Toxin found in sardines that clogged US marina
(AP) -- The millions of sardines that were found floating dead in a Southern California marina this week tested positive for a powerful neurotoxin, researchers said Friday.
Ecology
Mar 12, 2011
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News tagged with deprivation
Migrating birds can't control themselves
During the Spring and Fall migratory seasons, sparrows become significantly less capable of resisting temptation. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience investigated impulse control and sleep in White-crowned ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 28, 2010
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Suspended animation protects against lethal hypothermia, study shows (w/ Video)
How is it that some people who apparently freeze to death, with no heart rate or respiration for extended periods, can be brought back to life with no long-term negative health consequences? New findings from the laboratory ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 10, 2010
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Biologists identify genes regulating sleeping and feeding
In the quest to better understand how the brain chooses between competing behaviors necessary for survival, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and New York University have isolated two genes in the ...
Biotechnology
Jun 10, 2010
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Poverty measurement in the US: Income transfers alone won't eradicate poverty
Barack Obama promised to halve poverty within ten years. His Republican opponent, John McCain, vowed to "make the eradication of poverty a top priority of the McCain Administration." Even in the current economic situation, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 19, 2009
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Dolphins maintain round-the-clock visual vigilance
Dolphins have a clever trick for overcoming sleep deprivation. Sam Ridgway from the US Navy Marine Mammal Program explains that they are able to send half of their brains to sleep while the other half remains conscious. What ...
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2009
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