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Primordial fish had rudimentary fingers

Biology /

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 6

Tetrapods, the first four-legged land animals, are regarded as the first organisms that had fingers and toes. Now researchers at Uppsala University can show that this is wrong. Using medical x-rays, they found rudiments ...





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We spend more on products with detailed nutritional information

We spend more on products with detailed nutritional information

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People would be willing to pay more for products that carry detailed nutritional information than for the so-called light items. Thus it has been confirmed by researchers from the University of Santiago de ...


Professor Publishes Whimsical Book on Gravity and Black Holes

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 21, 2006 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (20) | comments 0

"The bubbles were swirling all around me, massaging my body…As I luxuriated in this fantastic bubble bath, my eyes grew heavy and I drifted into a supremely blissful slumber." So begins Alfie's encounter with a remarkable ...


Looking at methane sources in the right light

Looking at methane sources in the right light

Chemistry /

created May 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Plants store one greenhouse gas, but emit another. Whereas they bind carbon dioxide, they release methane - albeit in small quantities. This has now been confirmed by scientists from the Max Planck Institute ...


Stem cells: forgotten by evolution?

Stem cells: forgotten by evolution?

Other Sciences /

created Nov 02, 2005 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Max Planck scientists show that adult stem cells are possibly just the remnants of evolution For a fairly long time, adult stem cells have been a point of scientific interest. Besides the question of how to use ...


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USC engineering class creates tools to analyze musical expression

Technology / Software

created May 11, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Music expresses and elicits emotion. But how, exactly? Philosophers have been fascinated by the question since Pythagoras. At the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Elaine Chew, assistant professor of industrial ...



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