Archive: 11/20/2006
Spinning a new yarn: silicone fibers with living organisms
In a feat once as unlikely as the miller's daughter of fairytale fame spinning straw into gold, scientists in the United Kingdom have spun fine threads of biocompatible silicone that contain living human brain cells. The ...
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Humans and chimpanzees, how similar are we?
The DNA sequences of humans and chimpanzees are 98.5 percent identical, but now Uppsala University researchers can show that parts of the genetic material are missing in one species or the other.
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Chemical exchanges show wasps are bad losers
Wasps have more than just a sting in their tail according to new research published this week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, they also carry the insect version of pepper spray in their heads, which ...
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Tasmania plans to eradicate red foxes
Tasmania plans to spend millions of dollars destroying red foxes, an animal that until recently was thought not to have spread there.
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South China tigers may be extinct
Scientists fear the South China Tiger, one of the world's most endangered species, may be extinct in the wild.
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