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Astronomers coordinating international observatories in white-dwarf watch
Science – Starting Wednesday astronomers will be coordinating some of the world's largest telescopes in a three-week-long "international observing run," focusing on a white dwarf known as IU Vir in the constellation Virgo.
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Voted for on March 28, 2008 05:26pm
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New organic molecule in space
Science – The "Large Molecule Heimat" is a very dense, hot gas clump within the star forming region Sagittarius B2.
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Fossil find is oldest European yet
Science – Spanish palaeontologists have dug up the remains of a 1.2-million-year-old humanlike inhabitant of Western Europe.
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(nature.com)
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Brain's 'sixth sense' for calories discovered
Science – The brain can sense the calories in food, independent of the taste mechanism, researchers have found in studies with mice.
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A Planet in Progress?
Science – Astrophysicists observe a circumstellar disk with telltale signs of planet formation
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Saturn's moon Enceladus surprisingly comet-like
Science – Saturn's curious moon Enceladus appears to have the same chemical makeup as a comet, according to the latest results from the Cassini probe.
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String theorists hope to classify the cosmos
Science – Dimensions of space-time used to order potential universes.
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(nature.com)
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Our brains are wired for language
Science – A critical connection between two brain areas got us talking
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Rats can learn to use tools
Science – Traditionally, the use of tools was believed to be restricted to humans and several other primate species, and, like language, was argued to be a major driving force behind the evolution of the human brain. Now, researchers have demonstrated for the first time that rats can be trained to use simple tools.
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(scienceblogs.com)
Voted for on March 28, 2008 05:26pm
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Warming felt more in Western U.S.
Science – An analysis of 50 studies finds that the region's temperatures are increasing faster than in the rest of the country and the planet as a whole.
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Dramatic Developments at Kilauea Volcano
Science – Explosive eruptions and noxious gas emissions at Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii this week have prompted scientists to work around the clock to understand what will happen next and how to keep the public out of harm's way.
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Why matter matters in the universe
Science – A new physics discovery explores why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe.
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Probing Question: How were the Egyptian pyramids built?
Science – The Aztecs, Mayans and ancient Egyptians were three very different civilizations with one very large similarity: pyramids.
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World's fastest swimsuit causes serious waves
Sports – After eight more world records fell in the past month, Speedo's latest swimsuit is causing some serious waves.
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LHC set for July start up
Science – Engineers at CERN are making the final touches to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - the biggest experiment in particle physics - and expect to have it running in the first half of July.
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(physicsworld.com)
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