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Eleanor Imster
Brain’s big frontal lobe not what makes humans smarter, says study
The study suggests that supposedly more 'primitive' areas, such as the cerebellum, were equally important in the expansion of the human brain.
May 14, 2013
Dyslexic girls have different brain anatomy from dyslexic boys
The study found less gray matter volume in parts of male brains used to process language. It found less gray matter volume in parts of females brains used in sensory and motor processing.
May 12, 2013
World’s most extreme hearing animal: It’s a moth
The greater wax moth is capable of sensing sound frequencies of up to 300kHz – the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal in the natural world.
May 9, 2013
Bon dimanche à tous
After the rain, the return of the moon this morning in Nuits-Saint-Georges.
May 5, 2013
Spring evening
Yesterday evening on the Cumberland River in Kentucky. And across the Atlantic, it was also a beautiful spring evening in Sweden.
May 3, 2013
View from space: Southern California Summit fire
Satellite image of the Summit fire in southern California on May 1, 2013.
May 2, 2013
Video: World’s smallest movie, made with atoms
IBM researchers made this short film by moving atoms.
May 1, 2013
Video: Honeybee in ultra slow motion
Watch a honeybee as it starts its flight, filmed with a high speed camera at 3000 frames per second.
April 26, 2013
See it! Photos of April 25-26 lunar eclipse
Best photos from EarthSky friends around the world of the partial lunar eclipse of April 25, 2013.
April 26, 2013
Video: Wringing out a washcloth on the ISS
Here's another way cool video of astronaut Chris Hadfield doing an everyday thing in zero gravity aboard the ISS. This time he's wringing out a wet washcloth.
April 23, 2013
