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- Fast forward to the past: NASA technologists test 'game-changing' data-processing technology
- How infidelity helps nieces and nephews: Men may share more genes with sisters' kids than cheating wife's kids
- Orsini's viper: Alternates between reproducing and growing, year-by-year
- Three new arthropod species have been found in the Maestrazgo Caves in Teruel
- Linguist makes sensational claim: English is a Scandinavian language
- Smells like Christmas spirit: Researchers tie simple scent to increased retail sales
| Fast forward to the past: NASA technologists test 'game-changing' data-processing technology Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:13 PM PST It's a digital world. Or is it? NASA technologist Jonathan Pellish isn't convinced. In fact, he believes a computing technology of yesteryear could potentially revolutionize everything from autonomous rendezvous and docking to remotely correcting wavefront errors on large, deployable space telescope mirrors like those to fly on the James Webb Space Telescope.  |
| Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST A new study produced new mathematical support for a theory that explains why men in some cultures often feed and care for their sisters' children: where extramarital sex is common and accepted, a man's genes are more likely to be passed on by their sister's kids than by their wife's kids.  |
| Orsini's viper: Alternates between reproducing and growing, year-by-year Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:41 AM PST Orsini's viper, a rare and protected species at risk of extinction in France, has an original reproductive strategy. In alternate years, it switches between reproductive and non-reproductive behavior. This strategy has recently been uncovered.  |
| Three new arthropod species have been found in the Maestrazgo Caves in Teruel Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:41 AM PST Scientists have discovered three new collembolan species in the Maestrazgo caves in Teruel, Spain. These minute animals belong to one of the most ancient animal species on the planet. The Maestrazgo caves in Teruel are located in a region of the Iberian Range where fauna has not been the subject of much study. It is a very isolated region since its average altitude is between 1,550 m and 2,000 m asl and its climate can be described as "almost extreme" experiencing temperatures of between -40°C and -25°C.  |
| Linguist makes sensational claim: English is a Scandinavian language Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:41 AM PST "Have you considered how easy it is for us Norwegians to learn English?" asks Jan Terje Faarlund, professor of linguistics at the University of Oslo. "Obviously there are many English words that resemble ours. But there is something more: its fundamental structure is strikingly similar to Norwegian. We avoid many of the usual mistakes because the grammar is more or less the same."  |
| Smells like Christmas spirit: Researchers tie simple scent to increased retail sales Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:09 AM PST Scientists and business people have known for decades that certain scents -- pine boughs at Christmas, baked cookies in a house for sale -- can get customers in the buying spirit. Researchers have been homing in on just what makes the most commercially inspiring odor. They recently found that a simple scent works best.  |
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