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Three scientists share Nobel for discovering brain's 'GPS'John O'Keefe split the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with husband-and-wife team May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser for their discovery of nerve cells believed to create spatial maps.
Why Wednesday's lunar eclipse will be so specialThe refraction of light as it passes through the atmosphere during Wednesday morning's eclipse will create a 'selenelion,' allowing viewers to see the sun rise in the east as the eclipsed moon sets in the west.
Blood moon returns: Another total lunar eclipse will color the moon blood redThe second blood moon of 2014 is approaching. The first appeared April 14-15, and this week's is the second in a 'tetrad,' or series of four.
Fish with human teeth found. Or is it we who have fish teeth?As reports surface of a fish caught in Russia with teeth resembling those of a human, it's worth remembering that our species doesn't have a special claim to square, straight teeth.
Do sharks really have personalities? Maybe.Researchers at the University of Exeter and the Marine Biological Association have found that some small-spotted catsharks appear to be more introverted than others.
Ravenous bullfrogs invade Yellowstone RiverThe number of breeding sites for the animals almost quadrupled between 2010 and last year, to 45.
Are humans to blame for cheetah decline? Yes, say scientists.An international team of researchers studied the energy expenditures of cheetahs in southern Africa and discovered that time spent looking for food is what really wears them down.
New ocean floor map reveals hidden seamounts – thousands of themAbout 15,000 seamounts, ocean-floor volcanoes too short to breach the sea surface, have been revealed in a new topographic map of the Earth's oceans.
What drives the monarch butterfly's 2,000-mile sojourn?A genetic analysis of 101 North American monarchs has upended existing theories about the evolution of the iconic orange-and-black butterflies.
Scientists discover origins of moon's largest basinNew research suggests that the moon's largest dark spot was formed by lunar rifts and not an asteroid or comet, as previously believed.
Antarctica's ice loss is messing with Earth's gravity, scientists sayThe extensive loss of ice in West Antarctica has left a mark on Earth's gravitational field, according to a four-year project to map the planet's gravity.
How do monarch butterflies migrate so far? Hint, it's in their genes.Scientists have identified the gene that helps monarch butterflies make the arduous journey from Canada to Mexico. But it doesn't seem to work the way you'd think.
Bizarre moon structures: How did they get there?Planetary scientists once suspected that the vast depression on the moon was an impact crater caused by an asteroid collision. New analysis of data collected by NASA's GRAIL mission suggests otherwise.
How do you get from dinosaur arms to bird wings? It's all in the wrist.A team of scientists that looked at both dinosaur fossils and embryos of modern birds have clarified long-debated details about how dinosaur arms evolved into bird wings.
Do chimps have culture?For the first time, scientists have recorded social learning in wild chimpanzees, suggesting that the last common ancestor of chimps and humans was also capable of cultural transmission.
Multitudes of mighty sea monkeys move oceans, study saysMassive swells of billions of tiny brine shrimp may contribute as much to the churning oceans as much as wind and tides do, researchers found in a new study.
Wildlife decline: Why does biodiversity matter anyway?Half of the planet's wildlife populations suffered severe decline between 1970 and 2010, according to a new report from the WWF. So what does dwindling biodiversity mean for us?
Will Greenland's ice sheet slide into the sea?New models developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge suggests that portions of Greenland's ice sheet that sit atop soft ground could be more susceptible to global warming than areas atop hard rock.
Scientists say dolphins can sense magnets. But why?New research reveals that dolphins can distinguish between objects that are magnetized and ones that aren't.
Scientists in New Zealand find huge, 600-year-old canoeBuried for centuries beneath a sand dune, the sophisticated wooden canoe sheds light on the lives of the archipelago's earliest settlers.
