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Why Guys' Noses Are Bigger

It's about getting more oxygen to maintain muscles: scientists

(Newser) - Men need bigger noses because they tend to have more muscle—meaning they need more oxygen, a new study suggests. Researchers followed the growth of 18 women and 20 men from age three to past 20. While kids' nose sizes weren't much different between sexes, male noses started getting...

5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week

From big news for astro-physicists to 'meat mummies'

(Newser) - The discovery of extra-terrestrial light particles and revelations about "meat mummies" highlight this week's discoveries:
  • Neutrinos Discovery May Mean 'New Era for Astronomy' : Scientists at the South Pole have found visitors from outside our solar system, but instead of little green men, think "ghostly neutrino particles.
...

Before T. Rex, This Dinosaur Was King

Siats meekerorum is 3rd-biggest predator ever found on this continent

(Newser) - Earlier this month, we heard tell of the "king of gore" ; now researchers have discovered another top dino that lived before Tyrannosaurus rex. About 98 million years ago—31 million years before tyrannosaurs—there was Siats meekerorum, whose bones were found recently in Utah. The onetime top predator walked...

Future Nobel? Neutrinos Discovery Heralds 'New Era for Astronomy'

They were found at the South Pole, and they're out of this world

(Newser) - Scientists at the South Pole have found visitors from outside our solar system, but instead of little green men, think "ghostly neutrino particles," in the words of Space.com . Twenty-eight of them to be exact, all detected by a special observatory called IceCube in Antarctica. Ars Technica has...

Nuts Make You Live Longer*
 Nuts Make You Live Longer* 
Nov 21, 2013 11:25 AM CST

Nuts Make You Live Longer*

*Says study funded by nut industry

(Newser) - If you like snacking on nuts, a team of Harvard researchers has some very good news: That might just make you less likely to die. Well, OK, so technically everyone is 100% likely to die, but in a study of 118,000 people, those who ate a serving of nuts...

Volcano Spawns New Japanese Island
 Volcano Spawns New Island 
Nov 21, 2013 7:30 AM CST

Volcano Spawns New Island

Japan welcomes tiny new territory

(Newser) - An undersea volcanic eruption has given Japan a tiny patch of new territory—but the country is going to wait and see whether the sea swallows it before it names the new island. The island was born in a huge eruption of exploding rocks and smoke that reached one-third of...

Climbers Discover New Top Peak in Burma

Remote Mt. Gamlang highest in all SE Asia, team says

(Newser) - Burma may new have a new tallest mountain, according to a US-Burmese mountaineering team that trekked through jungles crawling with cobras, made a brief, illegal detour through Chinese-controlled Tibet, and survived a terrifying 600-foot drop into a crevice on their way to the top of what has long been thought...

Depressed? Tackling Your Insomnia First Could Help
Depressed? Tackling Your Insomnia First Could Help
study says
Nov 19, 2013 2:29 PM CST

Depressed? Tackling Your Insomnia First Could Help

New study could lead to major shift in treatment

(Newser) - We might be on the verge of what the New York Times calls "the most significant [advance] in the treatment of depression since the introduction of Prozac in 1987": a new way of looking at treatment for depression and insomnia. More than half of Americans who suffer from depression...

Live Volcano Found Under Antarctic Ice

It could send yet more ice into ocean if it blows its top

(Newser) - What happens when a huge volcanic eruption happens under a massive sheet of ice? A new discovery means scientists may soon get a chance to find out. Researchers investigating swarms of small earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 in western Antarctica believe they have spotted an active volcano rumbling under almost...

Ancient City Found Under Biblical-Era Ruins

Archaeologists in Israel unearth evidence of older Canaanite city

(Newser) - Archaeologists excavating an ancient city in Israel have found evidence of an even older city at the site, one that dates back to the 14th century BC, LiveScience reports. Archaeologists have been digging at the Canaanite city of Gezer for about 100 years, with most experts dating their findings to...

