Science News 2004

Here's a list of all the news articles that appeared on Science a GoGo in 2004.

31 December 2004

Antibiotic Misuse A Serious Concern


Scientists say life-threatening conditions such as meningitis and pneumonia may become untreatable if the spread of antibiotic resistance continues...

29 December 2004

Evolution Of Human Brain Unique


The accelerated rate of evolution of the human brain was a 'special event' say researchers...

27 December 2004

Faulty Brain Activity Behind Some Heart Attacks


Sudden cardiac death from emotional stress, generated by emotional events such as family gatherings, may be triggered by uneven signals from the brain to the heart...

24 December 2004

Jigsaw Puzzles Cause Xmas Arguments But Excite Boffins


Jigsaw puzzles could be at the root of family arguments over the festive period, say researchers studying how people collaborate...

22 December 2004

Promiscuous Proteins Provide Evolutionary Shortcuts


Proteins that indulge in so-called promiscuous activities can provide nature with ready-made starting points for the evolution of new functions...

20 December 2004

Synthetic DNA Set For Data Processing


Researchers have constructed a synthetic DNA "scaffolding" that they say has the potential to self-assemble data processing components 1,000 times as densely as those produced conventionally...

17 December 2004

Crocheting Chaos


Two mathematicians have used crochet to turn the Lorenz equations - that describe the nature of chaotic systems - into a real-world decoration...

15 December 2004

Routine Tool Use By Wild Monkeys Observed


An entire population of wild capuchin monkeys using stone tools has been observed, behavior previously only seen in chimpanzees...

13 December 2004

Coral Reefs Set For Rapid Growth


In contrast to previous predictions, Australian scientists say that global warming will accelerate coral growth and that reefs around the world could grow in size by as much as a third...

10 December 2004

Fertility Risk From Laptop Computers


Fertility experts in the U.S. have warned teenage boys and young men to consider limiting the time that they use laptop computers positioned on their laps, as long-term use may affect the health of their sperm...

8 December 2004

Glacier Speed-Up Causes Concern


In what might be a worrying precursor to sea level rise, the world's fastest moving glacier has doubled its speed in the last few years...

6 December 2004

Shampoo Washes Neurons Down The Drain


Everyday exposure to a chemical found in shampoos and hand lotions could be harmful to the human brain and nervous system...

3 December 2004

Nutrients Being Bred Out Of Modern Crops


Important nutrients like protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and riboflavin are being bred out of modern crops as farmers seek higher yields...

1 December 2004

Geologists Say End-Permian Mass Extinction Not Caused By Asteroid


Geochemical analysis suggests that the cause of one of Earth's biggest extinction events may have been volcanic, rather than an asteroid impact...

29 November 2004

Dying To Be A Nicer Person


A series of experiments has found that people tend to upgrade their valuations of another person when they think that person has died. Oh, and they're also wary that the dead person's ghost may be watching them...

26 November 2004

Vioxx Whistleblower Points Finger At FDA


The Food and Drug Administration tried to discredit one of its own rsearchers after he told a US Senate hearing that the FDA had failed to protect the public over the drug Vioxx...

24 November 2004

U.S. Throws Away Half Its Food


Americans might be astonished at how much food is wasted, not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day, from the beginning of the harvest to the scraps tossed into the garbage...

22 November 2004

Poor Nutrition Leads To Low IQ


Poor nutrition, characterized by zinc, iron, vitamin B and protein deficiencies, leads to low IQ, which can lead to later behavioral problems say researchers...

19 November 2004

Mars-like Soils Can Harbor Life


Researchers have found microbial life beneath the arid surface of a desert where it rains only once a decade...

17 November 2004

An Apple A Day Keeps Alzheimer's Away


An antioxidant found in apples appears to protect brain cells against oxidative stress, a process associated with Alzheimer's disease...

15 November 2004

Heavy Computer Use Linked To Glaucoma


Heavy computer use may be linked to the development of glaucoma, especially among those who are short sighted, says a new Japanese study...

12 November 2004

Bacterial Behaviour Poorly Understood


A toxic molecule that causes whooping cough and gonorrhea in humans has been found to be a critical catalyst for organ development in a tiny squid found in the Pacific Ocean...

10 November 2004

Promiscuous Females Make For Competitive Sperm


Females that mate with many partners create selective pressure for the male to make his semen more competitive...

