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• Lunar cycle affects timing of birth in cows
• Brain perceives taste with all senses, scientific evidence reveals
• Discovery one-ups Tatooine, finds twin stars hosting three giant exoplanets
• Social networks key to crickets' success
• Fossil pollen 'sneeze' caught by research team

Lunar cycle affects timing of birth in cows Posted: 31 Aug 2016 11:29 AM PDT A popular belief that there is a higher number of births around the full moon has been shown to be true for dairy cows, report investigators. Analysis showed that the birth rate was statistically higher during the near full and full moon. Furthermore, the number of deliveries was higher for cows that had previously given birth.

Brain perceives taste with all senses, scientific evidence reveals Posted: 31 Aug 2016 10:37 AM PDT The phrase "it looks so good you can almost taste it" may actually be scientifically proven based on the findings of a new study that explored how the brain processes stimuli predicting taste.

Discovery one-ups Tatooine, finds twin stars hosting three giant exoplanets Posted: 31 Aug 2016 10:35 AM PDT Scientists have discovered three giant planets in a binary star system composed of stellar 'twins' that are also effectively siblings of our Sun. One star hosts two planets and the other hosts the third. The system represents the smallest-separation binary in which both stars host planets that has ever been observed. The findings may help explain the influence that giant planets like Jupiter have over a solar system's architecture.

Social networks key to crickets' success Posted: 30 Aug 2016 01:06 PM PDT Human relationships and interactions form our social network. Crickets are no different, except their networks are simpler. A researcher found the insects' social network remains mostly unchanged each year and their social structure is conserved over evolutionary time.

Fossil pollen 'sneeze' caught by research team Posted: 30 Aug 2016 01:06 PM PDT Researchers have recorded the only known example of prehistoric pollen caught in explosive mid-discharge from a fossil flower. The team describes this "freeze-frame" fossilized pollen release -- preserved in amber more than 20 million years ago -- in a paper describing a new genus of fossil nettle plants.

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