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Male crickets with bigger heads are better fighters, study reveals
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Observing and betting on cricket fights has been part of Chinese cultural tradition since at least the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1278). This ancient practice has resulted in a detailed list of characteristics ...
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Male crickets with bigger heads are better fighters, study reveals, echoing ancient Chinese text
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Jan 07, 2009 |
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Observing and betting on cricket fights has been part of Chinese cultural tradition since at least the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1278). This ancient practice has resulted in quite a detailed list of characteristics ...
Strange star stumps astronomers
May 16, 2008 |
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An obese oddball of a star has left astronomers wondering how it could have formed. Dr David Champion and his colleagues at CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility publish their findings about the star ...
ISS crew to chat with champion soccer team
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 03, 2006 |
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NASA says the International Space Station crew will take a special call next Tuesday from members of the European champion soccer team FC Barcelona.
ESA satellite assesses damage of Norway's largest fire
Jun 27, 2008 |
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Following the extremely hot weather conditions hitting Europe, Norway experienced its biggest forest fire in the last half century earlier this month. Envisat satellite images were used in the fire's aftermath to get an overview ...
Mathematician foresees tight races in Major League Baseball's Eastern divisions
Apr 02, 2009 |
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The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels should make the playoffs in the American League (AL) in 2009 with most other teams lagging well behind. The National League (NL) should see another ...
Darwin's mockingbirds DNA research may help species recovery
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research could help protect the future of a rare bird in the Galapagos Islands that was an inspiration for Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, scientists report in a paper ...
The physiology of champions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 20, 2007 |
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What could be a greater test of the limits of human physiology than the Olympics? To mark the 2008 games in Beijing, the Journal of Physiology present a special issue focusing on the science behind human athleticism and en ...
Poker program goes full-tilt this weekend
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Poker professionals Phil "The Unabomber" Laak and Ali Eslami might have some trouble honing in on a tell from their latest opponent - Polaris.
Size doesn't matter to fighting fiddler crabs
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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A person’s home may be their castle and in the world of the fiddler crabs having the home advantage makes it a near certainty that you’ll win a battle against an intruder – regardless of your opponent’s size.
Sri Lanka army website hacked: defence ministry
May 01, 2009 |
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The Sri Lankan army's website has been targeted in a "cyber terrorism" attack by Tamil rebels, the defence ministry said Friday, and replaced with gruesome photos of apparent victims of the civil war.
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