Diets High in Fructose Lead to Overeating
Scientists have shown, using imaging tests, that fructose can trigger brain changes that lead to overeating. They found that after drinking a fructose beverage, the…
Volunteers Discover 15 New Planet Candidates in Habitable Zones
By looking for a dip in the brightness as planets pass in front of their parent stars, volunteers have discovered 15 new planet candidates orbiting…
Curiosity Returns Images of “Snake River” & Explores “Yellowknife Bay”
Over the holidays, NASA’s Curiosity rover returned new images of “Snake River” and is now in a shallow depression called “Yellowknife Bay.” This is the…
DNA in Flesh-Eating Flies’ Guts Reveal Biodiversity
When blowflies and flesh flies settle on dead animals, they aren’t just feasting on the carrion, they are in fact sampling their DNA. Scientists have…
Hubble Views Galaxies NGC 5011B and NGC 5011C
A new Hubble image shows galaxy NGC 5011C, which astronomers now believe is a dwarf galaxy and not a member of the distant Centaurus Cluster…
The Inherent Unpredictability of El Nino Events
El Niño events are not as predictable as previously thought. According to new analyses of climate records locked within ancient corals, the frequency and strength…
Correlator Supercomputer Designed to Run ALMA Radio Telescope Array
The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) Correlator, a large supercomputer that was built in Chile to help radio astronomers, will be able to perform 17…
Politics – The Single Most Important Factor in Limiting Global Warming
A new analysis finds that swift action by politicians is the single most important factor in limiting global warming. The costs of delays outweigh any…
Deepwater Horizon Disaster Payout Announced by US Justice Department
A new cash settlement will be given to the Gulf of Mexico science and restoration project, due to the federal charges related to the 2010…
People Underestimate How Much They’ll Change in the Future
According to a new study, many people underestimate how much they will change in the future. The scientists published their findings in the journal Science….
Stubby-Tailed Oviraptors Had Tails for Courtship Displays
A new study indicates that a group of bipedal dinosaurs, known as oviraptors, shook their feather-adorned tails to gain attention during their courtship rituals. The…
Laboratory Safety Concerns: Researchers Aren’t As Safe As They Feel
According to the results of the first international survey of researchers’ workplace attitudes and practices, scientists may have a false sense of security about the…
Asteroid Impacts Leave Carbonaceous Material on Vesta
New images from NASA’s reveal that large impacts of asteroids may have altered Vesta’s shape and transferred carbonaceous material to the protoplanet and inner solar…
Enzyme’s Essential Role in Long-Term Memory Refuted
The enzyme protein kinase M-ζ (PKM-ζ) was thought to be a fixture of long-term memory, as its inhibition could erase old memories, whilst adding it…
Supersonic Outflows Contain a Million Times the Energy of an Exploding Star
In a newly published study, an international team of astronomers describe how they detected and mapped outflows of charged particles from the center of our…
Quantum Gas Temperature Goes Below Absolute Zero
Physicists have been able to create an atomic gas that can attain a temperature below absolute zero, -273.15˚C. They were able to create this gas…
“Black Beauty” – Scientists Discover a Water-Rich Martian Meteorite
Researchers discovered a new class of Martian meteorite in the Sahara Desert that contains 10 times more water than other Martian meteorites from unknown origins,…
Atmospheric River Observatories Allow Accurate Weather Prediction of Floods
Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow conveyor belts of rainstorms that stream in from the Pacific Ocean. Meteorologists have been able to predict the storms five…
