Science News Posted January 16, 2014: Violen

Posted January 16, 2014:

• Violence, Infectious Disease and Climate Change Contributed to Indus Civilization Collapse


• Natural 3-D Counterpart to Graphene Discovered: New Form of Quantum Matter


• Altering the Community of Gut Bacteria Promotes Health and Increases Lifespan


• Massive Galaxy Cluster Verifies Predictions of Cosmological Theory: First Detection of Kinetic SZ Effect in an Individual Galaxy Cluster


• Megafloods: What They Leave Behind


• Astronomers Probe the Primitive Nature of a Distant 'Space Blob'


• The Way to a Chimpanzee's Heart Is Through Its Stomach


• Novel Technology Reveals Aerodynamics of Birds Flying in a V-Formation


• Image Perception in the Blink of an Eye


• First Black Hole Orbiting a 'Spinning' Star


• Discovery of Quantum Vibrations in 'Microtubules' Inside Brain Neurons Supports Controversial Theory of Consciousness


• Hubble and Galaxy Zoo Find Bars and Baby Galaxies Don't Mix


• Brain Regions 'Tune' Activity to Enable Attention


• Drinking and Driving: Unsafe at Any Level, Study Concludes


• The Symphony of Life, Revealed: New Imaging Technique Captures Vibrations of Proteins, Tiny Motions Critical to Human Life

Posted January 15, 2014:

• Fast Food Not the Major Cause of Rising Childhood Obesity Rates, Study Finds


• Arctic: Mercury Deposition and Ozone Depletion, Linked to Sea-Ice Dynamics


• Oldest Trees Are Growing Faster, Storing More Carbon as They Age


• First Planet Found Around Solar Twin in Star Cluster


• Technology Uses Micro-Windmills to Recharge Cell Phones