Birds must choose between mating, migrating, study finds
Sex or nice weather. That's the agonizing choice some birds face, according to a new University of Guelph study.
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2011
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Toad task force
An army of volunteers will be wading into ponds across the UK this spring to map the spread of a killer amphibian fungus.
Plants & Animals
Apr 6, 2011
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Climate change threatens global security, warn medical and military leaders
Medical and military leaders have come together today to warn that climate change not only spells a global health catastrophe, but also threatens global stability and security.
Environment
Apr 6, 2011
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Study: Socioeconomics playing reduced role in autism diagnoses
While there is an increasing equality in terms of the likelihood that children from communities and families across the socioeconomic spectrum will be diagnosed with autism, a new study finds that such factors still influence ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2011
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Climate change is making our environment 'bluer'
The "colour" of our environment is becoming "bluer", a change that could have important implications for animals' risk of becoming extinct, ecologists have found. In a major study involving thousands of data points and published ...
Ecology
Apr 6, 2011
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Did dinosaurs have lice? Researchers say it's possible
A new study louses up a popular theory of animal evolution and opens up the possibility that dinosaurs were early – perhaps even the first – animal hosts of lice.
Archaeology
Apr 6, 2011
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San Francisco lawmakers approve Twitter tax break
City lawmakers approved a tax break Tuesday to keep Twitter Inc. from fleeing San Francisco.
Business
Apr 6, 2011
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Cisco's CEO vows 'bold changes' as investors worry
(AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. CEO John Chambers is calling his company's recent missteps "unacceptable" and is vowing to take "bold steps" to narrow Cisco's focus.
Business
Apr 6, 2011
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