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How black holes grow: New study indicates they eat binary star partners

A study led by a University of Utah astrophysicist found a new explanation for the growth of supermassive black holes in the center of most galaxies: they repeatedly capture and swallow single stars from pairs ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Birds sing louder amidst the noise and structures of the urban jungle

Sparrows, blackbirds and the great tit are all birds known to sing at a higher pitch (frequency) in urban environments. It was previously believed that these birds sang at higher frequencies in order to escape the lower frequencies ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientist creates new hypothesis on ocean acidification

A Researcher at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, an organized research unit in the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology has come up with a new explanation for the effects ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

New explanation for a puzzling biological divide along the Malay Peninsula

Ecologists at the University of California, San Diego, offer a new explanation for an apparently abrupt switch in the kinds in of mammals found along the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia - from mainland species to island ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0