DNA reveals sister power in Ancient Greece
University of Manchester researchers have revealed how women, as well as men, held positions of power in ancient Greece by right of birth.
Archaeology
Jun 2, 2008
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More Than Issues, Candidates Hurt Democratic Presidential Ambitions In 2000, 2004
It’s the candidate, stupid. A new book analyzing the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections in the United States provides some of the clearest evidence to date about why George W. Bush captured the White House and the Democratic ...
Other
Jun 2, 2008
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Discovery to Dock with Station Today
Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station at 1:54 p.m. EDT.
Space Exploration
Jun 2, 2008
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Microrobots dance on something smaller than a pin's head
Microscopic robots crafted to maneuver separately without any obvious guidance are now assembling into self-organized structures after years of continuing research led by a Duke University computer scientist.
Engineering
Jun 2, 2008
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Globalization exposes food supply to unsanitary practices
As the United States continues to import increasingly more of its food from developing nations, we are putting ourselves at greater risk of foodborne disease because many of these countries do not have the same sanitary standards ...
Jun 2, 2008
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Newly discovered extrasolar planet is the smallest known and has smallest host star
Astronomers have discovered an extrasolar planet only three times more massive than our own, the smallest yet observed orbiting a normal star. The star itself is not large, perhaps as little as one twentieth the mass of our ...
Astronomy
Jun 2, 2008
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Scientists find new 'quasiparticles'
Weizmann Institute physicists have demonstrated, for the first time, the existence of 'quasiparticles' with one quarter the charge of an electron. This finding could be a first step toward creating exotic types of quantum ...
General Physics
Jun 2, 2008
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Large-Scale Experiments Needed to Predict Global Change
Ecosystems are constantly exchanging materials through the movement of air in the atmosphere and water in lakes and rivers. The effects of humans, however, are another major source of connections among ecosystems.
Environment
Jun 2, 2008
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How to construct a 'firefly' worm
Research describing a new modified luminescent worm that allows, for the first time, to measure, in real time, the metabolism of an entire living organism has just been published in the journal BMC Physiology.
Jun 2, 2008
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Physicists determine density limit for randomly packed spherical materials
The problem of how many identical-sized spheres can be randomly packed into a container has challenged mathematicians for centuries. A team of physicists at The City College of New York (CCNY) has come up with a solution ...
General Physics
Jun 2, 2008
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