by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 27, 2007 | Ancient genomics, Genes, Ice, Resuscitation
How do bacteria survive encased in ice for millions of years? Scientist used to believe the genetic material was essentially frozen in stasis. New studies suggest that in order to stay viable the bacteria must undergo continual DNA repair over the many long years of...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 27, 2007 | Pitch
Those with perfect pitch perception misidentify the G# note most often, recognizing it only 52% of the time. Perfect pitch also declines with age. PNAS.
by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 24, 2007 | Bees
The honeybee waggle dance has long been considered an amazing example of symbolic communication in insect life. Bees use the dance to signal the location of faraway food to other bees in the hive. This week researchers show that the dance is not only symbolic. Dancing...
by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 24, 2007 | Macaque monkey
A black macaque called Natasha walks like a human after surviving the flu. LiveScience
by Christine Kenneally BH | Aug 24, 2007 | Infants, Intonation, Motherese, Rhesus monkey
LiveScience brings together two fascinating studies on motherese–the swooping, exagerated way that mothers speak to their babies. In the first study, scientists played different examples of English baby-talk to a group of non-literate, hunter-horticulturalists...
