March 2013 Archives
29 March 2013
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Top Stories: Being Alone Will Kill You, Bacteria Will Make You Thinner, Bees Might Just Shock You
A roundup of our favorite stories from this week
29 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Monkey Smiles Are Contagious
Geladas involuntarily mimic each other's expressions, a first outside humans and orangutans
29 March 2013
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Podcast: The Secret to Surgical Weight Loss, the Lonely Killer, and Exploding Manholes
An audio roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
28 March 2013
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A Computer Inside a Cell
Chemical switches can be toggled together to form logic circuits like those in PCs
28 March 2013
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Video: Robotic Ants Solve Riddles Without Math
Tiny machines strike a blow to real ant intelligence
28 March 2013
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'Fairy Circle' Mystery Solved?
Researcher says he has identified the pixie behind Africa's strange formations
27 March 2013
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Video: Never Mess With a Sea Hare
Ocean dweller shoots sticky ink that gum's up predator's senses
27 March 2013
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Bees Buzz Each Other, but Not the Way You Think
Insects may use electric fields to communicate
27 March 2013
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Microbes May Slim Us Down After Gastric Bypass
Mouse study suggests a new reason why patients who get the drastic surgery lose weight
27 March 2013
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Live Chat: Is the World Failing at Conservation?
Talk to experts about why so many efforts to save ecosystems aren’t working—and what to do about it
26 March 2013
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Video: Flexible Wings Give Bumblebees a Lift
A bit of glue and glitter reveals how insects carry more weight during flight
26 March 2013
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Washington's Exploding Manholes Explained?
Researchers find high levels of methane gas leaking from the streets of the U.S. capital
26 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Seven Sexes on the Menu
Random arrangement of DNA determines whether microbe will be one of seven mating types
26 March 2013
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ScienceShot: A New Class of Supernova
These exploding stars are fainter, less energetic than typical supernovae
25 March 2013
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The Dangers of Too Much Alone Time
Loneliness won't kill you, but social isolation might
25 March 2013
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Scientists Gauge Ancient Die-Off of Pacific Birds
At least 983 island bird species went extinct after human settlement
25 March 2013
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ScienceShot: The Original Iron Lung
Proteins help bacteria breathe metal instead of oxygen
25 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Remembering a Man Who Saved Millions
Innovative, passionate plant pathologist Norman Borlaug won Nobel Peace Prize
22 March 2013
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Top Stories: Protecting Kids From Anthrax, 3D TVs, and Making Moonshine Safe
A roundup of our favorite stories of this week
22 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Making Moonshine Safe to Drink
New wireless chip helps prevent methanol poisoning from adulterated alcohol
22 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Atomic Science Keeps Silver Shining Bright
Atom-thick coating could protect museum artifacts for decades
21 March 2013
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Warming World Caused Southern Ocean to Exhale
Ocean sediment cores suggest these waters might sequester less CO2 in future
21 March 2013
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Podcast: Giant Squid, Swallow Roadkill, and More
Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from this week
21 March 2013
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Clocking the Human Exodus Out of Africa
Ancient DNA suggests our ancestors left the continent 30,000 years later than thought
21 March 2013
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The Shaky Side of Landslides
Researchers can divine the size of major slumps from seismic data
21 March 2013
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Video: Robots on the Beach
Researchers develop models for how machines run across sand, pebbles, and other granular materials
21 March 2013
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Best Image of Big Bang Afterglow Ever Confirms Standard Cosmology
Results from Europe's Planck spacecraft pose no major new puzzles for cosmologists
20 March 2013
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More Sobering Results for Malaria Vaccine
Efficacy trails off to zero after 4 years, new study in Kenyan children shows
20 March 2013
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Building a Better Schizophrenic Mouse
Rodents share some features of humans with the mental disorder
20 March 2013
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3D TV, Without the Glasses
Future televisions could project 3D for wide viewing angles
20 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Has Voyager 1 Left the Solar System?
Cosmic ray data suggest the craft may have finally reached interstellar space
20 March 2013
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Live Chat: The Next Plague
Talk to experts about deadly new diseases on the horizon—and what we can do about them
19 March 2013
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Giant Squid Worldwide Are One Species
Genetic study reveals startlingly little diversity in the enigmatic ocean creature
19 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Snap! How Carnivorous Plants Capture Prey
Researchers untangle mechanism that causes leaves to curl around insects
19 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Cotton Candy for Plants
Plants like their sap sugary
19 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Why Bacteria Commit Suicide
Scientists find a rare case of self-destruction with no downsides
18 March 2013
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Evolution via Roadkill
The wings of cliff swallows are getting smaller to avoid oncoming cars
18 March 2013
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ScienceShot: 'Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!' on Cue
Roosters do indeed have an internal timer that makes them crow before dawn
17 March 2013
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The Early Bird Loses an Ovary
Fossils reveal when ancient birds started producing fewer, larger eggs
17 March 2013
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ScienceShot: Earthquakes Deposit Gold in Fault Zones
Tons of the precious metal can be generated over thousands of years
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