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CDC: Rare infection passed on by Miss. organ donor

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- An extremely rare infection has been passed from an organ donor to at least one recipient in what is thought to be the first human-to-human transfer of the amoeba, medical officials said Friday.


Tool use in an invertebrate: The coconut-carrying octopus

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists once thought of tool use as a defining feature of humans. That's until examples of tool use came in from other primates, along with birds and an array of other mammals. Now, a report in the December 14th issue ...


African leaf-eating monkeys are 'likely to be wiped out' by climate change

African leaf-eating monkeys are 'likely to be wiped out' by climate change

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Monkey species will become 'increasingly at risk of extinction' because of global warming, according to new research published this week.


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Why newborn babies can't walk

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first steps of an infant is a real milestone in the development of all mammals including humans, but little is known about why some animals can walk soon after birth, while others need ...


Microcephaly genes associated with human brain size

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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A group of Norwegian and American researchers have shown that common variations in genes associated with microcephaly - a neuro-developmental disorder in which brain size is dramatically reduced - may explain differences ...



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