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Boy or girl? Understanding how red-tailed hawks migrate

(PhysOrg.com) -- As any resident of upstate New York will tell you, the red-tailed hawk is the most common hawk in North America. Often seen perched on light and telephone poles along major highways, this ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A Fresh Look at Jupiter's Great Red Spot

(PhysOrg.com) -- New, ground-breaking thermal images obtained with powerful ground-based telescopes show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never seen before within Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Jupiter's Spot Seen Glowing

(PhysOrg.com) -- New ground-breaking thermal images obtained with ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other powerful ground-based telescopes show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never seen before within ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Emerges from Winter Darkness

(PhysOrg.com) -- After waiting years for the sun to illuminate Saturn's north pole again, cameras aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft have captured the most detailed images yet of the intriguing hexagon shape ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 21




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Deadly bird parasite evolves at exceptionally fast rate

A new study of a devastating bird disease that spread from poultry to house finches in the mid-1990s reveals that the bacteria responsible for the disease evolves at an exceptionally fast rate. What's more, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

STAR TRAK for February 2012

As evening twilight fades during February, the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, will highlight the sky as they come into view in the southwest.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds 'cool' gas may form and strengthen sunspots

Hydrogen molecules may act as a kind of energy sink that strengthens the magnetic grip that causes sunspots, according to scientists from Hawaii and New Mexico using a new infrared instrument on an old telescope.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Enhanced vision training boosts batters, research shows

Members of the University of Cincinnati (UC) baseball team significantly improved their batting performance with the help of an enhanced vision training program, according to research published in a scientific research journal.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists devise new imaging technique for analysis of biological samples

(PhysOrg.com) -- When trying to understand how cells respond to toxins, scientists want to do as little sample preparation as possible. Preparing these cells by immersing them in chemicals or drying them out ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cruise ship threatens marine paradise

(AP) -- Stone fortresses and watchtowers which centuries ago stood guard against against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a new and modern peril: fuel trapped within the capsized ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars (Update)

They came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces. Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Foreigners in India for 'mommy makeover' surgery

When a group of women from Uganda embarked on a trip of a lifetime to India, little did many of their friends and families at home know that a secret surgical "mommy makeover" was on their itinerary.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Uncertainty grows over Russia Mars probe crash site

Uncertainty about where a doomed Russian Mars probe might crash back to Earth grew Friday when the Roscosmos space agency changed its prediction thousands of miles (kilometres) from the Pacific to the Atlantic ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 8

Earliest-yet observation of August SN2011fe supernova nails it: Destroyed star was white dwarf

Last year's discovery of the nearest Type Ia supernova in decades – captured only 11 hours after it exploded – allowed astronomers to finally cinch the identity of the stars behind these explosions, which have become ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast


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