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When Birds Squawk, Other Species Seem to Listen
Studies in recent years by many researchers have shown that animals such as birds, mammals and even fish recognize the alarm signals of other species. Some can even eavesdrop on […]
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Serenading The Brain Out Of A Coma
Music is one of several triggers that have been known to occasionally rouse patients from unconsciousness. The exact mechanisms are still a mystery, but using new technologies, researchers can observe […]
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New for brain scientists: a census of neurons
With the launch of its searchable and publicly available «Cell Types Database,» the Allen Institute for Brain Science has taken a first crack at establishing a comprehensive census of cells […]
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A Surprise for Evolution in Giant Tree of Life
Researchers build the world’s largest evolutionary tree and conclude that species arise because of chance mutations — not natural selection.
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X-Rays Reveal Why Old Chocolate Turns White
The white bloom marring the face of a chocolate bar hidden away for a bit too long, thankfully, doesn’t mean the candy can’t be consumed. But it does seem to change […]
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Reverse Engineering Birds’ Beaks Into Dinosaur Bones
Birds evolved from dinosaurs 150 million years ago, a slow but thorough transformation. Their bodies gained aerodynamic feathers, their digits fused into wings, and they acquired a beak used to […]
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Electron microscopes close to imaging individual atoms
Researchers report that they’ve created the highest ever resolution cryo-EM image, revealing a druglike molecule bound to its protein target at near atomic resolution.
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Remains of oldest known relative of modern birds discovered in China
Researchers have stumbled upon the oldest known ancestor of all modern birds after breaking open a lump of ancient rock near a town in north-eastern China.
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Fjords soak up a surprising amount of carbon
Although fjords account for about 0.3% of Earth’s surface area, they sequester 18 million tonnes of carbon per year — 11% of the total absorbed by marine sediment, researchers report […]
