General Science Thread

Do we really want to consider the ranting of MOND supporters as news?

Not familiar with that term.

Pesticides alter bees' brains, making them unable to live and reproduce adequately

Engineering a better solar cell: Defects in popular perovskites pinpointed

Physicists find long sought-after Efimov state in helium trimer

Quantum-mechanical monopoles experimentally identified

No Hogwarts invitation required: Invisibility cloaks move into the real-life classroom

Gravity data show that Antarctic ice sheet is melting increasingly faster

New origin theory for cells that gave rise to vertebrates

Walking an extra two minutes each hour may offset hazards of sitting too long

Did dinosaur-killing asteroid trigger largest lava flows on Earth?

Living to 100: Lifestyle advice for would-be centenarians

Is NASA one step closer to warp drive?

Rubella Has Officially Been Eradicated From The Americas

MOdified Newtonian Dynamics. Aka people who don't like the concept of dark matter so insist that Newton's laws of gravitation must be different. Never mind that they have no way of extending this modified concept of gravity into general relativistic terms and that concentrations of dark matter have actually been mapped from their gravitational influence.

edited 1st May '15 3:05:44 PM by KnightofLsama

Um, general relativity and Newtonian relativity are not different at these scales. The latter is an approximation for the former in the large distance/low mass case.

Global decline of large herbivores may lead to an 'empty landscape'

Regions at greatest risk for species extinction the least studied

Lava Lake Loki on Jupiter's moon Io, up close

Flowing against the stream: Inanimate beads behave in lifelike ways

Long-term galactic cosmic ray exposure leads to dementia-like cognitive impairments

Nasa’s New Horizons detects surface features, possible polar cap on Pluto

Microsoft age-estimate tool unleashed real-time virality

New exoplanet too big for its stars

Dinosaur-times cockroach caught in amber, from Myanmar

Pulsar with widest orbit ever detected

Different Monkey Species Can Understand One Another's "Languages"

How shark 'penises' evolved

New project plans to plant one billion trees a year using drone technology

Scientists discover an enzyme that can change a person’s blood type

Scientists are turning salt water into drinking water using solar power

Yes, but Modified Newtonian Dynamics has (least time I heard) no way of extending their modification into the realms where general relativity starts giving different answers to normal Newtonian Gravity (ie the orbital precession of Mercury), which is a mark against it because we know General Relativity works (GPS satellites have clocks precise enough to account for differences).

That modification would not apply at the GRT scales anyway - they are the opposite limit case of MOND. Perhaps that's the reason they cannot be reconciled.

Lens turns smartphone into a microscope: Costs only 3 cents

Gigantic whales have stretchy 'bungee cord' nerves

Sports: 'Performance enhancing' drugs decrease performance

Human-inspired robot takes a brisk walk in the grass

Scientists reconcile three unrelated theories of schizophrenia

Foundations of heart regeneration uncovered: Outer layer of heart must be healed first

Sixth DNA base discovered?

Evidence of briny water on Mars

Ten-engine electric plane prototype takes off

Scientists make world’s thinnest transistor - at three atoms thick

Silver turns bacteria into deadly zombies

As the river rises: Cahokia's emergence and decline linked to Mississippi River flooding

Astrophysicists offer proof that famous image shows forming planets

Astronomers unveil farthest galaxy, more than 13 billion years in the past

New centimeter-accurate GPS system could transform virtual reality and mobile devices

Popular electric brain stimulation method used to boost brainpower is detrimental to IQ scores

Researchers observe the moment when a mind is changed

Late-night snacking: Is it your brain's fault?

Say what? How the brain separates our ability to talk and write

Artificial muscles created from gold-plated onion cells

First 'images' of thunder: Sound waves captured visually

Soft robot: Shaping itself and moving with own internally generated power?

