Archive: 11/22/2006
Study: Cats don't always land on four feet
Turkish scientists have destroyed another cherished theory by discovering cats don't always land on all four legs.
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Researchers gaze at cloud formations
Finnish researchers analyzing cloud formations say ozone destruction in the Earth's stratosphere might be occurring at a faster pace than thought.
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Brain tumor vaccine has promising results
U.S. cancer researchers say a vaccine for treating a recurrent brain cancer known as glioma has shown promising results in preliminary clinical trials.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Watching TV Can Improve Parenting And Child Behaviour
Watching television parenting programmes like ITV's Driving Mum and Dad Mad really can help improve parenting skills and modify children's behavioural problems, according to a study at The University of Manchester.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Probing Question: How accurate are snap judgments?
The moment people enter a new classroom, job or any unfamiliar situation, they begin to formulate opinions and unconscious perceptions of the environment and the people around them, said Reginald Adams, Penn ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Lasers Shine Light on Chemical Reactions
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have been using a high-resolution laser technique to learn how molecules absorb light and fall apart during photodissociation reactions — chemical ...
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Daily grind: Fossil molars add to Neanderthal debate
Palaeontologists have fired a new round in a verbal battle over the Neanderthals, the hominids who were our closest evolutionary cousins before they met a strange and possibly tragic end.
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Nov 22, 2006 |
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Coral reefs are increasingly vulnerable to angry oceans
Size and shape may predict the survival of corals around the world when the weather churns the oceans in the years to come, according to a new model that relies on engineering principles.
Nov 22, 2006 |
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21st century technology cracks alchemists' secret recipe
A 500-year old mystery surrounding the centerpiece of the alchemists' lab kit has been solved by UCL (University College London) and Cardiff University archaeologists.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Social relationships affect personality of fish, say experts
Fish who display bold or shy personality traits are influenced by watching the behaviour of others, University of Liverpool researchers have found.
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Nov 22, 2006 |
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Vesper Could Explore Earth's Fiery Twin
Earth has a twin sister, and she's gone bad. The planet Venus is almost the same size as Earth, so it has been called Earth's twin. It's only about 30 percent closer to the sun than Earth, and at the dawn of ...
Nov 22, 2006 |
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Scientists find genetic oddity protects sex cells
Researchers have found that a class of RNA molecules previously thought to have no function may in fact protect sex cells from self-destructing.
Nov 22, 2006 |
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ESA to produce first space Web video chat
The European Space Agency and T-Online, a German Internet service provider, are going to produce the world's first space Web video chat.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2006 |
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We're more different than we thought, says gene study
New research shows that at least 10 percent of genes in the human population can vary in the number of copies of DNA sequences they contain--a finding that alters current thinking that the DNA of any two humans ...
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Nov 22, 2006 |
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Parkinson's mutation stunts neurons
Mutations in a key brain protein known to underlie a form of Parkinson's disease wreaks its damage by stunting the normal growth and branching of neurons, researchers have found. They have pinpointed the malfunction of the ...
Nov 22, 2006 |
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