8 November 2004

Honeybee Puts Question Mark Over Chicxulub Asteroid Event


The tropical honeybee may challenge the idea that a post-asteroid "nuclear winter" was a big player in the decimation of dinosaurs...

5 November 2004

Concern Over Environmental Estrogen


Even low environmental levels of the synthetic hormones used in oral contraceptives can still cause serious fertility problems in fish...

3 November 2004

Poo Power From New Fuel Cell


A new device called a microbial fuel cell can turn raw sewage into electrical power...

1 November 2004

Natural Nuclear Reactor Showed Elegant Simplicity


Researchers have established how Earth's only natural nuclear reactor worked flawlessly for 150 million years without blowing up...

29 October 2004

Taming The Photon


Long distance quantum information exchange moved a step closer as scientists demonstrate precise control of the emission time and pulse shape of single photons...

27 October 2004

Infinite Entropy Mooted As Universal Panacea


The concept of a universe of infinite entropy overcomes the "problem" of the molecules of the universe fluctuating from a high-entropy state into one of low entropy...

25 October 2004

Nano-Fabric Reveals Unique Properties


Graphene, the world's first single-atom-thick fabric, heralds a new class of materials and may lead to computers made from a single molecule...

22 October 2004

Male Scientists Not So Manly


A survey of academics suggests that male scientists are good at research because they have the hormone levels of women...

20 October 2004

Chinese Herbal Remedy Set To Tackle Cancer


Cancer-fighting compounds derived from the wormwood plant will be developed for potential use in humans...

18 October 2004

New Slant On Solar Sail


A new magnetic plasma propulsion method for spacecraft could dramatically speed up journeys to other planets in the solar system...

15 October 2004

One Third Of Amphibian Species May Disappear


Earth's amphibian species are experiencing tens of thousands of years worth of extinctions in just a century, according to a new study...

13 October 2004

Possible Surge In CO2 From Arctic Soil


Warming in the arctic tundra may be releasing large quantities of carbon dioxide, accelerating climate change even more...

11 October 2004

Constant Activity Of Visual Cortex Surprises Scientists


Researchers have found that around 80 percent of our cognitive power may be cranking away on tasks completely unknown to us...

8 October 2004

Chemosignal Unlocks Sexual Desire In Women


Breastfeeding women and their infants produce a chemosignal, or pheromone, that increases sexual desire among other women...

6 October 2004

Arctic Sea Ice Continues To Disappear


The floating sheets of ice that cover the Arctic Ocean are continuing their rapid decline, say researchers...

4 October 2004

Stress And Aggression Reinforce Each Other


The "cycle of violence" that seems to pervade human affairs may be due to a positive feedback loop where stress hormones lower the threshold for aggression, and aggression raises levels of stress hormones...

1 October 2004

Mechanical Memory Set For Comeback


Retro mechanical storage technology used in the first computers is set to challenge today's electromagnetic data storage in terms of speed and data-density...

29 September 2004

Neutrino Detectors Watching For Supernovas


Neutrino emanations from the explosive death throes of large stars will alert astronomers to the blasts before they can see the flashes of light...

27 September 2004

Novel Nanotubes Terminate Bio-Nasties


Scientists have synthesized a simple molecule that produces perfectly uniform, self-assembled nanotubes which can be trained to kill bacteria...

24 September 2004

Puzzle Over Low Galaxy Count


Astronomers looking at the fartherest reaches of the universe are puzzled over the lack of star-forming galaxies...

22 September 2004

Antarctic Glacier Flows Accelerating


Disintegrating ice shelves in Antarctica are causing glacier flows to speed up, which may mean rapidly rising sea levels...

20 September 2004

Ancient Man Spread The Love Around


New genetic insights into ancient mating and migration patterns reveal that men travelled far and wide to sow their wild oats...

17 September 2004

Stirling Engine Gets Noisy Makeover


A Stirling engine variant that uses powerful sound waves to generate electricity is more than twice as efficient as current thermoelectric generators...

15 September 2004

Water Disinfection Leads To Toxic Tapwater


Water treatment plants are trying to move away from chlorine based treatments but some of the new disinfectants can lace tapwater with toxins that cause birth defects and cancers...

13 September 2004

Stay Young With Positive Emotions


Negative social and environmental factors may prompt a rapid decline in the physical and functional health of the elderly...

10 September 2004

Prof Sparks Grav Wave Betting Plunge


English bookmakers are crazy to be offering odds of 100-1 on whether gravitational waves will be discovered before 2010, says a UK scientist...

