Gestures reveal universal word order, regardless of language
Category: Language
People communicating with gestures put objects before verbs, regardless of whether they speak English, Turkish or Chinese.
Posted by Ed Yong at 5:00 PM • 12 Comments •
Not Exactly Rocket Science
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Ed lives in London and works at Cancer Research UK. This blog is his attempt to make science interesting to everyone by beating jargon, confusion and elitism with the stick of good writing. Almost all posts will be proper articles that discuss peer-reviewed research, written from the original papers. Ed is an award-winning science writer and has freelanced for Nature, New Scientist and the Economist. He finds writing about himself in the third person strange and unsettling.
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June 28, 2008
Neutralising anthrax by gumming up a molecular lock
Category: Medicine & health
A potential new treatment for anthrax works by gumming up molecular locks on the host's own cells.
Posted by Ed Yong at 12:00 PM • 4 Comments •
June 27, 2008
Cuttlefish learn from watching potential prey even before they are born
Category: Animals
Unhatched cuttlefish embryos can use visual information from the outside world to fix their later prey preferences
Posted by Ed Yong at 8:30 AM • 5 Comments •
June 26, 2008
Death-trap or fortress - the two web designs of black widow spiders
Category: Animals
Hungry black widows spin deadly death-traps, but well-fed ones change architecture completely in favour of a fortress
Posted by Ed Yong at 8:30 AM • 3 Comments •
June 25, 2008
Crocodiles signal hatching time by calling from inside their eggs
Category: Animals
This is the first experimental evidence of the purpose of calls that crocodiles make within their eggs
Posted by Ed Yong at 8:30 AM • 1 Comments •
June 24, 2008
Lions killed by perfect storm of changing climate, virus and parasites
Category: Animals
Two lion populations were hit by epidemics caused by a triple-whammy of drought, viruses and blood parasites.
Posted by Ed Yong at 8:00 PM • 3 Comments •
June 23, 2008
Fish make rapid comeback in the world's largest no-fishing zone
Category: Conservation
The Great Barrier Reef's most exploited fish is bouncing back just two years after a fishing ban
Posted by Ed Yong at 12:00 PM • 1 Comments •
June 21, 2008
Round peg, square hole - why our bird flu drugs are a fluke
Category: Medicine & health
The structure of a bird flu protein reveals that it's a fluke that Tamiflu actually works
Posted by Ed Yong at 12:00 PM • 4 Comments •
June 20, 2008
Brains of gay people resemble those of straight people of opposite sex
Category: Neuroscience
Brain scans show similarities in shape and connections between gay brains and straight ones from the opposite sex.
Posted by Ed Yong at 3:14 PM • 13 Comments •
June 18, 2008
Chimps call during sex to confuse fathers, recruit defenders and avoid competitors
Category: Animal behaviour
Chimps make distinctive calls during sex and a new study reveals their purpose by considering who's listening
Posted by Ed Yong at 12:16 PM • 0 Comments •
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