Sea lions likely died from the heat 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- The deaths of six sea lions found in traps on the Columbia River earlier this month were likely caused by the heat, and not by gunshots as officials first suspected, the National Marine Fisheries Service said. | |
Researchers find natural section favors parasite fitness over host health May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Why do parasites harm their hosts? Classic evolutionary theory predicts that parasites become more virulent because they must transmit themselves between hosts, yet scientists have found little data to support this idea, ... | |
 Sweet sorghum, clean miracle crop for feed and fuel May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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The hardy sweet sorghum plant could be the miracle crop that provides cheap animal feed and fuel without straining the world's food supply or harming the environment, said scientists working on a pilot farming ... | |
 Female concave-eared frogs draw mates with ultrasonic calls May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Most female frogs don’t call; most lack or have only rudimentary vocal cords. A typical female selects a mate from a chorus of males and then –silently – signals her beau. But the female concave-eared torrent ... | |
 'Early birds' adapt to climate change May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Individual birds can adjust their behaviour to take climate change in their stride, according to a study by scientists from the University of Oxford. | |
 Elusive protein protects malaria parasite from heme May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have identified Heme Detoxification Protein, a unique protein encoded in the malaria genome that represents a potential target for developing ... | |
 Biochips can detect cancers before symptoms develop May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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In their fight against cancer, doctors have just gained an impressive new weapon to add to their arsenal. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a chip that ... | |
 Scientists probe recent coyote attacks in California May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The coyote was limping as it approached a girl in a sand box at a public park - but it was still dangerous. It snapped its jaws on the girl's buttocks and her nanny had to pry the toddler from the ... | |
 Shrimps see beyond the rainbow May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals. | |
 Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out ... | |
Small primate ancestors had a leg up 11 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Smaller primates expend no more energy climbing than they do walking, Duke University researchers have found. This surprising discovery may explain the evolutionary edge that encouraged the tiny ancestors of modern humans, ... | |
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