fake video evidence can dramatically alter people's perceptions of events, even convincing them to testify as an eyewitness to an event that never happened. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

The smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid disease or predators, biologists have discovered. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Blame your brain for sabotaging your efforts to get back on track after splurging on an extra scoop of ice cream or that second burger during Friday night’s football game. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

From the impressive language and dialect of prairie dogs to the “beyond-human-hearing” rumbles of elephants to the numerous distinctive cries of chickens, animal communication truly is a testament to the intelligence of these creatures. picked by kakana 2 months ago

we have succeeded in producing a battery that weighs almost nothing and that has set new charge-time and capacity records for polymer-cellulose-based batteries. picked by kakana 2 months ago

The winner: Cabeus A, a relatively flat, 60-mile wide crater on the moon's south pole that may hold water ice in its permanently shadowed top soil. picked by kakana 2 months ago

The researchers say they have determined that the eagle — which lived in the mountains of New Zealand and weighed about 40 pounds — was a predator and not a mere scavenger as many thought. picked by kakana 2 months ago

The study found that fresh food goes through around a two-week distribution chain as it is bagged and packaged and delivered to sellers.
Whereas frozen food, the study said, is frozen shortly after being harvested. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

"This was a critical invention for early humans. They might have used this fiber to create parts of clothing, ropes, or baskets—for items that were mainly used for domestic activities," says Bar-Yosef. "We know that this is wild flax that grew in the vicinity of the cave and was exploited intensively or extensively by modern humans." picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

Researchers in Stockholm have managed to prove that fossils from animals and plants are not necessary for crude oil and natural gas to be generated. This means, on the one hand, that it will be much easier to find these sources of energy and, on the other hand, that they can be found all over the globe picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

The Y chromosome can talk to itself and can actually maintain a genetic conversation with the X chromosome. Now Scientists are predicting the decline of the Y Chromosome. It's not going away quietly and may be bent on revenge. picked by stinkobinko 2 months ago

There is no doubt that coal is bad for the environment. The problem is coal is indispensable. No other fuel matches its promise of cheap and abundant energy for development. How to solve this problem is the $64,000 question. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Look around. You'll see that flowering plants are a evolutionary success story. They make up most of the plant species, dominate many ecosystems, and are the source of much of our food. Yet their evolution is still a mystery picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Caught on camera - the first time the great tit has been seen eating a bat
A Hungarian cave has turned out to be a larder of highly unusual food for great tits. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope we know the universe is 13.7 billion years old. The HST has helped scientists determine the process of how planets are born and detected the first organic molecule on a planet outside our solar system. These first snapshots from the newly repaired Hubble showcase the 19-year-old telescope's improved vision. picked by equinox 3 months ago

Salmonella is bad. However scientists may be able to utilize the bacteria to help kill cancerous tumors picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

A New York man is donating his 320th pint of blood this week, making him one of two people in the U.S. who has given 40 gallons.

Seventy-five-year-old Al Fischer plans to reach the milestone Tuesday, 58 years after he started giving blood. picked by suebe 3 months ago

How much weight you gain may depend on when you eat, according to a new study that looked at the timing of meals in mice. Scientists at Northwestern University fed two groups of mice the same amount of high fat food, but one group ate during regular waking time, while the other ate during what would normally be their sleeping period. The second group gained twice as much weight as the first group! picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Rats as big as cats, fanged frogs and grunting fish - they sound like something from a horror movie.
But, incredibly, there is a 'lost world' on a distant island where these nightmarish creatures really exist.
A team of scientists discovered the bizarre animals - and dozens of others - at a remote volcano in Papua New Guinea. picked by kakana 3 months ago

A newly-discovered spider has been named after rock star David Bowie, in an effort to raise awareness about the number of arachnid species threatened with extinction. picked by kakana 3 months ago

The new cargo ship is poised to launch toward the station on Sept. 10 at 1:01 p.m. EDT (1701 GMT) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan on a shakedown cruise. If all goes well, the inaugural spacecraft, called the H-2 Transfer Vehicle 1 (HTV-1), should arrive at the station on Sept. 17. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Biologists have figured out the most efficient way to destroy an ecosystem — and it’s based on the Google search algorithm.

Interesting read, and an interesting take on the Google Ranking Algorithm picked by Ankabout 3 months ago

British scientists have made the biggest breakthrough for more than 15 years in the fight against Alzheimer's.

It could cut the rate of new cases by a fifth - 100,000 a year in the UK alone. British and French teams have identified rogue genes responsible for one in five cases of the disease. The search is now on for drugs to combat them. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Scientists say that the portable computers, when seated on a lap for even short periods of time, can raise scrotal temperatures and cause sperm production to plummet.

*Or not, depending. :) picked by cb__ 3 months ago