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 BBC Science/Nature
'Invader' drives ladybird decline
Fast declines in some UK and European ladybirds are being caused by the spread of the invasive harlequin species, scientists show.
6 Feb 2012 at 5:23pm
Jurassic cricket's song recreated
The "love song" of a 165-million-year-old insect is recreated from a tiny and remarkably intact fossil, say scientists.
6 Feb 2012 at 3:33pm
Skydiver planning 36km record bid
Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian planning to sky dive from a record-breaking altitude, has announced he will make the attempt later this year.
6 Feb 2012 at 5:03pm
Mars co-operation near collapse
US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.
6 Feb 2012 at 6:56am
Race to drill into Antarctic lake
Russian scientists are attempting to beat US and British rivals to be first to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake.
6 Feb 2012 at 5:04am
China in EU carbon scheme 'ban'
China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
5 Feb 2012 at 8:24pm
'Birth defect risk' for diabetics
The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of 400,000 pregnancies in England suggests.
5 Feb 2012 at 6:10pm
Contador given two-year drug ban
Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.
6 Feb 2012 at 7:20am
PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy
More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.
5 Feb 2012 at 7:15am
Prince optimistic for fisheries
Prince Charles says there are reasons to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.
3 Feb 2012 at 4:44pm
Live Science
New Alzheimer's Criteria Would Change Diagnosis for Millions
Under proposed new criteria for the diagnosis of cognitive problems, almost everyone with a mild form of Alzheimer's disease would be downgraded to not having the condition.
6 Feb 2012 at 1:34pm
Sex Education Less Effective in Conservative States
Religiosity may be undermining sex education in some states.
6 Feb 2012 at 1:02pm
New 'Doomsday Preppers' Show Highlights Extreme Survivalists
"Doomsday Preppers," a new show on the National Geographic Channel, profiles people who fear the coming apocalypse. Scholars say this phenomenon is on the rise.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:37pm
Mammogram Readers Could Take a Cue from Film-Making
By using subtle techniques of "gaze direction," a new system could improve the accuracy of mammogram readers.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:28pm
Russian Team Has Reached Buried Antarctic Lake, Reports Say
Russian news outlets reporting team has reached long-buried Antarctic lake.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:33pm
Jurassic Bug Sounds
At dusk, Archaboilus musicus sings in a Jurassic forest of Northwest China. The forest grew under humid conditions, probably close to the banks of a river and consisted primarily of conifers and ferns.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:29pm
Chimps Can Get Inside Others' Heads Just Like Humans
The furry animals can get inside other chimps' heads to know what they need.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:02pm
Fossilized Katydid Wings Sing Ancient Song
Researchers have recreated the come-hither call of a 165 million year old bug
6 Feb 2012 at 12:10pm
Beetle Sperm Teams Up To Navigate Females' Bodies
Insect sex has evolved to become more complex
6 Feb 2012 at 12:06pm
Spanking Linked to More Aggression in Kids
Children who are spanked or slapped can develop higher levels of aggression.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm
ScienceDaily
Gene mutation discovery sparks hope for effective endometriosis screening
Researchers have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. The researchers' discovery of a new gene mutation provides hope for new screening methods.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:43pm
Patterns in sand dunes explained
In a study of the harsh but beautiful White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain dune patterns. The new work represents a contribution to basic science, but the findings may also hold implications for identifying when dune landscapes like those in Nebraska's Sand Hills may reach a "tipping point" under climate change, going from valuable grazing land to barren desert.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:43pm
Why common tree is toxic to snowshoe hares
Biologists have uncovered why the chemical defenses in birch, a common type of tree found in North America, are toxic to snowshoe hares.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:42pm
Metabolic 'breathalyzer' reveals early signs of disease
The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a ?breathalyzer?-like technology currently under development.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:42pm
Big jolt to California economy with new tax on cigarettes
A new analysis has found that a state ballot initiative to increase the cigarette tax would create about 12,000 jobs and nearly $2 billion in new economic activity in California.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:42pm
Three 'targeted' cancer drugs raise risk of fatal side effects
Treatment with three "targeted" cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new analysis. These risks remain low, but they should be factored in when developing patients? treatment plans.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:42pm
School Closures Slow Spread of pH1N1
Using high-quality data about the incidence of influenza infections in Alberta during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, the researchers show that when schools closed for the summer, the transmission of infection from person to person was sharply reduced.
