Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical used in food storage products and resins that line plastic beverage containers. Often, aquatic environments become reservoirs for BPA, and turtle habitats are affected. …read more Source:: Science
Day: April 15, 2015
Complex cognition shaped the Stone Age hand axe
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•The ability to make a Lower Paleolithic hand axe depends on complex cognitive control by the prefrontal cortex, including the ‘central executive’ function of working memory, a new study finds. …read more Source:: Science
Snap, crackle, pop: study reveals secret behind knuckle-cracking
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•(Reuters) – Some people like the sound of knuckle-cracking and others loathe it, but for years there has been disagreement among scientists about what actually causes it. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
40 million-year-old family tree of baleen whales
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•New research is providing the most comprehensive picture of the evolutionary history of baleen whales, which are not only the largest animals ever to live on earth, but also among …read more Source:: Science
Paternal sperm may hold clues to autism
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•In a small study, researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autism shows distinct patterns of regulatory tags that could contribute to …read more Source:: Science
Female chimps more inclined to use tools when hunting
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•Anthropologists have been observing savanna chimps using tools to hunt prey. After observing more than 300 tool-assisted hunts they found female chimps hunt with tools more than males. …read more Source:: Science
Review: Storm’s real-time processing comes at a price
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•By Steven Nunez Storm, a top-level Apache project, is a Java framework designed to help programmers write real-time applications that run on Hadoop clusters. Designed at Twitter, Storm excels at processing high-volume message …read more Source:: OpenSource
First signs of self-interacting dark matter? Dark matter may not be completely dark after all
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•For the first time dark matter may have been observed interacting with other dark matter in a way other than through the force of gravity. Observations of colliding galaxies made …read more Source:: Science
Orbital, GenCorp spar over cause of October rocket crash
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•COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – Orbital ATK Inc and engine maker GenCorp Inc on Tuesday offered competing explanations for what caused the Oct. 28 explosion of Orbital’s Antares rocket, bound …read more Source:: UKScienceNews