Posted January 9, 2014:

• Capturing a Hard-Wired Variability: What Makes Some Identical Twins Noticeably Different?


• Loss of Large Carnivores Poses Global Conservation Problem


• Iconic Australasian Trees Found as Fossils in South America


• Astronomers Discover New Planet in Pisces Constellation


• Surprising New Class of 'Hypervelocity Stars' Discovered Escaping the Galaxy


• Ultra-Thin Flexible Transparent Electronics Can Wrap Around a Hair


• New Study Finds Extreme Longevity in White Sharks


• Two Million Years Ago, Human Relative 'Nutcracker Man' Lived on Tiger Nuts

Posted January 8, 2014:

• Fossil Pigments Reveal the Colors of Ancient Sea Monsters


• Quasars Illuminate Swiftly Swirling Clouds Around Galaxies


• Engineers Make World's Fastest Organic Transistor, Herald New Generation of See-Through Electronics


• Bio-Inspired Glue Keeps Hearts Securely Sealed


• Universe Measured to One-Percent Accuracy: Most Precise Calibration Yet of Cosmic 'Standard Ruler'


• Organic Mega Flow Battery Promises Breakthrough for Renewable Energy


• Massive Exoplanets May Be More Earth-Like Than Thought: 'Super-Earths' Likely to Have Oceans, Continents


• Symbiotic Fungi Inhabiting Plant Roots Have Major Impact on Atmospheric Carbon, Scientists Say


• Infants Show Ability to Tell Friends from Foes


• Elephant Shark Genome Decoded: New Insights Gained Into Bone Formation and Immunity


• Newly Discovered Celestial Object Defies Categories: Is It a New Kind of Planet or a Rare Kind of Failed Star?


• Ocean's Hidden Waves Show Their Power: Origins of Giant Underwater Waves Explained


• Soap Bubbles for Predicting Cyclone Intensity?