Is sexual orientation something people are born with - like the colour of their skin and eyes - or a matter of choice?

Medicine & Health - Genetics

Nov 07, 2007 3.7 / 5 (12) 2

The first phase of the new NEPTUNE Canada ocean observatory is being completed today off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Nov 07, 2007 4.2 / 5 (6) 0

Imagine paint that adheres to a surface but releases on command, or road signs that change their reflectivity with changing weather conditions. These are two potential uses of a novel, responsive material designed by researchers ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Nov 07, 2007 4.4 / 5 (18) 0

Forget the moo-moo here and quack-quack there. Farmers may find phytochemicals to be the barnyard bonanza.

Biology -

Nov 07, 2007 4.8 / 5 (6) 0

UC Davis physics professor J. Anthony Tyson will testify before Congress on Thursday, Nov. 8, on near-Earth asteroids. Tyson will talk about the potential role of the proposed Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in surveying ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Nov 07, 2007 3.6 / 5 (8) 0

A Purdue University expert says people who try to deprive themselves of their favorite foods during the holiday season to avoid weight gain are setting themselves up for failure.

Medicine & Health - Health

Nov 07, 2007 3.2 / 5 (5) 0

As winter weather approaches, there are a few simple and effective steps homeowners can take to keep the warmth in and the winter out, says a Purdue University energy expert.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 07, 2007 3.5 / 5 (21) 0

The tropical Pacific Ocean remains in the grips of a cool La Niña, as shown by new data of sea-level heights from mid-October of 2007, collected by the U.S-French Jason altimetric satellite.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Nov 07, 2007 4.8 / 5 (24) 0

Babies driving robots. It sounds like the theme of a cartoon series but it is actually the focus of important and innovative research being conducted at the University of Delaware that could have significant ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Nov 07, 2007 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

Sarph lives. He's nearly 15 years old, and he knows where the predators lurk, where to find food, and how to make a baby with his wild-born mate.

Biology -

Nov 07, 2007 4.8 / 5 (8) 0

Duke University Medical Center neuroscientists say the places a memory is processed in the brain may determine how someone can be absolutely certain of a past event that never occurred.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Nov 07, 2007 4.7 / 5 (23) 0

The public health costs of global climate change are likely to be the greatest in those parts of the world that have contributed least to the problem, posing a significant ethical dilemma for the developed ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Nov 07, 2007 5 / 5 (2) 0

All vision, including reading this sentence, depends on a constant series of infinitesimal jumps by the eyeball that centers the retina on target objects—words or phrases in the case of reading. Such jumps, or saccades, ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Nov 07, 2007 4.3 / 5 (8) 0

Researchers in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have discovered the first two genes involved in moisture sensing (hygrosensation). The discovery also reveals a "two-sensor" hygrosensing ...

Biology -

Nov 07, 2007 4 / 5 (1) 0

A cough suppressant and a drug tested as a schizophrenia therapy curb the involuntary movements that are disabling side effects of taking the Parkinson's disease medication levodopa, Portland scientists have found.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nov 07, 2007 4.5 / 5 (2) 0