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Magnetar Does a Gigantic Stellar 'Hiccup'

Magnetar Does a Gigantic Stellar 'Hiccup'

Astronomers using data from several X-ray satellites have caught a magnetar – the remnant of a massive star with an incredibly strong magnetic field – in a sort of giant cosmic belch. When it comes to eerie astrophysical effect [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

Late Breeding Female Birds Surprisingly Had More Offspring

Late Breeding Female Birds Surprisingly Had More Offspring

Starting to breed late in life is a bad idea if you want to maximize the number of offspring that you produce - or so the theory goes. But doubt has now been cast on this hypothesis - one of the biggest assumptions in behavioral ecology - [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

Scientists Decode Genome of Oral Pathogen

Scientists Decode Genome of Oral Pathogen

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have decoded the genome of a bacteria normally present in the healthy human mouth that can cause a deadly heart infection if it enters the bloodstream. The finding enables scientists to better [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

Ancient Greek Amphitheater

Ancient Greek Amphitheater

As the ancient Greeks were placing the last few stones on the magnificent theater at Epidaurus in the fourth century B.C., they couldn’t have known that they had unwittingly created a sophisticated acoustic filter. But when audiences [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

Reflecting waves

Reflecting waves

Deeply propagating waves generated by large earthquakes hit the core-mantle boundary and bounce back--as if from a mirror--to the Earth's surface. Each time one of these waves hits an underground structure, it emits a weak signal. "Wi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

One Metre-tall Human Challenges History of Evolution

Australian and Indonesian scientists identify a new and completely unexpected species of human. Australian and Indonesian scientists have identified a new and completely unexpected species of human. It was only a metre high, had a small b [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2007 | Comments : 0

New Way for Pancreas Cell Regeneration

New Way for Pancreas Cell Regeneration

Replacing faulty or missing cells with new insulin-making cells has been the object of diabetes research for the last decade. Past studies in tissue culture have suggested that one type of pancreas cell could be coaxed to transform into ins [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Does life exists other than Earth?

Does life exists other than Earth?

The proximity of the Earth to the sun, the make-up of the Earth's crust which includes silicate mixtures, presence of water and the size of the Earth suggest we may be unique in our own solar system, at least. Mars is smaller, farther fro [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Dieting Does Not Work, Researchers

Dieting Does Not Work, Researchers

Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet? No, probably not, UCLA researchers report in the April issue of American Psychologist, the journal of the American Psychological Association. People on diets typically lose 5 to 10 perc [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Researchers Identify Gene Involved In Dog Size

Researchers Identify Gene Involved In Dog Size

An international team led by researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has identified a genetic variant that is a major contributor to small size in dogs. The fin [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

Natural Wonders of the World Face Destruction

Natural Wonders of the World Face Destruction

From the Amazon to the Himalayas, ten of the world’s greatest natural wonders face destruction if the climate continues to warm at the current rate, warns WWF. Released ahead of the International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

How Lead Exposure Produces Learning Deficits

How Lead Exposure Produces Learning Deficits

A study of young adult rats by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health provides evidence that explains exactly how exposure to lead during brain development produces learning deficits. The study shows that exp [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Bats Get The Munchies Too!

Bats Get The Munchies Too!

Many of us will be familiar with cravings for sweet food, after having overindulged in alcohol the night before. It appears that Egyptian fruit bats also crave particular types of sugar to reduce the effects of ethanol toxicity. Francisco S [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

How Arthropods Survive the Cold

How Arthropods Survive the Cold

Given the choice, many of us would opt for warmer climes during the bleak midwinter. However, most of us cannot afford to move abroad for a few months, so instead we pile on extra layers of clothing to keep warm. Arthropods face much the sa [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2007 | Comments : 0

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