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Female birds -- acting just like the guys -- become sexual show-offs in cooperative breeding species

Female birds -- acting just like the guys -- become sexual show-offs in cooperative breeding species

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Female birds in species that breed in groups can find themselves under pressure to sexually show off and evolve the same kinds of embellishments - like fanciful tail feathers or chest-puffing ...





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Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee (AP)

Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries.


UCSB scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males

Scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive ...


Experts: Colon cancer deaths could make big drop

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers.


Business professor says lessons on ethics, character can prevent unethical behavior in the workplace

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

A Kansas State University professor's research is showing a gap between the character traits that business students say make a good executive and the traits they describe having themselves.


New molecule identified in DNA damage response

New molecule identified in DNA damage response

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolution places the highest premium on reproduction, natural selection’s only standard for biological success. In the case of replicating cells, life spares no expense to ensure that the ...


Plate-eating good: University of Montreal professor designs edible tableware

Other Sciences / Other

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

Finishing your plate may soon take on a literal meaning. Diane Bisson, a professor at the Université de Montréal School of Industrial Design, has fashioned edible plates that are practical, stylish and tasty. ...


Study shows gene positions may aid cancer diagnosis

Study shows gene positions may aid cancer diagnosis

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Certain genes switch their nuclear position in tumor cells, offering a potential new method of diagnosing cancer, say researchers from the National Cancer Institute. The study by Meaburn et al. will be published ...


Coin tosses can be easily rigged: study

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 12

The ubiquitous coin toss is not so random after all, and can easily be manipulated to turn up heads, or tails, a Canadian study has found.


Whitman says eBay didn't misuse Craigslist data (AP)

Whitman says eBay didn't misuse Craigslist data

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman said Monday she was unaware of any attempt by the Internet marketplace to misuse confidential data from Craigslist to help eBay develop a competing online classifieds business.


Elusive 'hot' electrons captured in ultra-thin solar cells

Physics / General Physics

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Boston College researchers have observed the "hot electron" effect in a solar cell for the first time and successfully harvested the elusive charges using ultra-thin solar cells, opening a potential avenue to improved solar ...



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