Science news Posted October 17, 2013: Gravit

Posted October 17, 2013:

• Gravitational Waves Help Us Understand Black-Hole Weight Gain


• Unique Skull Find Rebuts Theories on Species Diversity in Early Humans


• Gene Regulation Differences Between Humans, Chimpanzees Very Complex


• Astronomer Helps Research Team See Misaligned Planets in Distant System


• Mysterious Ancient Human Crossed Wallace's Line


• Frog-Killing Fungus Paralyzes Amphibian Immune Response


• Marmoset Monkeys Know Polite Conversation


• Archaeologists Rediscover the Lost Home of the Last Neanderthals


• Most Distant Gravitational Lens Helps Weigh Galaxies


• U.S. Regions Exhibit Distinct Personalities, Research Reveals


• Neanderthals Used Toothpicks to Alleviate the Pain of Diseases Related to Teeth, Such as Inflammation of the Gums


• Fat Black Holes Grown Up in 'Cities': Observational Result Using Virtual Observatory

Posted October 16, 2013:

• As Chimpanzees Grow, So Does Yawn Contagion


• For Celebrated Frog Hops, Scientists Look to Calaveras Pros


• Bacteria-Eating Viruses 'Magic Bullets in the War on Superbugs'


• Without Plants, Earth Would Cook Under Billions of Tons of Additional Carbon


• Babies Know When You're Faking, Psychology Researchers Show


• Curiosity Confirms Origins of Martian Meteorites


• New Survey Tools Unveil Two Celestial Explosions


• Extinct 'Mega Claw' Creature Had Spider-Like Brain


• Sinking Teeth Into the Evolutionary Origin of Our Skeleton


• New Light on Star Death: Super-Luminous Supernovae May Be Powered by Magnetars


• Genetic Errors Identified in 12 Major Cancer Types


• Wari, Predecessors of the Inca, Used Restraint to Reshape Human Landscape


• Schizophrenia Linked to Abnormal Brain Waves: Neurological Hyperactivity Produces Disordered Thinking


• Carbon Cycle Models Underestimate Indirect Role of Animals


• Glowing Neurons Reveal Networked Link Between Brain, Whiskers


• Software Uses Cyborg Swarm to Map Unknown Environs


• Cuckoos Impersonate Hawks by Matching Their 'Outfits'


• Brain Connections Underlying Accurate Introspection Revealed


• ALMA Probes Mysteries of Jets from Giant Black Holes


• How the Largest Star Known Is Tearing Itself Apart


• I'm Singing in the Rainforest: Researchers Find Striking Similarities Between Bird Song and Human Music