New observations from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the planet GJ 1214b, shown orbiting its star in this artist’s conception, is 6.5 times the size of Earth and composed mostly of water. Full Story David A. Aguilar
Eggs may be made throughout adulthoodThe discovery of stem cells in human ovaries suggests that women are not born with a lifetime’s supply of gametes.Read the full story. | Feb 26th 2012Found in: Genes & Cells
- Loose cable blamed for speedy neutrinosIn uncovering a technical flaw, physicists now know why an experimental result that couldn’t have been true wasn’t.Read the full story. | Feb 23rd 2012Found in: Atom & Cosmos and Matter & Energy
- Bird flu less deadly, but more widespread, than official numbers suggestThe H5N1 virus appears to have infected far more than the 573 officially confirmed victims.Read the full story. | Feb 23rd 2012Found in: Genes & Cells
- Distant planet an exotic water-worldOrb is unlike anything in the solar system.Read the full story. | Feb 22nd 2012Found in: Astronomy
- Shelters date to Stone AgeMiddle Eastern foragers inhabited dwellings for months at a time around 20,000 years ago. Read the full story. | Feb 22nd 2012Found in: Anthropology, Archaeology and Humans
- Old-fashioned fish regrow finsFish on an ancient line can regenerate lost limbs with newt-like flair, suggesting that ability was shared among ancient ancestors.Read the full story. | Feb 22nd 2012Found in: Life
- More News in Brief: 2012 AAAS MeetingHighlights from the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Vancouver, February 16-20.Read the full story. | Feb 22nd 2012Found in: Earth and Food Science
- The bloom isn’t off this ancient plantUsing fruit found in Siberia’s permafrost, scientists grow oldest flowering specimen ever produced from preserved tissue.Read the full story. | Feb 21st 2012Found in: Life
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Carbon dioxide breaking down marine ecosystems
2.19.12 – Scientists capitalize on ‘natural’ experiment to chronicle how ecosystems will change as oceans continue to acidify Found in: Environment
- Scientists probe terrorist talk on ‘Dark Web’
2.19.12 – Mathematical tools pry clandestine information from hidden realm of the Internet Found in: Numbers and Science & Society
- Oceans set stage for human evolution
- Harsh conditions in childhood have long-term effects
2.18.12 – Kids from Romanian orphanage also had lower volumes of gray matter Found in: Body & Brain and Humans
- News in Brief: 2012 AAAS Meeting
2.18.12 – Highlights from the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Vancouver, February 16-20
- FOR KIDS: Worlds beyond the solar system
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2.22.12 – Planet hunters have found hundreds of exoplanets, but none just like Earth Found in: Science News For Kids
- FOR KIDS: Surprise ions
2.22.12 – A high-flying satellite reveals a crowd of charged particles in the magnetosphere Found in: Science News For Kids
- Science News at the 2012 AAAS meeting
2.22.12 – A round-up of coverage of the 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting
- Crosses make lab mice even more useful
2.17.12 – New strains of lab animals bred to better pinpoint the genetic roots of disease Found in: Genes & Cells
- Osteoporosis drugs delivered wirelessly
2.16.12 – Implanted microchip that releases medications on command tested in people Found in: Biomedicine and Body & Brain
- All genes aren’t indispensable
2.16.12 – Even with about 20 that are utterly inactivated, individuals can do just fine Found in: Genes & Cells
- Seeing, feeling have something in common
2.16.12 – Protein needed for eye development also involved in detecting vibrations Found in: Genes & Cells
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