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• Sun-warmed dinosaurs may have been surprisingly good sprinters
• Sweden is on track to becoming the first cashless nation
• Sixth sense: How do we sense electric fields?
• Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks
• Ancient human ear-orienting system could yield clues to hearing deficits in infants
• 'I am right for your child!' The key to winning over your future in-laws
• Feasts and food choices: Culinary habits of the Stonehenge builders

Sun-warmed dinosaurs may have been surprisingly good sprinters Posted: 13 Oct 2015 10:55 AM PDT Were dinosaurs really fast, aggressive hunters like the ones depicted in the movie 'Jurassic World'? Or did they have lower metabolic rates that made them move more like today's alligators and crocodiles? New research indicates that some dinosaurs, at least, had the capacity to elevate their body temperature using heat sources in the environment, such as the sun.

Sweden is on track to becoming the first cashless nation Posted: 13 Oct 2015 08:24 AM PDT Sweden is on its way to becoming the world's first cashless society, thanks to the country's embrace of IT, as well as a crackdown on organized crime and terror, according to a new study.

Sixth sense: How do we sense electric fields? Posted: 13 Oct 2015 08:21 AM PDT A variety of animals are able to sense and react to electric fields, and living human cells will move along an electric field, for example in wound healing. Now researchers have found the first actual 'sensor mechanism' that allows a living cell detect an electric field.

Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks Posted: 13 Oct 2015 08:21 AM PDT The extensive valley networks on the surface of Mars were probably created by running water billions of years ago, but the source of that water is unknown. Now, researchers are using climate models to predict how greenhouse warming could be the source of the water.

Ancient human ear-orienting system could yield clues to hearing deficits in infants Posted: 13 Oct 2015 08:21 AM PDT Vestigial organs, such as the wisdom teeth in humans, are those that have become functionless through the course of evolution. Now, a psychologist studying vestigial muscles behind the ears in humans has determined that ancient neural circuits responsible for moving the ears, still may be responsive to sounds that attract our attention. Neuroscientists studying auditory function could use these ancient muscles to study positive emotions and infant hearing deficits.

'I am right for your child!' The key to winning over your future in-laws Posted: 13 Oct 2015 08:19 AM PDT The key to dealing with future in-laws who disapprove of your relationship may involve showing them what a good influence you are on their child, rather than manipulating them with gifts. An author shares the results of interviews with Greek-Cypriot children and parents and also finds that mothers may be more easily won over than fathers.

Feasts and food choices: Culinary habits of the Stonehenge builders Posted: 13 Oct 2015 07:32 AM PDT Archaeologists have revealed new insights into cuisine choices and eating habits at Durrington Walls -- a Late Neolithic monument and settlement site thought to be the residence for the builders of nearby Stonehenge during the 25th century BC.

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