Science news

Posted August 2, 2013:

• Baby Owls Sleep Like Baby Humans: Owlets Spend More Time in REM Sleep Than Adult Owls


• Astronomers Discovery a Graveyard for Comets

Posted August 1, 2013:

• Genetics: More Than Merely a Mutated Gene


• Monster Galaxies Lose Their Appetite With Age


• Stimulating Brain Cells Can Make False Memories


• Cool Heads Likely Won't Prevail in a Hotter, Wetter World: Climate Change Will Likely Exacerbate Violence


• Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years


• New Water Splitting Technique Efficiently Produces Hydrogen Fuel


• As Climate, Disease Links Become Clearer, Study Highlights Need to Forecast Future Shifts


• Temperature Alters Population Dynamics of Common Plant Pests


• 'Soft' Approach Leads to Revolutionary Energy Storage: Graphene-Based Supercapacitors


• Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Has Widespread Effects on Wildlife


• Long-Sought Method to Efficiently Make Complex Anticancer Compound Developed


• The When and Where of the Y: Research on Y Chromosomes Uncovers New Clues About Human Ancestry


• Existing Cropland Could Feed Four Billion More by Dropping Biofuels and Animal Feed


• We Each Live in Our Own Little World -- Smellwise


• Extreme Wildfires in Western U.S. Likely Fueled by Climate Change


• 'Evolution Will Punish You If You're Selfish and Mean'


• When Galaxies Switch Off: Hubble's COSMOS Survey Solves 'Quenched' Galaxy Mystery


• Under Leaden Skies: Where Heavy Metal Clouds the Stars