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Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The American Astronomical Society (AAS) supports President Barack Obama’s new policy on “open access,” the idea that published results of taxpayer-funded research should be made freely available on the Internet rather than permanently restricted to READ MORE

Linguistics and biology researchers propose a new theory on the deep roots of human speech. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. “The sounds uttered by birds offer in several respects the nearest analogy to language,” Charles READ MORE

UK–(ENEWSPF)–19 February 2013.  Caption: Close-up of a daffodil flower, showing the corona (Credit: OU/Robert Scotland) The daffodil is one of the few plants with a ‘corona’, a crown-like structure also referred to as the ‘trumpet’. READ MORE

Asteroid trace over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 15 February 2013   EU–(ENEWSPF)–19 February 2013. The first firm details of the 15 February asteroid impact in Russia, the largest in more than a century, are becoming clear. READ MORE

EU–(ENEWSPF)–15 Februay 2013. Sea level station   For decades, scientists have disagreed about whether the sea is higher or lower heading north along the east coast of North America. Thanks to precision gravity data from READ MORE

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The structure of a man’s face may indicate his tendency to express racially prejudiced beliefs, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Studies have shown READ MORE

Swapping of roles improves efficiency as well as robots’ confidence and humans’ trust. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2013. Spending a day in someone else’s shoes can help us to learn what makes them tick. Now the READ MORE

Honey bee at work   EU–(ENEWSPF)–11 February 2013.A laser device developed in the hopes of measuring carbon on Mars may soon be used here on Earth to root out counterfeit foods – and make sure READ MORE

EU–(ENEWSPF)–8 February 2013. Satellites show that the recent ozone hole over Antarctica was the smallest seen in the past decade. Long-term observations also reveal that Earth’s ozone has been strengthening following international agreements to protect READ MORE

UK–(ENEWSPF)–05 February 2013. Since the 1990s, scholars have believed that around 35,000 years ago the last of the Neanderthals sought refuge in southern Iberia, in an area known as Spain today. However, new dating evidence READ MORE