Scientists have analyzed data from K2, the follow-up mission to NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, and have discovered a trove of possible exoplanets amid some 50,000 stars. The scientists report the …read more Source:: Science
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Bold lizards of all sizes have higher mating success
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•Boldness correlates with the mating success, but not body size or sex, of yellow-spotted monitor lizards roaming the remote Oombulgurri floodplains of tropical Western Australia, ecologists report. Bold individuals expose …read more Source:: Science
US autism rate up 15 percent over 2 year period
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•A new report that finds the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among 11 surveillance sites as one in 59 among children aged 8 years in 2014 (or 1.7 percent). …read more Source:: Science
Early life experiences influence DNA in the adult brain
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•In the perennial question of nature versus nurture, a new study suggests an intriguing connection between the two. Scientists report that the type of mothering a female mouse provides her …read more Source:: Science
First video of ‘Dumbo’ octopod hatchling shows that they look like mini-adults
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•Researchers who’ve gotten the first look at a deep-sea ‘dumbo’ octopod hatchling report that the young octopods look and act much like adults from the moment they emerge from an …read more Source:: Science
Radiographs of Dolly’s skeleton show no signs of abnormal osteoarthritis
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•Original concerns that cloning caused early-onset osteoarthritis (OA) in Dolly the sheep are unfounded, report experts. …read more Source:: Science
Greenhouse gas concentrations surge to new record
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•Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016 to the highest level in 800,000 years, according to a new report. The abrupt changes in …read more Source:: Science
Intense storms batter Saturn’s largest moon, scientists report
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•Titan, the largest of Saturn’s more than 60 moons, has surprisingly intense rainstorms, according to research by a team of UCLA planetary scientists and geologists. Although the storms are relatively …read more Source:: Science
Physicists propose new theories of black holes from the very early universe
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•‘Primordial black holes,’ believed to have formed shortly after the Big Bang, might explain how heavy elements such as gold, platinum and uranium came to be, physicists report. …read more Source:: Science
Origin of human genus may have occurred by chance
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•An often cited claim that humans, who are smarter and more technologically advanced than their ancestors, originated in response to climate change is challenged in a new report. …read more Source:: Science