A Molecule That Could Solve Climate Change; What's Killing the Bees
Discovered: A molecule that could cool our warming Earth, what's killing all the bees, fat tastes good, a cancer-processed food link.
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As much masochistic fun as it may be to follow the cicada sex invasion via Twitter's ever popular Vine app, the brave backyard directors chronicling the East Coast's ongoing insect phenomenon don't seem to be enjoying the process too much — many of them are just resorting to violence against the little guys, who die almost instantly upon their return to earth anyway.
Discovered: A molecule that could cool our warming Earth, what's killing all the bees, fat tastes good, a cancer-processed food link.
Discovered: A red-wine research fraud, the world's smallest frog, what makes alcohol addictive, the Internet's mind-altering properties, a new Mars-like planet.
Discovered: the color of the Milky Way, a far away galaxy, weight gain denial, the best kind of doctors.
Discovered: Cat ladies beware, the types of moms that make their kids fat, more good malaria news, and even little oil spills are horrible for animals.
Discovered: An HIV prevention treatment is crowned "Breakthrough of the Year," women govern just as poorly as men, two-year-olds have real memories, what makes teens nerdy, and Microsoft Kinect in space.
Discovered: Multitasking isn't a myth, pigeons aren't as dumb as they look, anti-depressants and therapy don't really work, the Brits' criminal and pirate ancestors, better treatment for blindness prevention.
Discovered: A biological explanation for label-snobs, bad news for wine-drinkers, Twitter did influence the Arab Spring, car battery's super powers and a malaria vaccine
Two research groups have "reluctantly" agreed to censor their research papers about avian flu over concerns that the information they reveal could be used by terrorists to create a deadly plague.
Discovered: A neon sign that's alive, a cure-all wonder drug for the common cold and HIV, (almost) drought-proof plants, debunking peer influence.
The same team that recently discovered the possibly water-covered, life-supporting planet, Kepler 22b, announced the discovery of two more Earth-sized planets on Monday.
Discovered: How burning fossil fuels puts mercury in the food supply, the ecological effects of climate change, the drunk trait, a reason for low marriage rates and parental gender preferences.
A strike against those arguing for the benefits of successful college football programs: male's grades tend to go down when their university's football team wins games, new research finds.
Scientists at M.I.T's Media lab have created a camera that can capture the speed of light, taking a photo in less than two-trillionths of a second.
Scientists at CERN just finished their press conference explaining their discovery in relation to the so-called god particle, and while they say they've found evidence of the mysterious Higgs Boson, they've stopped short of announcing it definitely exists.
It turns out vocal fry, what the Internet is reporting as a new linguistic trend "creeping" into women's speech isn't much of a trend at all.
After winning the $100,000 Siemens Prize for inventing nanoparticles that kill cancer cells, Angela Zhang is quickly becoming the world's most enviable Internet meme.
New tests at the European science facility CERN yet again confirm the results of their prior experiment which showed faster-than-light particles, reports the BBC and The Washington Post.
With over 40 years of research to support their findings, a team of British scientists was slightly surprised to learn that people with higher IQs are much more prone to drug use.
Those wishing of adding zeros to their paychecks should know one thing: they're prayers might be best answered through science--or at least by landing a job related to science.
Discovered: where germs gather on the way to work, another win for coffee apologists, lessons from drunk mice, and the funny thing about neutrinos.
A photographer nabbed a photo of the first ever recorded fourth order rainbow
The cosmos will eventually be a cold, dark, lonely place
This and other revelations in a new scientific study on what tweets tell us about our moods
Plus: The inner-workings of your brain as seen as fuzzy movies
Few women choose to go into science because of the role model shortage in children's movies
Plus, in today's research round-up: soul-searching about a longevity gene
Which probably explains why TV ad prices are rising despite declining viewership
Plus: a math problem pop-quiz, courtesy of Harvard research
Plus, in today's research round up: a very small silver lining to unemployment
And: apples aren't supposed to be controversial
Plus: SpongeBob researchers clarify their findings
Mounting evidence shows that turmeric, the main spice in curry, is a natural cancer killer
A millions of years old transitional fossil was just discovered
Science has found that there's an unpleasant mood for every season
New research shows the extent to which our ancestors interbred
Everything's okay because the boy learned some valuable science lessons
Let the jokes about the death of print begin
The latest study finds that personality does indeed matter
A new study yet again shows that Internet procrastination has its benefits
It asks: how did this become international news?
And: another benefit of moderate drinking
Aidan Dwyer did a much better job on his 7th grade science project than any of us
And his campaign isn't quite sure whether he thinks Social Security is unconstitutional
Plus: explaining the brain-eating amoeba scare
The agency wants to send people to the stars, make brain-like computers and more!
Plus: new research finds that nice guys earn much less than their less-agreeable peers
A new study finds that men not only desire women, but also products, that are out of their reach
Only 4 percent could name a living scientist
A recent discovery has injected hope into the search for extraterrestrials
The social network is both good and evil
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