Michael Windelspecht Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age | New Scientist newscientist.com - By Colin Barras Another non-human primate has entered the Stone Age – the fourth type known to have done so. One population of white-faced capuchins living in Panama …
Michael Windelspecht Plants 'talk to' each other through their roots The Guardian - Hannah Devlin Science correspondentScientists studying corn seedlings believe that they send signals under the soil, advising each other of the proximity of other plants Plants use their roots to “listen in” on their neighbours, according
Michael Windelspecht Stephen Hawking's Final Theory About Our Universe Has Just Been Published, And It Will Melt Your Brain ScienceAlert - Michelle Starr Groundbreaking physicist Stephen Hawking left us one last shimmering piece of brilliance before he died: his final paper, detailing his last theory …
Michael Windelspecht Expert warns of potentially catastrophic 'flu pandemic' New York Post - By The Sun A killer flu pandemic could be poised to sweep the globe “tomorrow,” killing as many as 33 million people in its first 200 days. A catastrophic shift …
NYT ScienceQuote SymbolIn male rats, radiation emitted from cell phones seems to cause an increased risk of tumors in the heart. In mice and female
Michael Windelspecht Pancreatic cancer: Modified flu virus destroys tumors Medical News Today - Ana Sandoiu Researchers from the Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom have modified a flu virus and used it to successfully target pancreatic …
Michael Windelspecht Strange Weather Triggered Bacteria That Killed 200,000 Endangered Antelope NPR - Merrit KennedyOver the span of three weeks in 2015, more than 200,000 saiga antelope suddenly died in central Kazakhstan. Scientists knew that bacteria called Pasteurella multocida type B caused the mass death. Now,
Michael Windelspecht Scientists identify what may have killed millions in mystery epidemic CNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — In the 16th century, an epidemic known as "cocoliztli" that caused bleeding and vomiting swept through large areas of Guatemala, Mexico and even reached Peru. It wiped out 80% of the population,
Michael Windelspecht This Google-Backed Biotech Is Trying to Create a Universal Flu Vaccine Fortune - Sy Mukherjee Google parent Alphabet’s venture arm GV (formerly Google Ventures) is among the companies backing U.K. biotech Vaccitech, which has set out to …
Michael Windelspecht One Big Family: This Beautiful Interactive Diagram Shows How Every Organism Is Related Forbes - Fiona McMillanWant to start the New Year with a little bit of perspective? Take a look at this beautiful interactive tree of life diagram created by Evogeneao, which enables you to see how all organisms on earth are
Michael Windelspecht These Stunning 3-D Models Are Helping Unravel the Mysteries of Coral WIRED - Matt Simon A new photographic technique from researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography is exposing coral like never before. Coral isn’t what you …
Michael Windelspecht New Species of Orangutan Is Rarest Ape on Earth National Geographic - WATCH: New Species of Orangutan is Rarest Great Ape on EarthA population of about 800 apes living in the Sumatran mountains are genetically distinct, a new study says. On November 20, 2013, the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme got a call about an injured
Michael Windelspecht Scientists Are Rewriting the History of Photosynthesis WIRED - Jordana Cepelewicz Studies of the energy-harvesting proteins in primitive cells suggest that key features of photosynthesis might have evolved a billion years earlier …
Michael Windelspecht Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Bread Reveals the Secrets of Gluten WIRED - Joe Ray Nathan Myhrvold's second food manifesto, Modernist Bread, is a $625, five-volume labor of loaves. If your homemade country loaf comes out of the oven …
Michael Windelspecht New compound kills cancer without harming healthy cells Medical News Today - Catharine Paddock, Ph.D. Scientists have developed a small molecule that directly triggers suicide in cancer cells without harming healthy cells. In the journal Cancer Cell, …
Michael Windelspecht Researchers Find “Executioner Protein” That Causes Cancer Cells to Self-Destruct Without Hurting Healthy Cells futurism.com - by Karla Lant Novel treatment for acute myeloid leukemia may have a broad range of applications. Albert Einstein College of Medicine scientists have induced cancer …
Michael Windelspecht Black tea boosts weight loss by altering gut bacteria Medical News Today - Honor Whiteman With obesity affecting more than a third of adults in the United States, identifying new weight loss strategies is a key priority for researchers. In …
Michael Windelspecht Nobel Prize for Chemistry Goes to Inventors of Imaging Technique NBC News - By Maggie FoxYou know those images of the Zika virus that make it look more like a piece of art than a killer microbe? The shot that captures a Salmonella bacterium injecting explosive materials into a cell to literally
Michael Windelspecht Best type of exercise for mental health and the brain is aerobic - Business Insider Business Insider - Erin BrodwinWant an all-natural way to lift your mood, improve your memory, and protect your brain against age-related cognitive decline? A wealth of recent research, including a new study published this month, suggests
Michael Windelspecht Why is it so hard to swat a fly? bbc.co.uk - Rory Galloway Try to swat a fly and it will soon become clear that they're faster than you. Much faster. But how on Earth do these tiny creatures - with their minuscule brains - outwit us so easily?
Michael Windelspecht Parasites Inside Your Body Could Actually Be Protecting You ScienceAlert - BEN ASHBY It's fair to say parasites are generally bad for their hosts. Many cause disease and death so, like most species, we humans usually try to avoid …
Michael Windelspecht The algae that terraformed Earth bbc.co.uk - Roland Pease A planetary takeover by ocean-dwelling algae 650 million years ago was the kick that transformed life on Earth.
Michael Windelspecht Scientists say 'prelude' to the sixth mass extinction is happening right now Mashable - Maria GallucciWhen plant and animal species go extinct, it's usually a clear sign that humans have messed up. We've over-hunted, destroyed habitats, polluted waterways, and altered the climate by burning fossil fuels,
Michael Windelspecht The Large Hadron Collider Detected a Beautiful New Particle ScienceAlert - Mike McRae The Large Hadron Collider has once again done what it does best – smash bits of matter together and find new particles in the carnage. This time …
Michael Windelspecht This Scientist Thinks That Life Could Be a Guide to The Evolution of The Cosmos ScienceAlert - MICHAEL E. PRICE Does humanity exist to serve some ultimate, transcendent purpose? Conventional scientific wisdom says no. As physicist Lawrence Krauss puts it in his …
Michael WindelspechtIcon version of the Flipboard logo As Habitat Fragmentation Increases, So Does Extinction... truth-out.org - Cherise Researchers have long assumed that when animals are left without large areas of intact habitat, they are at greater risk of extinction: fragmentation …
Michael Windelspecht Meet This Newly Discovered Flying Squirrel National Geographic - World's Weirdest: Flying SquirrelNorth America’s newest mammal, Humboldt’s flying squirrel, helps solve an evolutionary mystery. A new species of flying squirrel has been found in the Pacific Northwest. It’s been dubbed Humboldt’s flying
Michael Windelspecht Why Smuggling of This Ocean Creature May Skyrocket National Geographic - Maraya CornellA proposed law would bar wildlife authorities from monitoring exports of sea cucumbers. It’s a bright, crisp, windy afternoon at the marina in one of eastern Maine’s tiny coastal fishing towns. On the
Michael WindelspechtZoology New species of meat-eating sponge found off the coast of Canada The Verge - Alessandra PotenzaCanadian researchers have discovered a new species of meat-eating sponge in the North Atlantic Ocean. Don’t worry, though, it doesn’t eat human meat — it feeds on zooplankton, tiny animals that drift sea
