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Super Spiders Make Bolder Birds
Recent research has revealed that by feeding spiders to their chicks, birds can manipulate the personality and learning ability of their young. Researchers reveal that birds preferentially feed their young spiders containing taurine. Chicks fed taurine were on average much bolder and better at learning in adulthood, according to the researchers. Taurine is an amino acid which is also found in breast milk and energy drinks. The beneficial qualities of taurine include aiding the development of premature babies and reducing blood pressure in human adults, but it has not previously been known how taurine influences the development of birds. Rising Surface Ozone Reduces Plant Growth And Adds To Global Warming
Scientists have just released new findings that could have major implications for food production and global warming in the 21st century. Researchers have found that projections of increasing ozone near the Earth's surface could lead to significant reductions in regional plant production and crop yields. Surface ozone also damages plants, affecting their ability to soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby accelerating global warming. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Los Pobladores 200: Descendents of the Founders El Pueblo de Los Angel
Website of this group "the primary goal [of which] was to locate and organize present day descendants of the original founding families of Los Angeles."Features details about group activities (such as the annual history walk on September 4, the date of the founding of Los Angeles), and an archive with names and brief histories of founding families and the soldiers who escorted them to El Pueblo de La Reina de Los Angeles. Scientists Identify Molecular Signals Affecting Myelin Repair In Multi
A collaboration of five of the world's leading neuroscientists has identified three new "switches,"or signals, operating in the brain and spinal column that appear to turn on and off the nerve cell's ability to repair myelin. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Possible Exposure To Nerve Agents And Brain Cancer Deaths In Gulf War
A new research paper to be published in the August 2005 issue of the American Journal of Public Health finds that Gulf War veterans who may have been exposed to nerve agents during the March 1991 weapons demolitions in Khamisiyah, Iraq, appear to have a higher risk for brain cancer death than veterans who were not exposed. Economic Research Service Briefing Room: Food Security in the United S
Food security is defined on this site as "access at all times to enough food for active, healthy living."Includes statistics, information about conditions and trends, and the prevalence and measurement of food insecurity. Features reports back to 1995 on topics such as the elderly, children, and rural households. From the Economic Research Service (ERS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). MacHeist Is a Bundle of Joy
An innovative plan to sell a package of apps at a deep discount -- and give a load of cash to charity -- is probably the most successful shareware sale ever. But the Mac blogosphere says it was just a heist. By Scott Gilbertson. Teacher's Little Helpers: Robots Attend UCSD Nursery School In Researc
Humanoid robots RUBI and QRIO, both of whom are research platforms for advanced robotic technologies, are attending the Early Childhood Education Center at the University of California, San Diego as part of a long-term research study to investigate the uses of interactive computers in educational environments and to advance the field of real-time, social robotics.
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