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The Secrets Inside Your Dog's Mind - TIMEOther animals are smarter than dogs, but none (except us) are more sociable. Evolution started the job--and we helped finish it.
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Newly evolved fur coat a quick hit in Nebraska - life - 27 August 2009 - New ScientistDeer mice have pulled off the opposite trick to the famous peppered moth, evolving a light coat to disguise themselves from predators. What's more, they did it even though their ancestors had no genes for light coats. Most deer mice have dark fur, which would stand out vividly against the ...
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Central Europeans were first adults to drink milk - life - 28 August 2009 - New ScientistThe earliest adult milk drinkers came from central Europe – a finding which overturns the notion than sun-starved Scandinavians got there first. Unlike more than half of the world's people, most northern Europeans can digest milk, thanks to a gene that enables lactose digestion throughout ...
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A Potential But Controversial Fix For Genetic Disease : NPRScientists in Oregon have developed a technique that could be used to prevent certain genetic diseases. They've demonstrated it in monkeys and are anxious to try it in people. The technique raises ethical questions, however, because it makes a permanent genetic change not just in an individual, ...
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'Super Rice' Deploys 'Snorkel' To Survive Floods : NPRScientists are racing to develop strains of "super rice" that can prevent the return of deadly famines to Asia. Researchers say tough, highly productive rice plants offer the best hope for feeding a world population that will reach 9 billion by 2050. And their quest to create these plants is ...
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In pursuit of a happiness geneThe pursuit of happiness characterizes the human condition. But for those suffering from stress, money trouble or chronic illness, a positive outlook on life can be difficult to find. Now, a Tel Aviv University researcher says we should look to our genes.Initial research findings have made Prof. ...
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AgBioForum 12(1): The Santaniello Theorem of Irreversible BenefitsVittorio Santaniello pointed out early on that not only should irreversible costs of the GM crop technology be considered, but irreversible benefits as well. This argument is less trivial than it seems for two reasons. First, obvious to many economists, irreversible benefits favor an earlier ...
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Official Food, Inc. Movie Site - Hungry For Change?In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a ...
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Surprising Twist To Photosynthesis: Scientists Swap Key Metal Necessary For Turning Sunlight Into Chemical EnergyCaption: The reactions that convert light to chemical energy happen in a millionth of a millionth of a second, which makes experimental observation extremely challenging. A premier ultrafast laser spectroscopic detection system established at the Biodesign Institute, with the sponsorship of the ...
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New Species Of Cholesterol-busting Bug With A Taste For Waste DiscoveredMay 16, 2009 ( ScienceDaily) — — A novel species of bacteria with cholesterol-busting properties has been discovered by scientists at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Dr Oliver Drzyzga and colleagues isolated the new bug, called Gordonia cholesterolivorans, from sewage sludge. Their ...
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