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Can Ants Count?()
November 25, 2009 Desert ants have a nifty way of finding their way back home after a foray out of the nest to find food — they count their steps. To prove it, some scientists devised a creative experiment that showed just how the little guys do it.
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Scientists Seek New Ways To Produce Flu Vaccine()
One reason for the shortage of the new H1N1 flu vaccine this year is the way flu vaccines are made. A modified form of the virus is grown inside chicken eggs, but the process takes months. Now, scientists are working to create new flu vaccines that can be made much faster, using the virus' DNA.
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Study: Political Bent Affects How We View Skin Tone()
November 23, 2009 These three photos of President Obama were among images shown to college students as part of a study that suggests political attitudes can impact the way people perceive skin tone. The photos on the left and right have been altered. Self-described liberals were most likely to rate lightened photos as most representative of Obama. Conservative students tended to pick darkened photos.
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Big Bang Atom Smasher Sends Beams In 2 Directions()
November 23, 2009 The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.
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Fungus Provides Clues To North American Extinctions()
November 20, 2009 One of the great mysteries about North America is what killed off woolly mammoths and other exotic animals that roamed the land after the last ice age. Ideas have ranged from a comet impact and climate change to human hunters. A study published Friday in Science Magazine provides new clues about this — cleverly deduced from samples of a fungus that grew on the animal's dung.
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Sounds During Sleep May Help You Remember()
November 19, 2009 Certain sounds played while people napped helped them remember information associated with those sounds once they woke up, say researchers at Northwestern University.
