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Who Laid The First Egg? Scientists Closer To Linking Embryos Of Earth' A decade ago, geobiologist Shuhai Xiao and his colleagues discovered thousands of 600-million-year-old embryo microfossils in the Doushantuo Formation, a fossil site near Weng'an, South China. In the February issue of Geology, the journal of the Geological Society of America, Xiao will report discoveries about the intermediary stage that links the embryo to the adult. Parasitic Tropical Diseases In The Americas -- A Legacy Of Slavery -- Although it has been speculated for more than a century that the slave trade was responsible for bringing many tropical diseases to the Americas, only recently has convincing evidence shown that lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and onchocerciasis originated in this way. The good news, says a team of tropical disease experts, is that tools now exist to eliminate these diseases, which are a lasting legacy of forced migration from Africa to the Americas. Experts Call For Local And Regional Control Of Sites For Radioactive W The withdrawal of Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclear waste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste. College Students Think Favorably, But Act Timidly About Organ Donation Only 11 percent of students surveyed at two universities in New York State have formally declared their intentions to become organ or tissue donors, a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo has found. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Handling Turbulence On Titan And Earth Ever spilled your drink on an airline due to turbulence? Researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are finding new ways to understand the phenomenon -- both on Earth and on Titan. Turbulence plays an important role in Earth?s weather system, and can be more than an inconvenience - hundreds of injuries have occurred on commercial flights due to turbulence. It is studied both in Earth's atmosphere and in that of Saturn's moon, Titan, aided by data from ESA?s Huygens probe. The study of one is helping the other. Bioengineers Devise 'Dimmer Swith'To Regulate Gene Expression In Mamma Biomedical engineers have created a genetic dimmer switch that can be used to turn on, shut off, or partially activate a gene's function. This switch helps advance the field of synthetic biology, which rests on the premise that complex biological systems can be built by arranging components or standard parts, as an electrician would to build an electric light switch. Burmese Buddhism and the Spirit Cult Revisited: An Interdisciplinary C Details about this 2004 academic conference on religious practices in Burma in relation to those of its neighboring Theravada country, Thailand. "[O]ur knowledge of Burmese religion and society is still limited, due to the fact that Burma (Myanmar) has been inaccessible to foreign scholars since the military takeover in 1962."Includes a conference overview, text of most of the conference papers, and a few conference photos. Organized by the Stanford University Center for Buddhist Studies. Tip of the Week: Getting Ready for the Season We have updated and expanded our popular Holidays collection. We've added a new section on Holiday Safety and flossed out some websites that were showing their age. Enjoy! Elegant Hand-Crafted Wooden Kayak Outperforms High-Tech Peers Sometimes, old-world craftsmanship trumps high-tech pyrotechnics. This elegant kayak is a fine example of that.


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