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Talking With Your Mouth Full: The Feeding Calls of the Humpback Whale - Space.com We have recorded humpbacks making sounds like the trumpeting of elephants, roars like lions, whistles like dolphins, clicks like the sperm whale, mooing like cows, chattering like monkeys, and several very human-like vocalizations—some even sounding like an unusual language, with exclamations like "whoops!" Although we are just beginning, we already expect its repertoire to exceed that of any other animal we have studied to date. |
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Fruit and veg 'cut stroke risk' - BBC People who ate three to five portions (2.7 ounces) of fruit and vegetables a day cut the risk by 11% compared with those eating fewer than three, The Lancet reported. It was 26% lower for people who ate more than five servings, University of London researchers found in the study of data on more than 257,500 people. The Department of Health says five or more daily portions cuts risk of heart disease, cancer and other problems. More than 150,000 people have a stroke each year, and more than 67,000 die of them each year. the researchers suspect that potassium may be the most important factor in preventing stroke. |
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Scientists Link Another Gene To Degenerative Blindness - Science Daily Left: This composite image is a highly magnified view of a fruit fly's eye overlaid with light-sensitive cells known as rhabdomeres, in green. Led by medical geneticist Nansi Jo Colley, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that a mutation in a gene that usually chaperones proteins to the rhabdomere-bearing, photosensitive regions of fruit-fly cells can lead to the eventual breakdown of vision. (Photo illustration by: Joshua Harder) The scientists have discovered that a mutation in a common gene called calnexin can derail the light-processing activity of cells. Calnexin-found in both fruit flies and humans-functions as a cellular chaperone, ensuring that proteins "fold" or orient properly and get to the parts of the cell they need to go. It also modulates calcium levels, which is critical for proper vision. When calnexin goes awry, however, calcium levels build up and the proteins that depend on it malfunction.At a time when more than 103 genes are known to be involved with AMD and RP, the UW-Madison work could one day help doctors deliver tailor-made treatments to patients who specifically carry calnexin mutations. Because the calnexin protein and other chaperones are also present in the brain, the work can help to answer broader questions about neurodegenerative disease, Colley adds. |
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Biosciences:
2/6/2005: Talking With Your Mouth
Full: The Feeding Calls of the Humpback Whale - Space.com
2/6/2005: Scientists discover 163 important functional genes ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: 'Dancing' genes discovered by Israeli researcher ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Forgotten wrongs of cloning 'pioneer' - New
Scientist
2/6/2005: Source Of Crucial Immune Cell In The Skin Discovered - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: Genetic Evidence Shows Colonialists Pushed Orangutans To Brink Of Extinction - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: New Gene-Hunting Tricks - Technology
Review
2/6/2005: Coyotes Take to City Streets - Wired News
2/6/2005: Evolution
mystery: Spider venom and bacteria share same toxin ...
- Physics Org
2/6/2005: Bites spread fatal 'devil' cancer -
BBC
Climate, Environment:
2/6/2005: Greenpeace protests as Russia tries to muzzle its own experts on environmental impact of plan to bui ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: MPs unite to stop global warming ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Australia's Coral Reefs Face Serious Bleaching Threat ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Bush Plans to Help Climate, But No Green Conversion ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Council flays Balochistan operation, dam project ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Argentina-Uruguay River Pollution Dispute ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Greenhouse
gas: Too much hot air ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: France exports toxic waste in defiance of international law ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Economist calls for green incentives - C/Net
2/6/2005: Pigeons get backpacks for air pollution monitoring - C/Net
2/6/2005: Editorial: We need to hear the bad news - New
Scientist
2/6/2005: Increasing Plant Enzyme Efficiency May Hold Key To Global Warming - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: Climate change poses 'major threat' to T&T ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Boris
Johnson: Gaia and global warming ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Climate change has replaced our fear of hellfire ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Pigeons Get Backpacks for Air Pollution Monitoring ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: Whitehall in greenhouse gases row -
BBC
2/6/2005: NASA
To Set Up Cape Verde Weather Station To Study African Storms -
SpaceDaily
2/6/2005: HS3
Unveils Sat-Based Security Surveillance System For Oil & Gas Industry -
SpaceDaily
2/6/2005: Sediment
Could Be Major Factor In Big Subduction Zone Earthquakes -
SpaceDaily
2/6/2005: NASA
Sat Catches A Hurricane Transforming Itself -
