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Words Can Reveal Unseen Objects, Researchers Say 27 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Language can play a powerful role in what we see, say Prof Gary Lupyan from the University of Wisconsin and Emily Ward from Yale University. What we see is a function not only of incoming visual infor...
Chelyabinsk Meteorite May Have Collided with Another Body in Solar System 27 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
According to a team of Russian scientists reporting today at the Goldschmidt conference in Italy, the Chelyabinsk meteorite either collided with another body or came too close to the Sun before it fel...
Immune Cells in Brain Can Influence Your Mood 27 Aug 2013 | 05:01 pm
According to a new mice study reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, immune system cells called to the brain in response to stress lead to anxiety symptoms. The study offers a new explanation of how...
Oldest Known Globe to Depict Americas Found 26 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
A collector from Austria has found what experts say is the oldest globe to show the Americas. The 509-year-old globe – about the size of a grapefruit – was made from the lower halves of two ostrich eg...
Hemiscyllium halmahera: New Species of ‘Walking’ Shark from Indonesia 25 Aug 2013 | 03:24 pm
Dr Gerald Allen, a research associate at the Western Australian Museum, and his colleagues from Australia have described a new species of shark from eastern Indonesian waters. ‘Walking’ sharks, also k...
Two New Bamboo Genera Found in Africa 23 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
Biologist Dr Chris Stapleton from the United Kingdom has described two new genera of African mountain bamboos. African mountain bamboos are something of a mystery, as nearly all bamboos are found in A...
Night Light Color May Affect Your Mood, Suggests Study 23 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
A new animal study reported in the Journal of Neuroscience suggests that nocturnal light exposure may induce depressive responses and alter neuronal structure. In the study involving Siberian hamsters...
Night Owls More Likely to Have Psychopathy, Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychologists Find 23 Aug 2013 | 05:37 pm
According to Dr Peter Jonason from the University of Western Sydney and his colleagues, people who stay up late at night are more likely to display anti-social personality traits such as narcissism, p...
Scientists Report Unique Case of Musical Hallucination 22 Aug 2013 | 07:59 pm
Researchers at the Loyola University Medical Center have reported the first known case of a patient hallucinating music that was familiar to people around her, but that she herself did not recognize. ...
New Method Checks Authenticity of Kopi Luwak Coffee 22 Aug 2013 | 07:49 pm
Researchers from Japan and Indonesia have developed the first scientific method to verify authenticity of exotic Kopi Luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee. “Kopi Luwak, or civet coffee, is the wor...
