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Whales Found to Speak in Dialects - Live Science Some whale species sing in different dialects depending on where they're from, a new study shows. Blue whales off the Pacific Northwest sound different than blue whales in the western Pacific Ocean, and these sound different than those living off Antarctica. And they all sound different than the blue whales living near Chile. "The difference is really striking, but we don't know if it is tied to genetics, or some other reason," Mellinger said. |
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Getting it right The winners and losers in the world of technology in 2005 - BBC That I'm slightly disappointed because I can't get online from the skies over France shows just how much the network has penetrated into our daily lives, at least here in the developed western world, and how we now notice the places where we can't get access instead of those where we can. More often than not, I am using wi-fi to get online, and I was clearly wrong a couple of years ago when I argued that wireless was not going to be a disruptive technology. I had ignored the network effects that happen when a significant proportion of devices get wireless capability. |
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Top Science Stories of
2005: A Year of Incredible Impact - Live Science The Hurricane Nightmare Comes True: The busiest hurricane season on record brought the most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded and ran several days beyond its official Nov. 30 end, while scientists provided the first solid evidence that global warming might be fueling more powerful storms. These were all big stories in and of themselves, yet none will stick with us like the memory of Katrina, the most destructive storm ever to strike the United States and a long-predicted nightmare for resident of New Orleans. Nature's wrath forced scientists and officials to assess preparedness for other dramatic natural threats the country could face |
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Biosciences:
1/8/2005: Whales Found to Speak in Dialects - Live Science
1/8/2005: Stem cells grown in a happier medium - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Elephant’s tail tells a complex tale - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Journal gets set to retract stem cell paper - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Deep-sea fish in deep trouble, study finds - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Deep-sea fish species decimated in a generation - New
Scientist
1/8/2005: Plant Defenses Prompt Bacterial Countermeasure In The Form Of 'Island' DNA Excision - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: An Elephant
Tail: New Tracking Method May Help Endangered Pachyderms - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Modified Microscope Proves Critical To Uncovering Cell-growth Secret - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: New Technique Helps Researchers Determine Amino-acid Charge - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Nurse Delivers World's First Baby From Frozen Donor Egg - Science
Daily
Climate, Environment:
1/8/2005: Dirty water plagues Chinese
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Nature
1/8/2005: MSG-2 Will Advance Long-term Monitoring Of Earth's Energy Balance - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Sahara's Edge Studied From Ground, Air And Space To Improve Water Management - Science
Daily
Computers:
Devices
1/8/2005: Nintendo sells 10M handheld game systems - Seattle
Times
1/8/2005: Analyst: Xbox sales miss estimates - Seattle
Times
Communications
Technology
PC's
1/8/2005: The Steve Jobs Show - Technology
Review
1/8/2005: Apple -- A Tragic Love Story - Technology
Review
1/8/2005: [46 Comments] - Technology
Review
Internet
1/8/2005: China launches site to report corruption - Seattle
Times
1/8/2005: In '06, Google plays villain for media industry - Seattle
Times
Miscellaneous
Energy:
Health:
Cardiovascular
1/8/2005: A Few Squares Of Dark Chocolate A Day May Stave Off Artery Hardening In Smokers - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Walking Three Times Weekly Slows Decline From Peripheral Artery Disease - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Stroke Risk Returns When Children With Sickle Cell Disease Stop Transfusions - Science
Daily
Cancer
1/8/2005: Promising Target For Cancer Therapies Validated In New Study - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Drinking Tea Associated With Lower Risk Of Ovarian Cancer - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Little Known DNA Repair Enzyme May Be A Tumor Suppressor Gene - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: One Day Radiation May Become An Option For Breast Cancer Patients - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Link Between Esophageal Cancer And Soft Drinks Debunked By Researchers At Yale - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Mayo Clinic Reports New Option For Patients With Metastatic Melanoma - Science
Daily
Infectious
1/8/2005: Scientists reveal how viruses snag your cells - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Whooping Cough Persistence Traced To Key Toxin - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Ancient Jawless Vertebrates Used Novel Immune Responses - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: HIV Vaccine Takes Different Tack To Boosting Immune Response - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Teens Unaware Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Until They Catch One, Carnegie Mellon Study Finds - Science
Daily
Non-Infectious
1/8/2005: Neighborhoods May Affect Asthma, UCSF Study Finds - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: The Impact Of Smoking And Genes On Rheumatoid Arthritis - Science
Daily
Miscellaneous
1/8/2005: Yoga Is More Effective Than Conventional Exercise For Back Pain, Group Health Study Finds - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Passive Smoking Almost Doubles Risk Of Degenerative Eye Disease - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: People With Dizziness, Motor And Movement Disorders Find Their Balance Again Thanks To NASA-Developed Technology - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Ninety-six Percent Of Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Patients Leave Same Day, No Complication - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Carbon Monoxide Soothes Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: New Weapon In Battle Against Osteoporosis -- Active Substance Reduces Bone Loss In Mice - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Perinatal Complications Linked To Eating Disorders - Science
Daily
History, Anthropology:
1/8/2005: DNA may end debate over Mozart’s skull - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Intelligent-design policy rescinded - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Cosmic
Log: Mummy mystery tour - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Canals hint at Peruvians’ ancient roots - MSNBC
1/8/2005: The First Baby
Boom: Skeletal Evidence Shows Abrupt Worldwide Increase In Birth Rate During Neolithic Period - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: History Of Human Cannibalism Eats Away At Researchers - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Ben Franklin Turns 300: Twice - Live Science
1/8/2005: School Board Rescinds 'Intelligent Design' Policy - Live Science
Miscellaneous:
1/8/2005: Top Science Stories of
2005: A Year of Incredible Impact - Live Science
1/8/2005: Walkers literally have to watch their step - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Activists hijack public CCTV signal - New
Scientist
1/8/2005: SEC unveils new guidelines on punishing companies with fines - Seattle
Times
1/8/2005: Judge orders Scrushy to repay $47.8 million in HealthSouth bonuses - Seattle
Times
1/8/2005: Changeable Fingerprint - Technology
Review
Neurosciences:
1/8/2005: How brands get wired into the brain - New
Scientist
1/8/2005: Reduced Brain Volume May Predict Dementia In Healthy Elderly People - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Psychotropic Drug Prescriptions For Teens Surge 250% Over 7 Year Period - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Old Brains Learn New Tricks - Technology
Review
Physics and Astronomy:
1/8/2005: Researchers set prime-number record - MSNBC
1/8/2005: Closing in on Charon - PhysicsWeb
1/8/2005: 'Armored' Bubbles Can Exist In Stable Non-spherical Shapes - Science
Daily
1/8/2005: Astronomers Link Old Stars And Mysterious Cosmic Explosions - Science
Daily
Prolongevity
Robotics:
Space:
1/8/2005: 2006: A busy year in space - New
Scientist
1/8/2005: Stardust Nears End Of Epic Journey; Researchers Await Its Treasure - Science
Daily
1/8/2005:Size of Pluto’s Moon Charon Pinned Down - Space.com
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1/8/2005: Getting it right The winners and losers in the world of technology in 2005
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1/8/2005: New 'Self-exploding' Microcapsules Could Take Sting Out Of Drug Delivery - Science
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1/8/2005: Evaluation Metrics Proposed For Firefighter Thermal Imagers - Science
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1/8/2005: Carbon-rich Molecules
'Supersized' For The First Time - Science
Daily