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<body leftmargin="0" bgcolor="#000060" text="#FFFFFF" link="#FFFF00" vlink="#FF9900"> <div align="center" style="width: 99%; height: 1368; left: 1; top: 15; position: absolute; z-index: 10"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%" height="1"> <tr>  </tr> <tr>  <td valign="top" width="35%" height="1"> <p align="center" style="line-height: .85; padding-left: 6; padding-right: 6; padding-top: 6; padding-bottom: 4; background-position: center 50%"><a href="http://www.world-science.net" style="text-decoration: none; " target="_top"><font face="Times New Roman" size="6" color="#FFFF00">WORLD SCIENCE</font></a></td>  <td width="2%" rowspan="5" height="233"></td>  <td valign="top" width="16%" rowspan="5" height="233"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#000000" style="border: 1 solid #C0C0C0; padding: 5"> <tr> <td width="100%"><strong>[http://members.aol.com/sphaeramundinyc/homecontents.htm]</strong> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="35%" height="9"> <p style="line-height: .7"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="35%" height="22"> <p align="center" style="margin-top: -1"><i><font color="#00FFFF" face="Times New Roman" size="1">"Long before it's in the papers"</font></i><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><br> August 03, 2010 </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="33%" height="33"> <b> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; padding: 4" align="center"><span style="text-transform: uppercase"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFFFFF" size="2"><a href="http://www.world-science.net" target="_top">RETURN TO THE WORLD SCIENCE HOME PAGE</a></font></span> <hr> </b> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: -1; margin-bottom: 0"><font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF" size="2"><b>PAST NEWS</b></font> </p> <div align="right"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td height="8" align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#00FF00"><b>Most popular</b></font> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14" style="padding-left: 1"> <table width="106" style="float: left; padding-right: 2" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="103" style="background-position: center 50%"> <table width="101%" style="float: left; position: relative; top: 3; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="100%" style="background-image: url('http://www.hometown.aol.com/jekluc/images-worldsci/radiotel.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: left top"><br> <br> <br> <p><br> <br> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/041228_ska.htm" target="_self">Telescope could eavesdrop on alien TV</a> </b></font> <b> <font face="Arial" size="2"> An enormous new telescope should be able to pick up TV and radar signals from far-off worlds, scientists say. (Dec. 29, 2004)<br> </font> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/mlucen/050124_grancrete.htm"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> “Spray-on homes” invented</font> </a><font size="2" face="Arial"> Spraying a fast-drying ceramic onto flimsy frames produces a cheap, strong dwelling in a day, researchers say. (Dec. 26, 2004)</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041201_torturefrm.htm">Experts: almost anyone could torture</a> Under certain conditions, almost anyone is capable of becoming a torturer, say psychologists who reviewed decades</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>’</b></font> <b><font size="2" face="Arial"> worth of studies. (Dec. 1, 2004)</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041118_caloriesfrm.htm"> 800 calories a day less, and women never missed them</a> Cutting back on calories is quite painless if temptation isn't around, researchers have found. (Dec. 1, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/mlucen/041108_chimptool.htm"><img border="0" src="http://www.imls.gov/images/closer/archive/hlt_m1000.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="90"></a></font></span><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041108_chimptoolfrm.htm"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Chimps use tool kits, researchers say</span></a></font><font face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/mlucen/040721_chimp.htm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br> </span> </a></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>They use a set of different sticks to fish out unlucky termites from their nests. (Nov. 11, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041027_newspeciesfrm.htm">Tiny new species of human said to be found</a> The discovery of 18,000-year-old skeletons on an Indonesian island shows human diversity was much greater than expected, scientists say. (Oct. 27, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040927_ageprogramfrm.htm"> Are we "programmed" to age?</a> (Sept. 27, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040923_trash.htm" target="_self"> “Garbage crisis” may have afflicted world’s first villagers</a> The first people to settle in villages apparently gave little thought to what to do with their trash. So they lived in it. (Sept. 23, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040906_noah.htm">Did fossils inspire ancient flood myths?</a> Many ancient and modern cultures have creation myths involving a great flood. A physicist has proposed a new explanation of why. (Sept. 6, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="background-color: #808080; border-left: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-right: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-top: 1 solid #FFFFFF; margin-top: 8" align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#00FF00">~ Egypt Special  (Sept. 1, 2004) ~ </font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14" bgcolor="#808080" style="border-left: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-right: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1 solid #FFFFFF; padding-left: 4; padding-right: 4; padding-bottom: 5"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/mlucen/040901_mummy.htm"><img border="0" src="http://members.aol.com/scipage/images/mummyhead" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="132"></a></font></span></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040901_mummyfrm.htm">Researchers reconstruct mummy’s head without unwrapping</a> They used a scanning technique that revealed details right down to the mole on his temple.