Mowing the lawn less often improves bee habitat

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J New research suggests that homeowners can improve habitat for bees by mowing the lawn less often.

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How would the brain process alien music?

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J What might alien music sound like? Would it be structured hierarchically as our music is with verses and a chorus? Would we even be able to appreciate it? Researchers think the answer would be yes, assuming it was predicated on local and non-local dependencies.

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Emotional suppression reduces memory of negative events

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By peering at the brains of study subjects prompted to suppress negative emotions, scientists have gained new insights into how emotional regulation influences negative feelings and memories. The researchers hope the findings will lead to new methods to combat depression.

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Warm Arctic means colder, snowier winters in northeastern US, study says

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Scientists have linked the frequency of extreme winter weather in the United States to Arctic temperatures.

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The early bird got to fly: Archaeopteryx was an active flyer

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The question of whether the Late Jurassic dino-bird Archaeopteryx was an elaborately feathered ground dweller, a glider, or an active flyer has fascinated palaeontologists for decades. Valuable new information obtained with state-of-the-art synchrotron microtomography allowed an international team of scientists to answer this question.

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Study debunks fears of increased teen suicide risk from popular flu drug

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A new study suggests that the drug oseltamivir -- commonly known as Tamiflu -- does not cause an increased risk of suicide in pediatric patients.

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Hunger guides mountain lions' actions to enter residential areas

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J In a new study, researchers found that while big cats like mountain lions are generally fearful of and avoid humans, hunger can dampen that fear.

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