Why Are Pygmies Short?
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Dec 21, 2007 |
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The question is controversial. Traditional explanations attribute pygmies' small stature to minimizing caloric requirements and walking in dense forests. However, a new study by researchers at the University ...
The Library of Congress in your wrist watch?
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Every advance in memory storage devices presents a new marvel of just how much memory can be squeezed into very small spaces. Considering the potential of nanolasers being developed in Sakhrat Khizroev’s lab at the University ...
Hydrogen Storage for Cars?
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Hydrogen is the fuel of the future. Unfortunately, one problem remains: Hydrogen is a gas and cannot easily be pumped into a tank like gasoline. Storage in the form of solid hydrides, chemical compounds of hydrogen and a ...
Humor develops from aggression caused by male hormones
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Humour appears to develop from aggression caused by male hormones, according to a study published in this week’s Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal.
Asteroid Threatens to Hit Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Astronomers funded by NASA are monitoring the trajectory of an asteroid named 2007 WD5 that is expected to cross the orbital path of Mars early next year. Calculations by NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the ...
Many common medical beliefs are untrue
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Should we drink at least eight glasses of water a day? Does shaving hair cause it to grow back faster or coarser? Does reading in dim light ruin your eyesight?
Mars rovers find new evidence of 'habitable niche'
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Inch by power-conserving inch, drivers on Earth have moved the Mars rover Spirit to a spot where it has its best chance at surviving a third Martian winter -- and where it will celebrate its fourth anniversary ...
Anatomy of a cosmic bird
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed 'The Bird' - albeit it ...
Putting the brakes on bike thieves
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Technology being developed at the University of Leeds could put the brakes on bicycle thieves and may also be useful in flagging suspicious events in public places.
Scientists identify brain abnormalities underlying key element of borderline personality disorder
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Using new approaches, an interdisciplinary team of scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City has gained a view of activity in key brain areas associated with a core difficulty ...
Surgery without stitches
Dec 21, 2007 |
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A thin polymer bio-film that seals surgical wounds could make sutures a relic of medical history. Measuring just 50 microns thick, the film is placed on a surgical wound and exposed to an infrared laser, which heats the film ...
LIGO Sheds Light on Cosmic Event
Dec 21, 2007 |
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An analysis by the international LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration has excluded one previously leading explanation for the origin of an intense gamma-ray burst that occurred ...
More evidence for new species hidden in plain sight
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Dec 21, 2007 |
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Two articles published today in the online open access journals BMC Evolutionary Biology and BMC Biology provide further evidence that we have hugely underestimated the number of species with which we share our planet. T ...
Resolutions should include your computing life, too
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Changing computer habits rarely makes the list of top New Year's Resolutions, but there are three digital resolutions you should make to have a happier 2008, says Gerry McCartney, vice president for information technology ...
Number of conflicts in the world no longer declining
Dec 21, 2007 |
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The trend toward fewer conflicts reported by peace researchers since the early 1990s now seems to have been broken. This is shown in the latest annual report “States in Armed Conflict,” from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program ...
