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Snapping turtles finding refuge in urban areas
Snapping turtles are surviving in urban areas as their natural habitats are being polluted or developed for construction projects.
August 29, 2013
New Cassini data from Titan indicate a rigid, weathered ice shell
Titan is Saturn's large moon. Some have proposed ice volcanoes to explain certain features on this moon's surface. But a thick, rigid ice shell would make ice volcanoes unlikely.
August 28, 2013
First human brain-to-brain interface
Brain signal sent via the Internet from one researcher controls the hand motions of a fellow researcher.
August 28, 2013
Scientists detect magmatic water on moon’s surface
"This impressive research confirms earlier lab analyses of Apollo samples, and will help broaden our understanding of how this water originated and where it might exist in the lunar mantle," - NLSI Director Yvonne Pendleton.
August 27, 2013
Supervolcanic ash can turn to lava miles from eruption
Viscous heating can reheat volcanic ash enough to convert it to lava.
August 27, 2013
Changes in river chemistry affect water supplies
In the first survey of its kind, researchers looked at long-term records of alkalinity trends in 97 streams and rivers from Florida to New Hampshire.
August 26, 2013
Penn study finds earlier peak for Spain’s glaciers
The finding sheds new light on how regional climate has varied over time, providing information that could lead to more-accurate global climate models.
August 26, 2013
Meat-eating predators eat fruit, study says
A Wildlife Conservation Society led study examines overlooked role fruit-eating crocodilians may play in forest regeneration.
August 22, 2013
Zombie vortices may help lead to birth of new stars
Vortices arise from dead zones in disks around newly forming stars and help the stars complete their birth process.
August 22, 2013
Earliest known iron artifacts come from outer space
The objects, which trace their origins to outer space, also predate the emergence of iron smelting by two millennia.
August 21, 2013
