Study: Cats don't always land on four feet
Turkish scientists have destroyed another cherished theory by discovering cats don't always land on all four legs.
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Nov 22, 2006
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Researchers gaze at cloud formations
Finnish researchers analyzing cloud formations say ozone destruction in the Earth's stratosphere might be occurring at a faster pace than thought.
Nov 22, 2006
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Lasers Shine Light on Chemical Reactions
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have been using a high-resolution laser technique to learn how molecules absorb light and fall apart during photodissociation reactions — chemical ...
General Physics
Nov 22, 2006
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Daily grind: Fossil molars add to Neanderthal debate
Palaeontologists have fired a new round in a verbal battle over the Neanderthals, the hominids who were our closest evolutionary cousins before they met a strange and possibly tragic end.
Nov 22, 2006
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Coral reefs are increasingly vulnerable to angry oceans
Size and shape may predict the survival of corals around the world when the weather churns the oceans in the years to come, according to a new model that relies on engineering principles.
Environment
Nov 22, 2006
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21st century technology cracks alchemists' secret recipe
A 500-year old mystery surrounding the centerpiece of the alchemists' lab kit has been solved by UCL (University College London) and Cardiff University archaeologists.
Archaeology
Nov 22, 2006
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Social relationships affect personality of fish, say experts
Fish who display bold or shy personality traits are influenced by watching the behaviour of others, University of Liverpool researchers have found.
Nov 22, 2006
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Vesper Could Explore Earth's Fiery Twin
Earth has a twin sister, and she's gone bad. The planet Venus is almost the same size as Earth, so it has been called Earth's twin. It's only about 30 percent closer to the sun than Earth, and at the dawn of the space age, ...
Astronomy
Nov 22, 2006
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ESA to produce first space Web video chat
The European Space Agency and T-Online, a German Internet service provider, are going to produce the world's first space Web video chat.
Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2006
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We're more different than we thought, says gene study
New research shows that at least 10 percent of genes in the human population can vary in the number of copies of DNA sequences they contain--a finding that alters current thinking that the DNA of any two humans is 99.9 percent ...
Nov 22, 2006
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