Med school students prepping for their boards and rodents digging for food have a bit…
Month: January 2009
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Gene-engineered Flies Are Pest Solution
For the first time, male flies of a serious agricultural pest, the medfly, have been…
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Is Rapid Transition Through Menopause Linked To Earlier Onset Of Heart Disease?
An evaluation of 203 women found that those who transitioned more quickly through menopause were…
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Chemical Come-on Successfully Lures Lovesick Lampreys To Traps
A synthetic chemical version of what male sea lampreys use to attract spawning females can…
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Major Immune System Branch Has Hidden Ability To Learn
Half of the immune system has a hidden talent, researchers have discovered. They found the…
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Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains
The Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction 65 million years ago may have wiped out the dinosaurs, but…
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Microsoft founder’s cable company in a debt bind (AP)
AP – How do you lose $7 billion?
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Jetty Web server flies to Eclipse (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld – The wheels are in motion to make Jetty, an open source Java Web…
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Government wins third runway vote
MPs vote to support plans for a new runway at Heathrow, as a second MP…
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Review: Gloves with fancy fingers for iPhone use (AP)
AP – Winter tests the patience of many iPhone users.