items tagged with Biology
Lucy in United States for six-year tour
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-08-29 08:39:58
Lucy, or more formally AL 288-1 (a nearly half complete skeleton of "Australopithecus afarensis"), is on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the first stop on a eleven city U.S. tour. The visit to the United States is not without controversy.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-08-29 08:39:58
Lucy, or more formally AL 288-1 (a nearly half complete skeleton of "Australopithecus afarensis"), is on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the first stop on a eleven city U.S. tour. The visit to the United States is not without controversy.
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Exercise-Rest-Exercise: Possible formula for extra weight loss
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-08-06 09:47:58
Japanese researchers found that if you exercise, rest, and then exercise some more, you actually burn more stored fat in your body than if you just exercise without any rest in between.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-08-06 09:47:58
Japanese researchers found that if you exercise, rest, and then exercise some more, you actually burn more stored fat in your body than if you just exercise without any rest in between.
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Texas study reports the reasons “Why humans have sex”
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-08-06 07:51:05
According to U.S. psychology researchers David Buss and Cindy Meston, 237 reasons were discovered as to why people are motivated to have sex.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-08-06 07:51:05
According to U.S. psychology researchers David Buss and Cindy Meston, 237 reasons were discovered as to why people are motivated to have sex.
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Two legs good, four legs bad?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-07-17 02:15:18
A new report claims walking on two legs uses 75% less energy than chimpanzee-like “quadrupdeal knucklewalking”, with the author saying walking upright makes us human.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-07-17 02:15:18
A new report claims walking on two legs uses 75% less energy than chimpanzee-like “quadrupdeal knucklewalking”, with the author saying walking upright makes us human.
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We’re a step closer to creating a synthetic form of life
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-29 15:41:32
J. Craig Venter and fellow researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) have successfully transplanted the genome of a species of bacteria into another one.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-29 15:41:32
J. Craig Venter and fellow researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) have successfully transplanted the genome of a species of bacteria into another one.
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Store immune systems in case disease attacks
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-06-27 13:45:59
A British company now provides the ability to store samples of blood taken from healthy persons in case they should need it in the future to combat diseases such as AIDS and cancer and to rejuvenate aging immune systems.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-06-27 13:45:59
A British company now provides the ability to store samples of blood taken from healthy persons in case they should need it in the future to combat diseases such as AIDS and cancer and to rejuvenate aging immune systems.
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University of Arizona leases Biosphere 2 for climate research
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-27 09:25:24
The University of Arizona has agreed to lease the artificially closed ecological system called Biosphere 2 for research on earth science and global environmental change. Concern was mounting that the famous glass-and-steel terrarium would be destroyed to make way for a housing development.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-06-27 09:25:24
The University of Arizona has agreed to lease the artificially closed ecological system called Biosphere 2 for research on earth science and global environmental change. Concern was mounting that the famous glass-and-steel terrarium would be destroyed to make way for a housing development.
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Unselfish behavior found in chimps, just like in humans
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-26 16:59:45
In a German experimental study performed with chimpanzees and humans, researchers found that altruism (or, unselfish behavior) is found in young chimps that helped human infants they thought needed help.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-26 16:59:45
In a German experimental study performed with chimpanzees and humans, researchers found that altruism (or, unselfish behavior) is found in young chimps that helped human infants they thought needed help.
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Dinosaurs died out before placental mammals lived
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-21 11:58:03
Even though a Creation Museum, recently in the news, claims that humankind and dinosaurs lived at the same time, a new scientific study shows that the origin of almost all living mammals occurred after dinosaurs became extinct.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-06-21 11:58:03
Even though a Creation Museum, recently in the news, claims that humankind and dinosaurs lived at the same time, a new scientific study shows that the origin of almost all living mammals occurred after dinosaurs became extinct.
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Nvidia turns GPU chips into hi-perf number crunchers
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-21 02:12:37
Nvidia has leveraged its expertise in graphics processing units (GPUs) to produce a new range of 'personal supercomputers'.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-21 02:12:37
Nvidia has leveraged its expertise in graphics processing units (GPUs) to produce a new range of 'personal supercomputers'.
