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ScienceDaily (Dec. 9, 2008) — Dogs can feel a simple form of envy, researchers have found. Researchers have found that dogs can feel a simple form of envy. (Credit: iStockphoto/Phil Date) Experiments with various species have shown that monkeys often express resentful behavior when a partner...

ScienceDaily (Dec. 8, 2008) — Physicists have taken a significant step toward creation of quantum networks by establishing a new record for the length of time that quantum information can be stored in and retrieved from an ensemble of very cold atoms. Though the information remains usable for...

I've recently (in the last few years) discovered the pleasure of making my own chicken stock. I am shocked at the positive nature of the process. Not only does it save money because you buy the chicken breasts on the bone, which is much cheaper, but it also saves money because u dont buy...

geodes are formed from dinosaur eggs in a process called eggolithification. This is completely impossible and there is no proof whatsoever. However, some unreliable and insignificant evidence can be twisted to make it appear to be supporting evidence. This can then be blindly jumped upon and...

ScienceDaily (Nov. 21, 2008) — Vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris persist today at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on Mars, says new research using ground-penetrating radar on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Three Martian...

ScienceDaily (Nov. 22, 2008) — Researchers in Missouri have borrowed the technology that living cells use to produce energy to develop a tiny, self-powered sensor for rapid detection of hidden explosives. The experimental sensor, about the size of a postage stamp, represents the first of its...

ScienceDaily (Nov. 22, 2008) — Massive energy releases occur every day in the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere. Lightning may give rise to these bursts of radiation. However, unlike the well-known flashes of light and peals of thunder familiar to Earth-dwellers, these energy releases are...

ScienceDaily (Nov. 23, 2008) — Ohio State University scientists are finding that specific elements of marijuana can be good for the aging brain by reducing inflammation there and possibly even stimulating the formation of new brain cells. Recent research on rats indicates that at least three...

Hi guys I've been doing science again. I know, I know you told me to stop but i couldn't help it... I bought a large chunk (one pound) of bismuth from a company in the states for $20. I then melted it, allowed it to cool till it was about half-molten, and then poured the liquid off the top...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2008) — A BYU-Harvard-Stanford research team has identified a molecule that is key to mothers’ ability to pass along immunity to intestinal infections to their babies through breast milk. BYU microbiology professor Eric Wilson led a research team that included...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2008) — Do people trust others more when they experience physical warmth? That's the theory of CU-Boulder Assistant Professor Lawrence E. Williams, who says simply handling a hot cup of coffee can change one's attitude toward a stranger. Simply handling a hot cup of...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 26, 2008) — Spinner dolphins have long been known for their teamwork in capturing prey but a new study using high-tech acoustics has found that their synchronization is even more complex than scientists realized and likely evolved as a strategy to maximize their energy intake...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 26, 2008) — Amoebas glide toward their prey with the help of a protein switch that controls a molecular compass, biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered. Green lights activated compass protein at the leading edge of an amoeba hunting for food...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2008) — Due to their underground habitats, moles' eyes have been modified by natural selection in ways very different from those of surface-dwelling animals. New research, offers a detailed anatomical and genetic examination of the changes that result from living life in...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2008) — A world-first: researchers announce the birth of a white rhino after artificial insemination with frozen sperm. The rhino baby, a male, was born at 4:57am in the Budapest Zoo on the 22nd of October 2008. In June 2007, scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2008) — Without eyes or ears, plants must rely on the interaction of molecules to determine appropriate mating partners and avoid inbreeding. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers have identified pollen proteins that may contribute to the signaling processes...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2008) — University of New South Wales' ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has created the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent efficiency. Professor Martin Green and Dr. Anita Ho-Baillie with a silicon wafer which contains six large PERL...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 16, 2008) — Researchers in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have demonstrated for the first time that a direct artificial connection from the brain to muscles can restore voluntary movement in monkeys whose arms have been temporarily anesthetized...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2008) — Scientists filming in one of the world’s deepest ocean trenches have found groups of highly sociable snailfish swarming over their bait, nearly five miles (7700 metres) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. This is the first time cameras have been sent to this...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2008) — A team of scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found a way to genetically enhance the scent of flowers and implant a scent in those that don't have one. Scientists have found a way to genetically enhance the scent of flowers and implant a scent in...