Saturday, December 14, 2013

World Science: Huge geysers on Jupiter moon?

* Huge geysers on Jupiter moon?
Huge plumes containing water vapor escape Europa's
icy crust, hints to the ocean beneath, scientists
report.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131214_europa.htm


* "Entangled" particles could build wormhole:
A strange natural phenomenon that Albert Einstein
once described as "spooky action at a distance"
could be even spookier than he thought.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131206_entanglement.htm


* Scientists developing way to "see" pain in 
the body
:
A new technique might give doctors a way to assess
pain that goes beyond patients' own sometimes
unclear accounts.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131212_pain.htm


* First documented tool use by reptiles claimed:
Some crocodiles use sticks as lures to catch birds,
according to a study.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131211_crocodilians.htm


* Deep-rock microbes found to be similar 
worldwide
:
Scientists are digging deep into the Earth's surface
collecting census data on the microbial denizens of
the hardened rocks.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131210_microbes.htm


* Huge underwater cliff may hold clues to 
dinos' fate
:
Clues to what killed the dinosaurs may lie in the
wall of a Grand-Canyon-like cliff under the Gulf of
Mexico, geologists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131209_campeche.htm


* Global warming could lead to more anxious fish, 
study reports
:
Rising ocean acidity linked to global warming may be
making fish more anxious, hunkering down in darker
waters.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131205_anxiety.htm


* Scientists decode oldest DNA of extinct 
human
:
Scientists were able to study DNA so old that
previous samples of similar age could only be
retrieved from permanently frozen ground.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131204_mtDNA.htm



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