Eavesdropping comes naturally to young song sparrows
Long before the National Security Agency began eavesdropping on the phone calls of Americans, young song sparrows were listening to and learning the tunes sung by their neighbors.
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Skip Buying Extra Stuff And Take A Vacation Instead
Shopping for that new high-definition television this summer? Skip it, and take a vacation instead, says a University of Colorado at Boulder psychologist who studies happiness.
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Astronomers Map Action in the Cosmic Suburbs
A group of Hawaii and California astronomers led by Lori Lubin of the University of California, Davis, and Roy Gal of the University of Hawaii at Manoa has mapped, for the first time, where the action is in a mega-structure ...
Astronomy
May 29, 2007
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Magnetic field uses sound waves to ignite sun's ring of fire
[B]Research explains century-old mystery about the interior of the sun[/B] Sound waves escaping the sun's interior create fountains of hot gas that shape and power a thin region of the sun's atmosphere which appears as a ...
Astronomy
May 29, 2007
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Ground breaking research to end in tears
University of Western Sydney researcher, Associate Professor Tom Millar has approached the problem of dry eyes from a new perspective. He re-examined the structure and function of natural tears to find new clues for creating ...
Other
May 29, 2007
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Fireworks cause environmental pollution
U.S. government scientists say Fourth of July fireworks displays often held over lakes and other bodies of water can pollute the water with perchlorate.
Environment
May 29, 2007
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New fluorescent sensing material created
U.S. and Chinese scientists have created a type of fluorescent sensing material that could lead to rapid detection of explosives in security screening.
Condensed Matter
May 29, 2007
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Data-driven computational method created
A U.S. statistician has created a data-driven computational approach that's revealing secrets about the inner Earth, as well as gene expression.
Mathematics
May 29, 2007
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Evidence from ancient European graves raises questions about ritual human sacrifice
A fascinating new paper from the June issue of Current Anthropology explores ancient multiple graves and raises the possibility that hunter gatherers in what is now Europe may have practiced ritual human sacrifice. This practice ...
Archaeology
May 29, 2007
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NASA researcher finds days of snow melting on the rise in Greenland
In 2006, Greenland experienced more days of melting snow and at higher altitudes than average over the past 18 years, according to a new NASA-funded project using satellite observations.
Environment
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