 World's smallest snake found in Barbados August 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's smallest species of snake, with adults averaging just under four inches in length, has been identified on the Caribbean island of Barbados. The species -- which is as thin as ... | |
 New evidence implicates humans in prehistoric animal extinctions August 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Research led by UK and Australian scientists sheds new light on the role that our ancestors played in the extinction of Australia's prehistoric animals. The study, published this week in the journal Proceedings ... | |
Researchers Isolate Microorganisms That Convert Hydrocarbons to Natural Gas August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a group of University of Oklahoma researchers began studying the environmental fate of spilt petroleum, a problem that has plagued the energy industry for decades, they did not expect to eventually isolate ... | |
'Chicken and chips' theory of Pacific migration July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A new study of DNA from ancient and modern chickens has shed light on the controversy about the extent of pre-historic Polynesian contact with the Americas. | |
 Hunting the elusive L-function August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There was a lot of excitement last month about ‘L-functions’. A PhD student in the Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, Ce Bian, in collaboration with his supervisor, Dr Andrew ... | |
'Edible optics' could make food safer August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Imagine an edible optical sensor that could be placed in produce bags to detect harmful levels of bacteria and consumed right along with the veggies. Or an implantable device that would monitor glucose in your blood for ... | |
Bulging prison system called massive intervention in American family life August 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The mammoth increase in the United States' prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males. | |
 Deep mystery: why sea turtles plumb the depths August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Researchers say they have figured out why sea turtles that normally feed and breed in shallow water or on land will, very rarely, go deep sea diving: the reptiles are on reconnaissance. | |
 Australia bans exotic cat breed August 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Australia has banned imports of an exotic breed of cat, calling it an extreme risk to the country's native wildlife, a minister said Sunday. | |
Subprime lending not main trigger of real estate bubble July 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Critics often point to subprime mortgage lending – the funding of home loans to borrowers with less-than-perfect credit – as the culprit in the unsustainable boom in U.S. home prices that eventually derailed ... | |
 'Hidden' Van Gogh painting revealed July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A new technique allows pictures which were later painted over to be revealed once more. An international research team, including members from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and the University ... | |
 Bulgarian archaeologists discover ancient chariot August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,900-year-old well-preserved chariot at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Thursday. | |
 Bugs put the heat in chili peppers August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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If you're a fan of habañero salsa or like to order Thai food spiced to five stars, you owe a lot to bugs, both the crawling kind and ones you can see only with a microscope. New research shows they are the ... | |
 'Cutting by color': New imaging technique for more precise cancer surgery August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Instead of "paint by number," you might call it "cutting by color": Researchers in Massachusetts now report development and early clinical trials of a new imaging system that highlights cancerous tissue in ... | |
 Gene scientists lift veil on devastating plant parasite July 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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An international team of 27 laboratories said on Sunday they had laid bare the genetic code of a tiny parasite responsible for billions of dollars in crop losses each year. | |
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