Do Birds Listen When You Play Music? by C. CLAIBORNE ...
A 2012 study showed that birds respond to song in the same areas of the brain as humans. […]
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Yearning for New Physics at CERN, in a Post-Higgs Way ...
Physicists monitoring the Large Hadron Collider are seeking clues to a theory that will answer deeper questions about […]
Is Earth All by Its Lonesome? Kepler Finds 4,034 Possible ...
Setting the stage for the next chapter in the quest to end cosmic loneliness, astronomers released a list […]
William J.L. Sladen, Expert on Penguin Libidos, Is Dead at ...
Dr. Sladen, a British zoologist whose work was the basis of the 1996 movie “Fly Away Home,” also […]
The Black Sea Turned Turquoise, Thanks to a Phytoplankton Bloom ...
The bloom appears every summer, but it’s so bright this year that it’s visible from satellites in space. […]
Revealed in Israel, a 2,600-Year-Old Request for Wine by NICHOLAS ...
The Hebrew words on a piece of pottery first found in 1965 were detected using multispectral imaging technology. […]
Scientists Discover a Key to a Longer Life in Male ...
Researchers have found a genetic mutation linked to longer life span — but only in men. It joins […]
Scalise Faces Prospect of Multiple Operations by GINA KOLATA
Trauma surgeons have learned that a series of operations for such wounds have better outcomes than one long […]
As Female Elk Age, They Learn to Evade Hunters by ...
Older female elk are able to adjust their behavior and adopt more stealth strategies through life, scientists found. […]
How Pasteur’s Artistic Insight Changed Chemistry by JOANNA KLEIN
At a young age, Louis Pasteur articulated the chemical property of chirality, which may not have happened had […]