Archive: 10/08/2006
Archaeologists Find 18th-Century Store
(AP) -- This history-rich Hudson River community has yielded a museum's worth of 18th-century military artifacts over the decades, from musket balls to human skeletons. But a colonial soldier's daily lot wasn't ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 08, 2006 |
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Fingernails on a Chalkboard Garner Psychologist Ig Nobel Prize
Giving a closer listen to a sound most of us try to avoid – fingernails scraping on a chalkboard – has won Vanderbilt psychologist Randolph Blake an unusual and coveted award, the Ig Nobel Prize.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2006 |
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Choosing the Right Trees Can Affect Air Quality
Cities can improve their air quality simply by planting the right mix of trees for their climate, according to a study by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF).
Oct 08, 2006 |
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Researchers Uncover Cell Fusion Mechanism
In a study that could shed light on disorders that occur in skeletal muscles, bone, the placenta, and other organs where fused cells are common, researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and at the US National ...
Biology /
Oct 08, 2006 |
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Robotic whiskers can sense 3D environment
Many mammals use their whiskers to explore their environment and to construct a three-dimensional image of their world. Rodents, for example, use their whiskers to determine the size, shape and texture of objects, and seals ...
Oct 08, 2006 |
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