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Science News

Ant Power
2007-11-21 05:31 - Where does that famous ant that can lift something like 20 times its weight get its power?

Parasite and Host in Constant Game of Catch-Up
2007-11-21 05:31 - In evolution, host and parasite can engage in a kind of arms race. One side adapts and evolves; the other side adapts and evolves to keep up.

Ear Pendants Reveal the Antiquity of Commerce in Jade
2007-11-21 05:30 - Researchers have studied jade ornaments from Southeast Asia to determine the extent of the trading of the prized substance.

Congo Creates Massive Reserve to Protect Close Human Cousin
2007-11-21 05:30 - Congo has announced the establishment of a rain forest preserve intended to protect the bonobo, one of human beings? two closest ape relations.

A Hazy Future for a ?Jewel? of Space Instruments
2007-11-21 05:30 - With a quarter of its annual budget slashed, the Arecibo radio telescope will be listening to the universe less often in the coming years.

Are Scientists Playing God? It Depends on Your Religion
2007-11-21 05:30 - There is an East-West divide over stem-cell research and genetic engineering.

A Deeply Green City Confronts Its Energy Needs and Nuclear Worries
2007-11-20 05:30 - Two proposed zero-carbon energy projects are exposing the hard place that communities like Fort Collins, Colo., are likely to confront in years to come.

Mind of a Rock
2007-11-19 05:30 - Is everything conscious?

These Scientific Minds Think (and Drink) Alike
2007-11-19 05:30 - Science groups for young professionals who don?t wear white coats are cropping up in bars and bookstores all over the country.

U.S. Won?t Define Dangerous Warming
2007-11-19 05:30 - Senior Bush administration officials said that it remained impossible to define a ?dangerous? threshold in the concentration of greenhouse gases or resulting global warming.


 
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