<br> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040831_pyramidsfrm.htm">Tunnel to king’s secret chamber in the biggest pyramid may be found</a>  But the Egyptian authorities won’t let the finders dig further to confirm it. </b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040820_frogsfrm.htm"><img border="0" src="http://www.usgs.gov/images/amphibians/amph-1-web.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="100"></a></font></span><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040820_frogsfrm.htm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Explanation for deformed frogs emerging</span></font><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br> </span> </a></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>It’s a tangled story of a parasite, a snail, a bird, and, of course, a familiar player – chemical pollutants.. (Aug. 24, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040809_aidsfrm.htm"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Having AIDS is macho, to some rural Africans </font></b></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b>One man bragged that he would cause the next outbreak – because he had bedded all the desirable local girls. (Aug. 9, 2004)</b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040727_darkenfrm.htm"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">New subatomic particle may fuel "dark energy" </font></b></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b> Findings of an “acceleron” may help explain the mysterious “dark energy” that makes the universe expand faster and faster.</b></font> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b> (July 27, 2004) </b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"> <b> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040618_promiscuityfrm.htm"> <font size="1" face="Arial"> <img border="0" src="http://www.hometown.aol.com/jekluc/images-worldsci/couple_in_rain.jpg" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="137" style="position: relative; left: -2; top: 0; float: left; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Does females' promiscuity reduce our height differences?</font> </font> </a></b><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b> One researcher thinks that may be the case. It seems to be the pattern among our ape relatives, at least, he says. (June 18, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040617_troutfrm.htm">Fish who share our personal shortcomings? </a> Add this to that file. Rainbow trout offended by a stronger member of their group are smart – or pathetic – enough to vent their aggression on someone weaker. (June 17, 2004)</b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <b><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040607_salmonfrm.htm"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Genetically modified salmon: pushy, but not so tough</span> </a> Environmentalists worry genetically modified animals could escape into the wild and run rampant, outcompeting natural species. But new tests suggest genetically engineered salmon don</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>’</b></font><b><font face="Arial" size="2">t compete successfully with their wild peers </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> –</b></font> <b><font face="Arial" size="2"> though they try aggressively. (June 7, 2004)</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8" align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#00FF00"><b>More</b></font> <hr> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14" style="padding-left: 1"> <table width="106" style="float: left; padding-right: 2" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="103" style="background-position: center 50%"> <table width="101%" style="float: left; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="100%" style="background-image: url('http://members.aol.com/scipage/images/whitemouse'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: #FFFFFF; background-position: right center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><br> <br> <br> <br> </b></font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: -3"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041229_animalexptsfrm.htm">Lab tests “terrifying” for animals</a> The most harmless-seeming experiments trigger panic, a controversial report claims. (Dec. 30, 2004)</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://world-science.net/othernews/041229_brainliefrm.htm">Lie detector of the future: a brain scanner?</a> Relax and control the sweating, and you might just fool a traditional lie detector. Tricking something that peers into your brain might be harder. (Dec. 29, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/041228_evolshort.htm" target="_self">Evolution’s tricky shortcuts</a> Organisms may sometimes tame </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> “invader”</b></font><b><font size="2"> genes and redirect them to their own uses. (Dec. 29, 2004)</font></b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/041229_tsunamifrm.htm"> Possible next Tsunami victim: America's West Coast</a> (Dec. 29, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="background-color: #808080; border-left: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-right: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-top: 1 solid #FFFFFF; margin-top: 8" align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#00FF00">~ Spotlight on FOOD ~ </font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14" bgcolor="#808080" style="border-left: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-right: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 0 solid #333333; padding-left: 4; padding-right: 4; padding-bottom: 5"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/041206_obesegenes.htm" target="_self"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Are “obesity genes” spreading?