December 2012 Archives
27 December 2012
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Slideshow: Virgin Birth Not So Miraculous in Animal Kingdom
A variety of animals reproduce without contribution from the other sex
21 December 2012
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New Form of Quantum Computation Promises Showdown With Ordinary Computers
Optical computation could be first to best regular computer
21 December 2012
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Smoking Smothers Your Genes
The habit can add chemical modifications to genes involved in cancer
21 December 2012
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Ghost in the Fossil
X-ray technique reveals previously hidden structures
21 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Comb Jelly Genome Sheds Light on ... Light
Findings may provide insight to evolution of eyes in more complex creatures
21 December 2012
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Podcast: The Top 10 ScienceNOWs of 2012
An audio roundup of some of our favorite stories of the year
21 December 2012
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Top Science Pictures of the Year
Some of our favorite shots of the last twelve months
20 December 2012
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The Top 10 ScienceNOWs of 2012
A look back at some of our favorite and most popular stories of the year
20 December 2012
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Coral Reefs Could Be Decimated by 2100
Fresh simulations offer grim outlook on fate of oceans
20 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Broadcast From On High
"Sprites" in upper atmosphere may emit low-frequency radio waves
20 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Megapiranha Outchomps T. Rex
Ancient kin of today's river terrors could crush turtle shells
18 December 2012
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Another Earth Just 12 Light-Years Away?
Five planets may circle one of the nearest stars
18 December 2012
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One-Way Journey to the Death Pool
Pitcher plant sends ants slip-sliding to their doom
18 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Flying Squirrels Style Their Swoops
Recordings reveal surprising aspects of rodent flight
18 December 2012
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The Year in Science Pictures 2012
A collection of some of the most spectacular science images of the last twelve months
18 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Christmas Ornament in Space
Aftermath of stellar explosion resembles holiday bauble
18 December 2012
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Orangutans Have a Big Idea
Thinking about tool use suggests similarities to human culture
17 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Who Killed Ramesses III?
DNA and CT scans reveal a violent end
17 December 2012
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Cloud Forest Trees Drink From the Fog
Plants take up a surprising amount of moisture from the air
17 December 2012
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Video: Paralyzed Woman Controls Robotic Arm With Her Thoughts
Fluid movements are best yet using brain machine interface
16 December 2012
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Revved-Up Protein Fights Aging
Boosting a protein that keeps chromosomes in order protects mice from cancer, increases life span
14 December 2012
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Cicadas' Cycles Control Their Predators
Insects' mysterious cycle may help create a boom-bust cycle for the birds that eat them
14 December 2012
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Podcast: Maggot Secretions, the Evolution of Homosexuality, and Why Elephants Don't Stay Put
An audio roundup of some of our favorite stories of the week
13 December 2012
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ScienceShot: A Preflight Checkup for Future Space Tourists
Space-trippers could face variety of ills
13 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Olympians Live Longer Than the Rest of Us
Even golfers get a boost from the games
13 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Doctors Take Aim at ... The Tooth Fairy
Top medical journal accuses fictional being of malpractice
13 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Crashing the Moon
Two craft due to slam into moon early next week
13 December 2012
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Panama Forest Boasts Tens of Thousands of Arthropod Species
Eight-year effort provides clues to factors that impact biodiversity
13 December 2012
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Pee Marks the Spot
Single protein in male mouse urine makes females return to old haunts
12 December 2012
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Hubble Comes Close to Spying First Stars
Telescope peers back to just 380 million years after universe was born
12 December 2012
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'Marine' Fossils May Instead Represent Early Land Dwellers
Controversial find would push back transition to land by tens of millions of years
12 December 2012
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ScienceShot: X-rays Reveal New Black Hole in Andromeda
Nearby galaxy may offer clearer view of how these monsters devour material
12 December 2012
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Live Chat: How Close Are We to Birth Control for Men?
Talk with experts about efforts to develop a male version of "the pill"
11 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Homosexual Fish More Attractive to Females
Males increase their mating success with females by flirting with other males
11 December 2012
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Video: Splash-Cups Sow Seeds
Specially shaped flowers speed up raindrops to disperse their offspring
11 December 2012
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Homosexuality May Start in the Womb
DNA modifications may explain how sexual orientation is passed down through generations
11 December 2012
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Kitchen Utensils Transfer Viruses
The pathogens jump from food to knives as easily as bacteria
11 December 2012
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New SARS-Like Virus Infects Both Human and Animal Cells
Recently found in the Middle East, hCoV-EMC may be able to attack humans, pigs, and bats
11 December 2012
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ScienceShot: Lizard Named After Obama Died in Dinosaur Apocalypse
But Obamadon's successors got a postextinction bounce
11 December 2012
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Diuretic Drug Offers Latest Hope for Autism Treatment
In a small trial, bumetanide improves social interactions in some children with disorder
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