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An analysis of eggshells from three kinds of dinosaurs shows they were all warm-blooded, suggesting that dinosaurs’ ancestors were also warm-blooded

Our ape cousins have asymmetrical brains just like we do, which might require us to rethink ideas on the evolution of brain specialism in our hominin ancestors

Our hearts go out to you this Valentine’s Day

These two heart-warming entries came from Texas Tech University graduate student Daniel Loya and Stanford University postdoc Fang Chen. Loya, who studies functionalized polymers, found this heart-shaped residue (top) after prepping an NMR sample of a new monomer he made. He says it was the first reaction in his project that worked. And Chen’s transmission electron microscope image (bottom), taken while she was at the University of California... Читать дальше...

The chemical maker intends to argue that the fires should be considered an act of God

Study finds high levels of dangerous metals in foods favored by prehistoric humans

White House requests big cuts to US science agencies but Congress is unlikely to back them

Top videos chosen in four categories for Science’s annual dance-off

Living donors are becoming key to understanding the human brain

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A mixture of anecdote, opinion and science from an author who turned her former addiction into the topic of her neurobiology research

If ‘meat juice’ be the food of love, the appetite may sicken, and so die

ischNanocatalysts on crystalline supports show remarkable stability producing hydrogen and carbon monoxide

Brian Clegg on the enzymes make life a little sweeter by breaking down starch into sugars, helping to make bread and beer

Thongthai Witoon, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, honored

Sophie Carenco, Sorbonne Université, France, honored for her work on nanochemistry and catalysis

Let's look at the chemistry behind its color and its aroma

If carbon emissions go largely unchecked until 2100, Antarctic ice melt could result in three times as much sea level rise as we saw from all sources in the 20th century

NASA has selected four potential future missions to visit Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, Neptune’s icy moon Triton, or to explore the atmosphere of Venus

System harnesses waste heat to produce enough drinkable water for an adult in one hour