Newest Science News Blog 20120806

Later Stone Age got earlier start in South Africa than thought
Study led by CU-Boulder pushes back onset date of South Africa's Later Stone Age by more than 20,000 years
Brains are different in people with highly superior autobiographical memory
UCI study finds structural variations among those who recall their lives perfectly
Can Bacteria Fight Brain Cancer?
The thinking behind an approach that has caused trouble in California
250 years of global warming: Berkeley Earth releases new analysis
According to a new Berkeley Earth study released July 29, 2012, the average temperature of Earth's land has risen by 1.5 °C over the past 250 years.
New coating prevents more than 99 percent of harmful bacterial slime from forming on surfaces
Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand.
Humans might be hard-wired to 'love thy neighbor'
Researchers report people were less likely to punish those standing closer to them.
Study finds correlation between number of colorectal polyps and genetic mutations
Among patients with multiple colorectal polyps, the prevalence of certain gene mutations varied considerably by polyp count
When we forget to remember -- failures in prospective memory range from annoying to lethal
Why would highly skilled professionals forget to perform a simple task they have executed without difficulty thousands of times before?
Allergies? Your sneeze is a biological response to the nose's 'blue screen of death'
New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that sneezing is the body's natural reboot and that patients with disorders of the nose such as sinusitis can't reboot, explaining why they sneeze more often than others
High Trans-Fat Diet Predicts Aggression
People who eat more hydrogenated oils are more aggressive
Another Tick-Borne Disease to Guard Against
Babesiosis, has only recently been widely recognized as a potentially serious outdoor hazard
DNA hints at African cousin to humans
Gene profiles suggest people interbred with a now-extinct species on the continent not that long ago
CWRU School of Medicine researchers discover gene that permanently stops cancer cell proliferation
Researchers have discovered a mutant form of a gene that permanently stopped their proliferation and caused cell death without chemotherapeutic drugs
Is Childhood Pertussis Vaccine Less Effective Than We Thought?
Health authorities are beginning to open up a difficult topic: Whether the extraordinary ongoing epidemic of whooping cough, may be due in part to unexpected poor performance by the vaccine
World's Northernmost Coral Reef Discovered
The species and seascape are completely different from tropical reefs.
A cup of joe may help some Parkinson's disease symptoms
One of the first studies in humans to show that caffeine can help with movement symptoms for people who already have the disease
Artificial butter flavoring ingredient linked to key Alzheimer's disease process
Evidence that the ingredient, diacetyl intensifies the damaging effects of an abnormal brain protein linked to Alzheimer's disease
New study finds strong evidence of humans surviving rabies bites without treatment
First indication of people naturally protected against rabies found in remote Amazonian communities regularly exposed to vampire bats
Substance involved in Alzheimer's can reverse paralysis in mice with multiple sclerosis
A molecule widely assailed as the chief culprit in Alzheimer's disease unexpectedly reverses paralysis and inflammation in several distinct animal models of multiple sclerosis
Palm trees 'grew on Antarctica'
Scientists drilling deep into the edge of modern Antarctica have pulled up proof that palm trees once grew there.
Alzheimer's cognitive decline slows in advanced age
The greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is advancing age.
It's in our genes: Why women outlive men
Scientists are beginning to understand one of life's enduring mysteries - why women live, on average, longer than men.
Fingering the culprit that polluted the Solar System
For decades it has been thought that a shock wave from a supernova explosion triggered the formation of our Solar System.
Anacardic Acid Found to Rescue Certain ALS Abnormalities
In Experimental Drug Screening Assay Using Motor Neurons from ALS Patient-Specific iPSCs
People with allergies may have lower risk of brain tumors
New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that there's a link between allergies and reduced risk of a serious type of cancer that starts in the brain.
Two separate extinctions brought end to dinosaur era
The mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was almost unprecedented in its size.
The power of intermittent fasting
Scientists are uncovering evidence that short periods of fasting, if properly controlled, could achieve a number of health benefits
New NASA study links current extreme summer events to climate change
The weather-gone-crazy heat that has blistered parts of the world recently is so rare it can't be anything but man-made global warming, says a new statistical analysis from a top scientist.
Chemo 'undermines itself' through rogue response
Chemotherapy can undermine itself by causing a rogue response in healthy cells, which could explain why people become resistant, a study suggests.
Pupil dilation reveals sexual orientation in new Cornell study
There is a popular belief that sexual orientation can be revealed by pupil dilation to attractive people, yet until now there was no scientific evidence.
STAR TRAK for August 2012
The annual Perseid meteor shower, which will peak on Aug. 11-12, is one of the most popular every year
Greed was different in the Middle Ages, researcher says
Greed was different in the Middle Ages, says Stanford's Laura Stokes
Nasa's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars
The US space agency has just landed a huge new robot rover on Mars.

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