Archives for April 2012

Dream:ON App

April 30, 2012

Can a smartphone app influence your dreams?

April 27, 2012

Why some planets are on the run. How to harpoon a comet. And counting penguins from space.

April 26, 2012

Eliminating bears, wolves, and other top predators has far-reaching consequences.

April 25, 2012

Baboons can learn to distinguish English words from nonsense letter sequences.

April 24, 2012

A new technique can quickly identify a pathogen and size up its drug resistance, all with one test.

April 23, 2012

Researchers have estimated the total number of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica using satellite …

April 20, 2012

SOUND SCIENCE - Can sounds influence dreams? Emotional similarities between music and speech. Does a …

April 20, 2012

A microscopic capsule delivers chemotherapy drugs to tumor cells without damaging healthy cells.

April 19, 2012

Raindrop impressions, preserved for 2.7 billion years, reveal clues about the early Earth's climate.

April 18, 2012

Scientists have developed a plastic that repairs itself when damaged.

April 17, 2012

Music and speech use the same tonal qualities to evoke happy and sad emotions.