Science news..

Posted July 17, 2013:

• Great White Sharks' Fuel for Oceanic Voyages: Liver Oil


• Earth's Gold Came from Colliding Dead Stars


• BPA and Chlorine Means Bad News: Modified Forms of Bisphenol A Found to Alter Hormone Signaling in New, Disturbing Ways


• A Heart of Gold: Gold Nanofibers in Engineered Heart Tissue Can Enhance Electrical Signalling


• Big-Nosed, Long-Horned Dinosaur Discovered in Utah: Dinosaur in Same Family as Triceratops


• Scientists Show Proof-of-Principal for Silencing Extra Chromosome Responsible for Down Syndrome


• Elastic Electronics: Stretchable Gold Conductor Grows Its Own Wires


• Injectable 'Smart Sponge' Holds Promise for Controlled Drug Delivery


• Outgoing People Lead Happier Lives


• Bird Brain? Birds and Humans Have Similar Brain Wiring


• Ripped Apart by a Black Hole: Gas Cloud Makes Closest Approach to Monster at Center of Milky Way


• Newly Discovered Flux in Earth May Solve Missing-Mantle Mystery


• Parasites Change Bees Brains, but Not Their Behavior


• Family Tree of Fish Yields Surprises