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ZooKeysScientists discover that for Australia the long-beaked echidna may not be a thing of the past
The western long-beaked echidna, one of the world's five egg-laying species of mammal, became extinct in Australia thousands of years ago... or did it? Smithsonian scientists and colleagues have found evidence suggesting that not only did these animals survive in Australia far longer than previously thought, but that they may very well still exist in parts of the country today.
Contact: John Gibbons
GibbonsJP@si.edu
202-674-3434
Pensoft Publishers
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Having serious fun in the MBL physiology course
In the Dec. 21 issue of Science magazine, directors of the MBL physiology course detail their winning formula for instilling in students the passion for and ability to conduct "real research."
Contact: Diana Kenney
dkenney@mbl.edu
508-289-7139
Marine Biological Laboratory
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PLOS ONEFor pre-teens, kindness may be key to popularity
Nine- to 12-year-olds who perform kind acts are not only happier, but also find greater acceptance in their peer groups, according to research published Dec. 26, 2012, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kristin Layous and colleagues from the University of California, Riverside.
Contact: Jyoti Madhusoodanan
jmadhusoodanan@plos.org
415-568-4545
Public Library of Science
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New free e-Books available about 2 famous NASA space telescopes
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been providing amazing images of the universe since April 1990 and has led to remarkable discoveries. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the next-generation telescope that will peer even deeper into space and unveil even more mysteries. Both of these extraordinary telescopes are now the topics of two free e-Books available from the Apple iBookstore.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Space Telescope Science Institute
Contact: Rob Gutro
Robert.j.gutro@nasa.gov
301-286-4044
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Visions of snowflakes: An American Chemical Society holiday video
For everyone with holiday visions of snowflakes dancing in their heads, the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, today issued a video explaining how dust, water, cold and air currents collaborate to form these symbols of the season. It's all there in an episode of Bytesize Science, the award-winning video series produced by the ACS Office of Public Affairs at www.BytesizeScience.com.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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A swoosh in space: Merry Christmas from Hubble
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates the holiday season with a striking image of the planetary nebula NGC 5189. The intricate structure of the stellar eruption looks like a giant and brightly colored ribbon in space.
Contact: Oli Usher
ousher@eso.org
49-893-200-6855
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
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VTT's weLearn application supports learning
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a free e-learning application called weLearn for Android tablets. The easy-to-use cloud service is designed to support and enliven learning by expanding the learning environment from textbooks to real-life environments.
Contact: Janne Lahti
janne.lahti@vtt.fi
358-405-484-037
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
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Device helps children with disabilities access tablets
Researchers at Georgia Tech are trying to open the world of tablets to children whose limited mobility makes it difficult for them to perform the common pinch and swipe gestures required to control the devices.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Liz Klipp
klipp@gatech.edu
404-894-6016
Georgia Institute of Technology
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The chemistry of early photographs: New American Chemical Society video
The chemistry of early photography comes under the lens in a new episode of Bytesize Science, the American Chemical Society's award-winning video series.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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NeuroImagePokemon provides rare opening for IU study of face-recognition processes
Indiana University neuroscientists use Pokemon cards and kids to test a theory of facial cognition that until now has been difficult to support. With the use of cutting-edge neuroimaging, the study challenges the prevailing theory of face recognition by offering new evidence for a theory that face recognition depends on a generalized system for recognizing objects, rather than a special area of the brain just for this function.
Indiana METACyt, Lilly Endowment, Ind.
Contact: Liz Rosdeitcher
rosdeitc@indiana.edu
812-855-4507
Indiana University
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