6 Feb 2012 at 2:42pm
Domestic cats, and wild bobcats and pumas, living in same area have same dise...
Scientists found evidence that domestic cats and wild cats that share the same outdoor areas in urban environments also can share diseases such as Bartonellosis and Toxoplasmosis. Both can be spread from cats to people.
6 Feb 2012 at 1:46pm
A bug's (sex) life: Diving beetles offer unexpected clues about sexual selection
Studies of diving beetles suggest sperm evolution may be driven by changes in female reproductive organs, challenging the paradigm of post-mating sexual selection being driven mostly by competition among sperm. In the process, the researchers discovered an unexpected and stunning variety of sperm form and behavior.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:41pm
Clues to common birth defect found in gene expression data
Researchers have uncovered 27 new candidate genes for congenital diaphragmatic hernia, a common and often deadly birth defect. Their sophisticated data-filtering strategy offers a new, efficient and potentially game-changing approach to gene discovery.
6 Feb 2012 at 12:41pm
New Scientist
Private spacecraft move forward as Soyuz struggles
All eyes are on private rocketeers after the latest problem with Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, which is now the only means of sending crews to the International Space Station
6 Feb 2012 at 3:01pm
Jurassic katydid sings out after 165 million years
An exceptionally preserved fossil has allowed biologists to reconstruct the sound of an extinct bush cricket. So what did it sound like?
6 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm
Today on New Scientist: 6 February 2012
All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: the revolution will be tweeted and robotic walking stick lends users some balance
6 Feb 2012 at 10:00am
3D printer provides woman with a brand new jaw
Sculpting an entire replacement jawbone that's both fully functional and biocompatible is seen as a breakthrough for 3D printing
6 Feb 2012 at 9:30am
Patch of seagrass is world's oldest living organism
A 15-kilometre-long swathe of seagrass off the coast of Spain is at least 80,000 years old, making it the oldest known living organism on Earth
6 Feb 2012 at 9:25am
Robotic walking stick lends users some balance
Walking sticks are being dragged into the robotics era thanks to dynamic balancing, super-strong motors and power-punching batteries
6 Feb 2012 at 8:54am
Martian real estate, windy and cratered but isolated
Mars Express has returned images of the Red Planet's Syrtis Major region, an area once thought to be an ocean – but did oceans once exist on Mars?
6 Feb 2012 at 8:33am
Contador stripped of Tour de France title
Alberto Contador has been banned for 2 years and stripped of his Tour de France title after he tested positive for the banned stimulant clenbuterol in 2010
6 Feb 2012 at 8:20am
Are we merely the sum of our neurons?
In Connectome: How the brain's wiring makes us who we are, Sebastian Seung explores the mapping of our circuitry and how much it can tell us about ourselves
6 Feb 2012 at 7:30am
Pirate file-sharing goes 3D
3D file-sharing makes copying "physibles" possible. It'll give companies a headache ? but could kick-start a 3D printing revolution
6 Feb 2012 at 5:20am
Scientific American
Russian Team Has Reached Buried Antarctic Lake, Reports Say
Several Russian news outlets are reporting that Russian scientists have successfully drilled to Antarctica's Lake Vostok , a massive liquid lake cut off from daylight for 14 million years and buried beneath 2 miles (3.7 kilometers) of ice. [More]
6 Feb 2012 at 8:10pm
Baby-Led Weaning Leads to Leaner Kids
Image courtesy of iStockphoto/lisegagne Those little pursed lips and that tiny crinkled nose might not just mean that your baby isn’t a fan of pureed peas or mashed sweet potatoes. Some of the refusals to all of those “here-comes-the-airplane” attempts to feed a weaning infant might also be the child s way of saying that she or he is just not hungry. [More]
6 Feb 2012 at 3:30pm
The Quantum Physics of Free Will
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6 Feb 2012 at 1:00pm
Anthrax Toxicity Depends on Human Genetics
Anthrax courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Marcus007 The white powder that arrived in envelopes addressed to lawmakers and journalists in 2001 proved to be a deadly delivery for several people. The lethal substance spores commonly known as Anthrax (from the bacterium Bactillus anthracis ) can cause a toxic reaction in a host’s blood stream , killing cells and leading to tissue damage, bleeding and death. [More]
6 Feb 2012 at 12:06pm
Bright-Sized: Skull Study Shows Eye-Sockets Have Grown Larger at Higher Latit...
