Scientist postulates 4 aspects of 'humaniqueness' differentiating human and animal cognition February 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Shedding new light on the great cognitive rift between humans and animals, a Harvard University scientist has synthesized four key differences in human and animal cognition into a hypothesis on what exactly differentiates ... | |
 Illuminating Study Reveals How Plants Respond to Light November 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Most of us take it for granted that plants respond to light by growing, flowering and straining towards the light, and we never wonder just how plants manage to do so. But the ordinary, everyday responses ... | |
 Researchers successfully simulate photosynthesis and design a better leaf November 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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University of Illinois researchers have built a better plant, one that produces more leaves and fruit without needing extra fertilizer. The researchers accomplished the feat using a computer model that mimics ... | |
Scientists developing clean energy systems from micro-algae October 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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An international consortium established by an Australian scientist is developing a clean source of energy that could see some of our future fuel and possibly water needs being generated by solar-powered bio-reactors and micro-algae ... | |
 Loss of Wolves Causes Major Ecosystem Disruption at Olympic National Park July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Olympic National Park was created in 1938, in part “to preserve the finest sample of primeval forests in the entire United States” – but a new study at Oregon State University suggests that ... | |
 Scientists Show First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Using a multidisciplinary mix of geometry, biological research and techniques developed to solve problems on supercomputers, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have shown for the first time ... | |
E.coli a future source of energy? January 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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For most people, the name “E. coli” is synonymous with food poisoning and product recalls, but a professor in Texas A&M University’s chemical engineering department envisions the bacteria as a future source of energy, helping ... | |
 Life at the jolt: New insights into fuel cell that uses bacteria to generate electricity January 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Researchers at the Biodesign Institute are using the tiniest organisms on the planet 'bacteria' as a viable option to make electricity. In a new study featured in the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering, ... | |
Commercial bees spreading disease to wild pollinating bees July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Bees provide crucial pollination service to numerous crops and up to a third of the human diet comes from plants pollinated by insects. However, pollinating bees are suffering widespread declines in North America and scientists ... | |
Menstrual blood -- a valuable source of multipotential stem cells? April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Researchers seeking new and more abundant sources of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine have identified a potentially unlimited, noncontroversial, easily collectable, and inexpensive source – menstrual blood. | |
Insects evolved radically different strategy to smell April 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Darwin's tree of life represents the path and estimates the time evolution took to get to the current diversity of life. Now, new findings suggest that this tree, an icon of evolution, may need to be redrawn. | |
 Why Are Pygmies Short? December 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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The question is controversial. Traditional explanations attribute pygmies' small stature to minimizing caloric requirements and walking in dense forests. However, a new study by researchers at the University ... | |
 Gene study supports single main migration across Bering Strait November 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Did a relatively small number of people from Siberia who trekked across a Bering Strait land bridge some 12,000 years ago give rise to the native peoples of North and South America? | |
Genetic Underpinnings of Wood Digestion by Termite Gut Microbes Revealed November 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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When termites are chewing on your home, your immediate thought probably isn't "I wonder how they digest that stuff?" But biologists have been gnawing on the question for more than a century. The key is not just the termite, ... | |
 Plants live, die according to their size October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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Plants self-regulate their populations to maintain stability and optimize their lives, with the lengths of their lives directly related to their mass, a recent study has found. Further, a single scaling power ... | |
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