Using supercomputer modeling, scientists have unveiled a new explanation for the geology underlying recent seismic imaging of magma bodies below Yellowstone National Park. …read more Source:: Science
Day: April 16, 2018
First an alga, then a squid, enigmatic fossil is actually a fish
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•A fossil slab discovered in Kansas 70 years ago and twice misidentified — first as a green alga and then as a cephalopod — has been reinterpreted as the preserved …read more Source:: Science
A new Bose-Einstein condensate
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•Researchers have created a Bose-Einstein condensate of light coupled with metal electrons, so-called surface plasmon polaritons. …read more Source:: Science
We think we’re the first advanced earthlings — but how do we really know?
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•Imagine if, many millions of years ago, dinosaurs drove cars through cities of mile-high buildings. A preposterous idea, right? In a compelling thought experiment, scientists wonder how we would truly …read more Source:: Science
Men willing to punish more than women to get ahead
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•Researchers have measured gender differences in cooperation and punishment behavior. Results showed that men punish more than women, men obtain higher rank, and punishment by males decreases payoffs for both …read more Source:: Science
‘Mono’ virus linked to 7 serious diseases
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•The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) — best known for causing mononucleosis — also increases the risks for some people of developing seven other major diseases, according to a new study. The …read more Source:: Science
Study identifies more than a hundred new genes that determine hair color
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•Scientists have discovered 124 genes that play a major role in determining human hair color variation. …read more Source:: Science