Exciting New Kenyan Fossils Challenge Established Views on Early Evolution of Our Genus Homo
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Two new fossils, described this week in the journal Nature, cast fresh light on a little understood and important period of human prehistory at the dawn of our own genus, Homo.
Chemists using light-activated molecules to kill cancer cells
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A key challenge facing doctors as they treat patients suffering from cancer or other diseases resulting from genetic mutations is that the drugs at their disposal often don’t discriminate between healthy cells and dangerous ...
To gain muscle and lose fat, drink milk: study
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Part of an ongoing study into the impact of drinking milk after heavy weightlifting has found that milk helps exercisers burn more fat.
Researchers rely on Newton's interference for new experiment
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Most people think of Sir Isaac Newton as the father of gravity. But for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory physicist Henry Chapman and his colleagues, Newton's “dusty mirror” experiment served as a launching ...
Most People Don't Bargain as Well as They Think They Do, Study Finds
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 08, 2007 |
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The give-and-take of negotiating generally leads both parties to believe they strike harder bargains than they actually do.
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Can meteorites carry primitive life from one planet to another?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 08, 2007 |
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An academic from the University of Aberdeen will be one of more than 60 scientists and technicians preparing for the European Space Agency’s Foton M3 mission next month.
Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields'
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Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new study confirms.
Two Telescopes Combine to Probe Young 'Family' of Stars
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A spectacular new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope uncovers a small group of young stellar "siblings" in the southern portion of the Serpens cloud – located approximately 848 light-years away from ...
Where's the beef? Not enough of it is on elders' plates, muscle-metabolism study suggests
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have good news for people who want to stay strong in their old age: older bodies are just as good as young ones at turning protein-rich food into muscle.
Indo-Pacific coral reefs disappearing more rapidly than expected
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Corals in the central and western Pacific ocean are dying faster than previously thought, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have found. Nearly 600 square miles of reef have disappeared per year since ...
Study: How to save 100,000 lives a year
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A U.S. study suggests five preventive services could save more than 100,000 lives a year, including 45,000 by just taking a daily low-dose aspirin.
Martian Skies Brighten Slightly
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Slight clearing of still-dusty Martian skies has improved the energy situation for both Spirit and Opportunity, allowing controllers to increase the rovers' science observations. Spirit is even being commanded ...
Cornell scientists link E. coli bacteria to Crohn's disease
Aug 08, 2007 |
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A team of Cornell University scientists from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences have discovered that a novel group of E. coli bacteria – containing ...
Love at first sight of your body fat
Aug 08, 2007 |
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When we choose a partner for a relationship there may be many and complex reasons for our choice, but it has been known for many years that we tend to select people with characteristics similar to our own.
Miniature implanted devices could treat epilepsy, glaucoma
Aug 08, 2007 |
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Purdue University researchers have developed new miniature devices designed to be implanted in the brain to predict and prevent epileptic seizures and a nanotech sensor for implantation in the eye to treat ...
