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Ecologists in Berkeley teamed with researchers from Save the Elephants and discovered that those elephants which herd with dominant matriarchs traveled significantly less for food when resources were scarce. I guess sometimes it is about who you know.
Source: Berkeley
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The wonderminds at MIT have created a gel that can change colors quickly based on minute fluctuations in various environmental variables, such as humidity or temperature. The possibilities are seemingly endless, that is, except as a Jello coloring agent.
Source: MIT
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Now visible to the naked eye, Comet 17P Holmes can be seen by looking in the constellation Perseus. Right now, there’s not much to see, but the view might prove noteworthy with a telescope.
Directions for finding the comet: Space.com.
Sample pictures: SkyAndTelescope.com.
Source: Harvard
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Sometimes it’s not about building a better mousetrap, but building a device that dispenses beer much faster. These geniuses at TurboTap sell a special spout that ensures that beer travels with near laminar flow to minimize foam but maximize throughput. The result? Quick beer, good foam, burp.
Source: TurboTap
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Geneticists at Stanford have dug their noses in pond scum, specifically, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to shed insight into when this little organism spit from the animal kingdom. Turns out it was 1.6 billion years back. Plus or minus.
Source: Stanford
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How’s this for a guilt-less nap? Naps are good for your mental state, with positive effects lingering onto the following day. Plus, they don’t interfere with evening sleep. Siesta anybody?
Source: Cornell
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Just when you thought global warming was all doom and gloom, here’s a stomach-warming story of locally grown cauliflower making its way into Greenland supermarkets.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
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With the help of NASA’s Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes, scientists have discovered many supermassive black holes billions of light years away.
Source: NASA