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- WMO rules on longest distance and longest duration lightning flashes
- Demystifying the resilience of water bears: Protein protects human cultured cells from radiation damage
- Earthquakes, ‘Mars-quakes,’ and the possibility of life
- The call of the dung: How flies find their meal
- New ways to track stars eaten by black holes
- Ancient skeleton discovered on Antikythera Shipwreck
- Bird brain? Pigeons have quite a way with words
| WMO rules on longest distance and longest duration lightning flashes Posted: 20 Sep 2016 01:56 PM PDT Experts have established two new world records for the longest reported distance and the longest reported duration for a single lightning flash in, respectively, Oklahoma (United States of America) and southern France. The lightning flash over Oklahoma in 2007 covered a horizontal distance of 321 kilometers (199.5 miles). The lightning event over southern France in 2012 lasted continuously for 7.74 seconds. |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2016 10:10 AM PDT A new water bear protein can protect the DNA of human cultured cells from otherwise lethal amounts of radiation damage, say a group of researchers, providing part of the answer to why tardigrades can live in deadly conditions. |
| Earthquakes, ‘Mars-quakes,’ and the possibility of life Posted: 20 Sep 2016 07:36 AM PDT A new study shows that rocks formed by the grinding together of other rocks during earthquakes are rich in trapped hydrogen -- a finding that suggests similar seismic activity on Mars may produce enough hydrogen to support life. |
| The call of the dung: How flies find their meal Posted: 20 Sep 2016 06:29 AM PDT Like many other insects, vinegar flies produce pheromones to call their conspecifics to an interesting food source. A research team has demonstrated in a new study that the flies' frass also contains these pheromones. Fruits that have been covered by the insects' fecal excretions seem to be especially attractive to other flies. These fruits are probably a more easily digestible food after many flies have been feeding on them. The new results are a first step toward understanding the importance of feces in the communication of vinegar flies. |
| New ways to track stars eaten by black holes Posted: 19 Sep 2016 06:49 PM PDT Astrophysicists have broken new ground in ways to observe a star swallowed by a black hole, promising to help paint a clearer picture of this cosmic phenomenon. |
| Ancient skeleton discovered on Antikythera Shipwreck Posted: 19 Sep 2016 01:08 PM PDT An international research team discovered a human skeleton during its ongoing excavation of the famous Antikythera Shipwreck (circa 65 B.C.). The shipwreck, which holds the remains of a Greek trading or cargo ship, is located off the Greek island of Antikythera in the Aegean Sea. The first skeleton recovered from the wreck site during the era of DNA analysis, this find could provide insight into the lives of people who lived 2100 years ago. |
| Bird brain? Pigeons have quite a way with words Posted: 19 Sep 2016 08:15 AM PDT Pigeons can learn to distinguish real words from non-words by visually processing their letter combinations, surprising new research shows. |
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