</span></font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> Eating too much might not be the only reason we’re getting fatter, researchers say. (Dec. 26, 2004)<br> </font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14" style="border-left: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-right: 1 solid #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1 solid #FFFFFF; padding-left: 4; padding-right: 4; padding-bottom: 5" bgcolor="#808080" bordercolor="#FFFFFF"> <table width="106" style="float: left; padding-right: 2" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="103" style="background-position: center 50%"> <table width="101%" style="float: left; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="100%" style="background-color: #000000; background-image: url('http://www.in.gov/isdh/images/programs/nutrition/5aday/brcli.gif'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center 50%"><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: -2"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/041206_nutrifoods.htm" target="_self">Not the broccoli your mom told you to eat</a></b></font><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span><font size="2">Many important foods may have been losing nutritional value thanks to modern farming practices, researchers say. (Dec. 6, 2004)</font></font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/050118_racism.htm" target="_self">Newly studied form of racism seems incurable</a> </b></font> <b><font face="Arial" size="2">Many or most people are willing to give up blatant racism. But a subtle form of it seems impossible to renounce. (Dec. 21, 2004)<br> </font> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041214_impulsefrm.htm">Impulsive acts may be a relic of hunter-gatherer past</a> A study with blue jays may give new perspective on why we grab those last-minute candies at the supermarket checkout line. (Dec. 14, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14" style="padding-left: 1"> <table width="106" style="float: left; padding-right: 2" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="103" style="background-position: center 50%"> <table width="101%" style="float: left; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="100%" style="background-image: url('http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:pbPuhXpinIgJ:deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/gif/T1vis.gif'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: left top"><br> <br> <br> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: -3"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041214_cometfrm.htm">Scientists to shoot hole in a comet</a> Scientists say their mission to blast a stadium-sized crater in Comet Tempel 1, to better learn what’s inside it, will begin by Jan. 12. (Dec. 14, 2004)</b></font><b><font size="2"><br> </font> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041214_lesbmedsfrm.htm">Study: mothers’ medications might turn developing daughters into lesbians</a> But scientists say much more research is needed to confirm it. (Dec. 14, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041206_bcifrm.htm">New way for paralyzed people to move things</a> </font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><b> To scientist</b></font><b><font size="2">s</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>’ surprise, they find there may be a way to let paralyzed people move things with their thoughts – and without sticking pesky wires into their brains. (Dec. 6, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14" style="padding-left: 1"> <table width="106" style="float: left; padding-right: 2" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="103" style="background-position: center 50%"> <table width="101%" style="float: left; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="100%" style="background-image: url('http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:e5p_BhlwrRwJ:denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/research/mars/mars.gif'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center top"><br> <br> <br> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: -3"><b><font size="2"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041206_marsfrm.htm">It’s “official”: Mars had water</a> There is conclusive proof that water once existed on Mars, a team of researchers has found. (Dec. 6, 2004)</font><br> </font> </b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14" style="padding-left: 1"> <table width="106" style="float: left; padding-right: 2" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="103" style="background-position: center 50%"> <table width="101%" style="float: left; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" cellspacing cellpadding> <tr> <td width="100%" style="background-image: url('http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/press/flyby2_sm.jpg'); background-position: center 50%"><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p style="margin-top: -3"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041201_flybyfrm.htm">Alien worlds in our backyard?</a> Our solar system may have once exchanged small planets and debris with another one, researchers say. At left: scientists’ computer simulation of the process. (Dec. 1, 2004)</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041118_waspfrm.htm"><img border="0" src="http://www.eurekalert.org/images/release_graphics/uoa1105sm.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100">Wasps punish “cheaters,” researchers find</a> A wasp’s markings can signify its importance in its group. And wearing a fake badge may lead to unpleasant consequences. (Nov. 18, 2004)</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/mlucen/041025_agegene.htm"><img border="0" src="http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/science_ed/genetics/images/ch2_gotit.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100"></a></font></span></b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041025_agegenefrm.htm">Scientists zero in on possible anti-aging gene</a> </b></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>Chemicals that stimulate the gene extend life in yeast, roundworms and fruit flies. Are humans next? (Oct. 25, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041118_apeancestorfrm.htm"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">New ape ancestor found?</span></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span>Scientists say they may have found bones of the last common ancestor of the great apes, which include humans. (Nov. 18, 2004) </b> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041118_extinctionfrm.htm">Species dying off at unprecedented rate, researchers say</a> 15,589 species are at risk of extinction and least 15 have gone extinct in the past 20 years, conservationists say. (Nov. 18, 2004)<br> </b> </font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/041118_abandon.htm"><img border="0" src="http://www.lbl.gov/Publications/Currents/Archive/images/May-4-2001/baby.diaper.jpeg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100"></a></font></span><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/041118_abandon.htm" target="_self"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Why babies are abandoned</span></a></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">By studying animals, scientists are trying to understand the roots of a