Better sleep is associated with improved academic success
According to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, getting more high-quality sleep is associated with better academic performance. The positive relationship is...
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep
Changing winter conditions are causing Scotland's wild Soay sheep to get smaller despite the evolutionary benefits of having a large body, researchers report in a study that shows how climate...
Galaxies coming of age in cosmic blobs
The "coming of age" of galaxies and black holes has been
pinpointed, thanks to new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray
Observatory and other telescopes. This discovery helps resolve the true...
Size did matter -- evidence of giant sperm found in microfossils
In the competition for a partner, males typically have to vie with each other – be it with a colorful plumage, a large set of antlers or a seductive courtship...
Geographic profiling applied to track hunting patterns of white sharks in South Africa
Predation is one of the most fundamental and fascinating
interactions in nature, and sharks are some of the fiercest
predators on Earth. However, their hunting pattern is difficult to study...
University of Colorado team finds definitive evidence for ancient lake on Mars
A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has discovered
the first definitive evidence of shorelines on Mars, an indication
of a deep, ancient lake there and a finding with...
Common fish species has 'human' ability to learn
Although worlds apart, the way fish learn could be closer to humans' way of thinking than previously believed, suggests a new research study.
Cancer screening fear is fueled by lack of information says review covering nearly 6,000 women
Fear plays a major role in whether women decide to go for cancer screening or not, but healthcare providers underestimate how much women need to know and wrongly assume that...
Fog lifted on 'dark' gamma-ray bursts, mysterious counterparts to bursts with an afterglow
Gamma-ray bursts, with their ability to pierce through gas and dust
to shine brightly across the universe, are revealing areas of
intense star formation and stellar death where astronomers have...
Sands of Gobi Desert yield new species of nut-cracking dinosaur
Plants or meat: That's about all that fossils ever tell
paleontologists about a dinosaur's diet. But the skull
characteristics of a new species of parrot-beaked dinosaur and its
associated gizzard...
Good news and bad for dad this Father's Day
It was long believed that conception does not involve a meeting of equals. The egg is a relatively large, impressive biological factory compared with the tiny sperm, which delivers to...
Sleep apnea occurring during REM sleep is significantly associated with type 2 diabetes
A multi-ethnic study in the June 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine reports that there is a statistically significant relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) episodes occurring...
Beaked, bird-like dinosaur tells story of finger evolution
Scientists have discovered a unique beaked, plant-eating dinosaur
in China. The finding, they say, demonstrates that theropod, or
bird-footed, dinosaurs were more ecologically diverse in the
Jurassic period than previously...
VLBA locates superenergetic bursts near giant black hole
Using a worldwide combination of diverse telescopes, astronomers have discovered that a giant galaxy's bursts of very high energy gamma rays are coming from a region very close to the...
Mayo researchers: Dramatic outcomes in prostate cancer study
Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with...
Scientists create first comprehensive computer model of sunspots
In a breakthrough that will help scientists unlock mysteries of the
sun and its impacts on Earth, scientists have created the
first-ever comprehensive computer model of sunspots. The resulting visuals...
Alaska researchers contribute to national climate change report
Two University of the Alaska Fairbanks researchers are among key contributors to a new national report that details visible effects of climate change in the United States and how today's...
Stress makes your hair go gray
Those pesky graying hairs that tend to crop up with age really are signs of stress, reveals a new report in the June 12 issue of Cell, a Cell Press...
The battle for CRTC2: How obesity increases the risk for diabetes
Obesity is probably the most important factor in the development of
insulin resistance, but science's understanding of the chain of
events is still spotty. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute...
European satellites probe a new magnetar
On Aug. 22, 2008, NASA's Swift satellite reported multiple blasts
of radiation from a rare object known as a soft gamma repeater, or
SGR. Now, astronomers report an in-depth study...
New focus on the moon
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) has taken and
received its first images of the Moon, kicking off the year-long
mapping mission of Earth's nearest celestial neighbor. The LROC imaging...
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