Science news Posted December 17, 2013: A Rol

Posted December 17, 2013:

• A Roly-Poly Pika Gathers Much Moss: High-Fiber Salad Bar May Help Lagomorphs Survive Climate Change


• DNA Motor 'Walks' Along Nanotube, Transports Tiny Particle


• Bonobos Stay Young Longer: Unlike Humans and Chimpanzees, Bonobos Retain Elevated Thyroid Hormones Well Into Adulthood


• Study: Pay Kids to Eat Fruits, Vegetables


• Brain Neurons Subtract Images, Use Differences


• Hubble Watches Super Star Create Holiday Light Show


• Massive Stars Mark out Milky Way's 'Missing Arms'

Posted December 16, 2013:

• Traffic Jams Lend Insight Into Emperor Penguin Huddle


• Four New Mammal Species Discovered in Democratic Republic of Congo


• Do Patients in a Vegetative State Recognize Loved Ones?


• Discovery of 1.4 Million-Year-Old Fossil Human Hand Bone Closes Human Evolution Gap


• Cat Domestication Traced to Chinese Farmers 5,300 Years Ago


• Global Warming: Four Degree Rise Will End Vegetation 'Carbon Sink', Research Suggests


• Neanderthals Buried Their Dead, New Research of Remains Concludes


• Nearby Failed Stars May Harbor Planet, Astronomers Find


• Ultrafast Heating of Water: This Pot Boils Faster Than You Can Watch It


• Mothers See Their Youngest as Shorter Than They Are


• Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array Reveals Giant Star Cluster in the Making


• When Will Earth Lose Its Oceans?


• Loudspeaker Is First-Ever 3-D-Printed Consumer Electronic


• Scientists Discover Potential Vaccine for Malaria


• Climate Change Threatens Genetic Diversity, Future of World's Caribou