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Flight-ready brain predates birds
New research provides evidence that dinosaurs evolved the brainpower necessary for flight well before they actually took to the air as birds.
August 1, 2013
Did life on Earth begin at hot-water vents on the sea floor?
Three new papers strengthen the case that Earth's first life began at alkaline hydrothermal vents at the bottoms of oceans. Scientists are interested in understanding early life on Earth to aid in the search for life elsewhere.
August 1, 2013
Robots strike fear in the hearts of fish
This research may pave the way for new methodologies for understanding anxiety and other emotions, as well as substances, like alcohol, that alter them.
July 31, 2013
Did monogamy evolve in primates due to threat of male infanticide?
Among competing hypotheses: a paired male protects his offspring from other males, who may kill an unrelated infant to improve chances of reproducing with the mother.
July 31, 2013
First X-ray detection of exoplanet passing in front of its star
The planet - HD 189733b - is a hot Jupiter, similar in size to Jupiter but more than 30 times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun. It orbits its star once every 2.2 days.
July 30, 2013
Station astronauts remotely control planetary rover from space
"Specifically, this project represents the first fully-interactive remote operation of a planetary rover by an astronaut in space." - Terry Fong
July 30, 2013
Monogamy evolved as a mating strategy
New research indicates that social monogamy evolved as a result of competition for females.
July 29, 2013
Hope for tigers lives in Sumatra
Preliminary density estimates for tigers in southern Sumatra are highest recorded for the island.
July 29, 2013
Mysterious centaurs are comets, say NASA scientists
"Our data point to a cometary origin for most of the objects, suggesting they are coming from deeper out in the solar system." - James Bauer
July 29, 2013
Could a full moon be to blame for a poor night’s sleep?
Scientists working in Switzerland say they have "some of the first convincing scientific evidence" that the full moon interferes with sleep.
July 28, 2013
