Archive: 02/17/2008
There is 'design' in nature, Brown biologist argues at AAAS
Brown University biologist Kenneth Miller has to hand one victory to the “intelligent design” crowd. They know how to frame an issue.
Biology /
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Roads not taken disappear more quickly than we realize
Researchers have identified a key reason why people make mistakes when they try to predict what they will like. When predicting how much we will enjoy a future experience, people tend to compare it to its alternatives—that ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 17, 2008 |
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Stress hormone impacts memory, learning in diabetic rodents
Diabetes is known to impair the cognitive health of people, but now scientists have identified one potential mechanism underlying these learning and memory problems. A new National Institutes of Health (NIH) study in diabetic ...
Feb 17, 2008 |
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New research reveals shark superhighways and hotspots
The world’s sharks are disappearing. These fearsome yet charismatic fish continue to fall victim to overfishing and many are now at risk of extinction as a result. New research shows that open-ocean sharks are particularly ...
Biology /
Feb 17, 2008 |
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New technology makes 3-D imaging quicker, easier
Technology invented by scientists from The Johns Hopkins University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev can make three-dimensional imaging quicker, easier, less expensive and more accurate, the researchers said.
Feb 17, 2008 |
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MIT physicist to describe strange world of quarks, gluons
One of the great theoretical challenges facing physicists is understanding how the tiniest elementary particles give rise to most of the mass in the visible universe.
Feb 17, 2008 |
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Two-way cell talk provides clues about neuromuscular disease
It’s a scientific given that neurons tell other cells what to do, but new evidence suggests that, like with any good relationship, these target cells also have much to contribute, scientists say.
Feb 17, 2008 |
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Novel mathematical model predicts new wave of drug-resistant HIV infections in San Francisco
A mathematical model shows that a new wave of drug-resistant HIV is rising among among men in San Francisco who have sex with men and that this trend will continue over the next few years, according to a new study from the ...
Feb 17, 2008 |
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Scientist postulates 4 aspects of 'humaniqueness' differentiating human and animal cognition
Shedding new light on the great cognitive rift between humans and animals, a Harvard University scientist has synthesized four key differences in human and animal cognition into a hypothesis on what exactly differentiates ...
Biology /
Feb 17, 2008 |
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Many, perhaps most, nearby sun-like stars may form rocky planets
Astronomers have discovered that terrestrial planets might form around many, if not most, of the nearby sun-like stars in the disk of our galaxy. These new results suggest that worlds with potential for life ...
Feb 17, 2008 |
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Small sea creatures may be the 'canaries in the coal mine' of climate change
As oceans warm and become more acidic, ocean creatures are undergoing severe stress and entire food webs are at risk, according to scientists at a press briefing this morning at the annual meeting of the American Association ...
Biology /
Feb 17, 2008 |
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Ocean's fiercest predators now vulnerable to extinction
The numbers of many large shark species have declined by more than half due to increased demand for shark fins and meat, recreational shark fisheries, as well as tuna and swordfish fisheries, where millions of sharks are ...
Biology /
Feb 17, 2008 |
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Large changes needed to address global obesity epidemic
According to Rena Wing, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and director of the Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center at The Miriam Hospital, people who are ...
Feb 17, 2008 |
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Will North Atlantic threshold response to ocean changes be enough?
Predictions that the 21st century is safe from major circulation changes in the North Atlantic Ocean may not be as comforting as they seem, according to a Penn State researcher.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2008 |
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No easy answers in evolution of human language
The evolution of human speech was far more complex than is implied by some recent attempts to link it to a specific gene, says Robert Berwick, professor of computational linguistics at MIT.
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