8 September 2004

Link Between Global Warming And Evolution Revealed


Little critters in Yellowstone Park have shown that climate change can shape genetic diversity...

6 September 2004

Cough Medicines No Better Than Placebo


The active ingredients found in many cough medicines are no better than non-medicated syrup for children with respiratory tract infections and nighttime cough...

3 September 2004

Rethink ET Message Detection Says Prof


Extraterrestrial civilizations may be trying to communicate by physical means rather than radio signals...

1 September 2004

Boffins Mourn Passing Of The Slide Rule


An exhibition of slide-rules owned by the famous and not-so-famous is sure to get scientific-pulses racing...

30 August 2004

Nanoparticles Go Green


Scientists are using proteins to design and assemble metal oxide nanoparticles that could be used to clean up environmental pollution...

27 August 2004

Electron Lattice Yields Superconductor Clues


An extremely sensitive scanning tunneling microscope that can locate clusters of electrons is giving insights into how high-temperature superconductors work...

25 August 2004

Solar Hydrogen Not Far Away Say Aussie Boffins


Harnessing the power of the sun to extract hydrogen from water will be a reality within seven years according to Australian researchers...

23 August 2004

Linguistic Resources Shape Reality


An obscure Amazon tribe whose language contains words for only three numbers is helping researchers understand how language affects perception...

20 August 2004

Lactic Acid Not The Culprit In Muscle Fatigue


The belief among physiologists and athletes that a build up of lactic acid is a major cause of muscle fatigue has been overturned by researchers...

18 August 2004

New Bayesian Technique Helps Unravel DNA Mutations


A new mathematical approach for analyzing the patterns of natural mutation in DNA will help biologists understand how mutation contributes to evolutionary change...

16 August 2004

Prions Role In Evolution Revealed


Prions help cells navigate the risky business of natural selection by expressing a variety of hidden genetic traits...

13 August 2004

RNA Used As Nano-Scaffolding


Biology builds beautiful nanoscale structures, and we'd like to borrow some of them for nanotechnology, say researchers...

11 August 2004

Evolution Itself Subject To Natural Selection


Scientists suggest that the ability to reorder genes or to cause large-scale genetic change are themselves genetic traits, traits that are subject to selection like any others...

9 August 2004

Big Brain Evolved Through Social Problem Solving


Open-ended thinking and social problem solving led human brains to surpass other species in size, developing ecological dominance 2 million years ago...

6 August 2004

Big Rise In Younger Men Using Viagra


A new study shows younger men are the fastest growing group of Viagra users, suggesting increased use of the treatment as a recreational drug...

4 August 2004

Dramatic Assymetrical Matter, Antimatter Decay Observed


A Stanford accelerator experiment has revealed a dramatic difference in the behavior of matter and antimatter...

2 August 2004

High Quality Meteor Spectrum Caught By Chance


ESO's Very Large Telescope has captured information from a meteor which challenges theories on the efficiency of meteor-induced atmospheric chemistry at the time when life began on our planet...

30 July 2004

Concrete Jungle A Blooming Miracle For Plants


A study has found that cities and towns create warmer conditions that cause plants to stay green longer each year...

28 July 2004

New Sub-Atomic Particle Proposed


Three physicists are suggesting that neutrinos are influenced by a new force resulting from their interactions with newly recognized particles called "accelerons", with dark energy as the result...

26 July 2004

New Technology Heralds Smaller, Cooler Fuel Cells


Thin film solid oxide fuel cells could generate household electricity at an efficiency of approximately 65 percent - a twofold increase over conventional power plants...

23 July 2004

Nano-Imprinting Promises Even Smaller Electronics


Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the low-cost production of minute, high density electronic structures...

21 July 2004

Confrontation And Defeat Really Can Break Your Heart


Daily exposure to confrontation appears to increase the risk for long-term cardiac problems...

19 July 2004

World's Oceans Becoming More Acidic


Oceans are absorbing an increasing amount of carbon dioxide, making them more acidic and threatening the survival of calcifying organisms such as corals, shellfish and phytoplankton...

16 July 2004

Carnivores Facing Extinction Have Only Themselves To Blame


Carnivore species around the world are more at risk of extinction due to their own biological attributes than from an increasing human population...

14 July 2004

UV Light Turns Plankton Into Cloud Factories


A tiny sea creature could have a big impact on global climate change. Researchers have found that plankton can indirectly create clouds that block the Sun's rays...

