Relationship between domestication and human social skills
Brian Hare wants to know why humans are such big babies.
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2015
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New discovery of Late Miocene hipparion fossils from Baogeda Ula, Inner Mongolia, China
Hipparionine horses were extensively distributed in North America and the Old World, and they were especially abundant during the Late Miocene and Pliocene in Eurasia. As a result, Hipparion fossils are important biological ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 8, 2015
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Dunes, dust devils and the Martian weather
I study how windblown desert features can be used to monitor wind patterns and atmospheric conditions in remote places, such as Mars, where there are plenty of pictures of the surface but not many instruments on the ground.
Space Exploration
Oct 8, 2015
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Paleoclimate researchers find connection between carbon cycles, climate trends
Making predictions about climate variability often means looking to the past to find trends. Now paleoclimate researchers from the University of Missouri have found clues in exposed bedrock alongside an Alabama highway that ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 8, 2015
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They won a Nobel for what? Why good science communication counts
When I was a newspaper science editor, I approached Nobel Prize season with mixed glee and anxiety. Glee, because I knew that, without even an argument, I would get space in the paper for stories about research too arcane ...
Other
Oct 8, 2015
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Material improves the combustion efficiency of waste and biomass
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have discovered that a certain bed material improves the combustion efficiency of waste and biomass while decreasing operating and maintenance costs significantly. In collaboration ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 8, 2015
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'Harry Potter' e-books come to life in new Apple edition
You don't need to be a wizard to see the "Harry Potter" books come to life.
Other
Oct 8, 2015
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Broad-spectrum antimicrobials—considering 'holobiont' welfare
The discovery of antibiotics (also referred to as antimicrobials) is perhaps the most revolutionary outcome in the medical sciences during the twentieth century, and has allowed medical practitioners to treat a wide range ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2015
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Decrease in antimicrobial use in animals in Denmark
Antimicrobial use in animals has decreased in 2014 due mainly to decreased consumption in the pig production. In general very little of the critically important antimicrobials – which are used to treat humans – is used ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2015
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Beetles provide clues about the genetic foundations of parenthood
A team of researchers including scientists from the University of Georgia has identified many of the genetic changes that take place in burying beetles as they assume the role of parent. Their findings, published recently ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 8, 2015
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