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Whistling Orangutan

Orangutan's spontaneous whistling opens new chapter in study of evolution of speech

Biology /

created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 6

Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan's spontaneous whistling is providing scientists at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new ...


Why can we talk? 'Humanized' mice speak volumes

Biology / Evolution

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 9

Mice carrying a "humanized version" of a gene believed to influence speech and language may not actually talk, but they nonetheless do have a lot to say about our evolutionary past, according to a report in the May 29th issue ...





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New science estimates carbon storage potential of US lands

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 4

The first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that U.S. forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change.


New rules for court reporting puts the privacy of children ?at risk?

New rules for court reporting puts the privacy of children 'at risk'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New legislation to relax the restrictions on media reporting of family court cases could put the privacy of vulnerable children at risk, according to a paper published by the Department of ...


Music and speech based on human biology (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of studies by Duke University neuroscientists shows powerful new evidence of a deep biological link between human music and speech.


New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance

New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A recent AFOSR-funded technology should enable the Air Force to achieve advances in object and target detection technology by using sophisticated algebraic theories called groups, rings and fields.


Factors from common human bacteria may trigger multiple sclerosis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Current research suggests that a common oral bacterium may exacerbate autoimmune disease. The related report by Nichols et al, "Unique Lipids from a Common Human Bacterium Represent a New Class of TLR2 Ligands Capable of ...


Measured -- The time it takes us to find the words we need

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The time it takes for our brains to search for and retrieve the word we want to say has been measured for the first time. The discovery is reported in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Ac ...


Right-handed chimpanzees provide clues to the origin of human language

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Most of the linguistic functions in humans are controlled by the left cerebral hemisphere. A study of captive chimpanzees at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, Georgia), reported in the January 2010 issue ...


Why can't chimps speak? Study links evolution of single gene to human capacity for language

Why can't chimps speak? Study links evolution of single gene to human capacity for language

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- If humans are genetically related to chimps, why did our brains develop the innate ability for language and speech while theirs did not?


New brain findings on dyslexic children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and repeating auditory information, ...


The Link Between Birdsong And Human Language

The Link Between Birdsong And Human Language

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists studying how Bengalese finches use sets of syllables to communicate are a step closer to understanding how humans develop and use vocabulary. After studying the neural networks in finch brains, ...



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