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Rare Dolphin Driven To Extinction By Human Activities, Scientists Fear
An international research team, including biologists from NOAA Fisheries Service has failed to find a single Yangtze River dolphin, or baiji, during a six-week survey in China. The scientists fear the marine mammal is now extinct due to fishing and commercial development, which would make it the first cetacean to vanish as result of human activity. FIDM Zine
This online magazine from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (California) features style reports, "Ask the Fashion Girl,"a calendar of fashion events, and book, magazine, and Web site reviews. Also includes links to news and fashion-related Web sites. Cholesterol Metabolism Links Early- And Late-onset Alzheimer's Disease
Although the causes of Alzheimer's disease are not completely understood, amyloid-beta (A-beta) is widely considered a likely culprit -- the "sticky"protein clumps into plaques thought to harm brain cells. Researchers have now identified another potential cause of Alzheimer's. The finding also represents the first time scientists have found a connection between early- and late-onset Alzheimer's. Growing Heart Muscle: Rapid 3-D Cell-growth Technique Produces Pulsing
It looks, contracts and responds almost like natural heart muscle -- even though it was grown in the lab. And it brings scientists another step closer to the goal of creating replacement parts for damaged human hearts. A new paper describes a new way to grow bioengineered heart muscle, or BEHM, that acts more like natural muscle than ever before achieved. Wine Labels Can Ruin A Restaurant Meal
Faux wine labels suggesting a wine was from either California or from North Dakota had a surprising impact far beyond the taste of the wine. A study showed that restaurant diners drinking what they thought was California wine rated the wine and food as tasting better, and ate 11 percent more of their food. They were also more likely to make return reservations. Sexual Behavior and Selected Health Measures: Men and Women 15-44 Year
This 2005 report "is intended to provide reliable national estimates of some basic statistics on certain types of sexual behavior, sexual orientation, and sexual attraction for men and women. ... The data are relevant to public health concerns, including efforts to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, and to demographic and social concerns such as birth and pregnancy rates among teenagers."Includes text and highlights. From National Center for Health Statistics. 'Nymph Of The Sea' Reveals Remarkable Brood
Geologists from the United Kingdom and the United States have made an unusual discovery from over 425 million years ago ... hard boiled eggs! The scientists discovered the mother complete with her brood of some 20 eggs and 2 possible juveniles inside, together with other details of her soft part anatomy including legs and eyes. Delaware Scientists Make Significant Advance In Study Of Small RNAs
University of Delaware researchers have made a significant advance in the study of small ribonucleic acids (RNAs), discovering 10 times more small RNAs in the plant Arabidopsis than previously had been identified. Scientists Journey To Southern Africa To Unravel The Secret World Of E
Scientists have long known that seismic communication is common in small animals. But Stanford University biologist Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell is the first to suggest that elephants and other large land animals are capable of sending and receiving vibrational messages through the ground. Now she and her colleagues are returning to Namibia to continue their decade-long study of how elephants use seismic signals to find mates, locate prey and establish territory. Google Favored Over Other Search Engines By Webmasters
Website policy makers who use robots.txt files as gatekeepers to specify what is open and what is off limits to Web crawlers have a preference for Google over other search engines, say researchers whose study of more than 7,500 Websites revealed Google's advantage. "With the preference, Google can index some information which other search engines can't,"according to one of the researchers.
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