Posts Tagged ‘research’

Anancy News: Look Up! It’s A Star In The . . .

Posted by admin on September 16th, 2011

Look Up! It’s A Star In The Midst Of A Violent, Bright Death   Something violent is happening in the night sky, right now. And scientists studying the phenomenon said yesterday that with a pair good binoculars or a telescope you can see a star in its final throes causing a spectacular explosion called a [...]

Anancy News: A Hummingbird’s Musical Tail

Posted by admin on September 16th, 2011

Dot Earth Blog A Hummingbird’s Musical Tail By ANDREW C. REVKIN A close look at hummingbird tails reveals the source of a second, non-vocal, song.

Anancy News: Former Bullies Share What . . .

Posted by admin on September 7th, 2011

  ‘Dear Bully’ Whether you were bullied or a bully, do you still carry that burden? Former Bullies Share What Motivated Behavior »

Anancy News: A Final Smash For America’s . . .

Posted by admin on September 6th, 2011

Science A Final Smash For America’s Giant Particle Collider Once, the U.S. was a magnet for particle physicists, but Europe’s Large Hadron Collider is now the biggest show around. As the Tevatron prepares to go dark in September, questions remain about the next step in U.S. physics research. September 6, 2011 On the grounds of [...]

Anancy News: Adaptation and Survival of the Fittest

Posted by admin on September 6th, 2011

Adaptation and Survival of the Fittest August 30, 2011 Paola Pedraza, assistant curator of the Institute of Systematic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden, writes about her recent expedition to catalog the flora of Las Orquídeas National Park, Colombia. Survival of the fittest and adaptation — these are concepts that come to my mind [...]

Anancy News: Sound, the Way the Brain Prefers . . .

Posted by admin on September 6th, 2011

Sound, the Way the Brain Prefers to Hear It By GUY GUGLIOTTA In designing the next great audio system, researchers are invoking the science of psychoacoustics LOS ANGELES — There is, perhaps, no more uplifting musical experience than hearing the “Hallelujah” chorus from Handel’s “Messiah” performed in a perfect space. Many critics regard Symphony Hall [...]

Anancy News: Newly Discovered Star Shouldn’t . . .

Posted by admin on September 5th, 2011

Space Newly Discovered Star Shouldn’t Exist, Says Theory The primordial star has a chemistry and mass that don’t square with star formation theory. Newly Discovered Star Shouldn’t Exist, Says Theory September 2, 2011 Reporting in Nature, researchers write of discovering one of the oldest stars in the Galaxy, formed some 13 billion years ago. But [...]

Anancy News: As Sports Medicine Surges, Hope . . .

Posted by admin on September 5th, 2011

As Sports Medicine Surges, Hope and Hype Outpace Proven Treatments By GINA KOLATA The popularity of sports medicine stems from the fact that celebrity athletes, desperate to return after an injury, have been trying unproven treatments, giving the procedures a sort of star appeal.  

Anancy News: 1 Sperm Donor, 150 Brothers . . .

Posted by admin on September 5th, 2011

 1 Sperm Donor, 150 Brothers and Sisters 1 Sperm Donor, 150 Brothers and Sisters By JACQUELINE MROZ Published: September 5, 2011 Cynthia Daily and her partner used a sperm donor to conceive a baby seven years ago, and they hoped that one day their son would get to know some of his half siblings — [...]

Anancy News: Born, and Evolved, to Run

Posted by admin on September 1st, 2011

Born, and Evolved, to Run By CLAUDIA DREIFUS Daniel Lieberman, an evolutionary biology professor at Harvard, spends his time studying how the human head and foot have evolved over the millenniums.