horrifying practice. A key factor may be mothers</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>’</b></font> <b><font face="Arial" size="2"> inexperience, they find. (Nov. 18, 2004)</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041108_schizowavefrm.htm">Glitch found in brains of schizophrenia patients</a><br> The finding could also shed light on the processes underlying consciousness in all of us, scientists say. (Nov. 11, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041025_planetbuildfrm.htm">Planet-building a “messy,” violent process</a><br> Giant chunks of rock the size of mountain ranges slam together to form planets, scientists say. (Oct. 25, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041025_fewergenesfrm.htm">Humans have far fewer genes than we thought, researchers say</a><br> In making the announcement, scientists add that they’re beginning to systematically pinpoint which genes separate us from other animals. (Oct. 25, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/041014_brainbattlefrm.htm"> Scientists watch brain "battle itself" during tough decisions</a> (Oct. 14, 2004)</b></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/041014_sleepdragonfrm.htm">How dinosaurs slept</a> A newly found fossil shows dinosaurs slept the same way birds do: with head tucked under a forelimb, researchers say. (Oct. 14, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/041014_spite.htm" target="_self">The evolution of spite</a> Researchers are taking a new look at how one of our most seemingly irrational tendencies evolved. Surprise: it might not be that irrational. (Oct. 14, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/041005_univshape.htm"><img border="0" src="http://www.obspm.fr/actual/nouvelle/oct03/luminet-f1b_sm.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="100"></a></font></span></b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/041005_univshape.htm" target="_self">Is the universe revealing its shape?</a> New evidence suggests the shape may be a bizarre form of a dodecahedron, a 12-sided object. (Oct. 6, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040923_seareptilefrm.htm">Sea monster fossil tells tales</a> A sea-dwelling cousin of dinosaurs may have used its neck and tiny head to surprise prey, then suck it in, researchers say. (Sept. 23, 2004)<a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040922_acupunctfrm.htm"><br> <br> Acupuncture beats conventional treatment in study</a> (Sept. 22, 2004)</b></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040921_meditfrm.htm"> Mediterranean-style diet slashes death rates, researchers find</a> (Sept. 21, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040916_signfrm.htm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Children create new language nearly from scratch</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> Children at a school for the deaf have created their own sign language, giving scientists insight into language</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>’s origins. (Sept. 16, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/041014_brainbattlefrm.htm"><br> </a> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040913_oilfrm.htm"> Untapped gas reserves deep in the Earth?</a> (Sept. 13, 2004)</b></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040912_happyagefrm.htm">Happiness may stave off old-age frailty </a> Growing evidence shows psychological factors influence the aging process. (Sept. 12, 2004)</b></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040910_dreamfrm.htm"> Scientists pinpoint better which brain areas produce dreams</a> (Sept. 10, 2004) </b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040909_milkyfrm.htm"><img border="0" src="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/press/starbirth_sm.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="100"></a></font></span><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040909_milkyfrm.htm"><font face="Arial" size="2">Smash- up on the way for our Milky Way?</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"><br> Photos of faraway galaxies reveal what might happen to our own. At left: artists</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>’</b></font> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b> depiction of the stellar fireworks that could result. (Sept. 9, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040909_catseyefrm.htm">Hubble telescope releases stunning new photos of dying star</a> (Sept. 9, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040921_stroke.htm"><img border="0" src="http://www.hometown.aol.com/jekluc/images-worldsci/heart-sm.JPG" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="134"></a></font></span></b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040921_stroke.htm" target="_self">Common heart defect may create slight risk of stroke during sex</a> About one in five people have the defect. For an unlucky few of them, an orgasm might be a prelude to a hospital stay. (Sept. 22, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040910_planetfrm.htm">Possible first photo of a planet circling a distant star</a> It could be a holy grail astronomers have been seeking for a long time. (Sept. 10, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040908_racefrm.htm">New research may undermine idea that “race isn’t real”</a> For years, scientists have said the notion of human “races” is all in our heads, because we’re all more than 99.9% the same. New findings cast doubt on that figure. (Sept. 8, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040907_parrotfrm.htm"> For talking parrots, it just might be all in the tongue</a> (Sept. 7, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040907_weightfrm.htm">In U.S.A., “the longer you stay, the bigger you get”</a> Researchers have found it doesn’t take long for immigrants in the country to start putting on weight, like other Americans. (Sept. 7, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040907_hysteria.htm" target="_self"> “Mass hysteria” is alive and well, researchers say</a> In medieval times, when whole groups of people started acting oddly, someone would end up at the stake. Today the phenomenon meets with more compassion, but the same befuddlement. (Sept. 6, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040905_journalsfrm.htm"> Ratings of 20 medical journals published</a> (Sept. 5, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040903_pigeonfrm.htm"> Study sheds light on road-following by pigeons</a> (Sept. 3, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040902_bipedfrm.htm" target="_top"> Chimp-like hominid walked upright six million years ago, researchers say</a> (Sept. 2, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040901_comment.htm"><img border="0" src="http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:53ECT88mQeIJ:www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/primates/primat2.