Electronic tongue tastes wine variety, vintage August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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You don't need a wine expert to identify a '74 Pinot Noir from Burgundy – a handheld "electronic tongue" devised by European scientists will tell you the grape variety and vintage at the press of a button. | |
 New bottle cap thwarts wine counterfeiters August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When the Roman historian Pliny the Elder wrote " in vino veritas " – in wine, there is truth – he must not have been drinking from a counterfeit bottle. Researchers Roger Johnston and Jon ... | |
 Duck-billed dinosaurs outgrew predators to survive August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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With long limbs and a soft body, the duck-billed hadrosaur had few defenses against predators such as tyrannosaurs. But new research on the bones of this plant-eating dinosaur suggests that it had at least ... | |
Humans' response to risk can be unnecessarily dangerous, study August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The traffic light ahead of you is turning yellow. Do you gun the engine and speed through the intersection, trusting that others will wait for their green, or do you slow down and wait your turn? | |
Scientists a step closer to producing fuel from bacteria August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
No evidence to support 'organic is best' 8 hours ago | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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New research in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows there is no evidence to support the argument that organic food is better than food grown ... | |
Americans try to see the bright side of high gas prices August 04, 2008 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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It's hard, anywhere in the world, to be positive about sky-high gasoline prices. But in the United States, some experts and ordinary citizens are focusing on the benefits of high energy costs to forget about the money pinch ... | |
 US woman cuddles clones of beloved former pet pit bull August 05, 2008 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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An America woman blinked back tears of joy Tuesday as she cuddled puppies cloned in South Korea from her beloved former pit bull terrier. | |
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