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What do chimpanzees, honey bees, wood ants and woolly bear caterpillars have in common? They all practice medicine without a license."These animals use medicines that they find in the environment they live in to fight their parasitic diseases," says Emory biologist Jaap de Roode. In a recent TedxEmory talk (see above video), de Roode describes recent findings about "animal doctors" in nature and the potential for humans to learn from them.Related:The growing buzz on animal self-medication The
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Is this sacreligious? Some think so. The mold stain or bird crap wasn’t? Dog Butt Looks Like Jesus Christ In A Robe (PHOTO) Reddit user Feature_Creature posted a rather old photo of a pug’s butt that appears to show Jesus’ face,…Continue →
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Jun 14 2013 - 10:15am
By: Sara Suchy, Inside Science News Editor
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Why is it that some songs get your toes tapping and others leave you cold? Part of the answer may lie in the unique shape of your skull.
In addition to the obvious social and cultural influences on musical preference, there are
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A Sunken Egyptian City is Rediscovered, Stunning Researchers and Enthusiasts Alike by Khalil A. Cassimally: Named Thonis by the Egyptians who built it but known as Heracleion to the Greeks of the time, this great city was once a central part of ancient Egypt. Older than Alexandria, Thonis was probably founded during the eighth century [...]
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I spend my Fridays ‘off’ with my kids, but my working mom-writer life means that I almost always have a few business tasks to do, too. Even when Curious George [...]The post Friday Snapshot: Churning at the pool appeared first on The Science Writers' Handbook.
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There are an inordinate number of ways to mimic a leaf, as it turns out, as is beautifully illustrated below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjSP2xYZm8 Imagery Sources: Work by Josiah Townsend, … Continue reading →
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You've seen the news on Twitter and elsewhere at the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships site, but I thought it would be nice to mention on the Tracker that MIT's first Journalism Project Fellowship has just been awarded to the journalist and blogger Maryn McKenna. (McKenna is a friend of mine, so if you're looking for an objective report, you've come to the wrong place. I was not, however, involved in the selection
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Solar Activity or Space Weather?
Solar activity describes events that take place on the sun, while space weather describes the change in solar activity as seen on our planet, by technology, and in the magnetic organization of the solar system.The post Space Weather Explained appeared first on MostlyScience.
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Sometimes, in the course of blogging, I come across a story that I don’t know what to make of. Sometimes, it’s a quack or a crank taking a seemingly science-based position. Sometimes it’s something out of the ordinary. Other times, it’s a story that’s just weird, such that I strongly suspect that something else is…
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OMICS Publishing Group invites you to attend the 2nd In [...]The post Overview of Systems Biology appeared first on OMICS Publishing Group Scientific Conferences.
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OMICS Publishing Group invites you to attend the 2nd In [...]The post Overview of Systems Biology appeared first on OMICS Publishing Group Scientific Conferences.
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Earthlings were spoiled when Chris Hadfield turned his camera to Earth. The astronaut, just returned in May from a five-month mission to the International Space Station, uploaded dozens of pictures of Australia to his Twitter feed and other social [...]testThe post The Value of Astronaut Photography of Earth appeared first on Australian Science.
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scienceyoucanlove:
AMAZING scientific illustration by Claudia Stocker
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Not only do these decorate the halls of curiosity, they could be hanging in a gallery in any city.
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Forecasters (Including me here on Delmarva) had a busy day from North Carolina to DC and Baltimore, as severe thunderstorms brought high winds to the area. Winds gusted to 68 mph near the Bay Bridge at Stevensville in Maryland, and the bridge was closed for a while due to the high winds. Pic below is from Cape Henlopen near Lewes in Delaware. Much of the Delmarva Peninsula saw winds over 50 mph. …
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Slim pickins tonight. But enjoy the leftover links I chose especially for you! Yes, you. Watch Florida’s ‘Skunk Ape.’ Does this swamp monster pass the smell test? – South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com. Photos: Regina squirrels tangled by sticky situation | Metro.Continue →
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Someone needs to learn some science. And manners. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vaccine conspiracy theory: Scientists and journalists are covering up autism risk. – Slate Magazine. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likes to talk. When he calls you to discuss vaccines,…Continue →
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In several posts the question of biological costs is invariably mentioned in discussing evolution. These costs are normally of the metabolic or fitness type. Metabolic costs are associated with the existence of a particular trait and the energy necessary for the trait's existence, while fitness costs are those that have an impact on the organism's ability to survive and reproduce (1).In most instances, these concepts are taken from economic analogies, yet, like economics, the […]
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Watch the latest Video of the Week! - Naveena Sadasivam – Cornell student scrapes Indian exam results, exposes the system’s flaws - Scicurious – A genetic history of leprosy - John R. Platt – Climate Change versus Groundhogs: Even Common Species Will Suffer - Kyle Hill – Reweaving the Rainbow: Cicadas, Science, [...]
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Nearly 900 extrasolar planets have been confirmed to date, but now for the first time astronomers think they are seeing compelling evidence for a planet under construction in an unlikely place, at a great distance from its diminutive red dwarf star. The keen vision of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected a mysterious gap in …
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Researchers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have proven a new technique that will provide a clearer picture of the Universe’s history and be used with the next generation of radio telescopes such as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). In research published today in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, …
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The nuclear ‘pasta’, called as such due its similarity to the Italian food, limits the period of rotation of pulsars, and the University of Alicante has detected the first evidence of existence of a new phase of matter in the inner crust of neutron stars. A study led by the University of Alicante, in which …
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shed new light on how diving mammals, such as the sperm whale, have evolved to survive for long periods underwater without breathing. The team identified a distinctive molecular signature of the oxygen-binding protein myoglobin in the sperm whale and other diving mammals, which allowed them to trace the …
