People walking normally, women tottering in high heels and ostriches strutting all exert the same…
Month: May 2012
Repeat act: Parallel selection tweaks many of the same genes to make big and heavy mice
Organisms are adapted to their environment through their individual characteristics, like body size and body…
NASA’s Spitzer sees the light of alien ‘super-Earth’
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a “super-Earth” planet beyond our solar…
Is a new form of life really so alien?
The idea of discovering a new form of life has not only excited astronomers and…
Quantum dots brighten the future of lighting
Researchers have boosted the efficiency of a novel source of white light called quantum dots…
Chemistry: Scientists unlock mystery of how ‘handedness’ arises in proteins, other functional molecules
Chemists have solved a molecular mystery. The overwhelming majority of proteins and other functional molecules…
Future treatment for nearsightedness — compact fluorescent light bulbs?
Researchers hope to use fluorescent light bulbs to slow nearsightedness, which affects 40 percent of…
Ancient ballgame reveals more about early Mesoamerican society
New research explores the importance of the ballgame to ancient Mesoamerican societies. Dr. Blomster’s findings…
Gestures fulfill a big role in language
People of all ages and cultures gesture while speaking, some much more noticeably than others….
‘Blindness’ may rapidly enhance other senses
Not only is there a real connection between vision and other senses, but that connection…