SpaceDaily
2/6/2005: Katrina
oil spill gets lawsuit status ... -
MSNBC
Computers:
Devices
2/6/2005: Gadgets: Earbuds that sparkle - C/Net
2/6/2005: Happy Kitty Gets Ready to Purr - Wired News
Communications
2/6/2005: Is
Verizon a Network Hog? - Business
Week
2/6/2005: Cell phone shipments hit record in 4Q - Business
Week
2/6/2005: U.S. to
judge: Hold off on BlackBerry shutdown - C/Net
Technology
2/6/2005: Engineers Develop Smallest Device To Control Light, Advance Silicon Technology - Science
Daily
PC's
2/6/2005: Slip-up spills beans on Dell notebooks - C/Net
2/6/2005: Lenovo to launch Super 3G laptops - C/Net
Internet
2/6/2005: Internet firms 'bowed to Beijing' -
BBC
2/6/2005: Inside the Googleplex -
BBC
2/6/2005: New bid to tackle spyware -
BBC
2/6/2005: Lords defeat terror internet plan -
BBC
2/6/2005: Google's spider strikes again - C/Net
2/6/2005: Imagining the Google of the future - C/Net
2/6/2005: Curiosity surrounds tech giants' congressional snub - C/Net
2/6/2005: Google: The day after - C/Net
2/6/2005: Perspective: Beware of Internet trespass - C/Net
2/6/2005: IE 7 bugs abound - C/Net
2/6/2005: 53 comments - C/Net
2/6/2005: Craigslist's laid-back approach to success - C/Net
2/6/2005: Google: Google as God - C/Net
2/6/2005: Editorial: Google whacked over Chinese censorship - New
Scientist
2/6/2005: Swayed in China - Technology
Review
2/6/2005: Try New Internet Explorer 7 Beta - Wired News
2/6/2005: BitTorrent Client Shootout - Wired News
Miscellaneous
2/6/2005: Tech under fire on human rights - C/Net
2/6/2005: Gates: Censorship doesn't work
- C/Net
2/6/2005: Yahoo: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft urge U.S. to get involved in China censorship fight - C/Net
2/6/2005: Members of secretive group indicted in piracy plot - CNN
Energy:
2/6/2005: Renewable energy close, Bush says -
BBC
2/6/2005: Cosmic
Log: The ethanol economy - MSNBC
2/6/2005: Pumping Up Energy Research - Technology
Review
2/6/2005: Skeptics Nip at Bush's Oil Pledge - Wired News
Health:
Cardiovascular
2/6/2005: Fruit and veg 'cut stroke risk'
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BBC
Cancer
2/6/2005: DNA Key To Predicting Prostate And Renal Cancer - Science
Daily
Infectious
2/6/2005: GM aid for pandemic flu vaccine -
BBC
2/6/2005: Bird Flu Poses Threat To International Security, Illinois Scholar Says - Science
Daily
Non-Infectious
2/6/2005: Free vote on total pub smoke ban -
BBC
2/6/2005: Inside the brain of an alcoholic - New
Scientist
Miscellaneous
2/6/2005: Scientists Link Another Gene To Degenerative Blindness - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: UK's fattest cities are revealed -
BBC
2/6/2005: Taking the myths out of the munchies - MSNBC
History, Anthropology:
2/6/2005: Archaeologists Uncover One Of Biggest Medieval Graveyards - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: Duck-billed Dino Crests Not Linked To Sense Of Smell - Science
Daily
Miscellaneous:
2/6/2005: Lecture Series Promotes Respect in the Workplace ... - FirstScience
2/6/2005: • Why They're Smiling at AT&T - Business
Week
2/6/2005: • S&P Cuts Google Estimate - Business
Week
2/6/2005: Early 2009 set for end of analog TV - C/Net
2/6/2005: U.S. DTV transition set for 2009, set-top subsidy planned - El.
Engr. Times
2/6/2005: Corning to establish LCD glass plant in China - El.
Engr. Times
2/6/2005: Teach your brain to stretch time - New
Scientist
2/6/2005: Gun-toting motorists more prone to road rage - New
Scientist
2/6/2005: Bird Flu Poses Threat To International Security, Illinois Scholar Says - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: Worship Not These False Idols - Wired News
2/6/2005: The Indie Movie Mogul - Wired News
2/6/2005: Bush Keeps Privacy Posts Vacant - Wired News
Neurosciences:
2/6/2005: Learned Motor Programs Directly Influence The Visual Perception Of Movements - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: Scientists study people living in a constant 'Groundhog Day' -
BBC
2/6/2005: How the mind senses movement - New
Scientist
2/6/2005: Science: A thing of beauty - New
Scientist
2/6/2005: Study Finds Nerve Damage In Previously Mysterious Chronic Pain Syndrome - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: Treatment Of Down Syndrome In Mice Restores Nerve Growth In Cerebellum - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: Awareness Under
Anaesthesia: Psychologists Investigating Consciousness During Operations Reveal Techniques To Identify Wakefulness - Science
Daily
2/6/2005: Shock Therapy, Version 2.0 - Wired News
Physics and Astronomy:
2/6/2005: Icy Trojan asteroids boost planet-forming theory - New
Scientist
2/6/2005: Rogue Star Dangers Thought Slight - Space.com
2/6/2005: '10th Planet' Proves Bigger than Pluto ... - Scientific American
Prolongevity
Robotics:
Space:
2/6/2005: Aerojet Qualifies High Power Electric Propulsion System - Space.com
2/6/2005: Planet X Found To Be Larger Than Pluto - Space.com
2/6/2005: Jupiter Trojan Asteroid Binary May Be Icy Comets From Solar Systems Infancy - Space.com
2/6/2005: NASCAR in the Clouds - Wired News
2/6/2005: Finding life on Mars and outer space begins by examining Earth's inner space ...
- Physics Org
2/6/2005: Binary asteroid in Jupiter's orbit may be icy comet from solar system's infancy ...
- Physics Org
Technology:
2/6/2005: Air Force Plans Flight Tests Of Hypersonic Vehicle - Space.com
2/6/2005: Mapping veins as a human 'bar code' - C/Net
2/6/2005: Photos: Scanning human veins - C/Net
2/6/2005: Ready to Relocate Your
Office? - Wired News
2/6/2005: Air Force Finds Way to Fold Telescopes ... - FirstScience