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One stop research shopping :The Scientist [3rd November 2009]Central online repository for info and resources for biomedical research
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The New Science of Temptation: Scientific AmericanThe New Science of Temptation What happens when Harvard scientists use a brain scanner to look for the devil inside? The power to resist temptation has been extolled by philosophers, psychologists, teachers, coaches, and mothers. Anyone with advice on how you should live your life has ...
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Before Flowers, Odd Bugs Pollinated Plants - Yahoo! NewsThese results come from an examination of fossils from 11 extinct species of scorpionflies (from three different families) that lived during the Mesozoic, which lasted from 251 million to 65.5 million years ago. Such insects have elongated heads that resemble snouts and are tipped with ...
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Caught in the act: Scientists find butterflies splitting into two speciesPolymorphic mimicry in Heliconius cydno alithea in western Ecuador, where the white form mimics the white species Heliconius sapho and the yellow form mimics the yellow species Heliconius eleuchia. Credit: Marcus Kronforst and Krushnamegh Kunte Breaking up may actually not be hard to do, say ...
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Map of Human Bacterial Diversity Shows Wide Interpersonal DifferencesA University of Colorado at Boulder team has developed the first atlas of bacterial diversity across the human body, charting wide variations in microbe populations that live in different regions of the human body and which aid us in physiological functions that contribute to our health. The ...
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Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage across a cellular barrierScientists have shown in the laboratory that metal nanoparticles damaged the DNA in cells on the other side of a cellular barrier. The nanoparticles did not cause the damage by passing through the barrier, but generated signalling molecules within the barrier cells that were then transmitted to ...
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Lose hope and be happier, study finds | The Daily TelegraphResearchers find 'dark side of hope' From: GIVING up hope can actually make some people living with a serious illness happier, according to US researchers who have found a "dark side of hope". A study by the University of Michigan Health Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in ...
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BBC NEWS | Health | Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'In a bad mood? Don't worry - according to research, it's good for you. An Australian psychology expert who has been studying emotions has found being grumpy makes us think more clearly. In contrast to those annoying happy types, miserable people are better at decision-making and less ...
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Midwest quakes are aftershocks from 1800s - LiveScience- msnbc.comThe small earthquakes that sporadically rattle the central United States may actually be aftershocks from a few extremely large quakes that occurred in the region almost 200 years ago, according to a new study. The New Madrid Earthquakes, which struck between December 1811 and February 1812, ...
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Gallery - Ten inventions that changed the world - Image 1 - New ScientistTen inventions that changed the world To mark its centenary, in June the Science Museum in London had its curators ...
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