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Scientists Caught Sperm Defying a Major Law of Physics
Science Alert - Sat Feb 17, 2024
With their whip-like tails, human sperm propel themselves through viscous fluids, seemingly in defiance of Newton's third law of motion, according to a recent study that characterizes the motion of these sex cells and single-celled algae. More»

15,000-Year-Old Viruses Discovered in Tibetan Glacier Ice
Ohio State News - Fri Aug 6, 2021
Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. More»

Cicadas getting ‘high, horny, super-sexed’ from fungus that makes their butts fall off, experts say
NJ.com - Fri May 21, 2021
What’s more terrifying than an army of billions of cicadas waking up from a 17-year underground slumber and blanketing neighborhoods like a biblical plague? Fungus-ridden, speed-fueled, sex-crazed cicadas, probably. More»

COVID-19 Is a Vascular Disease: Coronavirus’ Spike Protein Attacks Vascular System on a Cellular Level
SciTech Daily - Sun May 2, 2021
Salk researchers and collaborators show how the protein damages cells, confirming COVID-19 as a primarily vascular disease. More»

The explosive physics of pooping penguins: they can shoot poo over four feet
ArsTechnica - Thu Jul 9, 2020
Nature is a brutal place, so during brooding, chinstrap and Adélie penguins are reluctant to leave their eggs unguarded in the nest - even to relieve themselves. More»

The coronavirus did not escape from a lab. Here's how we know.
Live Science - Mon Mar 23, 2020
As the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 spreads across the globe, with cases surpassing 284,000 worldwide today (March 20), misinformation is spreading almost as fast. More»

2,000 Atoms Exist in Two Places at Once in Unprecedented Quantum Experiment
Live Science - Sat Oct 5, 2019
Giant molecules can be in two places at once, thanks to quantum physics. More»

US beekeepers lost 40% of honeybee colonies over past year
The Guardian - Wed Jun 19, 2019
Beekeepers across the US lost four in 10 of their honeybee colonies over the past year, as the worst winter on record for tracked bee populations raised fresh concerns over the plight of the crucial pollinators. More»

Scientists Have Used CRISPR to Slow The Spread of Cancer Cells
Science Alert - Wed May 31, 2017
CRISPR-Cas9 is the gene editing tool that promised to change the world. More»

Neuroscientists Explore The Biological Basis Of Not Giving A Sh*T
Raw Story - Wed Aug 31, 2016
We tend to look down on apathy, a quality associated with laziness, civic disaffection and moral indifference. More»

Arctic Microbe Hunt Could Aid Search for Alien Life
Space.com - Tue May 29, 2012
Microbes living at the edges of Arctic ice sheets could help researchers pinpoint evidence for similar microorganisms that may have evolved on Mars, Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus, researchers say. More»

Federal researchers declare eastern cougar extinct
Associated Press - Tue Mar 1, 2011
The US Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday declared the eastern cougar to be extinct, confirming a widely held belief among wildlife biologists that native populations of the big cat were wiped out by man a century ago. More»

Study Finds Cellphone Radiation Changes Brain Activity
The Daily Beast - Tue Feb 22, 2011
NEW YORK - A groundbreaking study published today by one of the world's leading neuroscientists challenges the longstanding conviction that radiation emitted from cellphones is too weak to have an effect on the brain. More»

Plants 'Can Think And Remember'
BBC - Wed Jul 14, 2010
Plants are able to "remember" and "react" to information contained in light, according to researchers. More»

Leafy Green Coherence: Quantum Physics Fuels Photosynthesis
Wired - Wed Jul 7, 2010
Not so long ago, quantum physics at room temperature was found mostly in classroom discussions or over science-geek cocktails. More»

Study: Redheads' extra pain may cause fear of dentists
CNN - Thu Jul 30, 2009
Despite two injections of anesthetic, Amy Anderson felt like her dentist was jamming rods into her tooth during a root canal. More»

DNA left at crime scene could be used to create picture of criminal's FACE, say scientists
Daily Mail, UK - Sun Feb 15, 2009
Forensic experts will soon be able to reconstruct facial features and skin just by reading DNA, US scientists said. More»

Alien Life May Be All Around Us (Or Even In Us), Says Professor
Daily Mail, UK - Sun Feb 15, 2009
Forget little green men on Mars - aliens could be right here on Earth, a leading scientist has claimed. More»

Mars is alive! Methane discovered
TG Daily - Thu Jan 15, 2009
Washington (DC) - NASA announced today that for the first time ever they have definitively detected methane in the Martian atmosphere. More»

Full Moon Energizes Birds
Discovery News - Thu Sep 18, 2008
If the night sky seems less tranquil on nights when the moon is bright, the observation probably isn't imagined since a new study has determined that at least one bird's level of activity dramatically increases with moonlight. More»

Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt
Associated Press - Sat May 10, 2008
Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding -- now the problem is the dirt they're planted in. More»

Earth's Clouds Alive With Bacteria
Live Science - Fri Feb 29, 2008
Clouds are alive with tiny bacteria that grab up water vapor in the atmosphere to make cloud droplets, especially at warmer temperatures, a new study shows. More»

What's in Your Genes? Ancient Parasites
Live Science - Sat Nov 17, 2007
You may not know it, but you're part virus. More»

Cooling begins for doomsday seed bank
Associated Press - Wed Nov 14, 2007
OSLO, Norway - Refrigeration units on Friday begin cooling a new doomsday vault dug into an already frigid Arctic mountainside to protect the world's seeds in case of a global catastrophe. More»

Space Dust: It's Alive and It's ... Us?
Wired - Fri Aug 17, 2007
That life should be carbon-based is a pretty dated assumption. More»

Scientist's arrest stirs concern
Associated Press - Fri Aug 10, 2007
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Dutch scientist Marc van Roosmalen's success at combing the Amazon for new monkey species has earned him international acclaim and recognition as one of the world's leading biologists. More»

Searching for 'our alien origins'
BBC - Sat Nov 18, 2006
In July 2001, a mysterious red rain started falling over a large area of southern India. More»

Hands Shown to Emit Light
Discovery News - Wed Jul 5, 2006
Human hands glow, but fingernails release the most light, according to a recent study that found all parts of the hand emit detectable levels of light. More»

Study: Plants Behave Like Humans
Sydney Morning Herald - Mon Jan 23, 2006
Plants are not unlike humans - they can talk to each other and even call in reinforcements when the going gets tough. More»

'Doomsday' Seed Bank to be Built
BBC - Sun Jan 15, 2006
Norway is planning to build a "doomsday vault" inside a mountain on an Arctic island to hold a seed bank of all known varieties of the world's crops. More»

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