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Facial attraction -- choice of sexual partner shaped the human face

Men with large jaws, flaring cheeks and large eyebrows are sexy, at least in the eyes of our ancestors, researchers at the Natural History Museum have discovered. Facial attractiveness played a major role in shaping human ...

Biology /

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Israeli Researcher Develops New Theoretical Model of Time Machine

Technion Israel Institute of Technology researchers have developed a theoretical model of a time machine that, in the distant future, could possibly enable future generations to travel into the past. An article on this research ...

Physics / General Physics

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Survival differences by race most apparent in advanced stages of breast cancer

Racial differences in breast cancer survival increase according to stage of disease, a new study finds. Published in the September 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, a retrospective ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 13, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Keeping the Earth's plates oiled

Earth’s surface is a very active place; its plates are forever jiggling around, rearranging themselves into new configurations. Continents collide and mountains arise, oceans slide beneath continents and volcanoes spew. As ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 13, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 0

FDA warns about some Hood Canal oysters

U.S. health officials say consumers should not eat raw oysters from an area at the southern tip of Hood Canal in Washington state.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 13, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Global bird conservation effort lifts off

A massive international campaign is set to launch, intended to save the 189 bird species that face extinction.

Biology /

created Aug 13, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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