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="75"></a></font></span></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040901_comment.htm">Monkeys may make “comments,” researchers say</a> Their communication abilities turn out to be unexpectedly complex. (Sept. 2, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040902_signalfrm.htm" target="_top">News reports of signal from extraterrestrials off-base, according to scientists</a> (Sept. 2, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/newspg2/040902_ebolafrm.htm">Scientists fear Ebola outbreak may explain gorilla disappearances</a> (Sept. 2, 2004)</b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040901_magnetfrm.htm">World’s first plastic magnet passes “test” </a> It’s reported to be the first plastic magnet to work at room temperature. (Sept. 1, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" height="14"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040831_newplanetsfrm.htm"><img border="0" src="http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/news-Webcast_th-thm.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="80"></a></font></span><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040831_newplanetsfrm.htm"><font face="Arial" size="2">“Major new class” of more Earth-like planets discovered</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> <br> The findings also indicate there may be 20 billion or more planetary systems in our galaxy, astronomers say. (Aug. 31, 2004)</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040830_reprimandfrm.htm"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Brain imaging reveals why punishing feels good</font></b></a><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> It stimulates an area deep in the brain that's associated with reward. (Aug. 30, 2004)</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040824_eunuch.htm" target="_self">The secrets of “wannabe eunuchs”</a></b></font><b><font face="Arial" size="2">  A surprising number of men want to be castrated. The body-piercing fad may be influencing some of them, say researchers studying the phenomenon. </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b> (Aug. 24, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040824_geneculture.htm"><img border="0" src="http://www.hometown.aol.com/jekluc/images-worldsci/colorfulbrain-nih.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="93"></a></font></span><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040824_geneculture.htm" target="_self"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Arial" size="2">Brain flex</font></span><font face="Arial" size="2">ibility, not size, gave us our intelligence, researchers say</font></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> Good genes may have enabled humans to develop a “complex symbolic culture,” which in turn pressured us to develop better genes.</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b> (Aug. 24, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040824_meteoritefrm.htm"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Meteorites may have supplied chemicals crucial to start life</font></b></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b>Researchers say this finding also suggests a Jupiter-sized planet could help life get started, and the formation of planets and of life are more intricately linked than we thought. (Aug. 24, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040818_cannabisfrm.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Arial" size="2">More than a month after smoking pot, users may have abnormal brain patterns</font></span></a></b> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b> The study may come as a relief to marijuana opponents, who previously had been faced with a series of studies suggesting the drug is relatively harmless. (Aug. 18, 2004)</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040817_clownfish.htm"><font size="2" face="Arial"><img border="0" src="http://cars.er.usgs.gov/Education/clownfish22.jpg" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="100"></font></a></span></b><font size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/exclusives-nfrm/040817_clownfish.htm" target="_self"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Want sex? Take a number</span></a></b></font><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">Animals such as clownfish, in seeming violation of every normal instinct, patiently wait to become leaders of their group before breeding. Researchers are learning why this might be. (Aug. 17, 2004)</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040816_aggressindir.htm" target="_self"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial">"Indirect aggression" in media may harm us, researchers say</font></span></a><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">We all know that watching people killing each other on TV is supposed to be bad for us. But what about people being just plain mean on TV? (Aug. 26, 2004)</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040816_lemurfrm.htm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Biologists deciphering complex lemur scent language</span></font> </a></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> These animals have a rich language of “scentences,” researchers say, to communicate messages ranging from aggression to mating readiness. (Aug. 16, 2004) </b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040809_virusfrm.htm" target="_top"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial">"Virus" vaccines may create new and worse diseases, researchers warn</font></span></a><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">Some vaccines, intended to prevent disease, may create new and more dangerous ones. (Aug. 9, 2005)</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040803_solarsyst.htm"><font size="2" face="Arial"><img border="0" src="http://members.aol.com/scipage/images/earthlike" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="100"></font></a></span></b><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040803_solarsystfrm.htm" target="_top"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">New theories on solar systems may have little room for other "Earths"</span></a></b></font><b><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">New