Archive for the ‘Science’ Category
Reading Arabic ‘hard for brain’
Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
No CommentsPlans for solar ‘close encounter’
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star’s outer atmosphere.
No CommentsTechnique to trace persistent CFCs
Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone layer.
No CommentsWolves fail to halt aspen decline
The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.
No CommentsOpenness urged on UK’s emissions
The government’s chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK’s cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.
No CommentsGreatest free-kick ‘was no fluke’
Physicists explain one of football’s most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos’s 1997 “impossible goal” was not a fluke.
No Comments‘Lights out’ help migratory birds
A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.
No CommentsAnts protect trees from elephants
A species of acacia tree found in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephant damage – by the ants that live on it.
No CommentsWeather clash caused snowy winter
The collision of two major weather events can explain unusually large snowfall in the US and Northern Europe, researchers say.
No CommentsWorm brain clue to evolution
Researchers map the nervous system of worms to try and understand how the human cerebral cortex evolved.
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