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- Apes may be closer to speaking than many scientists think
- Prehistoric carnivore dubbed 'scarface' discovered in Zambia
- Stomach is the way to a woman's heart, too
- When a 'UFO' flies by, does it bother bears?
- When it comes to body odor, ants are connoisseurs
- The pressure is on: New technology to squeeze materials with a million times the pressure of Earth's atmosphere
- Tetris can block cravings, new study reveals
| Apes may be closer to speaking than many scientists think Posted: 13 Aug 2015 02:12 PM PDT Koko the gorilla is best known for a lifelong study to teach her a silent form of communication, American Sign Language. But some of the simple sounds she has learned may change the perception that humans are the only primates with the capacity for speech. |
| Prehistoric carnivore dubbed 'scarface' discovered in Zambia Posted: 13 Aug 2015 01:23 PM PDT Scientists have identified a new species of pre-mammal in what is now Zambia. Thanks to a unique groove on the animal's upper jaw, it was dubbed Ichibengops, which combines the local Bemba word for scar, and the common Greek suffix for face. Put simply: Scarface. |
| Stomach is the way to a woman's heart, too Posted: 13 Aug 2015 01:23 PM PDT Women's brains respond more to romantic cues on a full stomach than an empty one, new research demonstrates. The study explored brain circuitry in hungry versus satiated states among women who were past-dieters and those who had never dieted. |
| When a 'UFO' flies by, does it bother bears? Posted: 13 Aug 2015 10:00 AM PDT If an unidentified flying object suddenly appeared in the sky, it's likely your heart would beat faster. Now, researchers have found that the same is true for bears. |
| When it comes to body odor, ants are connoisseurs Posted: 13 Aug 2015 10:00 AM PDT For any complex society to function properly, individuals must reliably recognize their friends and family with whom they live and work and readily distinguish those allies from strangers. Ants and other social insects manage this feat of recognition based on chemical pheromones, which are detected via sensors in their antennae. Now researchers have discovered that when it comes to assessing body odors, ants really don't miss a thing. |
| Posted: 13 Aug 2015 09:37 AM PDT Researchers have developed technology to squeeze materials with a million times the pressure of Earth's atmosphere while studying them with neutrons. When they bombard these materials with neutrons, the materials provide an unprecedented picture of the changing nature of matter under extreme pressure. |
| Tetris can block cravings, new study reveals Posted: 13 Aug 2015 07:15 AM PDT Playing Tetris on a smarthphone for as little as three minutes can weaken cravings for drugs, food and activities by as much as one-fifth, new research shows. In the first test of its kind to study people in natural settings outside of a laboratory, participants were monitored for levels of craving and prompted to play the block-shifting puzzle game at random intervals during the day. |
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