Evolution news from SciGuru.com for latest discoveries, inventions and developments in evolution http://www.sciguru.com http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3813/Beware-the-smell-of-bitter-almonds.-Why-do-many-food-plants-contain-cyanide?-/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:10:50 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3813 In murder mysteries, the detective usually diagnoses cyanide poisoning by the scent of bitter almonds wafting from the corpse. The detective knows wha http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3805/Best-hope-for-saving-Arctic-sea-ice-is-cutting-soot-emissions,-says-Stanford-researcher/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:07:31 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3805 Soot from the burning of fossil fuels and solid biofuels contributes far more to global warming than has been thought, according to a new Stanford stu http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3802/In-the-'neck'-of-time:-Scientists-unravel-key-evolutionary-trait-leading-to-better-brain-power/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:41:37 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3802 By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck - that little body part between your head and shoulders - gave hu http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3781/UBC-researcher-discovers-ancient-"stress-hormone"-in-pre-historic-fish/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:33:58 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3781 A University of British Columbia zoologist has discovered a new corticosteroid hormone in the sea lamprey, an eel-like fish and one of the earliest ve http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3767/Researchers-identify-DNA-damage-repair-gene-in-Fanconi-anemia-pathway/ Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:01:28 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3767 After more than a century of technological refinements, zippers still get stuck. So do the molecular machines that routinely unzip the double helix of http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3745/'Runaway'-development-implicated-in-loss-of-function-of-the-aging-brain/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:47:45 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3745 The brain undergoes rapid growth and development in the early years of life and then degenerates as we progress into old age, yet little is known abou http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3741/Hyperfast-Star-Was-Booted-From-Milky-Way/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:29:50 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3741 A hundred million years ago, a triple-star system was traveling through the bustling center of our Milky Way galaxy when it made a life-changing misst http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3738/Arctic-Voyage-Illuminating-Ocean-Optics/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:15:49 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3738 During NASA's ICESCAPE voyage to the Arctic, scientists have been looking at the phytoplankton in the Arctic's Chukchi Sea - how many, how big and at http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3717/Heads-Up-Virtual-Reality-(HUVR)-Bridges-Visual-with-Tactile,-in-3D-and-on-the-Cheap/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:24:29 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3717 Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have created a new, relatively low-cost virtual reality device that allows users not only to s http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3715/Scientists-Discover-Human-Sperm-Gene-is-600-Million-Years-Old/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:59:54 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3715 What do a trout, sea anemone, rooster, fly and man have in common? Just as styles in sexy clothes or fashion change from year to year and culture to c http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3683/Core-values-set-new-date-for-birth-of-the-Earth/ Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:00:16 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3683 The Earth could be up to 70 million years younger than scientists previously thought, a study has found. An international team of researchers used geo http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3680/Genome-Signatures-Enable-Tracking-of-Algal-Complexity/ Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:55:06 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3680 On the long and difficult road toward a carbon-neutral source of transportation fuels, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is pursuing a diversified a http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3670/Mojoceratops:-New-Dinosaur-Species-Named-for-Flamboyant-Frill/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:24:41 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3670 When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3658/Saturn-Propellers-Reflect-Solar-System-Origins/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:32:03 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3658 Scientists using NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn have stalked a new class of moons in the rings of Saturn that create distinctive propeller-shaped http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3620/Surprising-Find-May-Yield-New-Avenue-of-Treatment-for-Painful-Herniated-Discs-/ Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:39:26 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3620 An immune cell known to cause chronic inflammation in autoimmune disorders has been identified as a possible culprit in low back pain associated with http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3617/Cell-signaling-classification-system-gives-researchers-new-tool/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:50:47 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3617 Using ever-growing genome data, scientists with the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee are tra http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3613/Sex-pheromone-production-in-European-corn-borer-races-explored:Tracking-the-origin-of-new-species-/ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:27:10 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3613 The coming of summer brings promise for humans and insects alike. Farmers have planted maize for a bountiful harvest, but the European Corn Borer (ECB http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3612/Recognition-at-first-glance:-Investigating-facial-recognition/ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:07:07 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3612 We meet a multitude of people on a daily basis: the nice waitress in the coffee shop around the corner, the bus driver or the colleagues at the office http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3609/Tibetans-adapted-to-high-altitude-in-less-than-3,000-years-/ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:35:18 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3609 A comparison of the genomes of 50 Tibetans and 40 Han Chinese shows that ethnic Tibetans split off from the Han less than 3,000 years ago and since th http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3603/This-Month-in-Exploration---July/ Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:49:44 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3603 From the early days of experimental airplanes to NASA's soaring space shuttles, the evolution of flight has mirrored the evolution of society. 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