A graduate student has discovered the summer roosts in North Carolina of the federally endangered…
Month: August 2013
Brain cancer survival improved following FDA approval of bevacizumab
A new population-based study has found that patients with glioblastoma who died in 2010, after…
Altruism or manipulated helping? Altruism may have origins in manipulation
Manipulation is often thought of as morally repugnant, but it might be responsible for the…
Giving preschoolers choice increases sharing behavior
Allowing children to make a choice to sacrifice their own toys in order to share…
Quadcopter piloted by a smartphone
A new quadcopter can negotiate its way through a room completely on its own. It…
Air quality measurements: New manufacturing method for nano gas sensors opens doors
Nano-sized gas sensors in mobile telephones that measure the atmospheric humidity are nothing new as…
Handaxe design reveals distinct Neanderthal cultures
Researchers have found that Neanderthals were more culturally complex than previously acknowledged. Two cultural traditions…
Species diversification in biodiversity hotspots
Biodiversification isn’t always favored by living in a hotspot of biodiversity, suggests a study of…
Ringing the changes: What museum specimens reveal about climate change
Butterflies collected as long ago as 1876 – the year Alexander Graham Bell made the…
Eating poisonous plants saves life of gemsbok in Namibian desert
In drought periods browsing springbok feed on all plant material they can find, while grazing…