Archive of articles published on the 15th of May 2013

Study finds 'owning' a darker skin can positively impact racial bias
Untangling the tree of life
UCLA study shows warming in central China greater than most climate models indicated
Political motivations may have evolutionary links to physical strength
European winter weather harder to forecast in certain years
Groundwater unaffected by shale gas production in Arkansas
OHSU research team successfully converts human skin cells into embryonic stem cells
Scientists discover oldest evidence of split between Old World monkeys and apes
Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars
Evolution shapes new rules for ant behavior, Stanford research finds
NIST demonstrates significant improvement in the performance of solar-powered hydrogen generation
Squishy hydrogels may be the ticket for studying biological effects of nanoparticles
Maps developed to help forest industry outwit climate change
First direct proof of Hofstadter butterfly fractal observed in moiré superlattices
'Fish thermometer' reveals long-standing, global impact of climate change
Catching graphene butterflies
Fall warming on Antarctic Peninsula driven by tropically forced circulation
Black hole powered jets plow into galaxy
No idle chatter: Study finds malaria parasites 'talk' to each other
Stanford ultraresponsive magnetic nanoscavengers for next generation water purification
New report identifies strategies to achieve net-zero energy homes
Cotton offers a new ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spills
Tiny water creepy crawlies from South Korea and the Russian Far East
RUB physicists let magnetic dipoles interact on the nanoscale for the first time
Despite new recommendations, women in 40s continue to get routine mammograms at same rate
The developmental genetics of space and time
Jekyll into Hyde: Breathing auto emissions turns HDL cholesterol from 'good' to 'bad'
World's most extraordinary species mapped for the first time