 When following the leader can lead into the jaws of death May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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For animals that live in social groups, and that includes humans, blindly following a leader could place them in danger. To avoid this, animals have developed simple but effective behaviour to follow where ... | |
 Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 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 ... | |
 Shrimps see beyond the rainbow May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 24 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. | |
 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 ... | |
 US lists polar bear as threatened species May 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The Interior Department has decided to protect the polar bear as a threatened species because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming, officials said Wednesday. | |
 Monarch butterflies help explain why parasites harm hosts May 14, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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It’s a paradox that has confounded evolutionary biologists since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859: Since parasites depend on their hosts for survival, why do they harm them? | |
 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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
Ancient protein offers clues to killer condition May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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More than 600 million years of evolution has taken two unlikely distant cousins – turkeys and scallops - down very different physical paths from a common ancestor. But University of Leeds researchers have found that a motor ... | |
 Captive breeding to save Kashmir's rare red deer May 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Kashmir's endangered red deer faces extinction without a captive breeding programme that will start this summer in the scenic Himalayan region, Indian wildlife officials said Friday. | |
 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 ... | |
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, ... | |
Mouse study: When it comes to living longer, it's better to go hungry than go running May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A study investigating aging in mice has found that hormonal changes that occur when mice eat significantly less may help explain an already established phenomenon: a low calorie diet can extend the lifespan of rodents, a ... | |
 '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. | |
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