our response is tied to fear of infection
19 July 2012
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An Electric Car That Actually Goes Far?
Breakthrough shows lithium-air batteries may have a real future
19 July 2012
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Probing Diversity's Complexity
By identifying all trees along an elevation from above 6000 meters to 180 meters, researchers hope to model the complexity of our planet's biodiversity
19 July 2012
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ScienceShot: How to Paint the Moon
The brush that splattered swirls of light across the lunar surface has been found
19 July 2012
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ScienceShot: Unusual Molecules Form Near White Dwarfs
Intense magnetic fields force atoms together in ways that wouldn't happen on Earth
19 July 2012
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ScienceShot: April's Sumatra Quake Was a Record-Setter
Temblor was largest ever measured away from a tectonic plate boundary
19 July 2012
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The Metatron: Experimental Ecology Gets Connected
A new ecological laboratory is set to provide insights into how animals disperse across landscapes
18 July 2012
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Moss Sex Driven By Scent
Odors draw tiny, sperm-carrying critters to plants
18 July 2012
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Live Chat: Science at the Olympics
Talk with experts about how new technology is helping athletes—and catching them when they cheat
18 July 2012
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Did Marine Snot Cause the Ice Ages?
Experiment at sea explores potential technique to cool the globe
18 July 2012
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Hubble Spots the Farthest Spiral Galaxy Ever Seen
Object flaunted its spiral arms just 3 billion years after the big bang
17 July 2012
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Punishing Cheaters: Are We the Dark Knight—Or Just Dark?
Sense of injustice, rather than mere revenge, motivates our desire to crack down on crime
17 July 2012
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Video: How Hummingbirds Weather the Storm
High-speed video reveals aerial maneuvers that keep birds flying in heavy rain
17 July 2012
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ScienceShot: Evolution in a Jiffy
Castaway sea stars became hermaphrodites in record time
17 July 2012
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ScienceShot: Jupiter's Blistering Fate
In a few billion years, our largest planet will begin to resemble some alien worlds
16 July 2012
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Robbing Rodents Save Tropical Plant
By stealing seeds from their comrades, Panama's agoutis may have rescued the black palm from extinction
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