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- The secret of male beauty (in turkeys)
- New species of carnivore looks like a cross between a house cat and a teddy bear
- Voyager 1 has left the solar system
- Spaceflight alters bacterial social networks
- Dragonflies can see by switching 'on' and 'off'
- Try clapping your wet hands; A physics lesson
- Characteristics of family killers revealed: The male dominated crime most common in August
- Graphene nanoscrolls are formed by decoration of magnetic nanoparticles
| The secret of male beauty (in turkeys) Posted: 15 Aug 2013 02:22 PM PDT The essence of male beauty is down to the way males use their genes rather than what genes they have, according to a new study into the sexual attractiveness of turkeys.  |
| New species of carnivore looks like a cross between a house cat and a teddy bear Posted: 15 Aug 2013 11:31 AM PDT Observed in the wild, tucked away in museum collections, and even exhibited in zoos around the world -- there is one mysterious creature that has been a victim of mistaken identity for more than 100 years. A team of Smithsonian scientists, however, uncovered overlooked museum specimens of this remarkable animal, which took them on a journey from museum cabinets in Chicago to cloud forests in South America to genetics labs in Washington, D.C. The result: the olinguito (Bassaricyon neblina) -- the first carnivore species to be discovered in the American continents in 35 years.  |
| Voyager 1 has left the solar system Posted: 15 Aug 2013 10:37 AM PDT Voyager 1 appears to have at long last left our solar system and entered interstellar space, says a University of Maryland-led team of researchers. Their model indicates Voyager 1 actually entered interstellar space a little more than a year ago, a finding directly counter to recent articles suggesting the spacecraft was still in a fuzzily-defined transition zone between the Sun's sphere of influence and the rest of the galaxy.  |
| Spaceflight alters bacterial social networks Posted: 15 Aug 2013 07:51 AM PDT In two studies biofilms grown aboard the International Space Station bound space shuttle were compared with those grown on the ground. The study results show for the first time that spaceflight changes the behavior of bacterial communities.  |
| Dragonflies can see by switching 'on' and 'off' Posted: 15 Aug 2013 07:48 AM PDT Biologists have discovered a novel and complex visual circuit in a dragonfly's brain that could one day help to improve vision systems for robots.  |
| Try clapping your wet hands; A physics lesson Posted: 15 Aug 2013 07:48 AM PDT Clap your wet hands. What happens to a thin film of water when it is compressed vertically? Ultimately, oil companies are interested in this research because of the oil separation process.  |
| Characteristics of family killers revealed: The male dominated crime most common in August Posted: 15 Aug 2013 05:44 AM PDT Of all the dark forms that murder can take, the slaying of a family by the father is one of the most tragic and the least understood. This first ever study of British 'family annihilators' has analyzed three decades of cases and reveals four new types of annihilator.  |
| Graphene nanoscrolls are formed by decoration of magnetic nanoparticles Posted: 15 Aug 2013 05:44 AM PDT Researchers show how nitrogen doped graphene can be rolled into perfect Archimedean nano scrolls by adhering magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on the surface of the graphene sheets. The new material may have very good properties for application as electrodes in for example Li-ion batteries.  |
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