- By Tudor Vieru
- February 14th, 2012
Plants Wake Up Early to Prepare for Battle
They have defense mechanisms against insect attacks
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 14th, 2012
Measuring the Amount of Snow on the Ground
Experts find it very difficult to determine this quantity
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 14th, 2012
Heat Wave Influences Depend On When the Events Happen
The same is true for droughts as well, investigators say
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 13th, 2012
Hurricane Irene Indicative of What's to Come
Such powerful storms will become the norm, analysts say
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 13th, 2012
Parts of East Antarctica Melting as Well
This section of the continent was thought to be stable
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 11th, 2012
Arapaimas Are Invulnerable to Piranha Attacks
The large fish found a way of protecting itself against the predator
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 10th, 2012
Fresh Fault Ruptures Studied with 3D Models
New technique allows the taking of before-and-after pictures
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 9th, 2012
Arctic Sea Ice Extent Below Average This January
New report highlights the evolution of Arctic ices last month
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 9th, 2012
Sea Levels Rose 0.5 Inches in 7 Years
New study analyzes data stretching from 2003 to 2010
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 8th, 2012
Ultrasound Communications Discovered in Primates
The diminutive creatures can only be found in southeastern Asia
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 8th, 2012
Why December Was So Dry
Very little precipitations fell over North America and Europe
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 7th, 2012
Bahamian Caves May Reveal How Life Evolved
We may not have to visit other worlds to get the answer
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 7th, 2012
Lake Vostok May Resemble the Jovian Moon Europa
The celestial body is believed to house a liquid ocean under miles of ice
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 4th, 2012
“Great Dying” Destroyed Life in Stages
This was the most severe mass extinction in history
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 3rd, 2012
Natural Selection Is Augmented by the “Founder Effect”
New process found working side by side with evolution
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 2nd, 2012
How Spider Webs Handle Stress and Damage
The answer does not lie exclusively in the strength of the fiber
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 1st, 2012
Tectonic Plates Can Drive Biodiversity
This was discovered following a study of the Mediterranean Basin