- Friday, April 3, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsIn Central Appalachia, changes in precipitation and temperatures are likely to reduce habitat suitability for some tree species, including iconic species such as American beech, eastern hemlock, eastern white pine, red spruce, and sugar ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from ScienceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck As Christians around the world celebrate Holy Week in preparation for Easter, new research has taken a second look at what Jesus and his disciples might have eaten at the Last Supper, finding ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsAstronomers have determined the pre-explosion mass of a white dwarf star that blew up thousands of years ago. The measurement strongly suggests the explosion involved only a single white dwarf, ruling out a well-established alternative s...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from SPACE.comThe Planetary Society — a nongovernmental space advocacy organization — has announced its support of a plan to send humans into orbit around Mars' moon Phobos by 2033 and to the surface of the Red Planet by 2039.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals NewsThe saying 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger' may not hold up to scientific scrutiny. Baboons born in times of famine are more vulnerable to food shortages later in life, finds a new study. The findings are important because they...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsIn one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels, Rice University scientists found they could easily grow high-value strains of oil-rich algae while simultaneousl...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from ScienceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck "Romeo and Juliet with dinosaurs" might sound like a sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies , but in reality, it’s the phrase being used to describe a recently-discovered ancient couple fou...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from LiveScience.comJoni Mitchell has said she suffers from the strange and controversial condition called Morgellons disease.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals NewsVariations in the color of grapevine berries within the Pinot family result from naturally-occurring genetic mutations that selectively shut down the genes responsible for the synthesis of red pigments, called anthocyanins. This has led ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from LiveScience.comEvery spring, colorful eggs show up in Easter egg hunts. But besides serving as an oval canvas for egg decorators and a symbol of rebirth and fertility, avian eggs are known for their diversity in shape and size.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Scientific AmericanStaphylococcus hominis is a key perpetrator of body odor—and researchers say selectively interfering with it could make for more effective deodorants. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from SPACE.comA few years ago, Patricia Tribe was cooking spaghetti and contemplating a tough question: How do you keep science in schools while still making enough time for literacy?
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Scientific AmericanNew insights into the psychological phenomenon called learned helplessness help in making strategies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsAdam C. Levine, M.D., an emergency medicine physician at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital who treated Ebola-infected patients in Liberia last year, used his field experience to create a tool to determine the likelihood that ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals NewsMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an antibiotic-resistant superbug, can cause life-threatening skin, bloodstream and surgical site infections or pneumonia. Researchers now report that cigarette smoke may make matters wo...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from SPACE.comNASA Space Launch System first flight, names Exploration Mission-1, will not carry humans but will carry the Orion Spacecraft on a swing around the Moon.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe scientific community is facing a 'pollution problem' in academic publishing, one that poses a serious threat to the 'trustworthiness, utility, and value of science and medicine,' according to one of the country's leading medical ethi...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from SPACE.comNASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a number of gas clouds that glow a ghostly green, thanks to radiation blasted out by superpowerful quasars. See the photos in this Hubble photo gallery.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsRice, one of the world's main staple foods, can boost its built-in immunity against invading disease-causing microbes when immune receptor genes are transferred via genetic engineering from a totally different plant group, this new study...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from RedOrbit News - SpaceEmily Bills for redOrbit.com - @emilygbills It’s eclipse season! On Saturday morning, anyone east of the Mississippi River will be able to wake up early ( between 4:00-5:00AM CST , with maximum viewing around 7AM CST) and view the first ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsResearchers at D'Or Institute for Research and Education and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro have taken an important step toward using the implantation of stem cell-generated neurons as a treatment for Parkinson's disease. Using an ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsInfants have innate knowledge about the world and when their expectations are defied, they learn best, researchers at Johns Hopkins University found. read more