12 July 2004

Placebo Surgery Shows Surprising Results


Parkinson's disease patients who believed they had received a transplant of human neurons into their brains - but who hadn't - reported a marked improvement in quality of life one year later...

9 July 2004

Neutrino Boogie Upsets Standard Model


Newly observed neutrino oscillatory patterns allow the mass difference between neutrinos to be measured and show that the Standard Model is incomplete...

7 July 2004

Old Age Appears To Be A Recent Invention


Scientists are pondering what caused a dramatic increase in human longevity that took place around 30,000 years ago...

5 July 2004

New Theory Unites Dark Matter & Dark Energy


A new theoretical model proposes dark matter and dark energy are two aspects of a single unknown force...

2 July 2004

Smoke And Saliva A Potent Cancer Mix


Chemicals in tobacco smoke, when combined with saliva, destroy saliva's protective components, leaving a corrosive mix that damages cells in the mouth and eventually turn them cancerous...

30 June 2004

Nazi Eugenics Should Be Confronted, Says Prof


A German scientist says examination of Nazi-era reproductive research is vital to make decisions about ethical issues that confront doctors and scientists working today in gynaecology and embryology...

28 June 2004

New Method For Introducing Transgenic Material


Reproductive scientists have succeeded in producing the first animal offspring with transgenic material carried directly from sperm stem cells "infected" with a retrovirus...

25 June 2004

Photos Of Planets Outside Our Solar System On The Way


A new Earth-based camera that uses adaptive optics will be turned on regions beyond our solar system to capture the first images of extrasolar planets...

23 June 2004

World's Forests Need Disasters


Without disturbances in nature, such as forest fires, icing, or volcanic activity, forests will eventually become impoverished, due to a lack of phosphorous...

21 June 2004

Massive "Blazar" Black Hole Sheds Light On Big Bang


A super-massive black hole more than 10 billion times the mass of our sun is giving scientists a view of the universe in its infancy...

18 June 2004

Darwinian Principles Used To Breed Winning Race Cars


A new computer model based on genetic algorithms optimises the performance of Formula One racing cars by selectively combining winning attributes...

16 June 2004

Mammalian Cell Self-Organization Replicated In Lab


The reaction-diffusion process discovered by proto-boffin Alan Turing gives scientists the foundation to recreate complex cell patterns...

14 June 2004

Rising Seas & Climate Change Threaten 2 Billion


Climate change, deforestation, rising sea levels and population growth will put more than two billion people at risk by 2050...

9 June 2004

Proof For Riemann Hypothesis?


A mathematician claims to have proven the greatest unsolved problem in mathematics - which may win him a $1M prize...

7 June 2004

Ancient Meteorite Turned Earth Inside Out


A massive meteorite collision two billion years ago caused part of the Earth's crust to flip inside out...

4 June 2004

Tongue-Vision Allows The Blind To Lap-Up The Sights


The brain receives a great deal of information from the tongue and researchers are investigating how to capitalize on this high-bandwidth sensory organ to turn it into a virtual eye...

2 June 2004

Oral Bacteria Can Block HIV Infection


Oral biology researchers have found that certain strains of bacteria that occur naturally in the mouth can snare the HIV virus and the cells it has infected...

31 May 2004

Switching Genes On And Off To Cure Disease


Clinical trials are being conducted to determine whether epigenetic therapy - a technique to control gene silencing - can help in the treatment of inherited diseases and cancer, and perhaps even aging...

28 May 2004

New Findings On Ribosome Function A Surprise


Oops, researchers say that four critical components of cells' protein-building machinery don't do what scientists had long assumed...

26 May 2004

More Evidence For Nano-Bacteria Say Researchers


The controversial topic of nano-bacteria - living organisms that are degrees of magnitude smaller than normal bacteria - is set to hot up again with new findings based on examinations of human arteries...

24 May 2004

Thousands In UK May Be Infected With Mad Cow Disease


Researchers in the UK testing stored tissue samples have proposed some frightening figures concerning the potential number of infected humans...

21 May 2004

Global Warming Could Mean Less Sunshine


"Solar dimming" due to changes in cloud formation and air pollution could significantly impede the suns ability to penetrate the atmosphere...

19 May 2004

Magnetic Fields May Be "Visible" To Birds


Birds may see the earth's magnetic field as patterns of color or light intensity superimposed on their visual surroundings...

