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BiologyScientists have linked pupil size to perception of time in milliseconds in Japanese macaques. When the monkeys underestimated a second by looking too soon, their pupil sizes were slightly larger than in trials in which the monkeys overestimated a second. (sciencenews.org)
submitted by AlanthaMS | Ecology and Evolution|Ethology
PhysicsNASA's peer-reviewed EM Drive paper has finally been published online as an open access 'article in advance' in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)’s Journal of Propulsion and Power, to appear in the December print edition. (sciencealert.com)
submitted by mveaMD-PhD-MBA | Clinical Professor/Medicine
NanoscienceOne low-dose exposure of gold nanoparticles induces long-term changes in human cells (pnas.org)
submitted by IamGusFring_AMAGrad Student | Chemical Engineering
BiologyMantis shrimp's super vision could hold cancer-curing secrets | MNN (mnn.com)
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BiologyMeet the Zebra Crayfish, a new species discovered in Alabama | Alabama has more species of crayfish living in its waters than any other state (al.com)
submitted by feedmahfishGrad Student|Aquatic Macroecology|Numerical Ecology
PhysicsStephen Hawking thinks humanity has 1000 years left on Earth (mediablizz.com)
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EnvironmentLarge forest die-offs can have effects that ricochet to distant ecosystems (washington.edu)
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Earth ScienceClimate change may impede the cooling effect of volcanic eruptions (news.ubc.ca)
submitted by avogadros_number
AnthropologyVikings might have started raiding because there was a shortage of single women (ehbonline.org)
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BiologyBy fixing a glitch in plants’ ability to use sunlight to make sugar, scientists have managed to improve the efficiency of photosynthesis by about 15% — an upgrade that could be used to raise agricultural crop yields and feed Earth’s ever-growing human population. (latimes.com)
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Self-treating ALS AMAScience AMA Series: I’m Jef Akst, an editor at The Scientist. I recently wrote an e-book on a group of ALS patients who, unable to get their hands on an experimental drug, began dosing themselves with chemical substitutes purchased online. Eric Valor was one of those patients. Ask us anything! (self.science)
submitted by Personal_TrialsJef Akst (The Scientist) and Eric Valor | ALS Treatment