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"A look at why different animals play dead. Gary Gerald studies animal movement, so when two female brown snakes in the lab had babies, he wanted to see them in motion. Playing dead is a tactic used to evade predators - but when and why does it really work?"
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Sunday, October 29, 2006
Photo: Mr. Blobby........the Ugliest Fish in the World?
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"A Fathead (genus Psychrolutes) trawled at a depth between 1013 m and 1340 m, on the Norfolk Ridge, north-west of New Zealand, June 2003 (AMS I.42771-001). The scientists and crew on board the RV Tangaroa affectionately called this fish 'Mr Blobby'. Note the parasitic copepod on Mr Blobby's mouth"
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"A Fathead (genus Psychrolutes) trawled at a depth between 1013 m and 1340 m, on the Norfolk Ridge, north-west of New Zealand, June 2003 (AMS I.42771-001). The scientists and crew on board the RV Tangaroa affectionately called this fish 'Mr Blobby'. Note the parasitic copepod on Mr Blobby's mouth"
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Saturday, October 28, 2006
Putting Hydrogen on Ice
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"Researchers looking for better ways to make and store hydrogen have accidentally discovered an entirely new kind of ice."
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"Researchers looking for better ways to make and store hydrogen have accidentally discovered an entirely new kind of ice."
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What your pet is thinking
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"Everyone has stories about their pets intelligence, but now scientists are going a step further. Researchers around the world are providing tantalizing evidence that animals not only learn and remember but that they may also have consciousness - in other words, they may be capable of thinking about their thoughts and knowing that they know."
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"Everyone has stories about their pets intelligence, but now scientists are going a step further. Researchers around the world are providing tantalizing evidence that animals not only learn and remember but that they may also have consciousness - in other words, they may be capable of thinking about their thoughts and knowing that they know."
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Neuropsychology of hypnosis
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"Seed Magazine discusses how researchers are exploring the neuropsychology of hypnosis to understand this curious state of mind."
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"Seed Magazine discusses how researchers are exploring the neuropsychology of hypnosis to understand this curious state of mind."
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Friday, October 27, 2006
Hawaiian Teen Named America's Top Young Scientist
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"A Hawaiian teenager has won a $20,000 scholarship and the title America's Top Young Scientist of the Year in The Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge for students grades 5 through 8. Nolan Kamitaki, 14, entered with a project analyzing the affect arsenic in local soils has had on Big Island school children."
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"A Hawaiian teenager has won a $20,000 scholarship and the title America's Top Young Scientist of the Year in The Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge for students grades 5 through 8. Nolan Kamitaki, 14, entered with a project analyzing the affect arsenic in local soils has had on Big Island school children."
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Bizarre Beasts That Evolution Left Behind
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"This is a gallery of sculptures of extinct creatures. It consists of a shark with a saw-like tooth structure to a 7 foot tall "Terror Bird". The skeleton of one of these "Terror Birds" was recently found as well!"
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"This is a gallery of sculptures of extinct creatures. It consists of a shark with a saw-like tooth structure to a 7 foot tall "Terror Bird". The skeleton of one of these "Terror Birds" was recently found as well!"
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