People who live farther from the equator have larger eye sockets than their tropical counterparts, a new study finds. And as people inhabited higher and higher latitudes , eye socket size grew along with the northerly or southerly extent of their migrations. [More]
6 Feb 2012 at 9:00am
How to Overhaul the Way Buildings Use Energy
PHILADELPHIA -- When the Allies needed a weapon terrible enough to end World War II, scientists devised the atomic bomb. When the Soviet Union hurled Sputnik into space, American scientists rallied to build the world's top space program. [More]
6 Feb 2012 at 8:00am
Lake Vostok is (Almost) Breached After 20 Million Years
Satellite composite showing location of Vostok within the Antarctic continent (NASA) Two and a half miles beneath the surface of Antarctica’s central Eastern ice sheet is a body of water 160 miles by 30 miles across known as Lake Vostok , after the Vostok research station above it, built by the former Soviet Union in 1957 and now operated by Russia. [More]
6 Feb 2012 at 7:58am
Thinking About Mortality Changes How We Act
The thought of shuffling off our mortal coil can make all of us a little squeamish. But avoiding the idea of death entirely means ignoring the role it can play in determining our actions. Consider the following scenario: [More]
6 Feb 2012 at 7:00am
Eyeing Greener Acres, New Farmers Reap Growing U.S. Aid
By Carey Gillam HALLSVILLE, Missouri (Reuters) - Dan Pugh wishes he had a bigger tractor and his wife Laura worries about their chickens in the winter weather. But as new farmers putting down roots in rural Missouri, the Pughs are counting on more rewards than regrets in trading their city lives for the country. [More]
6 Feb 2012 at 5:14am
Spectacular Plumes of Dust Reach across the World [Slide Show]
We don't hear too much about natural dust, the kind that the winds loft from deserts and dry lakebeds into the air and carries for hundreds of kilometers, crossing oceans and continents, but we should. Plumes of dust connect the atmosphere, the oceans and the forests, and affect the most fundamental processes of life on our planet. Scientists believe that dust has profound and somewhat mysterious influences on atmospheric chemistry, solar heat exchange and nutrient supply to the oceans and ra...
6 Feb 2012 at 5:00am
USGS Earthquake Activity
M 4.9, Negros - Cebu region, Philippines
February 07, 2012 04:05:38 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 8:05pm
M 4.3, offshore Chiapas, Mexico
February 07, 2012 02:45:48 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 6:45pm
M 2.7, Southern California
February 07, 2012 02:34:19 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 6:34pm
M 4.8, Peru-Ecuador border region
February 07, 2012 02:18:26 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 6:18pm
M 4.6, Sulawesi, Indonesia
February 07, 2012 00:33:40 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 4:33pm
M 4.6, Negros - Cebu region, Philippines
February 06, 2012 23:47:15 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 3:47pm
M 2.7, Baja California, Mexico
February 06, 2012 21:42:58 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 1:42pm
M 3.3, Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
February 06, 2012 17:08:17 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 9:08am
M 3.6, Southern Alaska
February 06, 2012 16:53:01 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 8:53am
M 2.7, Central California
February 06, 2012 16:44:58 GMT
6 Feb 2012 at 8:44am
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