Dramatic climate change was previously proposed to be responsible for the disappearance of turtles 71-million-years…
Month: March 2013
Suppressing brain’s ‘filter’ can improve performance in creative tasks
The brain’s prefrontal cortex is thought to be the seat of cognitive control, working as…
Distant planetary system is a super-sized solar system
Astronomers have made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet…
Playing action videogames improves visual search
Researchers have shown that playing shooting or driving videogames, even for a relatively short time,…
Researchers divide enzyme to conquer genetic puzzle
Researchers have found a way to divide and modify enzymes to create what amounts to…
Mitigating climate change? Guiding responsible research in geoengineering
Geoengineering, the use of human technologies to alter the Earth’s climate system — such as…
Five-million-year-old saber-toothed cat in newly discovered genus discovered in Florida
A new genus and species of extinct saber-toothed cat has been discovered in Polk County,…
‘Dirty blizzard’ in Gulf of Mexico may account for missing Deepwater Horizon oil
Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill acted as a catalyst for plankton and other…
Mass strandings of pilot whales may not be driven by kinship, DNA profiles show
Recent research has shed some light on whether family relationships play a role in beachings…
Fluorescent neural cells from monkey skin mature into several types of brain cells in monkeys
For the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey’s skin into…