When it comes to courting, one common spider species is quick to learn, and that learning process involves eavesdropping on the visual cues of rivals to win their mate. Scientists …read more Source:: Science
Day: August 4, 2015
A droplet’s pancake bounce
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•New discovery about how surface gradients influence droplet behavior may enable novel surfaces with anti-icing capabilities for a tremendous range of applications. …read more Source:: Science
Mystery behind earthworm digestion solved
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•Scientists have discovered how earthworms can digest plant material, such as fallen leaves, that would defeat most other herbivores. Earthworms are responsible for returning the carbon locked inside dead plant …read more Source:: Science
How common white fat can be turned into energy-burning brown fat in humans
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•Researchers have discovered, for the first time in humans, that the widely reviled energy storing white fat can be turned into an energy burning brown fat that uses up excess …read more Source:: Science
Eco-friendly 3D printed supercar
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•A California automotive start-up is hoping their prototype supercar will redefine car manufacturing. The sleek race car dubbed ‘Blade’ didn’t come off an assembly line – but out of a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Waiting for pleasure
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•Researchers have clearly identified, for the first time, the specific parts of the brain involved in decisions that call for delayed gratification. They demonstrated that the hippocampus (associated with memory) …read more Source:: Science
Fish that have their own fish finders
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•African fish called mormyrids communicate by means of electric signals. Fish in one group can glean detailed information from a signal’s waveform, but fish in another group are insensitive to …read more Source:: Science
Five billion light years across: The largest feature in the universe
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•Astronomers have found what appears to be the largest feature in the observable universe: a ring of nine gamma ray bursts — and hence galaxies – 5 billion light years …read more Source:: Science
Super star takes on black holes in jet contest
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•A super-dense star formed in the aftermath of a supernova explosion is shooting out powerful jets of material into space, research suggests. It was previously thought that the only objects …read more Source:: Science
Dogs process faces in specialized brain area, study reveals
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•Having neural machinery dedicated to face processing suggests that this ability is hard-wired in dogs through cognitive evolution, and may help explain dogs’ extreme sensitivity to human social cues. …read more Source:: Science