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Scientists create mini human brains in lab
Researchers have developed complex human brain tissue in a 3-D culture system that allows pluripotent stem cells to develop into cerebral organoids - or "mini brains" - that consist of several discrete brain regions.
August 30, 2013
Mega-canyon discovered beneath Greenland ice
Hidden for all of human history, a 460 mile long canyon has been discovered below Greenland's ice sheet.
August 30, 2013
Chaco Canyon skies protected with dark sky park designation
The Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico has just been named the International Dark-Sky Association's newest Dark Sky Park.
August 30, 2013
Discoveries in the Amazon: 15 new bird species
Birds' formal description printed in special volume of Handbook of the Birds of the World. Not since 1871 have so many bird species been introduced under a single cover.
August 29, 2013
View from space: California Rim Fire update
Slowly but surely, the Rim Fire in California is being contained. Here's a satellite view from August 28.
August 29, 2013
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
