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Rational or Random? Model Shows How People Send E-Mail
northwestern.edu — Do people act rationally, responding to the most important emails first? Or do they send emails randomly, without any regard to efficiency? After studying emails sent and received from more than 3000 accounts during a 3 month period, a mathematical model was created that shows people send email randomly, but in cycles. How do you respond to emails?More… (General Sciences)
FirstDiggPenguin Species Discovered Too Late
livescience.com — Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. The research suggests that the first humans in New Zealand hunted the newly found Waitaha penguin to extinction by 1500, about 250 years after their arrival on the islands. More… (General Sciences)
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£350,000 Iron Age neckband discovered by metal detector
dailymail.co.uk — For 40 years, Maurice Richardson has been braving all weathers to scour the countryside with his trusty metal detector, dreaming of buried treasure. But he almost ignored an unpromising-sounding beep as he searched for debris from a wartime air crash while being pelted with rain. However the 59-year-old is glad his curiosity got the better of him.More… (General Sciences)
ScottMcIntyre
Grave Of World's First Known Human Family Found
blogs.discovery.com — Analysis of a remarkable cluster of graves at a Stone Age burial site near Eulau, Germany, provides the oldest molecular genetic evidence for a nuclear family. The 13 graves, dating to 4,600 years ago, contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other – hands interlinked in many cases. More… (General Sciences)
techguru2006
Why stop here on our evolution from the ape?
timesonline.co.uk — Suppose that scientists discovered an animal species with a genetic resistance to a killer virus. It might be possible to transfer these sequences into the human genome to confer resistance. If this sounds like science fiction, consider that many gene-transfer therapies have completed clinical trialsMore… (General Sciences)
redwolfwalker
Honda's New Fuel Cell Sports Car
jalopnik.com — Honda surprised the motoring world today with the release of the radical and futuristic Honda FC Sport, a three-seat Hydrogen-powered design study that hints at the future of Honda sports cars to come. Using the Honda V Flow fuel cell setup already found in the Honda FCX Clarity, the FC Sport is the supercar to the FCX's stately sedan. More… (General Sciences)
DisEm
Big cat fossil found in North Sea
news.bbc.co.uk — The partial leg bone of a sabre-toothed cat has been dredged from the seabed by a trawler in the North Sea. The fossil, which is between one and two million years old and found near the UK coast, is from a type of sabre-tooth called a scimitar cat. According to palaeontologist Dick Mol, it belonged to a cat that was as heavy as a small horse. More… (General Sciences)
albyliontkFrozen hair gives up first mammoth genome
newscientist.com — Tufts of frozen woolly mammoth hair have yielded a rough draft of its genome. It's the most successful attempt to sequence the DNA of an extinct ancient animal to date, and although we won't see resurrected mammoths grazing the tundra anytime soon, it could give us a peek into the reasons for their extinction.More… (General Sciences)
KaiserArny
Further Evidence of King Herod's Grave Site Revealed
hunews.huji.ac.il — Analysis of newly revealed items found at the site of the mausoleum of King Herod at Herodium (Herodion in Greek) have provided Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeological researchers with further assurances that this was indeed the site of the famed ruler’s 1st century B.C.E. grave.More… (General Sciences)
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Local Church Starts “Embryo Adoption” Service
seattleweekly.com — On Nov. 9, Lancaster launched a partnership with Cedar Park Church in Bothell to start an embryo adoption service, one of only a handful in the country. "Embryos are not simply human material to be used for medical experimentation, vaccine cultivation, or trash to be discarded," says Pastor Joe Fuiten, a prominent evangelical conservative.More… (General Sciences)
IvanB
Beat the Itch
nature.com — Scientists know that there are at least two types of itch... New research suggests that the body, and possibly the brain, react differently to these two itches.More… (General Sciences)
defaultfilterGod and Evolution Can Co-exist, Scientist Says
livescience.com — A scientist is going public with his Christian belief in God and acceptance of evolution, in the wake of the Dover trial and recent, high-profile scholarly writings that have highlighted the contradictions between religiosity and science.More… (General Sciences)
nichesiteexpert
12 Examples of Kinetic Illusions in Optical Art [pics]
sciam.com — Art and neuroscience combine in creating fascinating examples of illusory motionMore… (General Sciences)
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‘Missing link’ turtle was swimming with dinosaurs
timesonline.co.uk — A previously unknown species of primitive turtle made the move from land to water 164 million years ago, fossils found on the Isle of Skye indicate. More… (General Sciences)
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Doctors unveil first ever whole stem cell organ transplant
dailymail.co.uk — A mother of two has become the first person in the world to undergo a whole organ transplant grown from her own stem cells. The British scientists are hailing a new dawn in transplant surgery.More… (General Sciences)
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