General Science Thread

Milky Way has half the amount of dark matter as previously thought, new measurements reveal

Some sections of the San Andreas Fault system in San Francisco Bay Area are locked, overdue

Earliest-known lamprey larva fossils unearthed in Inner Mongolia

Scientists create new protein-based material with some nerve

Is matter falling into the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way or being ejected from it?

Rising sea levels of 1.8 meters in worst-case scenario, researchers calculate

Living near major roads may increase risk of sudden cardiac death in women

Recent volcanic eruptions on the moon

Feces-filled capsules treat bacterial infection

Upcoming Battery Will Charge Phones And Electric Cars in Minutes

Fly genome could help us improve health and our environment

Rare beaked whale washes up in Australia

New discovery will enhance yield and quality of cereal and bioenergy crops

New 'tree of life' traces evolution of a mysterious cotinga birds

Researchers find oil platforms among the most productive fish habitats in the world

Samsung achieves Wi-Fi data travel feats for 60GHZ band

Study shows increase of CO2 in the atmosphere is lower than predicted because of plants

Quantum test strengthens support for EPR steering

Researchers uncover tomato's genetic history

Nanotube gel claimed to speed charging, extend lifespan of Li-ion batteries.

Earth's magnetic field could flip within a human lifetime

Hydraulic fracturing linked to earthquakes in Ohio

Collapsible wings help birds cope with turbulence

What goes up must come down

Storing greenhouse gas underground—for a million years

NASA mission provides its first look at Martian upper atmosphere

NASA study finds 1934 had worst North American drought of last thousand years

Rediscovering Venus to find faraway Earths: Measuring gravitational pull of a planet should speed search

Electric vehicle technology packs more punch in smaller package

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Australian water bird found to migrate long distance when the weather dictates

Sea otter teeth more than twice as tough as ours

Voice search: Google has numbers on who, why, where

Total croc: Toothy tyrant of the Jurassic was 9m long

Elephants may be able to hear rain generated sound up to 150 miles away

Researchers find LEDs attract more flying invertebrates than conventional lighting

Stem cell therapy seems safe for severe eye disease

Researchers find a strong correlation between Northern Hemisphere seabird diversity and environmental stressors

Prehistoric crocodiles' evolution mirrored in living species

Dinosaur breathing study shows that noses enhanced smelling and cooled brain

Study questions 21-day quarantine period for Ebola

Construction secrets of a galactic metropolis: APEX reveals hidden star formation in protocluster

Effects of high-risk Parkinson's mutation are reversible, study in animal model suggests

A new land snail species named for equal marriage rights

Tobacco May Be Key in New Medicines, In Fighting Ebola?

Physicists are creating the coldest cubic metre in the Universe

Chimpanzees have favorite 'tool set' for hunting staple food of army ants

These roos were 'made' for walking, study suggests of extinct enigmas

Milky Way ransacks nearby dwarf galaxies

Ancient fossils of bizarre figure-eight water creatures confirmed among our strangest distant cousins

Getting to know super-Earths: Using Hubble to study mysterious exoplanet

Potential Kuiper belt targets for new horizons Pluto mission

Boosting heart's natural ability to recover after heart attack

Researchers develop world's thinnest electric generator

Navy tests out working exoskeleton, designed to make heavy maintenance tasks easier. It's too bad I'll probably be out of the military by the time these hit wide-spread usage, because they look pretty cool.

An Australian researcher has worked out how to store 1000TB on a CD

The Chemistry of Pizza

Amphibian communities collapse in wake of viral outbreak

Condition Called Tetrachromacy Allows This Artist To See 100 Million Colors

Are male brains wired to ignore food for sex?

Jet lag can cause obesity by disrupting the daily rhythms of gut microbes

Myth-conceptions: How myths about the brain are hampering teaching

Light bending material facilitates the search for new particles

Inexplicable signal from unseen universe provides tantalizing clue about one of astronomy's greatest secrets - dark matter

Weather history 'time machine' created

Could sleeper sharks be preying on protected Steller sea lions?

Cosmic jets of young stars formed by magnetic fields

Scientists find 'hidden brain signatures' of consciousness in vegetative state patients

Hubble finds extremely distant galaxy through cosmic magnifying glass

Journey to the center of the Earth: Geochemist uses helium and lead isotopes to gain insight into makeup of planet’s deep interior

How a molecular Superman protects the genome from damage

Microbial Life Discovered Inside Deep-Sea Rocks

Wrong thread.

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First evidence of a hydrogen-deficient supernova progenitor

Once in million years: Comet buzzing Mars on Sun

Shy epaulette shark to thrive from climate change, Queensland researchers say

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NASA spacecraft provides new information about sun's atmosphere

Cells' powerhouses were once energy parasites: Study upends current theories of how mitochondria began

Wobbling of a Saturn moon hints at what lies beneath

Evidence for huge mountains that fed early life discovered

Magnetic mirrors enable new technologies by reflecting light in uncanny ways

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Sugared soda consumption, cell aging associated in new study

Brain's compass relies on geometric relationships, say researchers

That pregnant feeling makes a fly start nesting

Tiny 'nanoflares' might heat the Sun's corona

Brain surgery, by robot, through the cheek

New way to lose weight: Scientists stimulate brown fat to burn more energy from food

Kickstarter project – KEECKER – rolling robot entertainment center

A newborn supernova every night

All in a flap: Seychelles fears foreign bird invader

'Red effect' sparks interest in female monkeys

Data shows fewer tornado days in U.S. but more per event over past couple decades

Uranus-Like Planet Discovered 25,000 Light-Years Away

Cannabis May Have Eased Breast Cancer Symptoms of Siberian Ice Princess

Australian volcanic mystery explained

Would-be drug mimics 'good' cholesterol

Sperm wars: Evolutionary biologist compiles international special issue on sperm competition

Kenya opens world’s largest geothermal plant

Top-secret space plane lands on California coast

Action video games bolster sensorimotor skills, study finds

Superconducting circuits, simplified

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Atomic trigger shatters mystery of how glass deforms

Germ-zapping robot could support war against Ebola (w/ Video)

Surgeons Go Through Toddler's Liver To Replace Heart Valve

New iPad cellular models have Apple SIM flexibility

Improved electricity access has little impact on climate change

Major breakthrough could help detoxify pollutants

Sex? It all started 385 million years ago (w/ Video)

Crystallizing the DNA nanotechnology dream: Scientists have designed the first large DNA crystals

Serious security: Device-Independent Quantum Key Distribution guards against the most general attacks

Hot explosions on the cool sun

Blind cave fish may provide insight on eye disease and other human health issues

Wild molecular interactions in a new hydrogen mixture

Rounded crystals that mimic starfish shells could advance 3-D printing pills

Junk food worse for male mouse brains

Researchers build reversible tractor beam that moves objects 100 times farther than other efforts

Cold Atom Laboratory creates atomic dance

See-through, one-atom-thick, carbon electrodes powerful tool to study brain disorders

Tarantula toxin is used to report on electrical activity in live cells

Measuring on ice: Researchers create 'smart' ice skating blade

Plants Can Actually Take Care Of Their Offspring – Here’s How

Chip-Scale Device Enables Yale Engineers to ‘See Without Looking’

Built-in billboards: Male bluefin killifish signal different things with different fins

Roman Gladiators ate a mostly vegetarian diet and drank a tonic of ashes after training

Lab-developed intestinal organoids form mature human tissue in mice

Scientists restore hearing in noise-deafened mice, pointing way to new therapies

Change your walking style, change your mood

How the brain leads us to believe we have sharp vision

Artificial light, biological clock disruptions, increase breast cancer risk, study finds