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Pregnant mice block out unwelcome admirers to protect their pups
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Jul 20, 2008 |
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Mouse mothers-to-be have a remarkable way to protect their unborn pups. Because the smell of a strange male's urine can cause miscarriage and reactivate the ovulatory cycle, pregnant mice prevent the action of such olfactory ...
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Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)
Nov 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.
Shape perception in brain develops by itself
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Despite minimal exposure to the regular geometric objects found in developed countries, African tribal people perceive shapes as well as westerners, according to a new study.
Submersibles discover top-secret Japanese submarines
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oʻahu. They are the I-14, which ...
Enjoying school key to tackling teenage pregnancy
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Youth development programmes that tackle deprivation and help children and young people enjoy school are successful in reducing teenage pregnancy rates, say researchers in BMJ today.
Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 - the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said Thursday.
A line on string theory
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Harvard theoretical physicist has discussed with scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland the possibility that they may discover a theorized "stau" particle, with a lifetime ...
Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google, Yahoo and other Web companies joined the pharmaceutical industry Thursday in urging federal regulators to make it easier to pitch drugs in online advertisements.
Coffee break: Compound brewing new research in colon, breast cancer (w/ Podcast)
Nov 12, 2009 |
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A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists.
Consumption of certain fish during pregnancy associated with poorer cognitive performance
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas. Those with higher levels of exposure to mercury show a generalised delay in ...
Behavior modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles
Nov 12, 2009 |
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In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles ...
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