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news storiesEngineers have combined innovative optical technology with nanocomposite thin-films to create a new type of sensor that is inexpensive, fast, highly sensitive and able to detect and analyze a wide range of gases.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from LiveScience.comThe burial ground from a medieval hospital had been hidden for more than a century in Cambridge, England. Archaeologists recently excavated the graveyard and discovered hundreds of skeletons.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Psych Central NewsNew research focuses on an area that is often associated with a poor night’s sleep — nightmares. In the study, investigators suggest that nightmares may serve as a barometer of […]
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from LiveScience.comA deformed frog, preserved and stained with its disfigurations, is a poignant statement on environmental destruction.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Phys.org: Plants & Animals NewsFor more than 50 years, scientists thought that the horned anole lizard—sometimes called the "Pinocchio Lizard" for its long, protruding nose—was extinct. But it turns out this is a tall tale.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Psych Central NewsA new study suggests training pediatric primary care providers to screen and assess depression and suicide risk in adolescent patients will improve care. Researchers discovered additional training improved pediatrician’s confidence [R...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsA test that uses gold nanoparticles to detect early-stage prostate cancer costs less than $1, returns results in minutes and is more accurate than standard PSA screening, pilot studies show. Developed by a researcher at the University of...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from LiveScience.comKids might get allergic reactions after Easter egg hunts. Here's why.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsThe Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite delivered a remarkable image of Super Typhoon Maysak on March 31. TRMM obtained an image straight over the top of a super typhoon with a double eye-wall, Super Typhoon Maysak, as it roare...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Latest Science NewsBinge-drinking during adolescence may perturb brain development at a critical time and leave lasting effects on genes and behavior that persist into adulthood. The findings were reached using an animal model.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from SPACE.comHere's how to see the total lunar eclipse early Saturday morning. The farther west one goes in North America, the better the view, because "moonset" will be approaching as the eclipse begins.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsGenetic studies in humans, zebrafish and mice have revealed how two different types of genetic variations team up to cause a rare condition called Hirschsprung's disease. The findings add to an increasingly clear picture of how flaws in ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from SPACE.comSee what's up in the night sky for April 2015, including stargazing events and the moon's phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Psych Central NewsMaybe it is not a surprise to learn that social isolation and the feeling of being alone increases health care use among older adults? For the current generation of elders, […]
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from ScienceDaily: Plants & Animals NewsNew research suggests that Corexit EC9500A, an oil-dispersal agentl, contributes to damage to epithelium cells within the lungs of humans and gills of marine creatures. The study also identifies an enzyme that is expressed in epithelial ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from LiveScience.comA splash of bleach can kill germs on a kitchen counter, but it may also cause health problems in children, a new study finds.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Scientific AmericanMichael Tennesen’s book looks ahead to the dusty, thirsty future of Las Vegas and other regions on Earth -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from RedOrbit News - SpaceChuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - @BednarChuck For years, physicists have claimed that information sent through a black hole is lost forever, but new research published recently in the journal Physical Review Letters suggests otherwise. In...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsThe microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential predator to go away, according to a recent study in mBio . read more
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from SPACE.comOn April 4, 2015, the moon will pass through Earth's shadow in a total lunar eclipse. Learn how to watch the total lunar eclipse with the skywatching guide images in this gallery.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from SPACE.comSkywatchers around the world can look forward to spotting bright planets throughout April; observers just need to know where to look.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from e! Science News - Popular science newsA new statistical analysis suggests that, in the short term, the Mexican government's war against drugs increased the average murder rate in regions subjected to military-style interventions. read more
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from LiveScience.comTo better understand autism, researchers are now studying neurons crafted from the stem cells of patients.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Scientific AmericanBooks and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Discovery NewsThe answer may not actually be blowing in the wind, but drug-immune bacteria apparently are. Continue reading →
