Science News hand picked by the Labspaces.net community http://www.labspaces.net/ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:02:38 -0500 http://www.labspaces.net/ http://www.labspaces.net/images/badge_large.png <table> <tr><td> An 18-month off-road trial will test underground charging systems to juice up on the go and extend driving range </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: CBSNews - Discipline: Energy http://www.labspaces.net/135844/England_will_test_electric_car_charging_lanes Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Institute for Highway Safety is known for crash-test safety ratings, but as cars get smarter there's a need to look beyond crashworthiness </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: CBSNews - Discipline: Physics http://www.labspaces.net/135843/IIHS_tests_state_of_the_art_crash_prevention_tech Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> It's just a bit shorter than Mt. Everest </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TIME Magazine - Discipline: Space http://www.labspaces.net/135842/See_the_Massive_Mountain_on_Dwarf_Planet_Ceres Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Yosemite, Redwood, and other famous parks as they look from outer space </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TIME Magazine - Discipline: Environment http://www.labspaces.net/135841/See_Breathtaking_Views_of_the_National_Parks_From_Space Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> There's a new contender in the century-old quest for perfect, guiltless sweetness: allulose. It's sugar — but in a form that our bodies don't convert into calories. Perfect? Not quite. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Health http://www.labspaces.net/135840/In_The_Search_For_The_Perfect_Sugar_Substitute__Another_Candidate_Emerges Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Researchers say findings may have important public health implications as vitamin supplements are relatively safe and cost-effective </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Health http://www.labspaces.net/135839/Lack_of_vitamin_D_may_cause_multiple_sclerosis__study_finds Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Free-living songbirds show increased stress hormone levels when nesting under white street lights. But different light spectra may have different physiological effects as this study finds, suggesting that using street lights with specific colour spectra may mitigate effects of light pollution on wildlife </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Animal Behavior http://www.labspaces.net/135838/White_sky_at_night_not_a_city_bird_s_delight Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Sarcoptic mange can leave southern hairy-nosed and bare-nosed wombats blind and deaf before eventually killing them </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Epidemiology http://www.labspaces.net/135837/Two_of_Australia___s_three_wombat_species_under_threat_from_killer____disease Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Scientists identify the condition aphantasia, in which people cannot create images in their head </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: BBC News - Discipline: Neuroscience http://www.labspaces.net/135836/Aphantasia__A_life_without_mental_images Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The dust in our homes contains an average of 9,000 different types of fungi and bacteria, a study suggests. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: BBC News - Discipline: Microbiology http://www.labspaces.net/135835/Thousands_of_microbes_in_house_dust Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A mosquito can bear up to 23 times its total body weight on each leg, which is crucial for landing on water – the insect's secret is way it stands </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Evolution http://www.labspaces.net/135834/Dainty_step_gives_mosquito_legs_strength_to_walk_on_water Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Drones are being used to capture video footage that shows construction progress at the Sacramento Kings’ new stadium in California. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Technology Review - Discipline: Technology http://www.labspaces.net/135833/New_Boss_on_Construction_Sites_Is_a_Drone Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> 8-year-old Harapan joins his brother at an Indonesian breeding sanctuary; fewer than 100 "hairy rhinos" are left in the world </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: CBSNews - Discipline: Ecology http://www.labspaces.net/135832/Cincinnati_Zoo_says_goodbye_to_its_last_Sumatran_rhino Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:47:35 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The white Kermode bear of British Columbia is galvanizing First Nations people fighting to protect their homeland </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Smithsonian - Discipline: Ecology http://www.labspaces.net/135831/This_Rare__White_Bear_May_Be_the_Key_to_Saving_a_Canadian_Rainforest Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A naturalist cuts through the myths surrounding the invasive plant </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Smithsonian - Discipline: Ecology http://www.labspaces.net/135830/The_True_Story_of_Kudzu__the_Vine_That_Never_Truly_Ate_the_South Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Attracting the right species can help get rid of vine-munching insects and allow farmers