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- Glow-in-the-Dark Shark Turned on by Hormones November 6, 2009The safe answer to how a lantern shark turns its luminescence on and off is: “Any way it wants.” Now researchers have looked into the belly of the beast and found that three hormones act as on-off switches for these glow-in-the-dark sharks. It is the first discovery of hormones controlling bioluminescence in animals, the scientists [...]Rachel Ehrenberg, Science News
- Vet School 2.0: Stick Your Hand Up a Virtual Cow Butt November 6, 2009There’s nothing tidy about sticking your arm deep into a cow’s backside, getting up to your elbows in warm and gooey bovine innards. digg_url ="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/haptic-cow/"; But for new vet students, there’s no avoiding the procedure: To diagnose pregnancy or check for infection, you’ve got to reach […]Hadley Leggett
- Signature of Antimatter Detected in Lightning November 6, 2009WASHINGTON, D.C. — Designed to scan the heavens thousands to billions of light-years beyond the solar system, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has now recorded some more down-to-Earth signals. During its first 14 months of operation, the flying observatory has detected 17 gamma-ray flashes associated with terrestrial lightning storms. The flashes occurred […]Ron Cowen, Science News
- Close Encounter with Saturn Moon’s Fantastic Plumage November 6, 2009Earlier this week, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took its deepest dive ever through the center of the icy plume shooting out from the southern pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. NASA reports that the spacecraft survived Monday’s flyby in good health, and is now transmitting eagerly awaited data and images back to Earth. At its closest point, Cass […]Hadley Leggett
- Out of the Blue: Islands Seen From Space November 6, 2009> Islands are some of the most beautiful, peaceful, violent, desolate and unique places on Earth. While experiencing a tropical island from its sandy beaches, or a volcanic island from its towering peaks is wonderful, experiencing them from above [...]Betsy Mason
