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Ancient artists at France's Chauvet Cave superimposed drawings of two bison to create an eight-legged beast intended to depict trotting or running, two researchers say. Full Story M. Azema, J. Clottes, Chauvet Cave scientific team
- Antiaging protein helps set daily rhythms Changing levels of sirtuin in the brain alter activity patterns in mice. Read the full story. | Jun 1st 2012 Found in: Genes & Cells
- Flerovium and livermorium debut on periodic table New element names honor the contributions of Russian and American laboratories. Read the full story. | Jun 1st 2012 Found in: Chemistry, Matter & Energy and Molecules
- Stone Age art gets animated Cave paintings and decorated disks provided moving experiences in ancient Europe. Read the full story. | Jun 1st 2012 Found in: Archaeology and Humans
- Quantum teleportation leaps forward Two teams report beaming information about particles over long distances, a step toward creating satellite quantum communication networks. Read the full story. | May 31st 2012 Found in: Matter & Energy and Physics
- Milky Way will be hit head-on The Andromeda galaxy is destined to slam directly into ours, new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show. Read the full story. | May 31st 2012 Found in: Astronomy and Atom & Cosmos
- Poppies make more than opium A 10-gene cluster controls the flowers’ production of a valuable cough suppressant and antitumor compound. Read the full story. | May 31st 2012 Found in: Genes & Cells
- Treatment helps paralyzed rats walk A combination of drugs, electrical stimulation and therapy can restore lost connections between lower limbs and brain. Read the full story. | May 31st 2012 Found in: Body & Brain and Genes & Cells
- Blue-green algae release chemical suspected in some amphibian deformities Retinoic acid levels high in waterways rich in cyanobacteria blooms. Read the full story. | May 30th 2012 Found in: Ecology, Environment and Life
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Vying for the title of World's Fastest Cell Scientists film 58 kinds of mobile cells to study movement |
Back to the moon’s future Orbiter scouts oldest spots on the lunar surface for prospective landing sites |
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Supervolcanoes evolve superquickly 5.30.12 - Huge underground magma chambers appear and erupt within just several hundred years Found in: Earth
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Youngsters can sniff out old people’s scent 5.30.12 - And it isn’t all that bad Found in: Body & Brain, Humans and Molecules
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Fever in pregnancy linked to autism 5.30.12 - Women who run a high temperature during gestation may double risk of having an autistic child Found in: Body & Brain
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An interview with alien hunter Jill Tarter 5.29.12 - Director of Center for SETI Research retires to focus on finding funds to continue the hunt for extraterrestrial life Found in: Astronomy and Atom & Cosmos
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Climate skepticism not rooted in science illiteracy 5.29.12 - Cultural values, not knowledge, shape global warming views, a study finds Found in: Earth, Environment and Science & Society
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Harappans may have lived, died by monsoon 5.29.12 - Ancient Indus civilization shaped by seasonal rains Found in: Earth, Environment and Humans
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How not to eat the wrong frog 5.25.12 - Fringe-lipped bats can’t be fooled by imitators of favored prey Found in: Life
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Blue light tells plants when to flower 5.25.12 - Protein that marks day length also coordinates blooming genes Found in: Genes & Cells and Life
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Family labels framed similarly across cultures 5.24.12 - Descriptions of kin reflect trade-off between simplicity and utility Found in: Humans
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Bacterial trick keeps robots in sync 5.24.12 - Communicating environmental information allows a stumbling machine to rejoin its group Found in: Computers and Technology
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FOR KIDS: Cool Jobs: Wide world of robots 5.30.12 - The machines can help with everything from surgery to disaster response Found in: Science News For Kids
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FOR KIDS: Caecilians: The other amphibian 5.30.12 - Legless creatures live secretive, strange existences underground and underwater Found in: Science News For Kids
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