Seal Tries Sex with Penguin (LiveScience.com) Posted on May 12th
The Antarctic fur seals of Marion Island are the only ones known that eat king penguins. The thrill of the hunt felt by the seal the researchers saw may have channeled into its sex drive, as the mating season had just come to an end. Read more Tagged as Science News Review | No Comments » | Continue
Doorstep Astronomy: See the Big Dipper
But for those who live in the Southern Hemisphere, it's not the Big Dipper that people choose as their guide to ... Continue
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Gene trawl shows Druze are living “gene sanctuary”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Druze people of Israel are a genetic sanctuary of ancient lineages of DNA, researchers reported on ... Continue
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Australian pokes shark in eye during attack
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian swimmer survived a great white shark attack by poking the creature in the eyes as ... Continue
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Microwaves ‘cook ballast aliens’
The UN lists "invasive species" dispersed by ballast water discharges as one of the four main threats to the world's ... Continue
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Developing countries eye nuclear power: report (Reuters)
The interest among developing countries ranging from the Gulf to Latin America is a concern to proliferation experts, who say it could ... Continue
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Aid rushed in after tornadoes kill 23 across US (AFP)
The storms barreled eastward, killing two people and damaging hundreds of homes in the southeastern state of Georgia in the ... Continue
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Body-conscious fish go on diets
SOME fish go on diets to avoid being attacked and shunned by their own species.Read more Continue
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Space Shuttle Discovery in Good Shape for May Launch
NASA's shuttle Discovery is on track to ferry seven astronauts and a large Japanese laboratory to the International Space Station ... Continue
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Neil Young gets new honor — his own spider
LOS ANGELES (May 11) - Iconic singer and songwriter Neil Young has had an honor bestowed upon him that is ... Continue
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Genetic sleuths unmask secrets of big tomatoes
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The secret behind growing large tomatoes lies not in the fertilizer or the perfect soil conditions, but ... Continue
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Food waste on ’staggering’ scale
People are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales, research suggests. Read more Continue
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EU official says car pollution targets unworkable: report (AFP)
AFP/File Photo: Vehicular traffic comes to a standstill. A senior EU official said Sunday ... Continue
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Frogs Go Ultrasonic for Sex (LiveScience.com)
Animals compare the intensity of the sound signals received by their two ears to localize where a sound is coming from. ... Continue
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Private Space Station Prototype Hits Orbital Milestone
A prototype module for a private space station has passed an orbital milestone after completing its 10,000th trip around the Earth. Genesis 1, an ... Continue
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Seen from above, volcanic ash paints Chile white
ABOVE CHAITEN VOLCANO, Chile (Reuters) - Looking down over the ash cloud soaring from Chaiten volcano in southern Chile, the ... Continue
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China hails doctor for raising child virus alarm
BEIJING (Reuters) - A deadly strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed two more children in China, bringing ... Continue
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Nasa set to join petaflop elite
The supercomputer will be installed at Nasa's Ames Research Center at Moffet Field, California, the site of its existing supercomputer ... Continue
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Japan aims to cut emissions by 60-80 pct by 2050: reports (AFP)
For the year to March 2007, Japan's total volume of greenhouse gas emissions was estimated at 1,341 million tons, up ... Continue
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