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Scientists discover why flies are so hard to swat

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created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (112) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the biomechanics of insect flight. One question from the press has always dogged him: ...





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Smithsonian scientists find the frog legs trade may facilitate spread of pathogens

Scientists find frog legs trade may facilitate spread of pathogens

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in France, Belgium and the United States. Scientists ...


Earliest Animal Footprints Ever Found -- Discovered in Nevada

Earliest Animal Footprints Ever Found -- Discovered in Nevada

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 05, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 6

The fossilized trail of an aquatic creature suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than had been thought. The tracks -- two parallel rows of small dots, each about 2 millimeters ...


Sleep disturbances affect classroom performance

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 15, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

As a night of bad sleep can have an adverse effect on an adult’s performance at work the next day, an insufficient amount of rest can also have a negative impact on how well middle or high school students perform in the classroom. ...


Gene expression in alligators suggests birds have 'thumbs'

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created Oct 03, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The latest breakthrough in a 120 year-old debate on the evolution of the bird wing was published in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, October 3, by Alexander Vargas and colleagues at Yale University, the University of Wis ...


New type of flying reptile discovered

'Missing link' pterosaur found in China

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of researchers from the University of Leicester (UK), and the Geological Institute, Beijing (China) have identified a new type of flying reptile - providing the first ...


A simple way for older adults to assess arterial stiffness: reach for the toes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

How far you can reach beyond your toes from a sitting position - normally used to define the flexibility of a person's body - may be an indicator of how stiff your arteries are.


Fat around the middle increases the risk of dementia

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy.


Trotting with emus, walk with dinosaurs

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 25, 2006 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists are watching emus to learn more about dinosaurs that once trotted along a long-lost U.S. coastline during the Middle Jurassic period.


You're being followed: Scientists track movement of living things

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Almost 24 centuries after the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote his book, "On the Movement of Animals," modern scientists are still struggling to understand how, why, when and where living creatures move.


Flips-flops are bad for your sole

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Flip-flops aren't just hazardous to politicians -- they also pose risks for your feet. The floppy footwear, once contained to the beach, can now be spotted year-round.



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