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• Face cream ingredient found to mimic life-extending effects of a calorie restriction diet
• Women less likely to hold academic medical leadership roles than men with mustaches
• Penguin cam captures hunt for prey
• Enemy odors help flies protect their offspring
• Researchers tailor power source for wearable electronics
• Three new fishing snake species fished out of the Andean slopes in South America
• Understanding body language of mice
• Monster planet is 'dancing with the stars'
• Female spider that cannibalizes her male suitors just testing their worth, study finds
• This article can be printed on a hair
• Dogs give friends food
• New evidence of tool use discovered in parrots

Face cream ingredient found to mimic life-extending effects of a calorie restriction diet Posted: 16 Dec 2015 08:12 PM PST A commonly used skin care ingredient is one of several newly identified compounds that can mimic the life-extending effect of a starvation diet, new research has revealed.

Women less likely to hold academic medical leadership roles than men with mustaches Posted: 16 Dec 2015 03:43 PM PST Thirteen percent of department leader positions at top academic medical institutions in the United States are held by women, while nearly 20 percent are held by men with mustaches. The findings of the tongue-in-cheek study, an analysis of more than 1,000 headshots of department leaders at top National Institutes of Health-funded academic medical institutions, provide a new context for examining gender disparities in the field.

Penguin cam captures hunt for prey Posted: 16 Dec 2015 12:16 PM PST Little penguins were more likely to work together to hunt schooling prey than solitary prey, according to observations made using animal-borne cameras.

Enemy odors help flies protect their offspring Posted: 16 Dec 2015 12:16 PM PST In nature, up to 80 percent of Drosophila melanogaster larvae are parasitized by Leptopilina wasps. However, an innate early warning system alerts female flies when wasps are near -- they can then avoid laying eggs near wasps. Researchers have now identified that chemical odorant compounds produced by the wasps (including their sex pheromone) trigger avoidance behavior in these flies.

Researchers tailor power source for wearable electronics Posted: 16 Dec 2015 10:59 AM PST Researchers have developed flexible wire-shaped microsupercapacitors that can be woven into a jacket, shirt or dress.

Three new fishing snake species fished out of the Andean slopes in South America Posted: 16 Dec 2015 10:44 AM PST Commonly known as fishing snakes, the Synophis genus has been expanded with as many as three new species following a research in the Andean cloud forests of Amazonian Ecuador and Peru. Not only is the discovery remarkable due to the rarity of new snake species being discovered, but also because this is the first time this mysterious and now eight-member genus is recorded from Peru.

Understanding body language of mice Posted: 16 Dec 2015 10:44 AM PST Mouse behavior naturally divides into movement motifs lasting less than a second. These 'behavioral syllables' can be reused by the brain to achieve specific goals.

Monster planet is 'dancing with the stars' Posted: 16 Dec 2015 08:57 AM PST A team of scientists has discovered a highly unusual planetary system comprised of a sun-like star, a dwarf star, and an enormous planet sandwiched in between.

Female spider that cannibalizes her male suitors just testing their worth, study finds Posted: 16 Dec 2015 07:53 AM PST The female raft spider -- often accused of indiscriminate aggression for cannibalizing her potential suitors -- is actually testing the worth of her mates, a new study suggests.

This article can be printed on a hair Posted: 16 Dec 2015 05:25 AM PST Thanks to a new revolutionary laser printing nanotechnology, it is now possible to print this article in color on an area no bigger than a hair, say scientists.

Dogs give friends food Posted: 16 Dec 2015 05:23 AM PST Compared to the rest of the animal kingdom, the human capacity for cooperation is something quite special. Cooperating with one another requires a certain amount of prosocial behavior. This means helping others without any direct personal benefit. Now a new study has found prosocial behaviour in dogs toward humans.

New evidence of tool use discovered in parrots Posted: 16 Dec 2015 05:22 AM PST The first evidence of tool use by greater vasa parrots (Coracopsis vasa) has been uncovered by researchers. Studying ten captive parrots, researchers observed the birds adopt a novel tool-using technique to acquire calcium from seashells and also the active sharing of tools among themselves.

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