Catherine Griffin : Science World Report

May 01, 2015 06:46 AM EDT

Wild, Bearded Monkey Changes the Force of Its Hammer Strikes When Cracking Nuts

When it comes to cracking nuts, monkeys have it down. Scientists have found that wild bearded capuchin monkeys use tools in order to crack open nuts for food.

May 01, 2015 06:35 AM EDT

Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Have Sparked the Largest Lava Flows on Earth

It turns out that the asteroid that slammed into Earth about 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs probably rang our planet like a bell. The results were massive volcanic eruptions around the globe.

May 01, 2015 06:16 AM EDT

What Causes Humans to Age: New Finding May Combat Age-Related Diseases

Scientists may have discovered what causes humans to age, which could lead to methods of preventing and treating age-related diseases.

May 01, 2015 06:16 AM EDT

Antarctica's Ice Sheet is Melting Faster Than Ever,

Researchers have "weighed" Antarctica's ice sheet using gravitational satellite data and have found that during the past decade, Antarctica's ice sheet lost twice the amount of ice in its western portion compared with what it accumulated in the east.

May 01, 2015 06:01 AM EDT

Bat Wing Super Sensors Allow Them to Fly with Breathtaking Precision

Scientists have learned a bit more about how bats fly-and it all has to do with their sense of touch.

Apr 30, 2015 04:31 PM EDT

The Strange and Bizarre Funerary Practices of Humans

We burn them. We embalm them. We bury them. We even eat them. As long as humans have walked the Earth, they've disposed of their dead in one way or another, some evolving into funerary practices that continue to range from typical to bizarre.

Apr 30, 2015 10:37 AM EDT

Massive 'Dead Zones' Discovered Moving West in North Atlantic Waters

Dead zones may be coming to the coast. A team of researchers have discovered areas with extremely low levels of oxygen in the tropical North Atlantic, only a few hundred kilometers off the coast of West Africa.

Apr 30, 2015 10:14 AM EDT

New DNA Testing Reveals the Ancient History of Alaska's Iñupiat People

Genetic testing of the Iñupiat people currently living in Alaska's North Slope is filling in the blanks on questions about migration patterns.

Apr 30, 2015 09:52 AM EDT

Ancient Connection Between the Americas Caused a Surge in Biodiversity 20 Million Years Ago

A new study may reveal an unprecedented surge in biodiversity that occurred 20 million years ago.

Apr 30, 2015 09:07 AM EDT

New Trillion-Frame-Per-Second Camera May Herald New Age of Scientific Discovery

It's a huge step forward for scientific photography. Researchers have developed a new high-speed camera that can record events at a rate of more than 1-trillion-frames-per second.

Apr 30, 2015 08:34 AM EDT