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Researcher finds that women are speaking up General Science / Other August 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- There's a whole industry of books and seminars that hinge on the premise that women somehow need to be "fixed" when it comes to communication and must change the way they talk and behave to advance their ...

Just dive in: Natural product hybrid provides antimicrobial and cell-resistant surfaces General Science / Chemistry August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Infections following treatment in clinics, retirement homes, and long-term care facilities are a grave problem for patients, and resistant germs can be particularly devastating.

Little teeth suggest big jump in primate timeline General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Tiny fossilized teeth excavated from an Indian open-pit coal mine could be the oldest Asian remains ever found of anthropoids, the primate lineage of today's monkeys, apes and humans, say researchers from Duke University ...

Scientists a step closer to producing fuel from bacteria General Science / Biology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at the University of Sheffield have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the ...

Booger is back: Woman receives 5 cloned puppies General Science / Biology August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 (AP) -- Booger is back. An American woman received five puppies Tuesday that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a South Korean company that says it is the world's ...

A potted history of milk General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Humans were processing cattle milk in pottery vessels more than two thousand years earlier than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Bristol.

Exercise pill is no replacement for exercise General Science / Biology August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Recently, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a research organization focused on biology and its relation to health, published a study in the journal ...

Vine invasion? Ecologist looks at coexistence of trees and lianas General Science / Biology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Among the hundreds of species of woody vines that University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ecologist Stefan Schnitzer has encountered in the tropical forests of Panama, the largest has a stalk nearly 20 inches in ...

The school bully -- does it run in the family? General Science / Other August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 A shove, a taunt or name-calling on the playground or in the hall, away from the eyesight, earshot and authority of the teacher – childhood bullying can involve physical contact, spreading rumors and other negative behaviors ...

Possible Shakespearean theater found in London General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists ...

Rock art marks transformations in traditional Peruvian societies General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Peru is one of the Latin American countries, like Argentina and Brazil, where rock art is thought to have developed throughout a period stretching from 10,000 BC to 1500 AD. The wealth and diversity of the series of pictorial ...

Study shows consumers find grass-fed beef acceptable General Science / Other August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 High feed-grain prices and the growing interest in "natural" foods have spurred both consumers and farmers to consider grass-fed beef, and a recent study done by Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences researchers may ...

It's pelican vs. trout in Idaho predator conflict General Science / Biology August 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- A cunning predator that hunts in packs, corners prized game species and devours them whole is angering sportsmen in this eastern Idaho RV hamlet on the Blackfoot Reservoir's wind-whipped shores.

Research reveals the origins of chooks General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- The question of whether the egg or the chicken came first may not have been solved, but University of Queensland research is helping find how the humble chook moved around the world.

Ricin's deadly action revealed by glowing probes General Science / Chemistry 8 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new chemical probe can rapidly detect ricin, a deadly poison with no known antidote that is feared to be a potential weapon for terrorists and cannot quickly be identified with currently available tests.

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Researcher finds that women are speaking up General Science / Other August 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- There's a whole industry of books and seminars that hinge on the premise that women somehow need to be "fixed" when it comes to communication and must change the way they talk and behave to advance their ...

Just dive in: Natural product hybrid provides antimicrobial and cell-resistant surfaces General Science / Chemistry August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Infections following treatment in clinics, retirement homes, and long-term care facilities are a grave problem for patients, and resistant germs can be particularly devastating.

Little teeth suggest big jump in primate timeline General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Tiny fossilized teeth excavated from an Indian open-pit coal mine could be the oldest Asian remains ever found of anthropoids, the primate lineage of today's monkeys, apes and humans, say researchers from Duke University ...

Scientists a step closer to producing fuel from bacteria General Science / Biology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Scientists at the University of Sheffield have shown how bacteria could be used as a future fuel. The research, published in the journal Bioinformatics, could have significant implications for the environment and the ...

Booger is back: Woman receives 5 cloned puppies General Science / Biology August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 6 (AP) -- Booger is back. An American woman received five puppies Tuesday that were cloned from her beloved late pitbull, becoming the inaugural customer of a South Korean company that says it is the world's ...

A potted history of milk General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Humans were processing cattle milk in pottery vessels more than two thousand years earlier than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Bristol.

Exercise pill is no replacement for exercise General Science / Biology August 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Recently, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a research organization focused on biology and its relation to health, published a study in the journal ...

Vine invasion? Ecologist looks at coexistence of trees and lianas General Science / Biology August 06, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Among the hundreds of species of woody vines that University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee ecologist Stefan Schnitzer has encountered in the tropical forests of Panama, the largest has a stalk nearly 20 inches in ...

The school bully -- does it run in the family? General Science / Other August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 A shove, a taunt or name-calling on the playground or in the hall, away from the eyesight, earshot and authority of the teacher – childhood bullying can involve physical contact, spreading rumors and other negative behaviors ...

Possible Shakespearean theater found in London General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists ...

Rock art marks transformations in traditional Peruvian societies General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Peru is one of the Latin American countries, like Argentina and Brazil, where rock art is thought to have developed throughout a period stretching from 10,000 BC to 1500 AD. The wealth and diversity of the series of pictorial ...

Study shows consumers find grass-fed beef acceptable General Science / Other August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 High feed-grain prices and the growing interest in "natural" foods have spurred both consumers and farmers to consider grass-fed beef, and a recent study done by Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences researchers may ...

It's pelican vs. trout in Idaho predator conflict General Science / Biology August 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- A cunning predator that hunts in packs, corners prized game species and devours them whole is angering sportsmen in this eastern Idaho RV hamlet on the Blackfoot Reservoir's wind-whipped shores.

Research reveals the origins of chooks General Science / Archaeology & Fossils August 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- The question of whether the egg or the chicken came first may not have been solved, but University of Queensland research is helping find how the humble chook moved around the world.

Ricin's deadly action revealed by glowing probes General Science / Chemistry 8 hours ago \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new chemical probe can rapidly detect ricin, a deadly poison with no known antidote that is feared to be a potential weapon for terrorists and cannot quickly be identified with currently available tests.

Researcher finds that women are speaking up

Just dive in: Natural product hybrid provides antimicrobial and cell-resistant surfaces

Little teeth suggest big jump in primate timeline

Scientists a step closer to producing fuel from bacteria

Booger is back: Woman receives 5 cloned puppies

A potted history of milk

Exercise pill is no replacement for exercise

Vine invasion? Ecologist looks at coexistence of trees and lianas

The school bully -- does it run in the family?

Possible Shakespearean theater found in London

Rock art marks transformations in traditional Peruvian societies

Study shows consumers find grass-fed beef acceptable

It's pelican vs. trout in Idaho predator conflict

Research reveals the origins of chooks

Ricin's deadly action revealed by glowing probes

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