Eighty percent of a population of Burmese long-tailed macaques on an island in southern Thailand use stone and shell tools to crack open seafood, and do so using 17 different action patterns, according to a study published ...
Plants & Animals
May 13, 2015
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Scientists on Wednesday said that after a nearly three-decade bid they had detected a telltale change in a sub-atomic particle, further backing a key theory about the Universe.
General Physics
May 13, 2015
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Humans concerned about climate change are working to find ways of capturing excess carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and sequestering it in the Earth. But Nature has its own methods for the removal and long-term storage ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2015
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As murder mysteries go, it's a big one: how do galaxies die and what kills them? A new study, published today in the journal Nature, has found that the primary cause of galactic death is strangulation, which occurs after ...
Astronomy
May 13, 2015
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When President Barack Obama was first elected in 2008, only two states offered a website where citizens could register to vote.
Other
May 13, 2015
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The slow slog through thin air atop a glacier-capped Himalayan peak is about the farthest you can get from Silicon Valley's fast-paced tech world, where digital screens are often the only view and the instruments for survival ...
Other
May 13, 2015
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Fermions are the building blocks of matter, interacting in a multitude of permutations to give rise to the elements of the periodic table. Without fermions, the physical world would not exist.
General Physics
May 13, 2015
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An incurable, degenerative disease slowly is robbing David Stuczynski of his ability to walk, talk and breathe.
Other
May 13, 2015
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Inspired by the way iridescent bird feathers play with light, scientists have created thin films of material in a wide range of pure colors—from red to green—with hues determined by physical structure rather than pigments.
Nanomaterials
May 13, 2015
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High on the White House's hit list: The series of letters, numbers and symbols you type in when you access everything from your bank account to your Netflix list.
Security
May 13, 2015
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