Great white's mighty bite revealed August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The bite force of a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is the highest known for any living species, according to new research to be published in the Journal of Zoology. This is the first time that scientists ... | |
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? | |
Saving our bees: Ecologists assess the impact of people on pollinators August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Most of the world's plant species rely on animals to transfer their pollen to other plants. The undisputed queen of these animal pollinators is the bee, made up of about 30,000 species worldwide, whose daily flights aid in ... | |
 Booger is back: Woman receives 5 cloned puppies August 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(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 ... | |
 Multi-tasking maggots in superbug showdown August 05, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Scientists at Swansea University (Wales, UK) have discovered a new type of antibiotic in maggot secretions that can tackle up to 12 different strains of MRSA, as well as E. coli and C. difficile. The research ... | |
 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 ... | |
Complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequenced from 38,000-year-old bone 5 hours ago | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A study reported in the August 8th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, reveals the complete mitochondrial genome of a 38,000-year-old Neandertal. The findings open a window into the Neandertals' past ... | |
Oral pill turns slacker mice into marathonists: study August 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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US researchers have come up with a pill that promises to give a typical junk-food snacking couch potato the silhouette of an athlete and the endurance of a marathon runner. | |
 Australia bans exotic cat breed August 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 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. | |
Survival of the fittest: even cancer cells follow the laws of evolution August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Scientists from The Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton and the University of California discovered that the underlying process in tumor formation is the same as for life itself—evolution. After analyzing a half million ... | |
Exercise pill is no replacement for exercise August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
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 ... | |
Scripps research team unravels new cellular repair mechanism August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A Scripps Research team has unraveled a new biochemical pathway that triggers a critical repair response to correct errors in the DNA replication process that could otherwise lead to harmful or fatal mutations in cells. Though ... | |
 South American stork spotted in Louisiana 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- A stork that's abundant in South America but rare farther north was spotted in Louisiana, one of fewer than a dozen sightings of the bird in the U.S. | |
 For the birds or for me? Why do conservationists really help wildlife? 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Volunteers who take part in conservation efforts may do it more for themselves than the wildlife they are trying to protect, a University of Alberta case study shows. | |
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