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2013 sustained long-term climate warming trend, says NASA report
NASA scientists say 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh-warmest year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures.
January 21, 2014
How sunlight lowers your blood pressure
Hypertension and cardiovascular disease correlate with latitude and rise in winter. Scientists have learned how exposure to sunlight reduces blood pressure.
January 21, 2014
Biggest fossil spider
Jurassic fossil spiders were a rare find, until the 21st century, when farmers in China began turning up Jurassic-period arachnids on a hillside.
January 20, 2014
How birds fly in V formation
A new study says birds precisely time when they flap their wings, and position themselves to capture upwash ("good air") and avoid downwash or ("bad air").
January 17, 2014
How electricity helps spider webs snatch prey
Spider webs actively spring towards prey, thanks to electrically conductive glue spread across their surface, Oxford University scientists have discovered.
January 17, 2014
Largest animal genome belongs to locust
Researchers have decoded the whole genome sequence of the migratory locust - the largest animal genome sequenced so far.
January 16, 2014
Cracked Arctic sea ice stirs up mercury concern
Large cracks in Arctic sea ice are helping pull atmospheric mercury down to the Arctic surface, according to new NASA research.
January 16, 2014
Scientists discover giant trench under Antarctic ice
A UK research team has discovered a massive ancient subglacial trough that's deeper than the Grand Canyon.
January 15, 2014
A day later, caffeine stimulates memory
Caffeine helps people remember fine distinctions between similar things at least up to 24 hours after it is consumed, new research shows.
January 15, 2014
Primates, including humans, burn half as many calories as other mammals
The study suggests that our remarkably slow metabolisms explain why humans and other primates grow up so slowly and live such long lives.
January 14, 2014
