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Secret Life of Bees Now a Little Less Secret

06/03/2013 07:18
Many plants produce toxic chemicals to protect themselves against plant-eating animals, and many flowering plants have evolved flower structures that prevent pollinators such as bees from taking too much pollen. Now ecologists have produced experimental evidence that flowering plants might also use...

Bee

06/03/2013 07:14
Bees are flying insects, closely related to wasps and ants. There are approximately 20,000 species of bees, and they may be found on every continent except Antarctica. Bees are adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen, the former primarily as an energy source, and the latter primarily for protein...

For Birds, Red Means 'Go': Some Flowers Evolved Red Hues Favored by Birds

06/03/2013 07:11
Mar. 4, 2013 — New research has shown that certain Australian native flowers have shifted away from using insects as pollinators and evolved their flower colour to the red hues favoured by birds. [Read more] ...

Human Y Chromosome Much Older Than Previously Thought

06/03/2013 06:24
Mar. 4, 2013 — The discovery and analysis of an extremely rare African American Y chromosome pushes back the time of the most recent common ancestor for the Y chromosome lineage tree to 338,000 years ago. This time predates the age of the oldest known anatomically modern human fossils. [Read more]...

Age-Related Dementia May Begin With Neurons' Inability to Rid Themselves of Unwanted Proteins

06/03/2013 06:20
Mar. 5, 2013 — A team of European scientists from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and the Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) at the University of Cologne in Germany has taken an important step closer to understanding...

This is your brain on NutraSweet - and it isn't pretty

06/03/2013 06:15
Tuesday, March 05, 2013 by: Carolanne Wright (NaturalNews) Got milk? A better question would be: Got seizures, migraine headaches, brain tumors or depression? If the dairy industry has its way, a major cause of these disorders in the form of aspartame could soon be a common ingredient in the milk...

Seven spices, food medicines and home remedies that could save your life

06/03/2013 06:11
Tuesday, March 05, 2013 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer (NaturalNews) What does vibrant health actually look like, and how can an individual accurately assess his own quality of life? These are some of the questions that an increasing number of Americans are now asking as they witness a cascade...

Vast Liquid Ocean Beneath Europa Is Connected With The Moon's Frozen Exterior

06/03/2013 06:05
5 March 2013   MessageToEagle.com - The scientists analyzed the data from W. M. Keck Observatory, the world's two largest optical/infrared telescopes located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii and found the strongest evidence yet that salty water from the vast liquid ocean...

It Is Possible To Know Who You're Thinking About - Scientists Say

06/03/2013 06:01
05 March 2013   MessageToEagle.com - Yes, your brain does reveal who you are thinking about and your thoughts are no longer your own. Don't worry. Scientists can only determine who you are thinking about by using fMRI. Our mental models of people produce unique patterns of brain activation,...

Atoms with Quantum-Memory

06/03/2013 04:20
by Staff Writers Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 05, 2013 Order tends towards disorder. This is also true for quantum states. Measurements at the Vienna University of Technology show that in quantum mechanics this transition can be quite different from what we experience in our daily lives. [Read more]...
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