]> http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/news ScienceHound.com news feed en http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13753 AFP - Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had created a mouse from a dead cell frozen for 16 years, taking a step in the long impossible dream of bringing back extinct animals such as mammoths. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:29:29 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13756 AFP - Environmental group Greenpeace said Tuesday it will not chase Japan's controversial whaling expedition in the Antarctic Ocean this year as it fights to clear two activists being prosecuted by Tokyo. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:29:53 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13758 AFP - Rain continued to lash Vietnam's flood-hit capital Hanoi and the north-central countryside on Tuesday as the official death toll climbed to 74 after more than a week of heavy downpours. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:29:55 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13757 SPACE.com - WASHINGTON - Seven astronauts are set to rocket toward the International Space Station aboard NASA's shuttle Endeavour next week to help outfit the orbiting laboratory to support double-sized crews. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:29:54 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13763 AP - Wash your hands, folks, especially you ladies. A new study found that women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men do. And everybody has more types of bacteria than the researchers expected to find. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:29:58 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13762 AP - A cap on snowmobile use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks would be lowered by 40 percent under a federal proposal released Monday in response to a judge's rejection of earlier plans. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:29:57 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13759 LiveScience.com - A 12,000-year-old burial site in Israel contains offerings that include 50 tortoise shells and a human foot, and appears to be one of the earliest known graves of a female shaman. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:29:55 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13761 AP - A refrigerator-sized piece of space junk fell harmlessly into the South Pacific Sunday night, according to NASA. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:29:57 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13754 AFP - Oil-producing nations should continue their investments to boost output capacity despite a slide in crude prices, the United Arab Emirates energy minister said on Monday. Tue, 4 Nov 2008 03:29:51 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13747 Reuters - The death toll from mudslides caused by heavy rain in southwest China has risen from 15 to at least 22, with 45 missing, state media reported. Mon, 3 Nov 2008 03:29:55 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13743 AFP - Iraq's unspent cash pile won't prevent its economy from being hit by tumbling crude oil prices, endangering stuttering efforts to rebuild the war-battered nation, politicians and analysts say. Mon, 3 Nov 2008 03:29:52 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13752 AP - Beneath the tourist gondolas in the remains of a great Aztec lake lives a creature that resembles a monster — and a Muppet — with its slimy tail, plumage-like gills and mouth that curls into an odd smile. Mon, 3 Nov 2008 03:29:59 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13742 Reuters - An international research team has identified two genetic variations that appear to increase a person's risk of developing lung cancer by up to 60 percent, they reported on Sunday. Mon, 3 Nov 2008 03:29:30 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13748 LiveScience.com - When Julius Caesar arrived off the coast of Britain with his hundred-ship force in August, 55 b.c., he was greeted by a host of defenders poised to hurl spears down on his invading army from the towering Dover cliffs. Seeking a better landing site, he sailed on a strong afternoon current and landed his troops at a beach seven miles away, according to his own account. Mon, 3 Nov 2008 03:29:56 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13732 AP - Iraq has earmarked some $15 billion — nearly 25 percent of its 2009 draft budget — to help rebuild the country's crumbling infrastructure, energy and oil facilities, the finance minister said Saturday. Sun, 2 Nov 2008 03:29:46 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13741 AP - Of all the things convicted murderer Robert Knowles has been called during his 13 years behind bars, recycler hasn't been one of them. Sun, 2 Nov 2008 03:29:52 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13736 AP - A wintry storm system hit the Pacific Coast on Saturday, dropping heavy precipitation on Northern California. Snow levels were expected near 6,500 feet in the Sierra Nevadas with more than a foot of new snow. Sun, 2 Nov 2008 03:29:49 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13737 LiveScience.com - Since their discovery, stem cells have been hailed as the ultimate answer for crippling and incurable diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other conditions that leave vital organs like heart or nerves damaged beyond repair. Sun, 2 Nov 2008 03:29:50 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13740 AP - Jacques Piccard, a scientist and underwater explorer who plunged deeper beneath the ocean than any other man, died Saturday, his son's company said. He was 86. Sun, 2 Nov 2008 03:29:52 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13734 AP - China and Taiwan plan to exchange rare animals in a sign of their increasingly warm ties, a Taiwanese negotiator said Saturday. Sun, 2 Nov 2008 03:29:48 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13721 AFP - The financial crisis and falling oil prices risk setting back attempts by the next US president and Congress to promote renewable energy and the fight against climate change, analysts say. Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:29:47 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13730 AP - For thousands of years the Acropolis has withstood earthquakes, weathered storms and endured temperature extremes, from scorching summers to winter snow. Now scientists are drawing on the latest technology to install a system that will record just how much nature is affecting the 2,500-year-old site. They hope their findings will help identify areas that could be vulnerable, allowing them to target restoration and maintenance. Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:29:55 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13728 AP - Former astronaut Neil Armstrong has agreed to donate personal papers dating from the start of his flight career to his alma mater, Purdue University. Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:29:53 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13724 SPACE.com - A piece of space station trash the size of a refrigerator is poised to plunge through the Earth's atmosphere late Sunday, more than a year after an astronaut tossed it overboard. Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:29:50 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13729 AP - A federal judge blocked the city Friday from requiring all new taxicabs to be fuel-efficient hybrids, hampering Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious goal to make all yellow cabs green by 2012. Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:29:54 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13726 LiveScience.com - Leopards and tigers today are fairly solitary beasts, but the extinct sabertooth cat was likely a social animal that lived and hunted like today's lions, a new study suggests. Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:29:52 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13725 AP - Rain and possible thunderstorms were forecast Friday for much of Central and Northern California, Oregon and Washington as a Pacific storm system pushes through the West Coast. Snow was likely in higher elevations in the region. Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:29:51 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13710 AP - Iraq plans to cut its 2009 draft budget to $67 billion in light of falling world oil prices, finance ministry officials said. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:50 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13714 AFP - Floods have killed at least 19 people in central Vietnam, emergency services said Friday, as heavy rains also lashed the capital Hanoi and left many streets under one metre (three feet) of water. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:53 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13718 AP - Australia became an integral link in a network of tsunami warning hubs across the Indian and Pacific oceans with the official opening of a national monitoring center Friday. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:56 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13719 AP - A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, officials said Friday. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:57 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13717 AP - NASA's Phoenix Mars spacecraft regained contact with Earth more than a day after falling silent, but its days operating on the red planet are still numbered, mission managers said Thursday. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:55 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13716 AP - An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he believes is the oldest known Hebrew inscription on a 3,000-year-old pottery shard — a find that suggests Biblical accounts of the ancient Israelite kingdom of David could have been based on written texts. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:54 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13713 AP - With a visit to the Hubble Space Telescope off until next spring at the earliest, NASA on Thursday chose Nov. 14 for its next space shuttle launch, a flight by Endeavour to the international space station. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:52 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13715 LiveScience.com - The annual Halloween ritual of candy, scary home-made costumes and trick-or-treating hearkens back to childhood innocence. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:54 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13709 HealthDay - THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Four newly identified genes may be linked to the most common form of late-onset Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers report. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:28 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13712 AP - To put it in a tasteful way, a vote in Ohio is determining which White House hopeful is the pick of the litter. The ballot boxes are cat litter boxes in the 2008 "Kitty Caucus" being conducted by the Capital Area Humane Society in Columbus and local radio station WBNS-FM, known as Mix 97.1. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:29:51 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13708 AP - Wyoming is revising its gray wolf management plan in hopes of placating concerns about providing enough protection for the animals, but environmentalists said the changes are inadequate because wolves can still be shot on sight in most of the state. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:55 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13699 AFP - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday that net profits jumped 22 percent to 5.1 billion pounds in the third quarter, when oil prices hit record highs. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:48 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13702 AFP - The US space probe MESSENGER made its second successful fly-by of the year of the planet Mercury, revealing like never before 30 percent of the solar system's smallest planet, scientists announced on Thursday. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:51 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13704 LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: Each Wednesday LiveScience examines the viability of emerging energy technologies - the power of the future. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:52 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13707 AP - Earth's first nearly full look at Mercury reveals that the tiny lifeless planet took a far greater role in shaping itself than was thought, with volcanoes spewing "mysterious dark blue material." Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:54 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13700 AFP - Tyrannosaurus Rex could sniff out distant prey even at night, yet another reason the flesh-ripping predator reigned supreme as king of the dinosaurs, according to a study published on Wednesday. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:49 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13705 AP - NASA officials said Wednesday it might be possible to try out its new moon rocketship a year earlier than its current target date of 2015. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:53 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13706 AP - In the race to build a better artificial heart, French scientists have turned to technology from satellites and airplanes to create a heart that they say responds better to the human body. So far, the new device, shown at a news conference in Paris on Monday, has only been tested in animals. Its makers hope it might one day help people survive without needing a human heart transplant. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:53 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13703 Reuters - A mega-tsunami struck southeast Asia 700 years ago rivaling the deadly one in 2004, two teams of geologists said after finding sedimentary evidence in coastal marshes. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:51 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13701 AFP - Reckless borrowing against Earth's exhausted bounty is driving the planet toward an ecological "credit crunch", the World Wildlife Fund warned on Wednesday. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:29:50 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13697 AP - Paleontologists are sifting through the soil of an excavated lot in search of ancient plants, the only ones from the early Jurassic period found so far in western North America. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:29:53 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13692 AP - Sooner or later, someone will win this World Series. Just not Tuesday night. Too wet. Besides, the baseball commissioner went home to Milwaukee. Maybe the Phillies and Rays can play ball Wednesday night. But snow showers are in the forecast. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:29:49 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13688 AP - Mexico's Congress passed a watered-down energy industry reform Tuesday that enables private contractors to participate in the state-owned oil business but won't likely draw enough investment to reverse declining production in the third-largest oil supplier to the United States. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:29:47 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13696 AP - Officials from Mexico, the United States and Canada are teaming up in a plan presented Tuesday to protect the vaquita marina, a highly endangered species of porpoise in the upper Gulf of California. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:29:52 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13690 AFP - Reckless borrowing against Earth's exhausted bounty is driving the planet toward an ecological "credit crunch", the World Wildlife Fund warned on Wednesday. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:29:48 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13693 LiveScience.com - Tyrannosaurus rex relied on its elite nose to sniff out victims and take down live prey at night, a new study shows. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:29:50 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13689 Reuters - When it came to the sense of smell among meat-eating dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex nosed out the competition. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:29:47 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13677 AFP - British energy giant BP said on Tuesday that third-quarter net profit soared 83 percent to 8.049 billion dollars (6.434 billion euros) on record high oil prices which have since slumped. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:31 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13686 AP - Conservationists said Tuesday they were planning a big push to protect Borneo's orangutans, pygmy elephants and other endangered wildlife by purchasing land from palm oil producers to create a forest sanctuary. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:37 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13682 LiveScience.com - Red may be the color of love for a reason: It makes men feel more amorous towards women, a new study reports. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:35 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13681 Reuters - At least 15 people were killed and some 300 injured by a tropical storm that battered southern Bangladesh, officials said on Tuesday. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:34 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13683 AP - Mexicans would live an average of two months longer if they breathed cleaner air, Harvard researchers conclude in a study published Monday. The study found that some 7,600 people's lives were cut short each year by diseases related to air pollution between 2001-2005, representing about 1.6 percent of annual deaths in Mexico. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:35 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13685 AP - The fictional King Solomon's Mines held a treasure of gold and diamonds, but archaeologists say the real mines may have supplied the ancient king with copper. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:36 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13684 AP - Naturalist Henry David Thoreau might well be surprised that while much of the land around Walden Pond remains undeveloped, many of the plants he knew so well are gone, probably a result of climate change. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:36 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13679 AP - The Bush administration on Monday said that changes it wants to make to endangered species rules before President Bush leaves office will have no significant environmental consequences. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:32 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13680 McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — For the first time, astronomers think that they've found evidence of an alien solar system around a star close enough to Earth to be visible to the naked eye. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:29:33 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13665 Reuters - The global credit crunch, which has already pushed some small biotechnology companies to the wall, could seriously delay the discovery of new life-saving medicines, a British expert warned on Monday. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:29:18 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13666 AFP - Brent crude oil prices plunged underneath 60 dollars per barrel here on Monday, as traders responded to the potential impact of a global recession on energy demand. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:29:27 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13670 Reuters - At least two people were killed and dozens injured as a tropical storm with winds of up to 80 kph (50 mph) lashed southern Bangladesh early Monday, officials said. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:29:29 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13671 LiveScience.com - Predatory reptiles called ichthyosaurs cruised the oceans between 230 million and 90 million years ago. In a classic case of convergent evolution, their body and fin shapes resembled those of today's dolphins, tunas, and great white sharks-the fastest swimmers in the sea. