SCIENCE DAILY: BOILING WATER SHAPES MARTIAN TERRAIN

Comparison of morphologies formed by the flow of liquid water on Earth and on Mars.

Credit: Marion Massé

At present, liquid water on Mars only exists in small quantities as a boiling liquid, and only during the warmest time of day in summer. Its role has therefore been considered insignificant until now.

SCIENCE TODAY: ENDANGERED VENOMOUS MAMMAL IN THE AGE OF DINOSAURS

ZooDom veterinarian Adrell Nunez (center) draws blood from a solenodon for DNA samples. Researchers caught the venomous mammal by allowing it to walk across their bodies at night in the forests of the Dominican Republic. Pictured from left to right: Nicolas De J. Corona, Adrell Nunez, Taras K. Oleksyk, and Yimell Corona.

Credit: Photo by Taras Oleksyk and Yashira Afanador

SCIENCE TODAY: THE GENETIC HISTORY OF ICE AGE EUROPE

Three ~31,000-year-old skulls from Dolni Vestonice in the Czech Republic. For the next five thousand years, all samples analyzed in this study -- whether from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Austria, or Italy -- are closely related, reflecting a population expansion associated with the Gravettian archaeological culture.

Credit: Martin Frouz and Jirí Svoboda

TECH NEWS: BITCOIN CREATOR REVEALS IDENTITY

Media captionAustralian entrepreneur Craig Wright says he is Mr Bitcoin

Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has publicly identified himself as Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

HEALTH TODAY: WORSENING DEPRESSION MAY PREDICT DEMENTIA RISK

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Image captionA link between depression and dementia has been known for some time

Symptoms of depression that steadily increase over time in older age could indicate early signs of dementia, scientists have said.

FACTS TODAY: DID DRAGONS EVER EXISTED? EXTINCT OR MYTH?? FIND OUT!!!

    When I went searching for information on dragons, the biggest thing I found was a "documentary" by National Geographic. I did a little digging and found that

SCIENCE TODAY: SLEEPLESS SLUGS ON RISE, SAYS EXPERT

Media captionThe slug invasion that could devastate your garden

Last year's wet summer, followed by one of the warmest winters on record, has helped to create a generation of sleepless slugs, wildlife experts have warned.

SCIENCE TODAY: JAPAN TO ABANDON COSTLY SATELLITE SENT TO STUDY BLACK HOLES

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Image captionThe agency said it was highly likely that two solar arrays had broken off their bases

Japan's space agency had said it will abandon efforts to restore or retrieve the ASTRO-H satellite.

FACTS: AK-47, 20 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE WEAPON

20 Things you might not have know about this killer weapon.

The AK-47 created by Kalashnikov. He made the AK-47 that killed many but he didn't die by it. Here are the facts:

SCIENCE DAILY: DO BEARDED DRAGONS SLEEP?

Sleeping bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps).

Credit: MPI f. Brain Research/ S. Junek

Behavioural sleep is ubiquitous among animals, from insects to man. In humans, sleep

HEALTH NEWS: SKIN CELLS TURN TO HEART AND BRAIN CELLS

A human heart cell that was chemically reprogrammed from a human skin cell.

Credit: Nan Cao, PhD, Gladstone Institutes

In a major breakthrough, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes transformed skin cells into heart cells and brain cells using a combination of chemicals.

HEALTH TIPS: FEED YOUR MICROBES WELL, FOR YOUR HEALTH

People who regularly consume yogurt or buttermilk have a greater diversity of gut bacteria.

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HEALTH TODAY: VITAMIN STOPS THE AGING OF ORGANS

As mice, like all mammals, age, the regenerative capacity of certain organs (such as the liver and kidneys) and muscles (including the heart) diminishes. The effects of Nicotinamide riboside (NR) can only be described as restorative. (stock image)

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SCIENCE TODAY: TEETH VS TOOLS: NEANDERTALS VS HOMOSAPIENS

Dental Microwear Texture Analysis, the method employed in this study, involves the examination and analysis of microwear features on dental surfaces at a sub-micrometer scale.

Credit: Sireen El Zaatari

SCIENCE TODAY: BRAIN'S ATLAS OF WORDS REVEALED

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Scientists in the US have mapped out how the brain organises language.

SCIENCE TODAY: MARS LANDING BY 2018 SAYS SPACE X

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Billionaire Elon Musk is planning to send his Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018.

SCIENCE TODAY: SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISM CAPABLE OF FALLING IN LOVE

The slime mold Physarum polycephalum (diameter: around 10 centimeters), made up of a single cell, was here cultivated in the laboratory on agar gel.

Credit: Audrey Dussutour (CNRS)

SCIENCE TODAY: CHECK-OUT THE THINNIEST THERMOMETER BUILT WITH DNA

3D render of DNA structure. One of the main advantages of using DNA to engineer molecular thermometers is that DNA chemistry is relatively simple and programmable.

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TECH NEWS: APPLE, TWITTER AND FACEBOOK IN SCRUTINY

Image captionOut with the old: Facebook employees see the old Sun Microsystems logo when they head home

Sun Microsystems was a Silicon Valley giant. 

HEALTH TODAY: VACCINES ARE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN ADMINISTERED IN THE MORNING

Flu vaccinations are more effective when administered in the morning, study suggests.

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New research from the University of Birmingham has shown that flu vaccinations are more effective when administered in the morning.