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Leonardo’s Formula Explains Why Trees Don’t Splinter

Leonardo’s Formula Explains Why Trees Don’t Splinter | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.wired.com - November 17, 2011 2:13 AM
Trees almost always grow so that the total thickness of their branches at a particular height is equal to the thickness of their trunks. Until now, no one has been able to explain why trees obey this rule, which Leonardo da Vinci first noticed.
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Applause is Contagious Like a Disease - D-brief

Applause is Contagious Like a Disease - D-brief | Science News | Scoop.it
From blogs.discovermagazine.com - June 30, 2013 7:31 AM
Applause spreads linearly, like a disease. The amount of time an individual feels like clapping is a factor, but not nearly as much as peer pressure.
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robyns tut's curator insight, October 14, 2013 1:04 PM

This is interesting, how peer pressure can factor into little things. Would be good to see what makes the brain do these things and what chemical reactions occure.

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Cicada wings inspire new ideas for antibacterial products

Cicada wings inspire new ideas for antibacterial products | Science News | Scoop.it
From earthsky.org - June 30, 2013 7:08 AM
Here’s another reason to love cicadas: A new study has found that tiny structures on cicada wings can kill bacteria through physical and not chemical means.
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Greg Wurn's curator insight, March 4, 2014 9:20 PM

Interesting, could lead to some very important discoveries in future
Corie Rosen's curator insight, February 29, 2016 8:58 PM

Antibiotic resistance is nothing new; it is a very real threat in the world today. Bacteria are mutating and resisting our best tools at a rate that modern scientists can't keep up with. They say you learn something new everyday, and this was something I had no idea about until now! I flocked to this article because it is definitely an interesting concept. What is even cooler is the fact that a cicada's wings are able to kill gram-negative bacteria (gram-positive aren't affected), such as E. coli, through physical means and not chemical. This means the bacteria are unlikely to become resistant to the affects! Just imagine the ways scientists can utilize this!

 

This article, while not a scientific report, references the study done by scientists and provides links to it, therefore making the article a reliable source of information.

Janice Edgerly-Rooks's curator insight, September 12, 2016 9:36 PM
One wonders why bacteria would make a difference to a cicada's wings. They live underground as immatures which makes me think that antibacterial properties might derive from that part of their life cycle. But they don't have wings, so this is curious indeed.
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How to Learn a Language Quickly

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From physics.aps.org - June 30, 2013 7:05 AM
Simulations show that you can learn the meaning of words rapidly if you assume that every object has only one word associated with it.
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robyns tut's curator insight, October 14, 2013 1:06 PM

This helps greatly with language students here at rhodes. Find out what is the difference between this learning style and the ordinary ones and what ordinary language learning styles are.

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Ro Atkinson's curator insight, November 21, 2013 7:06 PM

I saw this a while ago and forgot about it.  It is not a method towards perfect language learning but it is a route to sufficient language learning.
Heather Martelle's curator insight, March 3, 2018 10:02 AM
Interesting developments in how we learn language. There’s really no reason we can’t learn more languages!
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Plants perform molecular maths

Plants perform molecular maths | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.nature.com - June 30, 2013 6:58 AM
Arithmetic division guides plants' use of energy at night.
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As if making food from light were not impressive enough, it may be time to add another advanced skill to the botanical repertoire: the ability to perform — at least at the molecular level — arithmetic division.

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Cat Perrin's comment, July 12, 2013 6:12 AM
Plants are so incredible!!!
Yamuna Flaherty's curator insight, September 25, 2013 2:19 PM

Whoa!
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This is an interesting science piece. You can research how this happens and whether research is going into learning how to replicate this in other objets.

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Listening to the Genome: Music or Noise?

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From phenomena.nationalgeographic.com - June 30, 2013 6:53 AM
One of the great triumphs of twentieth-century biology was the discovery of how genes make proteins. Genes are encoded in DNA. To turn the sequence of a gene into a protein, a number of molecules g...
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How do you sleep?

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From www.nature.com - June 30, 2013 6:40 AM
Modern sleep patterns cause ill health, so it is time to work out how much rest we really need.
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What Is The Fastest Articulated Motion A Human Can Execute?

