November 2012 Archives
30 November 2012
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Podcast: Making a Vaccine Sans Virus, Listening to Coughing Scallops, and the Roll of the Whale
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories of the week
29 November 2012
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Read My Hips
Intense emotions are easier to read in the body than in the face
29 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Keeping Hammerheads Out of the Haul
Electromagnetic fields warn the sharks away from fishing lines
29 November 2012
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A Grand Old Canyon
A new study suggests an older age for the iconic gorge
29 November 2012
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Crocs' Chaotic, Cracked Cranial Covering
The "scales" on a crocodile's head aren't scales at all
28 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Living in a Landscape of Fear
Elk more spooked by humans than by wolves or cougars
28 November 2012
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Taking a Slice at the Wheat Genome
First pass at wheat DNA yields 95,000 genes across three genomes
28 November 2012
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A Step Toward a Universal Cancer Blood Test
Whole-genome sequencing of tumor DNA in the blood could reveal whether someone has cancer
28 November 2012
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Gargantuan Black Hole Occupies Modest Galaxy
It's one of the biggest black holes ever seen
28 November 2012
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Live Chat: Doomsday
What’s the deal with the end of the world next month?
27 November 2012
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Video: Rolling in the Deep
Blue whales roll over to sneak up on krill
27 November 2012
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ScienceShot: 'Coughing' Scallops Caught on Tape
Mollusks' persistent coughs can reveal poor water quality
26 November 2012
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ScienceShot: The Secret of the Black Dahlia
Scientists unravel the origins of the flower’s rarest hue
26 November 2012
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ScienceShot: A Tiny Bacterial World, Long Buried in Ice
Microbial ecosystem has been trapped in briny Antarctic lake for millennia
26 November 2012
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Making a Flu Vaccine Without the Virus
A new influenza vaccine using only messenger RNA proves successful in animals
21 November 2012
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Putting Themselves to Sleep
A Valium-like compound produced by the brain could make some people super sleepy
21 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Breathless Orb
Dwarf planet Makemake has little, if any, atmosphere
21 November 2012
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Trees Living on the Edge
Forests poorly equipped to deal with drought as the climate gets drier
20 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Curves Are Tough on the Bones
Dinosaur bones may have been weaker than we thought
20 November 2012
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Holey Art Reveals Beetle Boundaries
Analysis of woodblock prints provides unusual insight into wood-munching critters' territories
20 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Harlequin Ladybirds Flourish by Squelching Disease
Beetles' genes help fight bacteria and pathogens
19 November 2012
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New Species Gather Dust Before Their Scientific Debut
More than 2 decades can pass between the first observation of a species and its formal publication
19 November 2012
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It Just Smells
Olfactory equivalent of white noise has no particular scent
16 November 2012
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Ticked Off About a Growing Allergy to Meat
Tiny menace takes a bite out of meat lovers’ appetite
16 November 2012
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Europe's First Farmers Came, Then Went
Neolithic farmer populations underwent booms and busts in Europe
15 November 2012
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Why Einstein Was a Genius
New photographs show unusual features in the great physicist's brain
15 November 2012
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Rainforest Insects Hear Like Humans
Katydids may listen with their legs, but their ears are almost human
15 November 2012
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Bdelloids Surviving on Borrowed DNA
The secret to the rotifers' success may be their "genetic mosaic"
15 November 2012
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Still Looking Like the Higgs
New particle seems to decay in the expected ways
15 November 2012
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Wax-Filled Nanotubes Flex Their Muscles
New artificial muscle is stronger, smaller, and lighter than previous types
14 November 2012
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Did a Lost Star Torque Earth's Orbit?
One star can tilt another’s solar system, yielding wrong-way planets
14 November 2012
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Recent Drought Trends Not So Cut-and-Dried
A commonly used metric to assess dry spells can overestimate their effects
14 November 2012
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Live Chat: The Genes We Eat
How will the foods of the future differ from the foods of the past?
13 November 2012
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Video: I Like You When You Beat Your Tail Like That
Robot fish lures in zebrafish with a flip of its tail
13 November 2012
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ScienceShot: Protein Makes Sperm Flee
Reversible technique offers new path for male contraception
12 November 2012
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Wired for Harmony?
New study shows the ear and brain prefer harmonic sounds
12 November 2012
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ScienceShot: I Scratch, You Itch
Neuroticism behind the nefarious "contagious itch"
12 November 2012
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Human Ancestors Were Grass Gourmands
Fossil teeth suggest early hominins had a taste for the green stuff
12 November 2012
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Bodystorming: Dance Grooves Show How Molecules Move
Dancers help scientists assess models of molecular motion inside a cell
11 November 2012
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Self-Healing Plastic 'Skin' Points Way to New Prosthetics
Electrically conductive polymer heals its own cuts and tears
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