17 May 2004

Genetically Engineered Viruses Set To Fight Cancers


Cancer researchers have created a gen-en virus that can selectively kill cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells intact...

14 May 2004

Scene Of Planetary Reboot Located


Long before the age of the dinosaurs, a meteor the size of a mountain smashed into northern Australia wiping out 90% of all life...

12 May 2004

Wings Get Help From Whales


Bumpy whale flippers turn out to be more efficient as wings than the smooth designs used by the aeronautics industry on planes...

10 May 2004

Asthma Could Be Several Distinct Diseases


Researchers find evidence that asthma is not a single disease, but a group of syndromes with different origins and characteristics...

7 May 2004

DVD And CD Longevity Examined


Vendors say that DVDs and CDs will last for centuries but scientists say this is an exaggeration and optical media, if not handled and stored correctly, could become unreadable in a much shorter time…

5 May 2004

Quantum Cryptography Gets Up To Speed


A new "quantum key distribution" system transmits a stream of individual photons to generate a secret key at a rate that is about 100 times faster than previous systems...

30 April 2004

Contrails May Be The Culprit In Warming Trend


NASA scientists say that aircraft engine exhaust may be responsible for the rise in average U.S. surface temperatures that occurred between 1975 and 1994...

28 April 2004

Solar-Powered Robot Bird Set For Exploration Duties


Researchers are developing the world's first flapping-wing, solar-powered unmanned aircraft to explore regions on Earth and possibly beyond...

26 April 2004

New Clues To Origin Of Life


Traces of bacterial activity have been discovered in 3.5 billion year old volcanic rocks...

21 April 2004

Breakthrough In Restoring Compromised Immune Systems


In a discovery that may lead to restoring immunity to individuals with AIDS, researchers have found a way to revive the immune systems of mice...

19 April 2004

Fertilization Of Phytoplankton Not A Solution For CO2 Removal


A new study suggests that using iron to bolster the growth of plankton (which absorbs CO2) may not be the quick fix to climate problems that some had hoped...

16 April 2004

Cleanliness Next To Sickliness


Scientists believe the key to decreasing the chances of developing autoimmune diseases may be to stimulate the immune system by priming people with germs...

14 April 2004

Cinnamon Helps Combat Diabetes


Cinnamon may become the spice of choice for those with type II diabetes. Scientists say cinnamon demonstrates insulin-like activity and can also increase the effectiveness of insulin...

12 April 2004

Robots Get Social


New robots designed to work at disaster sites will use software for collaborative sensing and distributed exploration and mapping...

9 April 2004

Asteroid Catastrophy Calculator Automates Armageddon Advice


Worried about an asteroid collision ruining your day? Try a new online calculator that will model the impact and tell you what to expect in your neck of the woods...

7 April 2004

Babies First Feeds May Establish Favorite Flavors


Feeding experiences during the first seven months of an infant's life appear to contribute to food likes and dislikes later in life...

5 April 2004

Bark From Yohimbe Tree Has Potential To Treat Anxiety Disorders


Most commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction, bark from the African Yohimbe tree is shaping up to revolutionize the treatment of fear and anxiety disorders...

1 April 2004

Dogs Really Do Look Like Their Owners


At last, some research that finally proves what everyone has believed for years, dogs, at least pure bred ones, really do resemble their owners...

31 March 2004

Early Exposure To Toxins Sets Stage For Adult Tumors


A single, short exposure to a toxin was enough to reprogram a uterus to respond to normal hormonal signals in a way that promoted tumor growth...

29 March 2004

Artificial Proteins Could Help Repair Cells


New classes of artificial proteins which can be tailored to send different biological signals to cells could assist in repairing injured or diseased body parts...

26 March 2004

Reproductive Problems Linked To High Plasticiser Levels


Suspected of causing low sperm counts and genital deformities, Phthalates - used as plasticisers - are present in humans at higher than expected levels...

24 March 2004

K Meson Decay May Upset Standard Model Of Particle Physics


A rare type of K meson decay that occurs only once in every 7 billion decays suggests a possible discrepancy with the Standard Model...

22 March 2004

Scramjet Set For Weekend Test


NASA may come one step closer to cheaper and more reliable access to space if the X-43A vehicle has its first successful test flight next weekend...

19 March 2004

For Sheep, Homosexuality Is In The Genes


Differences in the brains of homosexual and heterosexual sheep are providing clues to the processes involved in the development and regulation of sexual behavior...

