This Week in Science News

December 9th, 2012 in Fall 2012, Trending Topics 0 comments

Headlines from 12/2 – 12/8

Article by Synapse

Check out some of this week’s important and interesting headlines from the world of science.

12/02 Growth Rings Can Reveal Age of Lobsters

12/03 Curiosity Analyses First Soil Sample

12/04 Contender Oldest for Oldest Dinosaur

12/04 Elastic Graphene Tower is Super Strong

12/05 City Birds Use Cigarettes to Fight Parasites

12/05 Parasites Use Biochemsitry to Take Over Spider Host

12/07 Laser Pulse Makes Insulator Conduct Like Metal

12/07 Oxygen Isotope With 16 Neutrons Found to be Stable

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Time For Change?

November 27th, 2011 in Categories, Current Issue, Fall 2011, Issues, Life & Physical Sciences 1 comment

Pollution has had an unexpected effect on natural evolution. More

Tagged adaptation, biology, DNA, evolution, pollution