Danger in the Ocean: 270 Sq. Mile Iceberg

 Danger in the Ocean: 
 270-Square-Mile Iceberg 
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Nov 16, 2013 1:04 PM CST

Danger in the Ocean: 270-Square-Mile Iceberg

Chunk of Antarctic ice could threaten shipping

(Newser) - A vast iceberg—described variously as Singapore-sized, bigger than Chicago, a quarter of the size of Rhode Island, or just really, really big—is drifting away from Antarctica and could find its way toward shipping lanes. The 270-square-mile chunk of ice cracked off the Pine Island Glacier in July, Antarctica'...

5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week

A humongous iceberg and an elusive 'unicorn' make the list

(Newser) - Antarctica might have sent a very unwelcome visitor toward international shipping lanes, while conservationists are thrilled about spotting an "Asian Unicorn:"
  • Danger in the Ocean: 270-Square-Mile Iceberg : A vast iceberg—described variously as Singapore-sized, bigger than Chicago, a quarter of the size of Rhode Island, or just really,
...

Scientists Cracked Open 507-Year-Old Clam

 World's Oldest 
 Animal Lived 
 to 507 
new analysis
Nov 15, 2013 7:43 AM CST

World's Oldest Animal Lived to 507

Ming was killed when scientists cracked open its shell

(Newser) - The oldest animal ever known lived from 1499 until the day researchers cracked its shell open, killing it in the process. Ming, an ocean quahog from the species Arctica islandica, was initially thought to be a record-setting 402 years old. But the scientists who found it on a seabed near...

Boys More Likely to Be Born Too Soon
Boys More Likely
to Be Born Too Soon
STUDY SAYS
Nov 15, 2013 1:54 AM CST

Boys More Likely to Be Born Too Soon

'Kangaroo' care can help premature babies survive

(Newser) - In what researchers call a "double whammy for boys," new research has found that they are more likely to be born premature and more likely to die or suffer disabilities from being born too soon. Researchers say the disparity—around 55% of premature births are male—happens all...

Dogs Got Their Start in Europe
 Dogs Got 
 Their Start 
 in Europe 
study says
Nov 14, 2013 7:21 PM CST

Dogs Got Their Start in Europe

And a lot earlier than thought, according to new study

(Newser) - Dogs have been hanging out with humans way longer than thought, a new study suggests. UCLA researchers say the first ones were ancient wolves that started following hunter and gatherers around Europe between 18,000 and 32,000 years ago, reports the BBC . The finding, which contradicts previous theories that...

Secrets of Mysterious Black Hole Jets Revealed
Secrets of Mysterious
Black Hole Jets Revealed
NEW STUDY
Nov 14, 2013 12:54 PM CST

Secrets of Mysterious Black Hole Jets Revealed

Jets have power to spew iron and nickel, study finds

(Newser) - For years, astronomers have wondered what exactly black holes spew into our universe—and now they know. Iron and nickel have been found shooting from the relativistic jets of a black hole several times larger than our sun, but the finding is more surprising than it may seem. It shows...

Australia Yields Evidence of Oldest Life Ever

Rocks in Pilbara reveal 3.5B-year-old microbes

(Newser) - We have found the oldest life on Earth, and it is Australian. A team of researchers from Down Under have found signs of "complex microbial ecosystems" in rock formations from the Pilbara region in Western Australia dating back 3.5 billion years, the Guardian reports. The discovery "pushes...

'Asian Unicorn' Captured on Camera

It's the first sighting of the saola in Vietnam since 1998

(Newser) - One conservationist went so far is to call them "the most important wild animal photographs taken in Asia, and perhaps the world, in at least the past decade." That's because, captured in them, is an image of the "Asian Unicorn." That's the nickname given...

Depression Might Take Years Off Your Life

Study finds that cells age faster in those with the condition

(Newser) - Depression isn't just making life miserable for those afflicted, it's actually making life shorter, a new study suggests. Dutch researchers found that people with depression seem to be aging faster, with the upshot being that they lose four to six years, reports CBS News . They reached the conclusion...

Boost Your Optimism: Wash Your Hands

Trouble is, you might also lose your drive, study says

(Newser) - Feeling dejected? You might want to turn on the sink. Washing your hands, a study suggests, can be emotionally cleansing: It may help us feel more optimistic after a failure. Researchers assigned an "impossible task" to two groups of people; they failed, of course. Then, scientists told one group...

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