For the first time, researchers have uncovered a unique ability in bats which allows them to carry but remain unaffected by lethal diseases. …read more Source:: Science
Day: February 22, 2016
Antarctic ice sheet is more vulnerable to carbon dioxide than expected
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•Results from a new climate reconstruction of how Antarctica’s ice sheets responded during the last period when atmospheric carbon dioxide reached levels like those expected to occur in about 30 …read more Source:: Science
Tracking prejudices in the brain
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•We do not always say what we think: we like to hide certain prejudices, sometimes even from ourselves. But unconscious prejudices become visible with tests, because we need a longer …read more Source:: Science
The day Atlantic City blew away
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•Norwegian researchers are working on mapping the geology of Jan Mayen Island, Norway’s most northwesterly territory. In the process, they also found ruins from Atlantic City, an American base from …read more Source:: Science
Galaxy trailed by stunning plume of gas
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•Astronomers have discovered a spectacular tail of gas more than 300,000 light years across coming from a nearby galaxy. The plume is made up of hydrogen gas — the material …read more Source:: Science