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Caribou may be indirectly affected by sea-ice loss in the Arctic
"Since plants are emerging earlier in the year, they tend to be older and past their peak nutritional value by the time the hungry caribou arrive to eat them." - Jeffrey Kerby
October 1, 2013
Do black holes have hair?
Black holes may be less simple and "clean" than how the most authoritative theoretical model describes them.
September 30, 2013
Cassini spacecraft finds plastic in space
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other consumer products, on Saturn's moon Titan.
September 30, 2013
Mars Curiosity rover finds water in scoop of soil sample
The first scoop of soil analyzed in the belly of the Curiosity rover on Mars reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight.
September 27, 2013
Singing mice protect their turf with high-pitched tunes
"Most people are puzzled by the existence of singing mice, but in reality many rodents produce complex vocalizations, including mice, rats and even pet hamsters." - Bret Pasch
September 27, 2013
Facebook language study predicts age, gender, personality traits
Researchers analyzed Facebook users' linguistic patterns to predict the individuals’ age, gender and responses to personality questionnaires.
September 26, 2013
Astronomers find missing link pulsar
Newly discovered pulsar switches between emitting X-rays and emitting radio waves. It's the first direct evidence of one kind of pulsar turning into another.
September 26, 2013
New electric fish found in murky waters
Scientists have identified a new kind of eel-like electric fish, the Akawaio penak, in a remote region of Northern Guyana that is known for its biodiversity.
September 26, 2013
A shot of anxiety and the world stinks
How stress can rewire the brain - linking centers of emotion and olfactory processing - to change good smells to bad.
September 25, 2013
Amateur astronomers see Comet ISON
"Certainly we would love it to be a couple of magnitudes brighter right now, but it's doing just fine. I'd say it's still on course to become a very eye-catching object." - Karl Battams, Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C.
September 24, 2013
