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Monthly Archives: March 2013

At least someone might benefit from global warming

March 7, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Forget about the polar bears and indigenous people who depend on the polar ice cap for fishing, shipping could really benefit from some warming up north. Two researchers at UCLA […]

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Nature, Our Environment, Science News

That’s one romantic octopus

March 7, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

If your girlfriend tries to eat or kill you during sex, you’ll probably tend to steer clear of her sharp, pointy beak. Not a problem for you? Oh that’s right, […]

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Animals, Behavior, Science News

Salty water discovered on Europa’s surface

March 6, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Researchers have known that Jupiter’s moon Europa is home to a vast subterranean ocean, but now it seems the salty water finds its way to the surface. That means if […]

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Science News, Space

The capuchin knows what you did

March 6, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

…and it’s very disappointed in you. If you thought a monkey would never judge you for being selfish or unhelpful, you thought wrong. Researchers at the University of Stirling in Scotland […]

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Animals, Behavior, Science News

Baby “cured” of HIV

March 5, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

As unlikely and miraculous as it seems, doctors have confirmed that a baby in Mississippi was “functionally cured” of HIV, which she contracted from her mother. Doctors won’t say the […]

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Health, Medicine, Science News

A vortex of a different stripe

March 5, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

…or rather, a different configuration. University of Chicago researchers Dustin Kleckner and William Irvine created a vortex that’s the first of its kind to be seen in a lab: A […]

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How Things Work, Physics, Science in Chicago, Science News

The evolution of speech

March 4, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

We can trace how different languages have evolved from each other, but what about speech in general? How did we go from animals grunting and screeching at each other to […]

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Animals, Evolution, Science News

Dragon makes another ISS run

March 4, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

SpaceX has all thrusters firing in its contract with NASA. On Friday, it made it’s third successful launch of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, ferrying supplies to astronauts […]

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Science News, Space

New Boeing drone releases only water

March 1, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Boeing’s rotund new drone may be kind of cute, but it represents a big technological advance in unmanned aircraft. The Phantom Eye flew for 66 minutes this week, its second […]

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Our Environment, Science News, Technology

Probiotics… for your face

March 1, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Acne sprouting from eating greasy food or too much chocolate is a bit of an old wives’ tale; these days we’re often told that bacteria is the real culprit. Now […]

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Health, Medicine, Science News

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