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ScienceDaily (Jan. 20, 2011) - In birds as in people, female fertility declines with age. But some female birds can slow the ticking of their biological clocks by choosing the right mates, says a new study.

ScienceDaily (June 9, 2011) - On rare occasion, the light-sensing photoreceptor cells in the eye misfire and signal to the brain as if they have captured photons, when in reality they haven't. For years this phenomenon remained a mystery. Reporting in the June 10 issue of Science, neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered that a light-capturing pigment molecule in photoreceptors can be triggered by heat, as well, giving rise to these false alarms.

ScienceDaily (June 9, 2011) - Air and water meet over most of Earth's surface, but exactly where one ends and the other begins turns out to be a surprisingly subtle question.

ScienceDaily (Sep. 12, 2011) - The HARPS spectrograph on the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile is the world's most successful planet finder [1]. The HARPS team, led by Michel Mayor (University of Geneva, Switzerland), have announced the discovery of more than 50 new exoplanets orbiting nearby stars, including sixteen super-Earths [2]. This is the largest number of such planets ever announced at one time [3]. The new findings are being presented at a conference on Extreme Solar Systems where 350 exoplanet experts are meeting in Wyoming, USA.

ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2011) - University of Minnesota researchers are a key step closer to making renewable petroleum fuels using bacteria, sunlight and carbon dioxide.

Heather is currently conducting her doctoral research at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute and running Marilyn Monrobot Labs in NYC, which creates socially intelligent robot performances and sensor-based electronic art. Founder of the Robot Film Festival and Cyborg Cabaret, Heather was on the 2011 Forbes List for 30 under 30 in Science.

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Corpex Corpora Explorer By Denny Vrandečić and Philipp Sorg, AIFB, 2011

Die SZ schreibt heute, 04.07.12 über Vania Apkarian, der mittels Kernspin Schmerzpatienten untersucht hat... "Bei jenen 19 Personen, deren Schmerzen am Ende des jahres anhielten, kommunizierten die sog. insula und der Nucl acc. besonders intensiv miteinander. Diese Hirnregionen sind an der Verarbeitung von Gefühlen und am Lernen beteiligt. !Womöglich! lässt das Leid jene Menschen nicht mehr los, die es besonders emotional verarbeiten. +Ute Panzenboeck und es gibt mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit eben doch 'T- und F- Menschen' ... vgl. Post von gestern vgl. http://ed.iiQii.de/gallery/Die-iiQii-Philosophie/DK_CGJ vgl. Susan Cain: http://www.geistundgegenwart.de/2011/08/still-die-bedeutung-von-introvertierten.html vgl. ed.iiQii.de/gallery/Die-iiQii-Philosophie/MartinBartonitz_saperion_de etc. Alle unsere (Patienten)-Studien beruhen immer auf einem Durchschnitt(-smensch), der gar nichts aussagt... http://www.geistundgegenwart.de/2012/01/frauen-und-manner-sind-verschieden.html

Scientist recently discovered the first ever Earth-like planet. The discovery was announced on 5th December 2011.

Some argue that these genes bring benefits - mental illness and genius have a long-standing link - but archaeologist Penny Spikins at the University of York, UK, goes further. She believes that mental illness and conditions such as autism persist at such high levels because in the past they were advantageous to humanity. "I think that part of the reason Homo sapiens were so successful is because they were willing to include people with different minds in their society - people with autism or schizophrenia, for example."

"Ein breites Gesicht mit ausgeprägtem Kinn gilt als besonders männlich. Unbewusst signalisiert es offenbar eine stark von Testosteron geprägte Persönlichkeit. Tatsächlich haben Studien in den letzten Jahren einige Verbindungen zwischen der Gesichtsform und dem Verhalten gefunden. So ergab ein Experiment im Jahr 2012, dass Männer mit maskulinen Gesichtszügen eher zur Untreue neigen. 2011 belegten Michael Haselhuhn und Elaine Wong von der University of California in Riverside, dass Manager mit einem eher breiten Gesicht erfolgreicher sind und ihre Firma profitabler führen."

A theory of reality beyond Einstein's universe is taking shape - and a mysterious cosmic signal could soon fill in the blanks

It sounds like something a guided missile would do. Foxes seem to zero in on prey using Earth's magnetic field. They are the first animal thought to use the field to judge distance rather than just direction.

ETHEREAL quantum entanglement has been captured in solid crystals, showing that it is more robust than once assumed. These entanglement traps could make quantum computing and communication more practical.

Mystics will tell you that meditation transforms the mind and soothes the soul. But what does science have to say?

HAVING a larger waistline may shrink your brain.

Our intrepid reporter performs an intimate act in an fMRI scanner to explore the pathways of pleasure and pain