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Unexpected large monkey population discovered

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created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A Wildlife Conservation Society report reveals surprisingly large populations of two globally threatened primates in a protected area in Cambodia.





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The study found that the birds appeared to be adapting to global warming by becoming smaller to minimise heat stress

Climate change turning Aussie birds smaller: study

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Australian birds have shrunk over the past century because of global warming, scientists have found.


Climate change turns up heat on mushrooms

Climate change turns up heat on mushrooms

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that spring-fruiting fungi, including the morel and St George’s mushroom are fruiting nearly three weeks earlier than they did 50 years ago.


Britain shuts down UFO-hunting unit

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 7

The British government has shut a unit which has investigated UFO sightings for more than 50 years, judging its resources better spent on more earthly threats, it said Friday.


Tower of London ravens are moved indoors

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created Feb 28, 2006 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Increasing fears of bird flu have prompted British officials to move the Tower of London's famous ravens indoors to protect them.


Even radical Muslims rely on bearded stereotypes and BBC to understand Jihadists

Even radical Muslims rely on bearded stereotypes and BBC to understand Jihadists

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research by the University of Warwick and Royal Holloway finds that neither the general public nor even radical leaning Muslims have any real personal knowledge or understanding of real jihadists and both ...


Brooding fishes take up nutrients from their own children

Brooding fishes take up nutrients from their own children

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the pipefish, the male cares for the offspring. Apart from the ones he sucks the life out of. The discovery of filial cannibalism in the pipefish is now creating a stir in the research world.


Nutrition advice best served with family in mind

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Sheffield and Royal Holloway, University of London will argue today that the nation's diet is unlikely to improve significantly if healthy eating policies fail to take into account the diverse ...


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British police probe tabloid phone-hacking claims

Technology / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

British police probed allegations Thursday that a top-selling newspaper paid private investigators to hack into the mobile phones of thousands of high-profile figures.


More effort needed to crack down on 'secret remedies'

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

The medical establishment and politicians must do more to crack down on alternative medicine, argues a senior scientist on BMJ.com today.


GAO: FCC must improve wireless industry oversight

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators receive tens of thousands of customer complaints about wireless services every year, but don't do enough to follow up or to protect consumers who have problems with their mobile carriers, government ...



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