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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

Patterns in sand dunes explained

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 02:43 PM PST

In a study of the harsh but beautiful White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain dune patterns. The new work represents a contribution to basic science, but the findings may also hold implications for identifying when dune landscapes like those in Nebraska's Sand Hills may reach a "tipping point" under climate change, going from valuable grazing land to barren desert.

Copper + love chemical = big sulfur stink

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:41 PM PST

When a researcher set out to study a chemical in male mouse urine called MTMT that attracts female mice, he didn't think he would stumble into a new field of study. But the research has led scientists to the discovery that it's the copper in our bodies that makes mammals recoil from sulfur chemical smells.

Fossil cricket reveals Jurassic love song

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 12:41 PM PST

The love song of an extinct cricket that lived 165 million years ago has been brought back to life by scientists. The song – possibly the most ancient known musical song documented to date – was reconstructed from microscopic wing features on a fossil discovered in North East China. It allows us to listen to one of the sounds that would have been heard by dinosaurs and other creatures roaming Jurassic forests at night.

Southern Indian ocean humpback whales found singing different tunes

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 02:32 PM PST

Humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean are singing different tunes, unusual since humpbacks in the same ocean basin usually all sing very similar songs.
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