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Searching In features, blog entries, column entries & news items, Under the topic Life
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The last day of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting offers new ideas on gender-based behavior, the genetics of creativity, the brain power of motherhood and the non-randomness of blinking.Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Found in: Behavior, Biology, Biomedicine and Body & Brain
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Genetic material extracted from the hair of woolly mammoths has revealed new information about the extinct creatures, including how closely related they are to modern elephants.Published: Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Found in: Genes & Cells, Life, Paleobiology, Paleontology and Zoology -
Research shared during the fourth day of the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting remained diverse: What happens in the brain when teenagers feel peer pressure, a study in mice suggesting a new way to treat depression, the best way to relearn walking after a stroke, and the long lasting effects of disrupted sleep.Published: Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Found in: Behavior, Body & Brain, Humans, Life, Psychology and Science & Society
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First human DNA extraction from hair bits in moth larval case.Published: Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Found in: Biology, Life and Zoology -
A seed-loving insect finds food by sensing its temperature.Published: Friday, November 14th, 2008Found in: Biology, Life, Science News For Kids and Zoology -
New type of mold may be a bat killer.Published: Friday, November 14th, 2008Found in: Biology, Life, Science News For Kids and Zoology -
First large-scale inventory of microbes charts types, locales of bacteria.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Body & Brain and Life
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Citing national security interests, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on November 12 that the Navy can once again conduct sonar training exercises, even if the tests harm marine life. The 5–4 decision overturns restrictions that require the Navy to stop using sonar when marine mammals are spotted within 2,200 yards of its vessels. The Navy uses sonar technology to send underwater sound waves at frequencies between 1 kHz and 10 kHz. Gauging the time it takes the acoustic waves to echo off an object — enemy submarines in a combat situation — provides a way to determine the distance to the ...Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Environment and Life
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Scientists tally the economic toll of fertilizing pollutants on water quality.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Ecology, Environment and Science & Society -
Researchers have found an approximately 1-million-year-old fossil pelvis that, in their view, indicates that Homo erectus females gave birth to surprisingly big-brained babies.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Humans and Life -
Study with the telomerase enzyme gives mice a longevity boost without high cancer risk.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Biology, Biomedicine and Body & Brain
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A study of consensus decision making shows that sticklebacks make wider choices in groups of three or more.Published: Thursday, November 13th, 2008Found in: Biology and Life -
Human skin isn't the only thing that makes vitamin D upon exposure to the ultraviolet radiation.Published: Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Found in: Agriculture, Biology, Food Science, Science & Society and Technology -
Scientists discover fossils of a creature that had both fish and land animal features.Published: Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Found in: Life, Paleontology, Science News For Kids and Zoology -
An electronic nose sniffs out unique chemicals that plants emit when attacked by pests.Published: Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Found in: Agriculture, Botany, Chemistry, Life and Science News For Kids
