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5,536 articles from ScienceNOW

• MONDAY 7. MAY, 2012
• 22:20 Infants' Flexible Heads Stretch Back Millions of Years

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  "Soft skulls" were present in human ancestors  

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• 22:14 The Great Outdoors Is Good for Allergies

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  Teens living in more rural environments harbor more anti-inflammatory microbes on their skin  

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• 22:05 Whence the Domestic Horse?

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  New genetic analysis reveals where horses were first domesticated  

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• 22:00 ScienceShot: Hot Jupiters Are Loners

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  Gas giants orbiting next to their suns have no close planetary neighbors  

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• 20:24 ScienceShot: Dino 'Gas' Warmed the Earth

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  Burps and flatulence from giant sauropods produced about 520 million metric tons of methane  

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• SATURDAY 5. MAY, 2012
• 00:28 Head of Science Teachers' Association Forced Out

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  Francis Eberle leaves NSTA after surprise decision by board  

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• FRIDAY 4. MAY, 2012
• 23:24 Death of California Researcher Spurs Investigation

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  A 25-year-old research associate may have contracted fatal meningococcal infection in the lab  

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• 22:01 Podcast: A Shredded Star, a Dolphin-Human Alliance, and More

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  An audio roundup of some of our favorite stories of this week  

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• 21:38 The Physics of Spilled Coffee

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  Researchers determine how to carry mugs without making a mess  

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• 18:24 CERN Physicist Gets 5 Years for Plotting Terror

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  Lawyer says Adlène Hicheur, who exchanged e-mails with an alleged al-Qaida member, could be released in June  

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• 17:47 Tobacco Scientists' Prize Aspirations Go Up in Smoke

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  After a huge uproar, a tobacco research project nominated for a prestigious Chinese science...  

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• THURSDAY 3. MAY, 2012
• 23:24 Engineering Academy Looks for New President

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  Charles Vest to step down next year at end of term  

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• 23:06 NIH, Companies Team Up to Give Researchers Access to Abandoned Drugs

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  Agency to fund $20 million in grants for exploring uses for 24 compounds  

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• 21:24 $35 Million Gift for Smithsonian Dinosaur Hall

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  David Koch provides funds for renovation  

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• 21:24 The Origin of Blond Afros in Melanesia

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  Findings suggest golden locks evolved twice in human history  

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• 21:11 First Spinoff of African Math Institute Takes Root in Senegal

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  The institute triggered an outpouring of support in money, time, and brainpower.  

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• 21:10 Researchers Reverse Evolution in Water Striders

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  Mutations arm bugs for battle of the sexes  

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• 21:03 New Light on Revolutions That Weren't

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  New evidence emerges that human evolution took a gradual course during two key junctures in prehistory.  

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• 21:00 Whoa There! Some Greenland Glaciers Slowing Down

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  Ice loss in coming decades will be considerable, but less than many previous estimates  

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• 18:47 UPDATE: GM Wheat Protest Group Says It's Happy to Talk

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  Activists, in response to open letter, maintain threat to uproot test field  

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• 00:55 U.K. Government Enlists Wikipedia Founder for Open Access Policy

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  Jimmy Wales will help set up systems to make research information freely available  

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• WEDNESDAY 2. MAY, 2012
• 23:14 Keeping an Eye on Earth Is Getting Harder

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  New NRC report says U.S. Earth observation system is declining rapidly  

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• 21:24 ScienceShot: The Corvette of Coelacanths

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  Researchers unearth speedy species of slowpoke fish  

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• 21:20 Jupiter Picked for Next Major European Space Mission

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  JUICE to study potentially life-bearing moons  

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• 20:18 One of Two Hotly Debated H5N1 Papers Finally Published

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  With four mutations, a hybrid H5N1 virus jumps between ferrets via respiratory droplets  

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