Science news Posted November 21, 2013: Black

• Black Hole Birth Captured: Biggest, Brightest to Happen in at Least 20 Years


• How Flu Evolves to Escape Immunity


• Improve Learning by Taming Instructional Complexity


• The Era of Neutrino Astronomy Has Begun


• Two Y Genes Can Replace the Entire Y Chromosome for Assisted Reproduction in Mice


• Monster Gamma-Ray Burst in Our Cosmic Neighborhood


• Will 2-D Tin Be the Next Super Material?


• Genomic Variant Associated With Sun Sensitivity, Freckles Identified


• Newborn Babies Have Built-in Body Awareness Ability


• Oldest Large Body of Ancient Seawater Identified Under Chesapeake Bay


• Captive Breeding for Thousands of Years Has Impaired Olfactory Functions in Silkmoths


• Infant Galaxies Merging Near 'Cosmic Dawn'


• Playing Computer Games Together Makes Brains Feel and Think Alike

Posted November 20, 2013:

• Evidence of Jet in Milky Way's Black Hole


• Impacts of Plant Invasions Become Less Robust Over Time: Invasive Plants Are More Likely to Be Replaced by Other 'Invasives'


• Skeletal Remains of 24,000-Year-Old Boy Raise New Questions About First Americans


• U.S. National Survey Finds Frog Abnormalities Are Rare


• 3-D Printing Hits Fast Lane: Engineers Cut Time to 3-D-Print Heterogeneous Objects from Hours to Minutes


• Scientists Break a Theoretical Time Barrier on Bouncing Droplets


• Listen to This: New Research Upends Understanding of How Humans Perceive Sound


• Secrets of Mars' Birth Revealed from Unique Meteorite


• 'Undruggable' Mutation Meets Its Match


• Solar-Powered Battery Woven Into Fabric Overcomes Hurdle for 'Wearable Electronics'


• Computer Searches Web 24/7 to Analyze Images and Teach Itself Common Sense


• Brain Activity in Severely Brain Injured Patients Who 'Wake Up' With Sleeping Pill: Other Patients May Also Respond


• CT and 3-D Printers Used to Recreate Dinosaur Fossils


• World's First Known Magnetic Cellulose Loudspeakers: Potential for Magnetic Cellulose Comes in Crisp and Clear


• The Galaxy's Ancient Brown Dwarf Population Revealed