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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Mixed Bag Science Bews

If you've ever been nervous or stressed, you might have experienced a weird feeling in your stomach. Why do we feel so many emotions in our guts? Laci did some digging to figure out what connects our brains to our midsections.
A study indicates that we may be maxing out on men's facial hair.
A new drug that can be administered orally could contain outbreaks.
Climate change and past forest management methods may be to blame for bigger and more frequent flames.
New research into the height of a very remote Andean plateau reveals just the latest surprise from the Earth's second-greatest mountain belt.
The 217.78 gram (7.68 oz.) nugget is a single, intact gold crystal.
A new method extracts high-tech metals from common seafloor ores.
The tweets of Puerto Rico's unofficial mascot, the common coqui frog, became higher pitched during the past two decades, while the animals grew shorter.

Ancient Puppy Paw Prints Found on Roman Tiles
Paw prints and hoof prints of a few meddlesome animals have been preserved for posterity on ancient Roman tiles.
Would you like to discover a new animal? Here are 10 ways animal experts currently search for and document new species.
Could a sunset on Kepler-186f look like this?
It's a big, big universe out there and the Hubble Space Telescope bores a hole over halfway out into it with this image, showing a gathering of galaxies near and far.

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