Nature : Science World Report

Jan 22, 2014 05:12 PM EST

Flies with Brothers Make Gentler Lovers

Flies who play the mating game while also living with their brothers are gentler to females during sex and tend to hassle them less, according a study by British scientists.

Jan 22, 2014 01:38 PM EST

NASA Finds 2013 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend

NASA scientists say 2013 tied with 2009 and 2006 for the seventh warmest year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures.

Jan 22, 2014 06:37 AM EST

How Fish Evolved Limbs Millions of Years Ago

Millions of years ago, animals made the transition from water to land. Yet exactly how they managed this feat has long been a source of controversy and study. The evolution of limbs in particular has long remained a mystery. Now, scientists have looked a bit closer at this phenomenon to find out exa...

Jan 22, 2014 08:03 AM EST

One Quarter of Sharks and Stingrays to Face Extinction within Few Decades: IUCN

A latest assessment done to determine the fate of sharks and stingrays revealed that nearly one-quarter of the world's sharks and stingrays are threatened to face extinction within the next few decades.

Jan 22, 2014 05:16 AM EST

Bizarre Shrimp Like Translucent Sea Creature Pulled off Northland's East Coast

A fisherman in New Zealand got more than he bargained for when he reeled out a completely see through shrimp like creature surfacing in the waters off NorthIsland's coast.

Jan 21, 2014 01:40 PM EST

Ancient Moss Reveals Arctic Warming Unprecedented in 44,000 Years

As our climate changes and the Arctic warms, the ice is melting. In fact, temperature rises on Baffin Island in the Canadian high Arctic is causing ice that's been frozen for thousands of years to slowly disappear. Yet this melting ice represents a new opportunity. Scientists have managed to uncover...

Jan 21, 2014 12:06 PM EST

Source of Galapagos Eruptions is in a Surprisingly Different Location

It turns out that the volcanic mantle plume of the Galapagos Islands isn't where scientists originally thought. Using seismic waves penetrating to a depth of nearly 200 miles, they've found an anomaly that reveals that the volcanic plume is somewhere else entirely.

Jan 21, 2014 08:51 AM EST

Water Cycle Amplifies Abrupt Climate Change

It turns out that the water cycle might have more of a role when it comes to climate change than scientists first thought. Researchers have discovered that the water cycle was the main driver of widespread environmental change in western Europe during the Younger Dryas period 12,680 years ago

Jan 20, 2014 11:49 PM EST

Why Males are More Aggressive Than Females: Special Cells Promote Fighting

Scientists have discovered that male flies put up more of a fight and have learned exactly why that is. It turns out that special cells in their brains, which are absent in females, promote fighting.

Jan 20, 2014 11:43 PM EST

Climate Change Impacts Cotton: Productivity up by 2050

Scientists have discovered that while a changing environment threatens most crops in Cameroon in Africa, its impact could be far less on cotton cultivation. In fact, productivity should improve significantly by 2050, according to new research.

Jan 20, 2014 11:28 PM EST

Scientists Discover Pesticide Impacts Bumblebee Size

Pesticides may be able to fend off irritating insects, but they can also impact helpful ones--like bumblebees. Now, scientists have discovered that exposure to a widely used pesticide causes worker bumblebees to grow less and then hatch out at a smaller size.

Jan 20, 2014 09:44 PM EST

Caught in the Act: Microbes Do Have Sex

There is no denying that humans think sex is important, but it also matters for microbes. Sex allows genes from two parents to be mixed, leading to new combinations of genes in the offspring.