Before they evolved the ability to fly, two-legged dinosaurs may have begun to flap their wings as a passive effect of running along the ground. …read more Source:: Science
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New fallout from ‘the collision that changed the world’
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•When India slammed into Asia, the collision changed the configuration of the continents, the landscape, global climate and more. Now scientists have identified one more effect: the oxygen in the …read more Source:: Science
Plastic’s carbon footprint
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•From campaigns against microplastics to news of the great Pacific garbage patch, public awareness is growing about the outsized effect plastic has on the world’s oceans. However, its effect on …read more Source:: Science
Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s dramatic effect on stingrays’ sensory abilities
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•Marine fishes rely on their sensory systems to survive. A study is the first to quantify the physiological effects of whole crude oil on the olfactory function of a marine …read more Source:: Science
The cart before the horse: A new model of cause and effect
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•Natural little scientists, human babies love letting go of things and watching them fall. Baby’s first experiment teaches them about more than the force of gravity. It establishes the concept …read more Source:: Science
Farming, cheese, chewing changed human skull shape
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•The advent of farming, especially dairy products, had a small but significant effect on the shape of human skulls, according to a recently study from anthropologists. …read more Source:: Science
Nickel is crucial for Earth’s magnetic field
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•Earth’s hot core, consisting mainly of iron, is responsible for the ‘dynamo effect,’ which creates a magnetic field. But with iron alone, this effect cannot be explained. A team of …read more Source:: Science
Brain training has no effect on decision-making or cognitive function, researchers report
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•A recent study found that, not only did commercial brain training with Lumosity™ have no effect on decision-making, it also had no effect on cognitive function beyond practice effects on …read more Source:: Science
Oxytocin improves synchronization in leader-follower interaction
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•A new study shows that participants receiving oxytocin — a hormone known to promote social bonding – are more synchronized when finger-tapping together, than participants receiving placebo. This effect was …read more Source:: Science
First signs of weird quantum property of empty space?
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•By studying the light emitted from an extraordinarily dense and strongly magnetized neutron star, astronomers may have found the first observational indications of a strange quantum effect, first predicted in …read more Source:: Science