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Nicaraguan Sign Language
Psychologist Marie Coppola and linguist Diane Brentari on deaf education, linguistic models of signs and the d...
Is There a Ninth Planet in the Solar System?
On the structure of the Solar System, the Kuiper Belt, and the discovery of Planet X
Ribosome and the Origin of Life
On the the evolution of the ribosome, the central dogma of molecular biology, and what lies beyond the root of...
Hummingbird agility depends on raw muscle power
New research suggests that muscle capacity is the most important factor determining a hummingbird’s maneuverab...
Speaking multiple languages can improve stroke out...
Patients who speak more than one language seem to be twice as likely to have a better outcome after stroke
A Self-Healing Sensor
Researchers create a multifunctional sensor that can 'heal' itself after being cut
Oxygen sensor molecules assist breast cancer cells...
Blocking an oxygen sensor in a breast cancer tumor impairs its ability to metastacize
Fruit flies diversify their offspring when sick
Fruit flies sense danger to their organism and influence the variability of their offspring accordingly
Unique Sound Systems Allow Parrots to Talk
Scientists have found structures in parrot brain responsible for sound imitation
Psychologists found amnesia for object attributes
People fail at remembering even basic information about objects they were looking at
Comparing genes and linguistic sounds across human...
Joint analysis of data on genomics, linguistics and geography leads to new insights into their interference