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Want to fly? Don't copy the birds and the bees

Want to fly? Don't copy the birds and the bees

Biology /

created Jul 06, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 4

Since earliest recorded history, and presumably beyond, humans have always wanted to fly. First attempts involved imitation of winged creatures around them, and unfailingly ended in disaster.





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You're being followed: Scientists track movement of living things

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Almost 24 centuries after the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote his book, "On the Movement of Animals," modern scientists are still struggling to understand how, why, when and where living creatures move.


Study offers tips on taming the boogie monster

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Many parents of preschoolers struggle with their children's fears of real and imaginary creatures. A new study offers some ideas on how they can better manage their children's worries.


With Help from a Bacterium, Cockroaches Develop Way to Store Excess Uric Acid

With Help from a Bacterium, Cockroaches Develop Way to Store Excess Uric Acid

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What life form can use materials as nutrients that we, and most other animals, would consider waste products?


Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica (AP)

Scientists: New dinosaur species found in SAfrica

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists say they've discovered a new dinosaur species in South Africa that may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land.


The bizarre lives of bone-eating worms

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The females of the recently discovered Osedax marine worms feast on submerged bones via a complex relationship with symbiotic bacteria, and they are turning out to be far more diverse and widespread than scientists expected. ...


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Well-traveled wasps provide hope for vanishing species

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

They may only be 1.5mm in size, but the tiny wasps that pollinate fig trees can travel over 160km in less than 48 hours, according to research from scientists at the University of Leeds. The fig wasps are transporting ...


Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million ...


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

W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback

Biology / Ecology

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

(AP) -- A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.


Researcher finds forest birds ‘commuting’ to attract mates

Researcher finds forest birds 'commuting' to attract mates

Biology / Ecology

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ecologist at the University of Rhode Island studying habitat use by a forest-dwelling game bird found that the birds unexpectedly exhibited what he described as "the bar scene phenomenon" ...


Starring Intelligent Aliens

Starring Intelligent Aliens

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 6

The most probable place to find intelligent life in the galaxy is around stars very similar to our sun, a new study has found.



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