Sea surface temperatures dipped dramatically during a period from 7 million to 5.4 million years ago, a time of massive global ecological change, scientists have discovered. …read more Source:: Science
Month: September 2016
Details of mysterious Utah Zika-related death: Transmission by tears or sweat
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•The first Zika virus-related death in the continental U.S. occurred in June of this year, but even now, months later, two aspects of this case continue to puzzle health experts. …read more Source:: Science
First evidence of deep-sea animals ingesting microplastics
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•Scientists working in the mid-Atlantic and south-west Indian Ocean have found evidence of microfibers ingested by deep sea animals including hermit crabs, squat lobsters and sea cucumbers, revealing for the …read more Source:: Science
Final descent image from Rosetta spacecraft
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•A new image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft shortly before its controlled impact into the comet’s surface on Sept. 30, 2016. The …read more Source:: Science
What’s in a face? Study shows puberty changes facial recognition
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•Faces are as unique as fingerprints and can reveal a great deal of information about our health, personalities, age, and feelings. Researchers recently discovered adolescents begin to view faces differently …read more Source:: Science
Heavy hitters: Obesity rate soars among professional baseball players
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•Major League Baseball players have become overwhelmingly overweight and obese during the last quarter century, say health researchers. They found that the athletes’ weight held steady for over 100 years, …read more Source:: Science
Feral chickens spread light on evolution
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•Different genes are involved during the adaptation of a domestic animal to life in the wild than when a wild animal becomes domesticated, concludes a new study. The results increase …read more Source:: Science
Google beats back Oracle again in Java Android case
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•Oracle loses in court once again in its latest attempt to obtain Java copyright damages from Google. …read more Source:: Linux
Spiral arms in protoplanetary disk: They’re not just for galaxies any more
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•Astronomers have found distinct spiral arms in the disk of gas and dust surrounding the young star Elias 2-27. While similar features have been observed on the surfaces of such …read more Source:: Science
Game theory research reveals fragility of common resources
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•People are naturally predisposed to over-use “common-pool resources” such as transportation systems and fisheries even if it risks failure of the system, to the detriment of society as a whole, …read more Source:: Science