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from SPACE.comThe eight objects betray the past presence of quasars, the most luminous objects in the universe, whose powerful beams of radiation lend the clouds their ethereal glow, researchers said.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsImagine you need to have an almost exact copy of an object. Now imagine that you can just pull your smartphone out of your pocket, take a snapshot with its integrated 3-D imager, send it to your 3-D printer, and within minutes you have r...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Psych Central NewsNew research finds that binge-drinking during adolescence can trigger brain changes that influence certain behaviors during adulthood. Using an animal model, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College […]
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentBiotechnology start-up companies are increasingly turning to crowdfunding in order to find investors for their business.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesIran and the P5+1 group of world powers (the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia and China, facilitated by the European Union) reached a breakthrough Thursday in negotiations aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear programs. T...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science News - UPI.comBrooks Hays MEXICO CITY, April 2 (UPI) -- A new study confirms that the military's intervention in the Mexican drug war served to escalate homicide rates and encourage violence, not deter it.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a new joint task force Thursday to target individuals who defraud immigrants and their families and make it easier for victims of fraud...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science News - UPI.comBrooks Hays HOUSTON, April 2 (UPI) -- By growing high-volume strains of oil-rich algae in repurposed wastewater, researchers at Rice University have solved two problems with one process.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / scifriNew @scifri video! @jeffpotterusa & I cook an ostrich egg for science! But mostly to show u why steaming is best. http://scifri.me/k4ygwx
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / scifriContrary to its name, you probably shouldn't boil a hard-boiled egg. http://scifri.me/k4ygwx pic.twitter.com/Ap8unUYprs
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / scifriCan you spot the REAL hypothesis among the ones we made up? http://sciencefriday.com/bah
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenews#Leadersdebate reading: If it was all about science - who'd get your vote? http://ow.ly/L7zQ3 #GE2015 pic.twitter.com/fvxQTLI8uy
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenewsVaccines made from mutated proteins in tumours found to bolster immune responses to cancer http://ow.ly/L8ElA pic.twitter.com/8L77ErJBBA
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comFrom time to time I hear from individuals who have become aware of my research on the benefits of practicing gratitude and are now inspired to live more grateful lives and help others do the same. Rhonda Blevins, a pastor from Loudon, Te...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from U.S. News - ScienceOREGON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's governor has put in place new rules that should help cut down on the pollutants feeding the algae in Lake Erie.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from nzherald.co.nz - ScienceWhy do we laugh? The obvious answer is that something is funny. But if we look closer at when and how laughter occurs in ordinary social situations, we see that it's not so simple. For example, speakers tend to laugh more than listeners,...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / scifriThe word 'robot' actually comes from a 1920 play. http://scifri.me/aytgwx
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesIn August 2014, an undercover agent working for the FBI met with two women from Queens, New York. The women talked, in vague terms and gestures, about learning how to build an explosive device. One of them, Noelle Velentzas, used her han...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / sciencechannelBlack holes may not erase everything after all. >> http://ow.ly/L8GfC
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from BBC News - Science & EnvironmentBiologists are calling on the public to report sightings of rabbits and hares as part of a conservation effort.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comSeveral universities on Wednesday began distributing a survey to measure rates of sexual violence on college and university campuses, developed by the Association of American Universities. Dartmouth College, Yale University, Princeton Un...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from RIA NovostiThe Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is expected to be restarted over the weekend after a two-year hiatus, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, said Thursday.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenewsTotal recall, welcome oblivion: Douwe Draaisma on memory [review] http://rdcu.be/csuH pic.twitter.com/c8jNjBx5h5
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / scifriMichael Gazzaniga on collaboration: http://scifri.me/4mt5vx pic.twitter.com/mH2izWBQcd
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comRakesh Bhattacharjee is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago's Divisions of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine . In answer to my questions, he shared his insights on the link between breathing and sleep health, soc...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / cernRT @CERN_JOBS: Find out about CERN's Technician Training Experience [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_td7M9tQ7Ec … & apply by 11 May http://jobs.web.cern.ch/job/11288
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / nsfFor all @NSF #brain-related news, workshops & funding opportunities, visit http://NSF.gov/brain #braininitiative pic.twitter.com/WKvV8YfkdY
