Mar 09 2011

Listen to a Fly Love Song

Certain male flies perform love songs that female flies find irresistible.

Feb 25 2011

Macaques and Humans: The Only Self-Aware Animals?

Macaques playing a computer game display self-doubt and uncertainty, behavior that suggests these monkeys are aware of their own thinking.

Jan 19 2011

Oldest Known Domesticated American Dog Unearthed

Unlike today's dogs, this animal wasn't man's best friend. It was dinner.

Jan 19 2011

Neanderthal-Era Organisms Found Buried Alive

Tag: Extinct Animals,Food,History,Neanderthals,Science and TechnologyJennifer Viegas @ 3:42 pm
How exactly did these microbes survive for millennia buried in salt in Death Valley?

Jan 11 2011

‘Aflockalypse’ Hits California

More than 100 dead birds were recently found in a cluster near Highway 101 in the Wine Country region of California.

Dec 23 2010

Reindeer or Caribou?

Tag: Animals,Mammals,Science and Technology,Wildlife ConservationJennifer Viegas @ 3:50 pm
Can the words "caribou" and "reindeer" be used interchangeably? For now they can, but that might not be the case in future.

Dec 03 2010

‘PoopSat’ Eyes Power in Human Waste

A satellite experiment will test how well microbes in human feces survive in space and whether they could offer a power source.

Dec 03 2010

‘PoopSat’ Eyes Power in Human Waste

A satellite experiment will test how well microbes in human feces survive in space and whether they could offer a power source.

Dec 02 2010

Super Rubber Could Cushion Sneaks, Spaceships

A new material has bounce like rubber, conducts electricity and could withstand extreme temperatures of space.

Nov 30 2010

Mouse Engineered to ‘Grow Younger’

A mouse genetically engineered to age faster is tweaked to experience reverse aging.

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