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Singing in the Rain (Forest) by Scientific American on 06:10 PM

In May 2009 the Rainforest Foundation will celebrate 20 years of protecting the Tropics.

FOR KIDS: Body clocks by Science News Online on 05:41 PM

Scientists are finding that when you sleep is just as important as how much you sleep

FOR KIDS: Mood-boosting drugs make unhappy fish by Science News Online on 05:41 PM

Drugs called antidepressants find their way into lakes and streams, affecting the behavior of fish living there in unexpected ways

Brazil Sending 30,000 Troops to Protect Rainforest by Digg Science on 05:40 PM

Brazil’s government has announced plans to increase their soldiers in the Amazon Rainforest from 17,000 to 30,000 over the next 9 years, as well as build new forts and improve others. Why have (...)

Comet smashes triggered ancient famine by New Scientist on 05:10 PM

Multiple comets struck the oceans in 536 AD, throwing up a 'dry fog' that caused crops to fail over half the globe(...)

Genetic manpulation becomes a hobby by New Scientist on 05:10 PM

A do-it-yourself movement is hoping to open up synthetic biology to anyone with a passion for tweaking DNA(...)

'Spookfish' has mirrors for eyes by BBC on 05:10 PM

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has eyes which use mirrors instead of lenses, scientists discover.

Low Level Herbicide Use Can Damage Potato Reproduction by ScienceDaily on 05:10 PM

A recent study examining the development and reproduction of plants and the effects that herbicides can have upon those processes has shown that treating potato plants with low levels of herbicid(...)

P2P Traffic Control: Wireless Technology Could Reduce Congestion, Accidents by ScienceDaily on 05:10 PM

Could a concept from information technology familiar to online file sharers be exploited to reduce road congestion and even traffic accidents? That is the question answered in the affirmative by (...)

Dino 'graveyard' reveals first Asian triceratops by Digg Science on 04:40 PM

The first big discovery has already emerged from China's huge new fossil site. In China's Shandong province, the 2-metre-long skull of a close relative of the famed horned dinosaur triceratops ha(...)

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