Mammals are good at figuring out which direction a sound is coming from, whether it’s a predator breathing down our necks or a baby crying for its mother. But how …read more Source:: Science
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Mice sing like songbirds to woo mates
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•Male mice sing ultrasonic vocalizations beyond human hearing to seduce females, according to a new study. The male’s loud, more complex hailing song is replaced by a softer, simpler song …read more Source:: Science
Oxygen-depleted toxic oceans had key role in mass extinction over 200 million years ago
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•Changes in the biochemical balance of the ocean were a crucial factor in the end-Triassic mass extinction, during which half of all plant, animal and marine life on Earth perished, …read more Source:: Science
Worm lizards dispersed by ‘rafting’ over oceans, not continental drift
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•Tiny, burrowing reptiles known as worm lizards became widespread long after the breakup of the continents, leading scientists to conclude that they must have dispersed by rafting across oceans soon …read more Source:: Science
Tiny songbird discovered to migrate non-stop, 1,500 miles over the Atlantic
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•For the first time biologists report ‘irrefutable evidence’ that tiny blackpoll warblers complete a nonstop flight from about 1,410 to 1,721 miles (2,270 to 2,770 km) in just two to …read more Source:: Science
In Alzheimer’s mice, memory restored with cancer drug
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•Memory and as well as connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer’s given an experimental cancer drug, researchers report. “With this treatment, cells under …read more Source:: Science
Non-invasive technique allows amputee to use bionic hand, powered by his thoughts
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•Medical researchers have created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a prosthetic hand, powered only by his thoughts. …read more Source:: Science
The rapid rise of human language
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•Human language likely developed quite rapidly into a sophisticated system, a linguist contends. Instead of mumbles and grunts, people deployed syntax and structures resembling the ones we use today, this …read more Source:: Science
Five years after Deepwater Horizon, wildlife still struggling dolphins dying in high numbers; sea turtles failing to nest
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•As the five-year anniversary of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig approaches, a new report looks at how twenty species of wildlife are faring in the aftermath of …read more Source:: Science
The 100 million year-old piggyback: Amber reveals earliest example of maternal care in insects
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•Scientists have uncovered the earliest fossilized evidence of an insect caring for its young. The findings push back the earliest direct evidence of insect brood care by more than 50 …read more Source:: Science