Researchers seek help digitizing decades-old observations of African trees
Koen Hufkens is trying to solve a scientific mystery, and he's asking for the public's help to do it.
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Dec 28, 2015
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The scientific benefits of Rudolph's red nose
We're all familiar with the story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Robert L. May (a class of 1926 Dartmouth alumnus) but scientifically speaking, what are the optical benefits of a shiny red nose on a foggy Christmas ...
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Dec 21, 2015
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What computers won't tell you about ecological and evolutionary dynamics
In a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Rasmus Ibsen-Jensen, postdoc at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) together with IST Austria Professor Krishnendu ...
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Dec 9, 2015
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Stanford researchers urge lifting of NIH funding restrictions on chimeric research
Citing the "tremendous potential" of research on human stem cells in nonhuman embryos, scientists and a bioethicist from the Stanford University School of Medicine have co-authored a letter urging the removal of funding restrictions ...
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Nov 5, 2015
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Our ancestors probably didn't get eight hours a night, either
They stay up late into the evening, average less than 6.5 hours of sleep and rarely nap.
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Oct 15, 2015
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Ancestral background can be determined by fingerprints
A proof-of-concept study finds that it is possible to identify an individual's ancestral background based on his or her fingerprint characteristics – a discovery with significant applications for law enforcement and anthropological ...
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Sep 28, 2015
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Research reveals why humans like to share
Human intelligence and knowledge depends on how we collect and use sharable resources, according to scientists from The University of Manchester.
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Sep 10, 2015
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Understanding the iliotibial band
For many people, it's the source of a nagging—and painful—injury, but for Carolyn Eng, the IT band is an intriguing mystery, one she may be close to solving.
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Aug 27, 2015
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The brain is not as cramped as we thought
Using an innovative method, Swiss scientists show that the brain is not as compact as we have thought all along.
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Aug 11, 2015
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Why we see things differently in winter compared with summer
Scientists at the University of York have shed new light on how humans process colour – revealing that we see things differently in winter compared with summer.
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Aug 5, 2015
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