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She’s no Bruce Springsteen, just a new low-fat milk producing Bossey called Marge
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-05-30 15:33:54
New Zealand scientists have found a milk cow with a genetic mutation (a special type of gene) that provides low-fat milk naturally. They are breeding her in order to produce offspring that also make low-fat milk.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-05-30 15:33:54
New Zealand scientists have found a milk cow with a genetic mutation (a special type of gene) that provides low-fat milk naturally. They are breeding her in order to produce offspring that also make low-fat milk.
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Origins-of-life pioneer Stanley Miller, creator of ‘primodial soup’, dead at 77
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-24 12:55:13
University of California-San Diego chemist and biologist Stanley Lloyd Miller died May 20, 2007 of heart failure in a hospital in National City, California. Miller is famous for his pioneering experiment that first demonstrated organic molecules could be artificially generated in a laboratory.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-24 12:55:13
University of California-San Diego chemist and biologist Stanley Lloyd Miller died May 20, 2007 of heart failure in a hospital in National City, California. Miller is famous for his pioneering experiment that first demonstrated organic molecules could be artificially generated in a laboratory.
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First large survey of southern polar ocean finds new species
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-23 11:00:36
An international team of scientists made the first systematic and comprehensive exploration of the deep-sea life of the Southern Ocean and found hundreds of new and varied types of species.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-23 11:00:36
An international team of scientists made the first systematic and comprehensive exploration of the deep-sea life of the Southern Ocean and found hundreds of new and varied types of species.
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Melanized fungi eat gamma radiation to grow big and strong
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-05-23 10:23:10
Researchers at Yeshiva University in New York City found that fungi with pigment melanin use gamma radiation as food.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-05-23 10:23:10
Researchers at Yeshiva University in New York City found that fungi with pigment melanin use gamma radiation as food.
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Watch out Midwest U.S.: Brood XIII, aka, the Coming of the Cicadas
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-05-21 16:09:24
Late May to June 2007 is the expected time for periodical ciradas to emerge in the Midwestern part of the United States after seventeen years of living underground.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-05-21 16:09:24
Late May to June 2007 is the expected time for periodical ciradas to emerge in the Midwestern part of the United States after seventeen years of living underground.
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Scientists directly target cancer cells
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-11 04:34:00
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-05-11 04:34:00
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian biotechnology firm said on Thursday it had developed a means of delivering anti-cancer drugs directly to cancer cells, which aims to avoid the debilitating toxicity associated with chemotherapy.
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Massive project launched to put life on Earth online
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-08 23:42:16
Some schools may have banned the use of Wikipedia as a research aid for projects, but educators are sure to give their blessing to a new online information source. Biological scientific communities from around the world have joined in an international effort to create an online encyclopedia of the 1.8 million known species of life on Earth.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-05-08 23:42:16
Some schools may have banned the use of Wikipedia as a research aid for projects, but educators are sure to give their blessing to a new online information source. Biological scientific communities from around the world have joined in an international effort to create an online encyclopedia of the 1.8 million known species of life on Earth.
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HK "handover" pandas arrive to high breeding hopes
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-26 06:37:34
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-04-26 06:37:34
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong welcomed the city's second pair of pandas on Thursday, flown in from China to mark the 10th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule with high hopes that they would soon breed.
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Why do geese and other birds fly in V-formation?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-24 11:27:00
Brazilian researchers used computer simulation to find the answer from two previous theories. What they found might surprise you!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-24 11:27:00
Brazilian researchers used computer simulation to find the answer from two previous theories. What they found might surprise you!
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T-rex may have tasted like chicken
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-15 18:25:00
The most feared predator in history is actually related to a Sunday roast, according to a new US academic study. The study conducted by Dr Mary Schweitzer assistant professor of paleontology at North Carolina State University and researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center analyzed protein from a 68 million year old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-15 18:25:00
The most feared predator in history is actually related to a Sunday roast, according to a new US academic study. The study conducted by Dr Mary Schweitzer assistant professor of paleontology at North Carolina State University and researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center analyzed protein from a 68 million year old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil.
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