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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
Astronomers discover densest galaxy ever
Imagine the distance between the sun and nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. That’s a distance of about 4 light-years. Now, imagine as many as 10,000 of our suns crammed into that relatively small space.
September 24, 2013
Amazing photo of eagle vs. deer
An amazing photo from the Russian Far East shows predation of sika deer by a golden eagle.
September 24, 2013
Chasing the black holes of the ocean
According to researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Miami, some of the largest ocean eddies on Earth are mathematically equivalent to the mysterious black holes of space.
September 23, 2013
A fast fish with a huge impact
In the Danube River, scientists have been observing a fish species conquering a new habitat and creating a totally new ecosystem while many plants and animals are being run off due to globalization.
September 23, 2013
