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Red pandas reveal an unexpected (artificial) sweet tooth

Biology / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the Monell Center report that the red panda is the first non-primate mammal to display a liking for the artificial sweetener aspartame. This unexpected affinity for an artificial sweetener may reflect structural ...





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W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)

China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda.


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Giant Pandas See in Color

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created Oct 13, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

They may be black and white, but new research at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Zoo Atlanta shows that giant pandas can see in color. Graduate researcher Angela Kelling tested the ability of two Zoo ...


Chinese experts say there are only about 1,600 wild pandas in China

Panda genome resembles dog: Chinese media

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

A detailed genome map of the giant panda completed by Chinese scientists has shown that the notoriously shy animal is genetically similar to the dog, state media reported Sunday.


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Flying frog among 353 new Himalayan species: WWF

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 1

Over 350 new species including the world's smallest deer, a "flying frog" and a 100 million-year old gecko have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, a biological treasure trove now threatened by climate ...


New insight into selective binding properties of infectious HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Free infectious HIV-1 is widely thought to be the major form of the virus in the blood of infected persons. U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) researchers, however, have demonstrated that essentially all of the infectious ...


Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report

Technology / Other

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.


Measuring and modeling blood flow in malaria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When people have malaria, they are infected with Plasmodium parasites, which enter the body from the saliva of a mosquito, infect cells in the liver, and then spread to red blood cells. Inside the blood cells, the parasites ...


Whose Tattoo Is It Anyway?

Whose Tattoo Is It Anyway?

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An infra-red digital camera could be a crucial tool in the fight against crime when trying to identify suspects by their tattoos, according to new University of Derby research.


Do zoo programs help save endangered species?

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Do zoos have serious programs to save endangered species, besides putting a few captives on display for everyone to see? (Kelly Traw, Seattle)


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Photos reveal Myanmar's large and small predators

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created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Using remote camera traps to lift the veil on Myanmar's dense northern wild lands, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have painstakingly gathered a bank of valuable data on the country's populations ...



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