Science News And Research Interesting science news, research tidbits and science discussion. http://www.scienceagogo.com Earliest cave art was erotica, say anthropologists A block of limestone in southwestern France is adorned with what anthropologists believe are engravings of female genitalia dating back 37,000 years... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120415192433data_trunc_sys.shtml Ovulation goggles make Mr Wrong look like Mr Right Nice guys finish last when women are wearing ovulation goggles, say researchers who have been investigating exactly why females in the most fertile phase of their menstrual cycle choose sexy, rebellious cads to pair-up with... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120414181102data_trunc_sys.shtml Carbon emission levels from deforestation challenged When trees are felled to create solid wood products - such as lumber for housing - the wood retains most of its locked-up carbon, say scientists who suggest that previous climate models for carbon emissions from deforestation need revision... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120413191814data_trunc_sys.shtml Entropy the major player in chirality conundrum Why many of the important molecules in our bodies almost always occur in just one chiral form (either right or left handed) when they could potentially exist in either is a mystery that has confounded researchers for years... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120408194636data_trunc_sys.shtml Dino farts warmed early climate Mesozoic methane emissions from dinosaurs could, according to new calculations, have produced more of the notorious greenhouse gas than all modern sources - both natural and man-made - put together... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120407190029data_trunc_sys.shtml Robot probe maps brain neuron activity faster, more accurately Researchers at MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a robotic probe to automate the process of finding and recording information from neurons in the living brain... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120406230720data_trunc_sys.shtml "Seeing" auras is really synesthesia, say Euro scientists Spanish researchers say that healers who claim to be able to see the auras surrounding people are actually suffering synesthesia, the neuropsychological phenomenon that mixes the senses... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120406011612data_trunc_sys.shtml Venus transit to help identify possible neo-Earths Hoping to eventually identify Earth-like planets in other solar systems, astronomers plan to point the Hubble telescope at the Moon's Tycho crater during the upcoming transit of Venus across the Sun and analyze the reflected Venusian atmospheric spectra... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120405000706data_trunc_sys.shtml Single gene mutation responsible for modern humans Scientists believe that the appearance of a novel gene, occurring around the time that Homo sapiens first appeared, was responsible for the sudden increase in brain complexity that led to language and modern humankind... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120403172256data_trunc_sys.shtml Controversial bird flu research finally published After an unprecedented recommendation by a government review panel to block publication, a study that shows how the avian H5N1 influenza virus could become transmissible in mammals was published in full today... http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120402203335data_trunc_sys.shtml