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Giant Pandas See In Color
They may be black and white, but new research at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Zoo Atlanta shows that giant pandas can see in color. Graduate researcher Angela Kelling tested the ability of two Zoo Atlanta pandas, Yang Yang and Lun Lun, to see color and found that both pandas were able to discriminate between colors and various shades of gray. The research is published in the journal Learning and Behavior, volume 34 issue 2. Odor Discrimination Linked To Timing At Which Neurons Fire
Timing is everything. For a mouse trying to discriminate between the scent of a tasty treat and the scent of the neighborhood cat, timing could mean life or death. In a striking discovery, Carnegie Mellon University scientists have linked the timing of inhibitory neuron activity to the generation of odor-specific patterns in the brain's olfactory bulb, the area of the brain responsible for distinguishing odors. Ancient Egyptian Glassmaking Recreated
Archaeologist have reconstructed a 3,000-year-old glassmaking furnace, suggesting that Ancient Egyptian technology was more advanced than previously thought. It was previously thought that the Ancient Egyptians may have imported their glass from the Near East at around this time. However, the excavation team believes the evidence from Amarna shows they were making it themselves, possibly in a single stage operation. Avian Cholera Could Spread From Great Salt Lake
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Wildlife Health Center are concerned that avian cholera, which recently killed about 30,000 eared grebes--small, diving water birds--at Great Salt Lake, Utah, could spread as birds migrate south for the winter, the agency announced. Dark Matter Mystery Deepens In Cosmic 'Train Wreck'
Astronomers have discovered a chaotic scene unlike any witnessed before in a cosmic "train wreck"between giant galaxy clusters. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes revealed a dark matter core that was mostly devoid of galaxies, which may pose problems for current theories of dark matter behavior. Poland at War
"Photographs of Nazi occupied Poland taken between 1939-1945."Browse the photographs by categories including Warsaw at war, the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, the Warsaw Ghetto, and Jews of Poland. These photos were not taken by professionals. From a British man who is also seeking information about his Polish relatives. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. 480-million-year-old Fossil Sheds Light On 150-year-old Paleontologica
Discovery of an exceptional fossil specimen in southeastern Morocco that preserves evidence of the animal's soft tissues has solved a paleontological puzzle about the origins of an extinct group of bizarre slug-like animals with rows of mineralized armor plates on their backs. Researchers Create Tiny Devices That Can Propel Themselves In Liquid,
North Carolina State University scientists have figured out a method to supply microscopic devices with enough energy to not only allow them to propel themselves through liquid -- a difficult function in its own right -- but also to perform some other functions, like emitting light. Rants: MP3, RFID and Big Hammers
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