to cut back on pesticides </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Smithsonian - Discipline: Agriculture http://www.labspaces.net/135829/Winemakers_Are_Building_Houses_for_Bats_to_Make_Vineyards_Greener Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> It’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of online reading material. That’s why physical print-outs sometimes trump a digital copies </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Technology http://www.labspaces.net/135828/Want_to_read_this_article_later__Maybe_you_should_just_print_it_out___Oliver_Burkeman Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Annual vaccinations could be a thing of the past as scientists have successfully tested vaccines on animals infected with different strains of influenza </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Epidemiology http://www.labspaces.net/135827/Universal_flu_vaccine_a_step_closer_as_scientists_create_experimental_jabs Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Websites try to suggest everything from your next best friend to your next best shirt. But are these recommendations a help or a hindrance? </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Computer Science http://www.labspaces.net/135826/Do_Netflix__Spotify_and_Facebook_know_me_as_well_as_they_think_ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Tropical species with smaller geographical ranges are more likely to die out in a warming climate than those that can adapt by ‘invading’ new regions </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Marine Biology http://www.labspaces.net/135825/Great_Barrier_Reef_species_more_at_risk_from_climate_change__says_study Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Remember winter, when everything was cold and grey? Right now, when all around is lush and green, the contrast couldn’t be greater. But is everything really as it seems? New research shows that we see things differently in winter compared with summer. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Health http://www.labspaces.net/135824/Yellow_gets_greener_in_summer Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Most people think of bacteria as germs, signs of filth, or unwanted bringers of disease. Slowly, that view … </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: National Geographic - Discipline: Microbiology http://www.labspaces.net/135823/The_Bacteria_That_Turn_Amoebas_Into_Farmers Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The gloomy octopuses crowded at Jervis Bay, Australia, appear to spit and throw debris such as shell at each other in what could be an intentional use of weapons </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Animal Behavior http://www.labspaces.net/135822/Octopuses_seen_throwing_things_may_be_using_shells_as_weapons Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Therapies based on hormones that make us more trusting enhance our natural placebo effect – a finding that could alter the way clinical trials are conducted </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Neuroscience http://www.labspaces.net/135821/Hormones_boost_placebo_effect_by_making_you_want_to_cooperate Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A new app called Infltr taps into a smartphone's graphics processor to generate filters on the fly, allowing for the perfect shot in one step </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Technology http://www.labspaces.net/135820/App_gives_smartphone_snaps_more_than___million_different_filters Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Researchers have long struggled to resolve what happens to information when it falls inside a black hole, but the famous physicist says he has a solution </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Physics http://www.labspaces.net/135819/Stephen_Hawking_says_he_has_a_way_to_escape_from_a_black_hole Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The blind, hairless babies born recently at Washington D.C.'s National Zoo are completely dependent on their mothers—who can sometimes accidentally crush them. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Animal Behavior http://www.labspaces.net/135818/These_Newborn_Pandas_Face___Big_Threats_to_Survival Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The poop-hoarding insects have an amazingly advanced internal GPS that allows them to navigate by day or night. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Animal Behavior http://www.labspaces.net/135817/Why_Dung_Beetles_Watch_the_Sky_While_Rolling_Poop_Balls Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Windows 95, the operating system update that changed the way millions of people interacted with their computers, was released 20 years ago today. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: ABC News - Discipline: Computer Science http://www.labspaces.net/135816/Why_Windows____Was_a_Game_Changer_for_Computer_Users Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Researchers have been using muons to take a peek inside the nuclear reactors in Japan that melted down in 2011. The results could aid the continuing cleanup operations. