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Obesity and liver disease might be infectious
Obesity and chronic liver disease might be infectious, triggered by proteins that alter populations of microbes in the stomach, according to a Yale report.
February 1, 2012
Male house mice sing songs to impress the girls
Males house mice sing songs of individuality and kinship to attract mates.
January 28, 2012
Study confirms we do get by with a little help from our friends
Keeping friends close has real physiological and psychological benefits.
January 27, 2012
New infrared view of Helix Nebula looks like golden eye in the sky
The Helix Nebula glows like a giant golden eye in the sky in this new infrared image.
January 19, 2012
Rare Chinese white dolphin gets DNA bank
A Hong Kong conservation group has set up a DNA bank for the rare Chinese white dolphin.
January 17, 2012
Video: Seattle drivers in two inches of snow
This past weekend (January 14-15, 2012), it snowed in Seattle. Enjoy the video!
January 16, 2012
A Saturn-like ring system eclipsing a sun-like star
Astronomers found a ring system in a distant solar system when the rings blocked the light of that distant sun, and caused a temporary dimming of its light.
January 15, 2012
Gavin Schmidt is the EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year
Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York is EarthSky's Science Communicator of the Year for 2011.
January 15, 2012
Map: Where the trees are
The darkest greens reveal the areas with the densest, tallest, and most robust forest growth across the U.S.
January 14, 2012
The fate of an apple on Mars
What would happen to an apple left behind by a future astronaut on the surface of the dry, cold desert planet Mars?
January 12, 2012
