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Researchers debunk myth of right-brain and left-brain personality traits
Are “right-brained” people creative, thoughtful and subjective? Are “left-brained” people logical, detail-oriented and analytical? Research suggests it's not so.
August 15, 2013
Voyager 1 has left the solar system
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.
August 15, 2013
First video of apes that can swim
Zoos often use water moats to confine chimpanzees, gorillas or orangutans. But now researchers have used video to show that apes can and do swim.
August 15, 2013
A magnetar at the heart of our Milky Way
Radio astronomers are using a pulsar with a strong magnetic field to investigate a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
August 14, 2013
Dwarf galaxy caught ramming into a large spiral
X-ray observations have revealed a giant cloud of superheated gas in a galaxy about 60 million light-years from Earth.
August 14, 2013
Scientists look into Earth’s past to predict future effects of climate change
Looking back, there were big changes at the end of major climate change periods, such as the end of the last Ice Age when large herbivores went extinct.
August 13, 2013
Study finds novel worm community affecting methane release in ocean
"One of the first and best examples of a direct link between a food web and the dynamics that control greenhouse gas emissions from the ocean,” - Andrew R. Thurber
August 13, 2013
NASA satellites capture Super-typhoon Utor before and after landfall
A large number of warnings in remain effect today, Aug. 12, as Typhoon Utor moves through the South China Sea and away from the Philippines.
August 12, 2013
Cancer cells change while moving throughout the body
A major focus of contemporary cancer research is on how to stop or fight metastasis - the spread of a cancer from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part.
August 12, 2013
Time to look for Mira the Wonderful, a famous variable star
Around August of 2013, look for the star known as Mira the Wonderful. It's a famous variable star in the constellation Cetus the Whale.
August 10, 2013