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Physics http://www.labspaces.net/135815/Particles_From_The_Edge_Of_Space_Shine_A_Light_On_Fukushima Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:05:46 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Neutrinos, created by violent phenomena such as black holes and exploding stars, could hold the key to the universe’s most distant and mysterious events </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Physics http://www.labspaces.net/135814/Existence_of_cosmic_neutrinos_confirmed_by_Antarctic_scientists Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The idea that genius and madness are intertwined is an ancient one. But in truth, in this desperately underfunded field, we don’t even have objective tools to diagnose disorders of the mind, let alone back up claims such as this </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Neuroscience http://www.labspaces.net/135813/Be_wary_of_studies_that_link_mental_ill_health_with_creativity_or_a_high_IQ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A new study confirms humans' status as a unique super predator, and points to ways our impacts on other species could be lessened. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: BBC News - Discipline: Animal Behavior http://www.labspaces.net/135812/Humans_are__unique_super_predator_ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Better MRI scanners could result from a trick in which a magnetic field springs up from nowhere, using materials famous for their link to invisibility cloaks </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Physics http://www.labspaces.net/135811/Metamaterial_wormhole_teleports_magnetic_fields_across_space Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Water locked away in rocks for 1.5 billion years reveals conditions were right for complex organic molecules to form in deep sea hydrothermal vents </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Geology http://www.labspaces.net/135810/Watery_time_capsule_hints_at_how_life_got_started_on_early_Earth Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> It made headlines, but a claim to have cultured a nearly fully formed brain is "entirely unjustified", say neuroscientists contacted by New Scientist </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Neuroscience http://www.labspaces.net/135809/Scientists_reject_claims_of_lab_grown_mini_human_brain Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> We now know how to turn fat cells into ones that burn calories as heat rather than store them – raising the prospect of a gene therapy for obesity </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Health http://www.labspaces.net/135808/Genetic_switch_makes_fat_cells_burn_energy_rather_than_store_it Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A scholar's brutal death at the hands of ISIS is a reminder that archaeologists can find themselves on war's front lines, protecting artifacts. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Archaeology http://www.labspaces.net/135807/Archaeologist_s_Execution_Highlights_Risks_to_History_s_Guardians Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Archeologists have discovered a massive ceremonial skull rack from the heyday of the Aztec empire in the heart of Mexico City, a find that could shed new light on how its rulers projected power by human sacrifice, the team said on Thursday. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Reuters - Discipline: Archaeology http://www.labspaces.net/135806/Massive_Aztec_human_skull_rack_found_in_Mexico_City Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> "We are seeing wildfires in the United States grow to sizes that were unimaginable just 20 or 30 years ago" </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TIME Magazine - Discipline: Environment http://www.labspaces.net/135805/This_Graphic_Shows_How____Unimaginable____Wildfires_Are_on_the_Rise Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> As the spacecraft completes its final flyby of Saturn's moon Dione, TIME reflects on the most spectacular images from the mission thus far </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TIME Magazine - Discipline: Space http://www.labspaces.net/135804/Here_are_the_Most_Heart_Stopping_Photos_of_Saturn_from_the_Cassini_Mission Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A growing body of research suggests that doctors' racial biases and other prejudices continue to affect the care patients received. Medical educators say self-awareness is an important first step. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Healthcare http://www.labspaces.net/135803/Can_Health_Care_Be_Cured_Of_Racial_Bias_ Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A new study renews questions about how aggressively doctors should treat a very early form of breast cancer or pre-cancer. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Cancer http://www.labspaces.net/135802/Study_Suggests_Some_Treatment_For_Early_Breast_Cancer_Is_Unnecessary Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Driftwood on Iceland and other Arctic islands is younger than once thought </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Science - Discipline: Environment http://www.labspaces.net/135801/Soviet_era_timber_litters_Arctic_shores Fri, 21 Aug 2015 07:50:40 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Addyi gains US marketing licence after third attempt, but questions remain about its effectiveness, potential side-effects and the true need for the drug </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Health http://www.labspaces.net/135800/FDA_approval_of__female_Viagra__leaves_bitter_taste_for_critics Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Helium, used in nuclear, medical and, yes, party industries, has become scarce, but new research has revealed