Biologists shines light on origin of bioluminescence

Realistic surface rendering in computer games

Just like humans, dolphins have complex social networks

Controlling the internal structure of mitochondria

New chip architecture may provide foundation for quantum computer

Engineering students create real-time 3-D radar system

First evolutionary history of 50 years of music charts using big data analysis of sounds

Compiling a 'dentist's handbook' for penis worms

Bone analysis reveals violent history of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica

Mozilla says HTTPS is the way forward for the Web

Backyard feeders invite aggressive bird breeds, study finds

NASA records mysterious sounds 36 km above Earth's surface

Warm-blooded fishes swim faster and farther than cold-blooded counterparts

Solomon Islands dolphin hunts cast spotlight on small cetacean survival

Missing link in evolution of complex cells discovered

Mobile phone video microscope automates detection of parasites in blood

Molecular homing beacon redirects human antibodies to fight pathogenic bacteria

Blocking obesity-associated protein stops dangerous fat formation, mouse study shows

New stem cells hold potential for generating mature functional tissues

Spiders sprayed with carbon nanotubes spin superstrong webs

Rombertik malware: evasive, layered, out to steal

A hot start to the origin of life? Researchers map the first chemical bonds that eventually give rise to DNA

Geochemical process on Saturn's moon linked to life's origin

Can the brain map 'non-conventional' geometries (and abstract spaces)?

Ephemeral emails: Startup shows off self-destructing messages

Pretty ladybugs are disease-ridden cannibals

What drives the evolution of bird nest structures?

Hubble finds giant halo around the Andromeda galaxy

Proto super-star cluster discovered: A cosmic 'dinosaur egg' about to hatch

Record global carbon dioxide concentrations surpass 400 parts per million in March 2015

How your brain reacts to emotional information is influenced by your genes

Locating the brain's SAD center

As life slips by: Why eye movement doesn't blur the picture

Fresh evidence for how water reached Earth found in asteroid debris

Channeling valleytronics in graphene

Polite trading with early Vikings? Scandinavian trade 'triggered' the Viking Age

Ancient star raises prospects of intelligent life

Clues contained in ancient brain point to the origin of heads in early animals

BioBots bioprinter to complement cutting-edge research

Researchers measure giant 'internal waves' that help regulate climate

'Strange signals' from microwave oven puzzled astronomers for decades

A university in Sydney has just launched a game-changing ‘super lab’

Ancient Mercury had a magnetic field

Ten giant animals that are long since dead

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New species of marine worm discovered on the Antarctic Deception Island

Lopsided star explosion holds the key to other supernova mysteries

Light in sight: A step towards a potential therapy for acquired blindness

Scientists resolve debate over how many bacteria fight off invaders

Strong statin-diabetes link seen in large study

Threats to soil productivity threaten food security

Chagas disease vaccine shows long-term protection in mice

Impact of post-treatment surveillance in head and neck squamous cell cancer

Fish born in larger groups develop more social skills, different brain structure

Flower find provides real-time insight into evolution

Mystery of India’s rapid move toward Eurasia 80 million years ago explained

Study finds protein 'cement' that stabilizes the crossroad of chromosomes

Researchers create first neural-network chip built just with memristors

Measles vaccine protects against other deadly diseases

By current understanding of human genetics and "random" mutations, is it possible for a pair of parents from a sub-Saharan African population with no recent European ancestry, to give birth to a child that could pass for a European in terms of both skin tone and overall appearance?

I guess there's a hypothetical chance, but I imagine the chances of it happening are equivalent to winning the lottery, being struck by lightning, and getting your dick eaten by a shark, simultaneously.

Traces of flowers placed on a Palaeolithic tomb

Master orchestrator of the genome is discovered, stem cell scientists report

Cooperative video game play elicits pro-social behavior, research finds

'Make like a bat’: Two ears attuned to high frequencies help people find objects using echoes

Sleep loss impedes decision making in crisis, research shows

Engineers hand 'cognitive' control to underwater robots

Electrons corralled using new quantum tool

Near-atomic resolution of protein structure by electron microscopy holds promise

When Humans Declared War On Fish

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Velociraptor, move over: New dinosaur's keen nose made it a formidable predator

Scientists show 'breaking waves' perturb Earth's magnetic field

Watch invisible gravity waves rumble through the atmosphere

Fixstars announces six-terabyte Solid State Drive

Algorithm to distinguish reflections from photos taken through windows

Sperm has reportedly been created in the lab for the first time ever

Drug-resistant typhoid fever becoming an epidemic in Africa and Asia

DNA with self-interest: Transposable element conquers new strain of fly

Important step in artificial intelligence: Stylized letters classified by their images

Personal microbiomes shown to contain unique 'fingerprints'

Narrow misses can propel us toward other rewards, goals

Study links father's age, baby's risk of blood cancer as an adult

Bioprinting in 3-D: Looks like candy, could regenerate nerve cells

Massive southern invasions by northern birds linked to climate shifts

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Weather forecasts made for planets beyond our solar system

