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Why Do You Notice Human Screams, But Not Jetplanes?

17/07/2015

Screaming really works," Poeppel says. "It is one of the earliest sounds that everyone makes...

Can Windfarms Hurt You… With Bass Sounds?

12/07/2015

an international team of experts dealt with the fundamentals of hearing in the lower limit range of the audible frequency range (i.e. infrasound), but also in the upper limit range (i.e. ultrasound)....

Magnetosphere Waves by Credits S. Kavosi/J. Raeder/UNH

Magnetosphere Waves Look Perfectly Surfable

11/07/2015

Magnetosphere waves : two recently published papers highlight these shapely waves at the boundaries of near-Earth space....

Next-Generation Hydrogel Sprayskin : Stretchy Scabs!

07/07/2015

A new protein-based hydrogel sprayskin that, when exposed to light, mimics many of the properties of elastic tissue....

Nobel Laureates Call for Climate Protection

06/07/2015

Without climate protection, our ever-increasing demand for food, water, and energy will eventually overwhelm the Earth's ability to satisfy humanity's needs....

The Neural Pathway to Deep Sleep : Discovered

01/07/2015

Scientists identify a calcium channel essential for deep sleep ...

It’s Gonna Be a Long Day : NASA Add Extra Time

30/06/2015

"Earth's rotation is gradually slowing down a bit, so leap seconds are a way to account for that,"...

Could Virtual Reality Treat Alcoholism?

28/06/2015

Researchers said they are optimistic about the potential for virtual reality as a therapy for alcohol use disorders....

Iron : Supernova Stardust or Bacteria Burps?

27/06/2015

Ancient microbes were respiring iron just like we respire oxygen. It's a hard thing to wrap your head around...

Image courtesy of Jonathan Freeman and Eric Hehman.

Babyfaced Killer or Killerfaced Baby. Can You Tell?

23/06/2015

Facial cues conveying trustworthiness are malleable while facial cues conveying competence and ability are significantly less so...

Forget Life on Mars, Is There Volcanism on Venus?

20/06/2015

The observation of hotspots by Venus Express, combined with the geologic mapping from Venera and Magellan, make a strong case for a volcanically active Venus...

Where do Supermassive Quasars get Supermassive Quasar Fuel?

19/06/2015

Energy for quasars comes from supermassive black holes inside the cores of distant galaxies. But where do the supermassive black holes get their fuel?...

Simulated view of a black hole by Alain Riazuelo of the French National Research Agency, via Wikipedia.

Black holes: Killers, or benign copy machines?

18/06/2015

Proponents of the firewall theory take an all-or-nothing approach to complementarity. Without perfection, they say, there can only be fiery death....

Fire and Bristone. Delving the Earth’s Sulphur Core

17/06/2015

For millennia, tales have been told of the underworld being awash with fire and brimstone. Now at least, we can be sure of the brimstone. ...

We Can Heal That For You Wholesale : Injectable Medichines

11/06/2015

Electronic devices that can be injected directly into the brain, or other body parts, and treat everything from neurodegenerative disorders to paralysis...

Can You Handle Every Virus You Ever Had?

08/06/2015

On average, participants had been exposed to about 10 viral species over their lifetimes...

Dr. Dhanisha Jhaveri The University of Queensland

Learning, Memory, Mood: Different Neurons for Different Functions

01/06/2015

University of Queensland researchers have identified two types of stem cells in the hippocampus, a region of the brain crucial for learning and memory....

One Man’s Perfectionist is Another Man’s Picky Git

15/05/2015

How the three types of perfectionists differ in their social behavior and the type of humor they engage in....

Image by Jakob Helbig University of Copenhagen.

Catching Rays to Save Sunlight

12/05/2015

Regardless of method, when you store energy there is a theoretical limit to the energy density.... And then there is reality. ...

(Badly) Analysing The Evolution of Pop Music With SCIENCE

06/05/2015

It's exciting to be able to study the evolution of popular music scientifically. But now we want to go further, and find out not just how the music has changed, but why....

Trebuchet Talks

02/05/2015

Listen to the podcast or book tickets to future events. ...

Transforming the Office with Liquid Crystal Smart Windows

02/05/2015

A novel liquid crystal technology allows displays to flip between transparent and opaque states ...

Feeling Invisible… Deliberately. Weird Science Simulation

25/04/2015

The feeling of invisibility changes our physical stress response in challenging social situations...

Only a Few? Smoking and Denial

21/04/2015

It seems that people are aware about the dangers of tobacco for health, but might consider that the risks are not for themselves, but only for other people....