a possible way to pinpoint fresh sources </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Chemistry http://www.labspaces.net/135799/Potential_sources_of_helium_revealed__as_reserves_of_the_precious_gas_dwindle Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Increasingly taken by healthy people to improve focus before exams, after a comprehensive review researchers say modafinil is safe in the short-term </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Health http://www.labspaces.net/135798/Narcolepsy_medication_modafinil_is_world_s_first_safe__smart_drug_ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> A small institute in Kampala is cultivating a regional network of researchers, using an inexpensive lab model based on the fruit fly. African biomedical scientists face important challenges – poor training, poorer infrastructure and scarce resources. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Research http://www.labspaces.net/135797/Can_the_humble_fruit_fly_help_create_a_flourishing_African_scientific_community_ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Ten years of public sightings show that large marine mammals are regularly found in the River Thames. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: BBC News - Discipline: Marine Biology http://www.labspaces.net/135796/Marine_mammals_thriving_in_Thames Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Electric shock training and surgery are starting to pay off for the teams fighting to save one of the world's largest birds </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Ecology http://www.labspaces.net/135795/Shock_therapy_and_surgery_saving_California___s_threatened_condors Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Satellites that are manufactured and assembled in orbit could let you launch your own armchair science project or just experience the effect of seeing Earth from above </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Space http://www.labspaces.net/135794/Print_your_own_satellite_in_orbiting_space_factory Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Two of the four NASA space shuttles on display in US museums have had their water tanks removed for possible use in a storage system for the ISS </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Space http://www.labspaces.net/135793/NASA_scours_retired_space_shuttles_for_spare_parts Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Atmospheric CO2 can be turned into carbon nanofibres for high-tech uses a method that may also hold promise for profitable carbon capture </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: New Scientist - Discipline: Technology http://www.labspaces.net/135792/Turning_CO__from_air_into_car_parts_may_help_carbon_capture_pay Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Scientists take a deeper look at decompression sickness in marine mammals. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: National Geographic News - Discipline: Health http://www.labspaces.net/135791/Do_Whales_Get_the_Bends_ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> After three botched missions to resupply the International Space Center since October, an unmanned cargo ship blasted off from southern Japan on Wednesday with food, water and gear needed to keep the research station and its crew functioning. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Reuters - Discipline: Space http://www.labspaces.net/135790/Japan_cargo_ship_embarks_on_International_Space_Center_supply_mission Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> As bat populations dwindle, a new effort is aimed at getting North America's bat researchers working on the same page. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Ecology http://www.labspaces.net/135789/Researchers_Explore_Declining_Bat_Population_In_North_America Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> What if there were a way to take the waste heat that spews from car tailpipes or power plant chimneys and turn it into electricity? An entrepreneur says something called thermoelectrics is the key. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Energy http://www.labspaces.net/135788/A_Lot_Of_Heat_Is_Wasted__So_Why_Not_Convert_It_Into_Power_ Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> The trumpeting roar of an elephant is loud. But scientists living with herds in the forests of central Africa say the deep rumbles that humans can't hear, but can feel, carry crucial messages, too. </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: NPR - Discipline: Animal Behavior http://www.labspaces.net/135787/To_Decode_Elephant_Conversation__You_Must_Feel_The_Jungle_Rumble Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:50:14 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Mutated pests that can survive common drugstore treatments have been found in at least 25 states so far </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: Smithsonian - Discipline: Epidemiology http://www.labspaces.net/135786/Lice_That_Can_Resist_Drugs_Have_Infested_Half_the_States_in_the_U_S_ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:04:11 -0500 <table> <tr><td> Findings that highlight how brain’s ‘plasticity’ allows congenitally blind and sighted children to adapt to sensory experiences could inform future treatments </td> </tr> </table> <br>Source: TheGuardian - Discipline: Neuroscience http://www.labspaces.net/135785/Blind_children_can_repurpose_brain_s_visual_center_to_process_speech_____study Wed, 19 Aug 2015 12:04:11 -0500