From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Nov 17 2006 - 21:16:56 PST
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>Subject: Science News e-Letter
>Date: 17 Nov 2006 21:15:41 -0800
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>Weekly e-Letter from Science News
>Subject: Science News Weekly e-letter
>November 18, 2006
>
>
>Rogue waves sweep through this week's cover story. News articles focus on
>the retrieval and analysis of a large chunk of Neandertal DNA, evidence
>that mysterious dark energy, which is inflating the universe, was present 9
>billion years ago, a robot that can carry on despite serious damage, the
>ability of chickens to make sounds that represent something in the
>environment, and more. Food for Thought visits a dairy farm that's
>generating and selling electricity fueled by manure. MathTrek puzzles over
>some wall drawings.
>
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>Science News for Kids
>Disease Detectives: This year's top young scientists faced medical
>challenges in labs at the National Institutes of Health.
>http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20061115/Feature1.asp
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>
>This Week's Featured Articles:
>
>[Anthropology]
>Ancient Gene Yield: New methods retrieve Neandertals' DNA
>Researchers have retrieved and analyzed a huge chunk of Neandertal DNA.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/fob1.asp
>
>[Technology]
>Unstoppable Bot: Armed with self-scrutiny, a mangled robot moves on
>Roboticists have made a walking machine that carries on despite serious
>damage.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/fob3.asp
>
>[Earth Science]
>Dashing Rogues: Freak ocean waves pose threat to ships, deep-sea oil
>platforms
>Rogue waves, which tower over the waves that surround them, are probably
>more common than scientists had previously suspected.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/bob8.asp
>
>THIS WEEK'S ONLINE FEATURES:
>
>[MATHTREK]
>Form Plus Function
>Numbers, lines, squares, and shadows add up to an intriguing set of
>artworks rooted in mathematical concepts.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/mathtrek.asp
>
>[FOOD FOR THOUGHT]
>Cow Power
>To improve the dire economics of dairying, some farmers are looking to
>generate commercial quantities of electric power.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/food.asp
>
>[TIMELINE]
>From the November 14, 1936, issue
>Counting dust particles, fighting viral diseases, and aging whiskey.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/timeline.asp
>
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>Week of November 18, 2006; Vol. 170, No. 21
>
>THIS WEEK'S TABLE OF CONTENTS:
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/toc.asp
>
>References and sources for all articles are available online at
>www.sciencenews.org
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>
>[Astronomy]
>Dark Fingerprints: Hubble sheds light on cosmic expansion
>The mysterious cosmic push that's tearing up the universe began revving up
>about 5 billion years ago.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/fob2.asp
>
>[Biomedicine]
>More Evidence of Protection: Circumcision reduces STD risk in men
>Circumcised men are less likely to get sexually transmitted diseases than
>uncircumcised men are.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/fob4.asp
>
>[Technology]
>Cleanup Speedup: Device improves oil-spill recovery
>By adding grooves to the surface of a common oil-skimming device,
>researchers recovered up to three times as much oil as they do with
>smooth-surfaced devices.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/fob5.asp
>
>[Zoology]
>Chicken Speak: Birds pass test for fancy communication
>The chicken may be the first animal other than primates that's been shown
>to make sounds that, like words, represent something in the environment.
>**With audio.**
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/fob6.asp
>
>[Biology]
>Derailing a Disease: Stem cells slow dogs' muscular dystrophy
>Injecting a special type of stem cell into dogs with the canine equivalent
>of Duchenne muscular dystrophy significantly slowed the disease's
>progression.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/fob7.asp
>
>[Anthropology]
>Evolution's Mystery Woman: Disagreements rage about tiny ancient islanders
>A heated debate has broken out among anthropologists over whether a highly
>publicized partial skeleton initially attributed to a new, tiny species of
>human cousins actually comes from a pygmy Homo sapiens with a developmental
>disorder.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/bob9.asp
>
>[Earth Science]
>The African source of the Amazon's fertilizer
>More than half of the airborne dust that provides vital nutrients to the
>Amazonian rainforest comes from a small corner of the Sahara.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/note10.asp
>
>[Chemistry]
>Were Viking landers blind to life?
>The Viking landers may have missed potential signs of life when they
>explored Mars in 1976.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/note11.asp
>
>[Environment]
>Farm salmon spread deadly lice
>In the Pacific Northwest, sea lice that spread from cultivated salmon to
>their wild counterparts have become major parasites affecting the wild
>population.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/note12.asp
>
>[Astronomy]
>Black hole survey
>Scanning the sky for high-energy X rays, a NASA satellite found more than
>200 supermassive black holes within 400 million light-years of Earth.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/note13.asp
>
>[Paleontology]
>Asian amber yields oldest known bee
>A tiny chunk of amber from Southeast Asia contains the remains of a bee
>that's at least 35 million years older than any reported fossil of similar
>bees.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/note14.asp
>
>[Astronomy]
>Nearest extrasolar planet
>Astronomers have confirmed the existence of the nearest known planet beyond
>the solar system.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/note15.asp
>
>[Behavior]
>Revving up recall while fast asleep
>Scientists have discovered a way to give memory a modest lift while people
>slumber.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/note16.asp
>
>[Zoology]
>Hey, that's me!
>A test with a jumbo-size mirror suggests that Asian elephants may be among
>the few species that can recognize their own images.
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/note17.asp
>
>[Science & Society]
>Letters from the November 18, 2006, issue of Science News
>http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061118/letter18.asp
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