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenews#Leadersdebate reading, pt 1: Minority parties set out science plans http://ow.ly/L7z87 #GE2015 pic.twitter.com/OQHIv5Awee
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Latest science news breaking science news earth news space news technology newsResearchers at Ohio State University find no link between bad eyesight and youngsters who spent most time in front of computer or television after 20-year study
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science - Los Angeles TimesThere's a total lunar eclipse coming up early Saturday morning and you don't want to miss it.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenewsQ&A: How to tackle racism in UK universities http://ow.ly/L84g1 pic.twitter.com/P3zTKI9xTr
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science & Health from NewserMore than 750 plaintiffs are suing the Johns Hopkins Hospital System Corp. over its role in a series of medical experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s and 1950s during which subjects were infected with venereal diseases. The lawsuit in Ba...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from RIA NovostiScientists at the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) have built a robots with artificial intelligence sophisticated enough to take instruction from those barely capable of programming a microwave.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > ScienceResearchers have developed new tools that give a glimpse into how the muscle that helps every mammal breathe, the diaphragm, develops.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesThe person who tied a noose to a tree at Duke University early Wednesday morning has been identified, according to a news release from the school in Durham, North Carolina. The suspect is an undergraduate student there but is no longer o...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenews#Leadersdebate reading: Greens, Labour, Plaid Cymru, SNP & UKIP on science: http://ow.ly/L8HH7 #GE2015 pic.twitter.com/pPGpeRqMhc
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / scifriListen to 20 yrs of climate talk, hear it shift, then show what science is all about: REVISION http://sciencefriday.com/teacher-resources/04/01/2015/a-20-year-dive-into-climate-change-history.html … pic.twitter.com/YJ7uHk9Qtc
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comDespite some high-profile injuries and former 49ers player Chris Borland's departure from the league over health concerns , Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski believes that he would still prefer a concussion to a torn ACL. Appearing on Sh...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.com"I don't know how to say this word, so I'm just going to pretend that I know how to say it." That's how creationist Megan Fox opens her self-styled "audit" of the exhibits of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. This homeschoo...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenewsIt's time to build a more realistic approach to cancer prevention, treatment and care http://ow.ly/L8Mhp pic.twitter.com/04aqrZiiCZ
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenewsNIH's expanded weed shop officially opens for business. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DA-15-064.html … Here's why it matters. http://www.nature.com/news/marijuana-gears-up-for-production-high-i...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / sciencechannelSuper Typhoon Maysak is intimidating. Even from space. See the incredible shots taken by astronauts in the #ISS. >> http://ow.ly/L82uM
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from International Business TimesAfter years of negotiation between world powers and Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action regarding the Islamic republic's nuclear program was announced Thursday in Lausanne, Switzerland, with Iran agreeing to restrict its nuclear...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / scifriNew education activity! Take a 20-year dive into climate change history. http://scifri.me/yjghwx pic.twitter.com/FKKVQENllp
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science & Health from NewserMaybe you should open up that next "Lucky Winner!" email you get and not automatically dump it in the trash. Because for University of Vermont researcher Charlie C. Nicholson, his spam folder turned out to hold more than the usual dream-...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenewsWatching UK election debate? Here are parties' views on science: http://ow.ly/L8G9t ; & all our #GE2015 coverage: http://ow.ly/L8Gl6
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from U.S. News - ScienceScientists, Native Hawaiians clash over telescope assembly at sacred site; protesters arrested.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Reuters: Science News(Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it was unlikely to approve new or expanded uses of certain pesticides while it evaluates the risks they may pose to honey bees.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / naturenewsUK clarifies controversial media restrictions on scientists (but it's still confusing). http://ow.ly/L8gmh pic.twitter.com/xIdrkALjCK
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science & Health from NewserPolar bears forced off melting sea ice will not find enough food to replace their current diet of fat-laden seals, researchers say in a conclusion that contradicts studies indicating bears may be benefiting from bird eggs, berries, and o...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Twitter Search / nsfSubscribe to NSF's #braininitiative YouTube channel for the latest #NSFfunded brain research videos http://bit.ly/1sR6QFP
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Science on HuffingtonPost.comPhysicists around the world eagerly await the resumption of operations of the Large Hadron Collider, a huge particle supercollider located near Geneva, Switzerland. This facility will allow researchers to study some of the oldest scienti...
