WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dinosaurs, those bygone masters of the planet, were warm-blooded just like today’s mammals, according to a scientist who judged their metabolism using body mass and growth rates …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Day: May 28, 2015
Even when we’re resting, our brains are preparing us to be social
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Our brains are wired to prepare us, during quiet moments, to be socially connected to other people, neuroscientists report. Facebook is aligned with the state of our brains at rest …read more Source:: Science
Science journal retracts gay-marriage study after evidence of fraud
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amid evidence of fraud in a high-profile study on how canvassers can convince people to back same-sex marriage, the journal Science, which published the study, retracted …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
How comets were assembled
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Rosetta’s target ‘Chury’ and other comets observed by space missions show common evidence of layered structures and bi-lobed shapes. With 3D computer simulations an astrophysicist was able to reconstruct the …read more Source:: Science
Serpent robot evolves into Snake Monster
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Pittsburgh, Pensylvania – Researchers have taken their serpentine machines, developed over decades at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, and connected them to a central hub to create one …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Roadside air can be more charged than under a high-voltage power line
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More charged particles in urban environments come from motor vehicle emissions than anything else which makes living beside a busy road with lots of diesel-driven vehicles worse for your health …read more Source:: Science
Super-efficient light-based computers
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Infrared light passes through silicon the way visible light passes through glass. Just as a prism bends visible light to reveal the rainbow, different silicon structures can bend infrared light …read more Source:: Science
Unexpected brain structures tied to creativity, and to stifling it
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A surprising link has been found between creative problem-solving and heightened activity in the cerebellum, a structure located in the back of the brain and more typically thought of as …read more Source:: Science
Birds, not just mammals, copy yawns
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Have you ever caught yourself yawning right after someone else did? The same happens to budgies. Biologists have just noted that contagious yawning also occurs between members of a bird …read more Source:: Science
Big Bang aftermath: Ancient stars from birth of the universe
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Astronomers have discovered three “cosmic Methusalems” from the earliest years of the universe. These unusual stars are about 13 billion years old and experts assign them to the first generations …read more Source:: Science