theories may be needed to explain how the known solar systems beyond our own formed, and the theories may dampen hopes for </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> “</b></font><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Earth-like</font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b>”</b></font><b><font face="Arial" size="2"> planets there, researchers say. (Aug. 3, 2005)</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040731_chorusfrm.htm" target="_top"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial">Songbirds may use 'dawn chorus' to gather intelligence</font></span></a><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span>Songbirds whose sweet tittering awakes us in the morning may make an unexpected use for the ritual: spying on rivals. (July 31, 2004) </font></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040731_autismfrm.htm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Researchers pinpointing causes of autism</span></font></a></font></b> <b><font face="Arial" size="2">Biologists are investigating the brains of victims of the disorder, which disrupts communication and social functioning. (July 31, 2004) </font></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040721_wavefrm.htm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">"Monster waves" are common, researchers say</span></font> </a></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> Researchers say satellites have shown that ten-story high ship-sinkers, once dismissed as fantasy, are not only real but widespread. (July 27, 2004) </b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://members.aol.com/newssciencepage/040721_wasps.htm"><font size="2" face="Arial"><img border="0" src="http://members.aol.com/scipage/images/paperwasp" style="position: relative; float: left; left: -2; top: 0; border: 2 ridge #FFFFFF" align="left" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="100" height="96"></font></a></span><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040721_waspsfrm.htm" target="_top"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial">In insect societies, order through discipline</font></span></a><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">Wasps seem to “discipline” each other for not working hard enough. (July 21, 2005)</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040721_marathonfrm.htm"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Astro-sleuths unravel marathon mystery </font></b></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> <b> Using moon records, astronomers show commonly accepted date of first marathon may be off. (July 21, 2004) </b> </font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040721_chimpfrm.htm"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Apes threatened again – by anthrax</span></font> </a></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> Anthrax has killed six apes in the African rainforest, an area not previously associated with the disease, researchers say. (July 21, 2004)</b></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040714_agingfrm.htm"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Scientists close in on aging secrets</font> </b></a><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> It's long been known that a near-starvation diet, oddly, makes you live a lot longer. Scientists are finding out why that works – and how we might be able to get the gain without the pain. (July 14, 2004) </b></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040714_snapperfrm.htm"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Our environmental destruction affects dinner</font> </b></a><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> Thanks to overfishing, the red snapper on your menu might well not be a red snapper. (July 14, 2004)</b></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040712_holefrm.htm" target="_top"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Black holes looking less and less 'black'</span></a></font><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">Black holes, traditionally assumed to be sullen, dark objects, may actually give off signals that betray what fell inside them. (July 12, 2004)</font></b> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040709_breweryfrm.htm" target="_top"><font size="2" face="Arial">Ancient brewery found</font></a></span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">Archaeologists have found remains of a large-scale brewery from a pre-Incan culture of the first millennium AD in Peru. (July 9, 2004)</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040702_birdfrm.htm">Birds show superior listening skills</a> Being called a bird-brain might not be so bad, after all. (July 2, 2004) </b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040628_neardeathfrm.htm" target="_top"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font size="2" face="Arial">How 'near-death experiences' change the brain</font></span></a><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2">After brushes with death, some people report newfound peace and spiritual awakenings. Researchers are learning what brain changes accompany these experiences. (June 28, 2004)</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040623_phoebecometfrm.htm"><font size="2">Saturn moon may be a captured comet</font></a></font></span></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> New images suggest it’s a dark, icy object that may have come from distant reaches of the solar system. (June 23, 2004) </b></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040617_brainfrm.htm">Less may be more when it comes to brain use</a> (June 17, 2004) </b></font> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p style="margin-top: 8"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/040607_beautyfrm.htm"><b>Beauty and ugliness stimulate the same brain region</b></a> <b> Humans use the same brain area, and very possibly the same cells, to perceive both beauty and beastliness, scientists report. (June 7, 2004)</b> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </center> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b> <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040607_ratdnafrm.htm">Rat DNA traces human migration</a> Rat DNA may help researchers figure out the origins of the Polynesian people and their ancestors in the Western Pacific. (June 7, 2004) </b></font> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040530_leukemiafrm.htm">Why Cancer Recurs</a> Leukemia “stem cells” may keep producing new tumors. 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