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Human activity echoes through the Brazilian rainforest
The disappearance of large, fruit-eating birds from tropical rainforests in Brazil has caused the forests' palm trees to produce smaller, weaker seeds over the past century, researchers say. The finding makes it clear that human activity can trigger fast-paced evolutionary changes in natural ecosystems.
Contact: Science Press Package Team
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Music of the Spheres: Star songs
Plato, the Greek philosopher and mathematician, described music and astronomy as "sister sciences" that both encompass harmonious motions, whether of instrument strings or celestial objects. This philosophy of a "Music of the Spheres" was symbolic. However, modern technology is creating a true music of the spheres by transforming astronomical data into unique musical compositions.
Contact: cpulliam@cfa.harvard.edu
cpulliam@cfa.harvard.edu
617-495-7463
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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The circle of life
Stars like the sun were believe to blow off much of their atmospheres into space near the end of their lives. This material then goes on to form the next generation of stars. Like the circle of life on Earth. But new studies have shaken up science -- they've shown that this isn't the case for up to 70 percent of all sun-like stars!
Contact: Sarah Eve Roberts
roberts@strw.leidenuniv.nl
31-715-278-419
Leiden University
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Science teachers see NASA IceBridge research
NASA's Operation IceBridge gave three teachers -- one each from the United States, Greenland and Denmark -- an inside view of research by hosting a field research experience during part of the 2013 Arctic campaign.
Contact: George Hale
George.r.hale@nasa.gov
301-614-5853
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Cockroaches outsmart sugary traps
A new study in the May 24 issue of Science reveals how cockroaches outsmart the sugary traps designed to catch and kill them.
Contact: Science Press Package
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Pretty in pink
The world's best instrument for looking at the visible universe turns 15 today. Happy birthday to the Very Large Telescope! To celebrate, the telescope has been used to take this space photograph of a party in Space. The theme is "pretty in pink" and there are bright disco lights and dark balloons scattered all across the image.
Contact: Sarah Eve Roberts
roberts@strw.leidenuniv.nl
31-715-278-419
Leiden University
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Making tiny complex controlled shapes
A new study in the May 17 issue of Science reveals how to make minerals assemble themselves into complex but controlled architectures.
Contact: Science Press Package Team
scipak@aaas.org
202-326-6440
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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The universe is a cool place!
The universe is a pretty cool place. If you hopped on a tour bus for a complete tour of the cosmos, it would take you past a number of "hot" attractions, like the sun, monster black holes and billions of shining stars. But mostly, space is incredibly cold. Like the object in this picture, it might look like a ribbon of hot fire stretching through space, but this is actually a cold cloud of gas and dust, just -250 °C!
Contact: Sarah Eve Roberts
roberts@strw.leidenuniv.nl
31-715-278-419
Leiden University
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Half of national Microsoft video game design finalists from UH
Two teams from the University of Houston are among the 10 finalists chosen from among thousands of America's brightest young computer science students to reach the final round of the US Imagine Cup in Silicon Valley. They will vie for cash prizes and a spot to represent the U.S. at the Worldwide Finals in Russia. For the fourth consecutive year, UH is the only school to have more than one team in the gaming category.
Contact: Lisa Merkl
lkmerkl@uh.edu
713-743-8192
University of Houston
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New American Chemical Society video: Keeping tabs on global air pollution from space
What flies around the world 14 times a day and can detect global air pollution levels from space? It's the Aura satellite, the star of the latest ChemMatters video from the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The video is available at http://www.BytesizeScience.com.
Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society
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