A metal composite that will (literally) float your boat

How the brain balances hearing between our ears

Nano memory call can mimic the brain's long term memory

Controlling swarms of cooperative robots with light and a single finger

Scientists regenerate bone tissue using only proteins secreted by stem cells

Mediterranean diet plus olive oil or nuts associated with improved cognitive function

Fish and other animals produce their own sunscreen: Copied for potential use in humans

Sri Lanka to become the first nation in the world to protect all its mangroves

Scientists have discovered a new state of matter, called 'Jahn-Teller metals'

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Infant Antibiotic Use Linked to Adult Diseases

Cause of Galactic Death: Strangulation

Beekeepers Lost 40% of Bees in 2014-15

Brain Cells Capable of 'Early-Career' Switch

How Infant Gut Microbiome Gets Off Balance

Large Hadron Collider: Rare Subatomic Process

Physicists Observe Attosecond Real-Time Restructuring of Electron Cloud in Molecule

Scientists Engineer Chickens With Dinosaur Snouts

Baboons prefer to spend time with others of the same age, status and even personality

Brain compass keeps flies on course, even in the dark

Drug perks up old muscles and aging brains

New class of 'dark' globular star clusters discovered around giant galaxy Centaurus A

Trap-jaw ants jump with their jaws to escape the antlion's den

How rivers regulate global carbon cycle

Three-decade quest backs physics' 'Standard Model'

Scientists develop atomic-scale hardware to implement natural computing

Cutting a bugs' penis shorter found to reduce reproduction chances

Rats forsake chocolate to save a drowning companion

Antimatter haze found in thundercloud, and the laws of physics can’t explain it

Comet Wild 2: A window into the birth of the solar system?

First fully warm-blooded fish: The opah or moonfish

Left-handed cosmic magnetic field could explain missing antimatter

'Hydrogels' boost ability of stem cells to restore eyesight and heal brains

Educating the immune system to prevent allergies

Geneticists clock genetic differences between 'larks' and 'night owls'

Researchers hone technique for finding signs of life on the Red Planet

Iconic Indian fish on the brink of extinction

GE engineers make engine using additive manufacturing process

Analysis of bones found in Romania offer evidence of human and Neanderthal interbreeding in Europe

Study reveals fruit flies exhibit the building blocks of emotion

New trigger for volcanic eruptions discovered using jelly and lasers

New test detects drug use from a single fingerprint

Various financial incentives help smokers quit

Gene regulation underlies the evolution of social complexity in bees

As carbon emissions climb, so too has Earth's capacity to remove CO2 from atmosphere

What happens when Newton's third law is broken?

Astronomers baffled by discovery of rare quasar quartet

Hyena society is founded on friendship

The Seasons Affect How Your Genes Work

Here's a mind-blowing reminder of how big the Extremely Large Telescope will be

Sorry for the wall, I had to catch up on the stuff I missed while working on my term paper.

How microbes acquire electricity in making methane

Agriculture, declining mobility drove humans' shift to lighter bones

Neurobiologists restore youthful vigor to adult mouse brains

Maternal obesity compromises babies' immune system at time of birth

Researchers find brain area that integrates speech's rhythms

Promising research trials find new combination of drugs treat underlying cause of most common form of cystic fibrosis

Nanobionics supercharge photosynthesis

Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%

Population benefits of sexual selection explain the existence of males

First hidden, real-time, screen-camera communication

Jumping spiders are masters of miniature color vision

Study finds evidence of non-adaptive evolution within cicadas

'Cicadas': US military's new swarm of mini-drones

New tiny silicon chip paves the way for light-speed computers

Spanish researchers are developing bladeless wind turbines

Researchers figure out how to make home-made heroin without poppies

edited 19th May '15 10:46:38 AM by rmctagg09

Common mechanism for shallow and deep earthquakes proposed

Most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers

Researchers develop liquid-crystal-based compound lenses that work like insect eyes

Genes may influence leadership in the workplace

Cancer drugs may hold key to treating Down syndrome and other brain disorders

Real and 3-D printed shells ability to withstand pressure

Critically endangered gibbon: New action plan to save world's rarest primate

Diverse soil communities can help offset impacts of global warming

What did the first snakes look like?

Laser technique for low-cost self-assembly of nanostructures

The story of rhinos and how they conquered the world

Meet the James Bond rodent

Injured Sea Turtle Gets A 3D-Printed Jaw

Study may explain mysterious cancer–day care connection

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