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• Immersed in violence: How 3-D gaming affects video game players
• Predicting the predator threatening a squirrel by analyzing its sounds and tail movements
• Kung fu stegosaur: Lethal fighters when necessary
• Beyond LOL cats, social networks could become trove of biodiversity data
• BOFFFFs (big, old, fat, fertile, female fish) sustain fisheries
• Bite to the death: Sugarbag bees launch all-conquering raids
• Tarantula venom illuminates electrical activity in live cells
• Quantum holograms as atomic scale memory keepsake
• First driverless vehicles for public launched in Singapore
• A rich vocabulary can protect against cognitive impairment

Immersed in violence: How 3-D gaming affects video game players Posted: 21 Oct 2014 11:53 AM PDT Playing violent video games in 3-D makes everything seem more real – and that may have troubling consequences for players, a new study reveals. Researchers found that people who played violent video games in 3-D showed more evidence of anger afterward than did people who played using traditional 2-D systems -- even those with large screens.

Predicting the predator threatening a squirrel by analyzing its sounds and tail movements Posted: 21 Oct 2014 09:59 AM PDT Biologists found the could quite accurately predict what type of predator was threatening a squirrel by analyzing its sounds and tail movements.

Kung fu stegosaur: Lethal fighters when necessary Posted: 21 Oct 2014 08:49 AM PDT Stegosaurs might be portrayed as lumbering plant eaters, but they were lethal fighters when necessary, according to paleontologists who have uncovered new evidence of a casualty of stegosaurian combat. The evidence is a fatal stab wound in the pubis bone of a predatory allosaur. The wound -- in the conical shape of a stegosaur tail spike -- would have required great dexterity to inflict and shows clear signs of having cut short the allosaur's life.

Beyond LOL cats, social networks could become trove of biodiversity data Posted: 21 Oct 2014 08:14 AM PDT Social networks can be a viable source for photo-vouchered biodiversity records, especially those that clarify which species exist in what places within developing nations, one expert suggests.

BOFFFFs (big, old, fat, fertile, female fish) sustain fisheries Posted: 21 Oct 2014 07:16 AM PDT A new compilation of research from around the world now shows that big, old, fat, fertile, female fish -- known as BOFFFFs to scientists -- are essential for ensuring that fishery stocks remain sustainable.

Bite to the death: Sugarbag bees launch all-conquering raids Posted: 21 Oct 2014 07:11 AM PDT An Australian native stingless bee species declares war on its neighbors by launching swarms of bees that lock hive-defenders in a death grip with their jaws so that both combatants die.

Tarantula venom illuminates electrical activity in live cells Posted: 21 Oct 2014 07:11 AM PDT A cellular probe that combines a tarantula toxin with a fluorescent compound has been developed to help scientists observe electrical activity in neurons and other cells. This is the first time researchers have been able to visually observe these electrical signaling proteins turn on without genetic modification.

Quantum holograms as atomic scale memory keepsake Posted: 21 Oct 2014 07:10 AM PDT A new study demonstrates that quantum holograms could be a candidate for becoming quantum information memory. Scientists have developed a theoretical model of quantum memory for light, adapting the concept of a hologram to a quantum system.

First driverless vehicles for public launched in Singapore Posted: 21 Oct 2014 07:09 AM PDT For the first time, two SMART-NUS enhanced driverless buggies to ferry passengers, free-of-charge, around Chinese and Japanese Gardens, as part of the Smart and Connected Jurong Lake District Pilots and Trials initiative.

A rich vocabulary can protect against cognitive impairment Posted: 21 Oct 2014 05:55 AM PDT Some people suffer incipient dementia as they get older. To make up for this loss, the brain's cognitive reserve is put to the test. Researchers have studied what factors can help to improve this ability and they conclude that having a higher level of vocabulary is one such factor. 'Cognitive reserve' is the name given to the brain's capacity to compensate for the loss of its functions. This reserve cannot be measured directly; rather, it is calculated through indicators believed to increase this capacity.

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