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- We are bad judges of friendship, new study shows
- Two-minute warnings make kids' 'screen time' tantrums worse
- Measuring a black hole 660 million times as massive as our sun
- Intestinal worms boost immune system in a surprising way
- How tree crickets tune into each other's songs
| We are bad judges of friendship, new study shows Posted: 05 May 2016 11:09 AM PDT Only half of your friends would consider you their friend, a new study suggests. People have a very poor perception of friendship ties, and this limits their ability to influence their "friends," according to the research. |
| Two-minute warnings make kids' 'screen time' tantrums worse Posted: 05 May 2016 11:07 AM PDT Giving young children a two-minute warning that 'screen time' is about to end makes transitions away from tablets, phones, televisions and other technological devices more painful, a new study has found. |
| Measuring a black hole 660 million times as massive as our sun Posted: 05 May 2016 11:03 AM PDT It's about 660 million times as massive as our sun, and a cloud of gas circles it at about 1.1 million mph. This supermassive black hole sits at the center of a galaxy dubbed NGC 1332, which is 73 million light years from Earth. And an international team of scientists has measured its mass with unprecedented accuracy. |
| Intestinal worms boost immune system in a surprising way Posted: 05 May 2016 10:50 AM PDT While studying worm infections, scientists have discovered a surprising ability of the immune system. The strange discovery has significant implications for our understanding of how the immune system responds to infections. |
| How tree crickets tune into each other's songs Posted: 04 May 2016 11:14 AM PDT As temperature changes, tree crickets can adjust their ears at a cellular and therefore mechanical level to match the changing frequency of each others song. |
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