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Climate change models flawed, extinction rate likely higher than predictedCurrent predictions overlook two important factors: the differences in how quickly species relocate and competition among species.
Chimeric macaques give new meaning to phrase, 'I'll be a monkey's uncle'Scientists have created baby rhesus macaques with cells from genomes of as many of six different monkeys, giving new insight into the capabilities of stem cells.
- Video captures a fish mimicking a mimic octopus that mimics fish
A researcher shooting video in Indonesian waters captures a jawfish mimicking an octopus that itself mimics other fish.
Zombie bees: Fly parasite causes zombie-like stuporThe researchers also discovered fly pupae near dead bees at the bottom of their laboratory hive, suggesting that A. borealis can multiply within a hive and potentially infect a pregnant queen bee.
Time cloaking: how scientists opened a hidden gap in timeScientists say they have achieved 'temporal cloaking' – manipulating light in a way that makes it appear as if 50 trillionths of a second never happened. Now, they'll try to expand the gap.
Should we design robots to be more like velociraptors?Adding a long tails to a robot to stabilize its body could lead to far more agile search-and-rescue machines, a new study reveals.
How genetically engineered caterpillars spin silk stronger than steelA research team has genetically altered silkworms to spin spider silk proteins, resulting in a fiber that is stronger than steel that can also be mass produced.
Yeti crabs and ghost octopuses! Antarctic deep-sea vents a trove of new species.Yeti crabs heaped in piles, predatory sea stars stalking the perimeter, and ghostlike octopuses are among the extraordinary species discovered clustered around hydrothermal vents below the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean
New hybrid sharks discovered: Signs of global warming?Scientists at the University of Queensland, Australia, have found offspring of two distinct species of shark, the first evidence of hybridization among sharks.
Unusual Russian quasicrystal rock has ancient extraterrestrial historyTwo years after identifying the Russian rock's unusual composition, a team of scientists thinks it has nailed down its otherworldly origin.
- Five reasons the world won't end in 2012
- Cosmic impacts?
- Flip-flopping Earth?
- Solar storms?
- Cosmic alignments?
- Rogue planet Nibiru?
Ancient City of Angkor may have been ruined by droughtThe great city of Angkor in Cambodia, first established in the ninth century, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, the major player in southeast Asia for nearly five centuries.
Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks Weds, one of 2012's bestThe Quadrantids are notoriously unpredictable, but if any year promises a fine display, this could be it.
- How fracking might have led to an Ohio earthquake
The 4.0 Ohio earthquake this weekend was a reminder that activities related to hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking,' can cause seismic faults to shift if not carried out carefully.
Quadrantid meteor shower won't have to compete with moonlightQuadrantid meteor shower peak could hit as many as 100 meteors per hour, says NASA. The Quadrantid meteor shower will peak at 2 a.m. on Jan. 4.
