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Musical Performance Activates Specific Genes
Blood tests on 10 professional musicians before and after playing showed that specific genes got turned on by performance, some of which are also active in songbirds. Karen Hopkin reports.
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Vatican Convenes Major Climate-Change Meeting
Religious leaders and scientists are set to discuss the moral implications of global warming as the Pope drafts a key letter - In-Depth Reports Energy & Sustainability
A Guide to Earthquakes
What causes tremors? What makes them stop? Can they be predicted? Are our buildings as safe as they can be? - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 5 More Science
The Truth Behind the Math: The Surprising Path of a Theorem [Q&A]
Mathematician Cédric Villani shares the actual conversations, emails and even dreams that led to his Fields Medal-winning proof - TechMediaNetwork More Science
An "Invisible" Body Could Reduce Your Social Anxiety
Subjects tricked into thinking that they were invisible sweated less when a brush stroke was applied - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 5 Mind & Brain
Latin America Spearheads a Global Effort to Find an Effective Alzheimer’s Drug
A cluster of families in Colombia who carry a rare genetic mutation that causes the disease have become a focus of the search for a treatment - Tetrapod Zoology Evolution
World Tapir Day, 2015
I’ve just learnt (thanks, Marko Bosscher) that today (April 27th) is World Tapir Day, an annual event in which the world unites in celebration of our plucky, trunk-nosed perissodactyl pals and in which we aim to enhance awareness of tapir conservation through the raising of funds and sale of tapir-themed merchandise. - Climatewire Energy & Sustainability
Strong Future Forecast for Renewable Energy
Wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy could be the fastest growing power sources over the next few decades - Life, Unbounded Space
Rosetta Captures Stunning New Images of Comet’s Surface and Activity
What happens when you make a low-level flyby of a cometary nucleus? You get jaw-dropping images. The above 2-shot mosaic of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by ESA’s Rosetta orbiter at an effective altitude of just 19.9 kilometers. - Special Editions Volume 24, Issue 1s Mind & Brain
Investigators Seek Ways to Detect and Delay Early Alzheimer’s
Drugs administered before symptoms appear could be key to combating the leading cause of dementia - News More Science
Does Artificial Food Coloring Contribute to ADHD in Children?
The FDA maintains dyes are safe, but some studies have linked them to hyperactivity in children - News Energy & Sustainability
How The Deadly Nepal Earthquake Happened [GRAPHIC]
Saturday's terrible earthquake was the latest result of an ongoing collision of giant pieces of our planet, a slow-moving disaster that started about 50 million years ago. - Plugged In Energy & Sustainability
EIA Updates “Top 100 U.S. Oil and Gas Fields” Rankings
Both crude oil and natural gas reserves in the United States increased in 2013, according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). - Nature More Science
Major Earthquake Hits Nepal
Shaking struck near Kathmandu, where buildings collapsed and thousands are feared dead - Reuters More Science
Desperate Nepalese Sleep in Open as Aftershocks Spread Fear
Thousands of desperate Nepalese spent another night in the open in the early hours of Monday, terrorized by strong aftershocks that continued to shake the country two days after a massive quake struck, killing almost 2,500 people. - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 5 Evolution
Meet the New Tyrannosaurs [Video]
Recent fossil discoveries fill in long-standing holes in Tyrannosaurus rex’ s family tree - Scientific American Mind Volume 26, Issue 3 Mind & Brain
Wait for It: Delayed Feedback Can Enhance Learning
When answers to questions come at unpredictable intervals, memory improves - Reuters More Science
Nepal Seeks Help, Death Toll Rising after Devastating Quake
Nepal urged countries to send aid to help it cope with the aftermath of a quake that killed nearly 1,400 people, a toll predicted to rise as rescuers dig for survivors among the rubble - Reuters Energy & Sustainability
Devastating Nepal Quake Kills over 1,300, Some in Everest Avalanche
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing more than 1,300 people, touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest and toppling a 19th-century tower in Kathmandu - Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 5 More Science
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