17 March 2004

New Internet Protocol Promises Speed Breakthrough


Like to download a movie in a couple of seconds? BIC-TCP, a new Internet protocol, can achieve speeds around 6,000 times that of DSL...

15 March 2004

New Theory On How Nicotine Protects The Brain


There's new evidence of an anti-inflammatory mechanism in the brain by which nicotine may protect against nerve cell death...

10 March 2004

Poor Diet, Physical Inactivity Set to Overtake Tobacco In Death Stakes


Lack of exercise and poor dietary habits look set to overtake tobacco as the number one cause of preventable deaths...

8 March 2004

Copper Used To "Starve" Cancer Growth


Copper - a trace mineral in the human diet - is being examined for its potential to starve blood supply to cancerous growths...

5 March 2004

Experiments May Yield Materials With Negative Refractive Index


British and American scientists have demonstrated an artificially made material that provides a magnetic response to Terahertz frequency radiation, bringing the development of novel 'T-ray' devices closer...

3 March 2004

Nuclear Fusion From Bubbles Blasted With Sound


More tabletop fusion fun as scientists look into what appears to be nuclear fusion occurring in a liquid bombarded by ultrasound...

1 March 2004

New Dinosaur Species Dug Up In Antarctica


Two researchers, working thousands of miles apart in Antarctica, have found what they believe are the fossils of two species of previously unknown dinosaurs...

26 February 2004

Why Love Makes Us Blind


Romantic and maternal love activate many of the same parts of the brain and lead to a suppression of neural activity associated with critical social assessment of other people...

23 February 2004

Forced Mutations Demonstrate Evolution In Action


An experiment which forced E. coli bacteria to adapt or die demonstrated that they were capable of improvising a novel molecular tool to save themselves...

19 February 2004

DNA Damage From Magnetic Fields Linked To Iron In Cells


Researchers think they know why exposure to magnetic fields - such as those emitted by household devices like blow dryers, electric blankets and razors - can damage brain cell DNA...

16 February 2004

"Intelligent Design" Movement Wants To Satisfy Both Evolutionists And Creationists


Jumping into the creationist vs evolutionist stoush are a growing number of "intelligent design" proponents who suggest that a guiding hand must have played a role in the creation of life...

12 February 2004

Comets May Spread Life From Earth Around Galaxy


While comets hitting the Earth could cause mass extinctions, they could also disperse micro-organisms from Earth to the most distant parts of the Galaxy...

9 February 2004

Mass Extinctions In Peru Due To Climate Change


The Andes region of Peru - one of the most biologically diverse areas on the planet - may suffer thousands of plant and animal extinctions due to Andean climate change...

5 February 2004

Dark Ages May Have Been, Err, Dark


Crop failures and summer frosts around 1,500 years ago may have been caused by a comet colliding with Earth...

2 February 2004

Melting Siberian Peat Bogs May Unleash Huge Quantities Of Methane


Regional Arctic warming may thaw Siberian bogs and cause trapped gases to be released into the atmosphere, resulting in a major and unexpected shift in climatic patterns...

29 January 2004

Harnessing Nature To Make Pharmaceuticals


Chemical engineers have shown how to make yeast cells boost productivity of an enzyme plants need to create chemicals such as anticancer compounds...

26 January 2004

Evidence For New Form Of Atomic Matter - The Pentaquark


Protons and neutrons are composed of three quarks but scientists have found evidence for a new particle made up of five quarks...

22 January 2004

Addiction Mechanism Regulates Bonding In Monogamous Animals


The reward mechanism involved in addiction appears to regulate lifelong social or pair bonds between monogamous mating animals which could help us understand the basis of romantic love...

19 January 2004

Planets Like Earth May Be Common


Scientists suggest that planets with enough water for advanced life to evolve may be commonplace...

15 January 2004

All Living Things Descended From Two Bacteria


A mathematics professor suggests that all plants and animals are likely derived from two primitive species of bacteria...

12 January 2004

Salmon From Fish Farms A Tad Toxic


PCBs and other environmental toxins are present at higher levels in farm-raised salmon than in their wild counterparts...

5 January 2004

Soot And Snow A Hot Combination


Black soot pollution alters the way sunlight reflects off snow and may be responsible for 25 percent of global warming effects...

1 January 2004

Busy Month Ahead For Space Buffs


Although Beagle is incommunicado, January is still shaping up as a busy month for extraterrestrial activities with landers on Mars and a rendezvous with a comet...