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From news.science360.gov - June 30, 2013 6:29 AM
Humans are able to throw projectiles at incredible speeds. Findings from a recent study are providing new insights on the mechanics and evolution of this human trait.
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View from space: Early start for noctilucent clouds

View from space: Early start for noctilucent clouds | Science News | Scoop.it
From earthsky.org - June 30, 2013 6:19 AM
Satellite images show noctilucent clouds in Earth’s upper atmosphere, centered on the North Pole.
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Spiral galaxies like Milky Way bigger than thought, says CU-Boulder study | University of Colorado Boulder

Spiral galaxies like Milky Way bigger than thought, says CU-Boulder study | University of Colorado Boulder | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.colorado.edu - June 30, 2013 6:13 AM
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Scientists discover the secret of whales and dolphins’ astonishing diving power

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From www.sciencerecorder.com - June 17, 2013 12:21 AM
Scientists crack the code of mammalian breathing.
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Plants 'do maths', scientists say

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From www.bbc.co.uk - June 24, 2013 9:18 PM
Plants have a built-in capacity to do maths, which helps them regulate food reserves in the night, say UK scientists.
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Antarctic's Ice Shelves Melting From the Bottom Up

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From news.nationalgeographic.com - June 13, 2013 4:52 PM
Ice shelves lose more mass through melting where the ice meets the sea than by shedding icebergs, a new study says.
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The Earth’s Seasonal “Heartbeat” as Seen from Space

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From www.thisiscolossal.com - August 18, 2013 2:33 PM
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Demographers Discover The Fundamental Law Governing the Growth of Cities Discovered

Demographers Discover The Fundamental Law Governing the Growth of Cities Discovered | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.technologyreview.com - June 30, 2013 7:14 AM
The discovery of a law governing the growth of cities means that future urban populations can now be forecast in advance
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faridf's comment, August 22, 2013 4:47 AM
i learned a lot. thanks
KUGGE's curator insight, August 23, 2013 9:04 AM

Based on Hernando, A., Hernando, R. and Plastono, A. (2013) Space-time correlation in urban sprawl. Available at: arXiv:1306.3656  
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Cassini captures gigantic hurricane on Saturn in exquisite detail

Cassini captures gigantic hurricane on Saturn in exquisite detail | Science News | Scoop.it
From arstechnica.com - June 30, 2013 7:07 AM
Features of Saturn's Great White Spot as small as 14 km were imaged.
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New signs of language surface in mystery Voynich text

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From www.newscientist.com - June 30, 2013 7:03 AM
Some had dismissed the unknown script in a mysterious 15th-century illustrated text as gibberish, but statistical analysis indicates it could be a cipher
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How Fish Swim

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From www.mccormick.northwestern.edu - June 30, 2013 6:57 AM

Researchers have revealed some of the mechanical properties that allow undulatory fish to move so intricately, including vorticity (shown above), the rotational velocity of the fluid in the wake of the swimming fish.

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What does it mean when we need to take a break from Facebook?

What does it mean when we need to take a break from Facebook? | Science News | Scoop.it
From blogs.scientificamerican.com - June 30, 2013 6:45 AM

The future of Facebook in our lives seems long-term. Facebook reports 1.11 billion monthly active users as of March 2013. That’s a lot of information being passed back and forth, a lot to absorb and respond to, and a lot to curate. As such, more people may find themselves taking a break from daily engagement with the site—sometimes you just need a break from Candy Crush Saga requests.

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Researchers Use Video Game Tech to Steer Roaches on Autopilot

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From news.ncsu.edu - June 30, 2013 6:35 AM

North Carolina State University researchers are using video game technology to remotely control cockroaches on autopilot, with a computer steering the cockroach through a controlled environment. The researchers are using the technology to track how roaches respond to the remote control, with the goal of developing ways that roaches on autopilot can be used to map dynamic environments – such as collapsed buildings.

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Fairy Circle Mystery Solved By Computational Modelling

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From www.technologyreview.com - June 30, 2013 6:24 AM
The explanation of the mysterious barren circles that form in the middle of fertile grasslands hints that similar circles may show up in other systems, say complexity scientists
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Babies Recognize Each Other's Moods, Study Says

Babies Recognize Each Other's Moods, Study Says | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.popsci.com - June 30, 2013 6:15 AM
When I used to babysit my infant niece, I often panicked when she started to cry. Was she hungry? Tired? Cold? In need of a diaper change? I struggled to
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Researchers Track Facial Expressions To Improve Teaching Software

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From news.ncsu.edu - June 30, 2013 6:10 AM

Research from North Carolina State University shows that software which tracks facial expressions can accurately assess the emotions of students engaged in interactive online learning and predict the effectiveness of online tutoring sessions.


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One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, Threatening Food Supply | Wired Science | Wired.com

One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, Threatening Food Supply | Wired Science | Wired.com | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.wired.com - June 19, 2013 10:47 PM
Nearly one in three commercial honeybee colonies in the United States died or disappeared last winter, an unsustainable decline that threatens the nation's food supply and suggests that something is deeply foul in our environment.
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Researchers solve mystery of how marine mammals hold their breath

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From www.sciencerecorder.com - June 14, 2013 11:14 AM
How long can you hold your breath?
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Veritable Invasion or Veritable Wonder? Lessons around Brood II 17-Year Cicadas

Veritable Invasion or Veritable Wonder? Lessons around Brood II 17-Year Cicadas | Science News | Scoop.it
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