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Evolution during human colonizations

Most human populations are the product of a series of range expansions having occurred since modern humans left Africa some 50,000 years ago to colonize the rest of the world, but how have these processes influenced today's ...

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Mathematicians provide new insight into tsunamis

A new mathematical formula that could be used to give advance warning of where a tsunami is likely to hit and how destructive it will be has been worked out by scientists at Newcastle University.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0




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Rearranging the cell's skeleton: Small molecules at the cell's membrane enable cell movement

Cell biologists at Johns Hopkins have identified key steps in how certain molecules alter a cell's skeletal shape and drive the cell's movement.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Stimulation of brain hormone action may improve pneumonia survival

An international research team may have found a way to block a second wave of death that can result from pneumonia treatment.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

THEMIS satellite sees a great electron escape

(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists discovered two great swaths of radiation encircling Earth in the 1950s, it spawned over-the-top fears about "killer electrons" and space radiation effects on Earthlings. The ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

Remote control pushed aside by gesture-sensitive devices

The remote control has never been much beloved. If it's not getting lost or running out of batteries, the device - and its inscrutable buttons - is confusing some family member or acting as a totem in an argument about what ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Fear gone viral

If you were paying attention to the flap over two recent flu experiments involving ferrets, you may have come away with the impression that scientists all but waved a red flag in front of terrorists and said, "Here's a perfect ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Sitting it out

Youngsters in Norway today are not as fit as earlier generations, and even the best perform less well. Researchers now warn that a wave of inactivity could have a major long-term health impact.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weird gadgets at CES: Motorized unicycle, anyone?

A motorized, seat-less unicycle, a video game you control with your eyes, and a mind-reading headset that serves as a game controller were among the more bizarre gadgets being shown off at this year's International ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

We may be less happy, but our language isn't

"If it bleeds, it leads," goes the cynical saying with television and newspaper editors. In other words, most news is bad news and the worst news gets the big story on the front page.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

CES gadget fair 'geeks' get peek at sex tech

In a nightclub on the edge of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, adult entertainment stars gave gadget geeks a glimpse at the steamier side of new Internet technology.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Iconic telescope renamed to honor founder of radio astronomy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most famous radio telescope will become the "Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array" to honor the founder of radio astronomy, the study of the Universe via radio waves naturally emitted ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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