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:29:30 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13655 AP - Gov. Sarah Palin's signature accomplishment — a contract to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48 — emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to her administration, an Associated Press investigation shows. Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:29:44 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13659 AP - Mohammed bin Gohar saw an old woman drowning in flood waters from a deadly tropical storm in southern Yemen, but couldn't save her. He was carrying his two kids and running with his wife to escape the deluge. Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:29:48 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13660 LiveScience.com - From the moment we saw it, we knew the place held many great secrets. We had been looking for new fossil sites on the south side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai in 1992 with our colleagues, Helen F. James and Storrs L. Olson of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., along with their children, Travis and Sydney, and our own, Mara and Alec. Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:29:48 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13653 AP - Your work is dangerous and your co-workers rely on you to stay alive. But you can never get far from those colleagues. You can't see your family for months, even years. The food isn't great. And forget stepping out for some fresh air. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:59 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13651 AP - Seven Puget Sound killer whales are missing and presumed dead in what could be the biggest decline among the sound's orcas in nearly a decade, say scientists who carefully track the endangered animals. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:57 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13647 AP - A divided Indiana Supreme Court on Friday rejected a effort by Republicans to shutter satellite early voting sites in three largely Democratic cities near Chicago, but an appeals court later agreed to expedite the case and set oral arguments for five days before the general election. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:55 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13644 The Christian Science Monitor - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Friday announced a slash in oil production of about 5 percent, or 1.5 million barrels a day, in order to shore up rapidly plummeting prices in a grim global economic environment. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:52 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13648 AFP - At least 41 people were killed in floods and six more died after being struck by lightning in Yemen, officials said on Saturday. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:56 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13652 AP - A rocket carrying an Italian Earth-observation satellite blasted off Friday evening from the California coast. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:58 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13650 AP - Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas that worries climate scientists. Airborne levels of two other potent gases — one from ancient plants, the other from flat-panel screen technology — are on the rise, too. And that's got scientists concerned about accelerated global warming. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:57 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13643 HealthDay - FRIDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) -- American and Dutch researchers believe they may have identified three genes tied to the development of schizophrenia. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:28 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13661 AP - Soon after he touched down Friday, American space tourist Richard Garriott got a pat on the head and an admiring question from his astronaut father. "How come you look so fresh and ready to go?" 77-year-old Owen Garriott asked his son, who was sitting in an armchair on the steppes of Kazakhstan after being pulled from the gumdrop-shaped Soyuz capsule. Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:29:49 -0800 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13649 LiveScience.com - A controversial voodoo doll is proving to be quite the pain in the side of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:56 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13646 Reuters - Wildlife experts in Cyprus are trying to verify reports a crocodile smuggled to the island is on the loose in a nature reserve popular with visitors. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:29:54 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13633 AFP - OPEC decided to cut its oil output by 1.5 million barrels per day from November 1 at an emergency meeting here on Friday, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi told reporters, as the cartel seeks to support plunging crude prices despite a looming worldwide recession. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:29:57 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13642 AP - A Soyuz capsule carrying an American and two Russians touched down on target in Kazakhstan on Friday after a descent from the international space station, safely delivering the first two men to follow their fathers into space. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:30:05 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13637 The Christian Science Monitor - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress Thursday that the current global financial crisis is a "once-in-a-century credit tsunami" that policymakers did not anticipate. He also blamed soaring mortgage foreclosures, which grew more than 70 percent during the third quarter, on overeager investors. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:30:00 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13636 AFP - Russia's spacecraft producer Energiya will not provide any more Soyuz vessels for trips to the International Space Station unless funds could urgently be found, Energiya's president and general constructor warned on Friday. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:30:00 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13632 Reuters - The common cold virus activates dozens of immune system genes in the lining of the nose, including some natural antivirals that might be used as the basis of new drugs, researchers reported on Friday. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:29:38 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13641 AP - A 6,000 year-old set of household gear, including crockery and two wood-fired ovens, has been found in the buried ruins of a prehistoric farmhouse in northern Greece, officials said Thursday. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:30:04 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13638 LiveScience.com - A juvenile dinosaur weighing less than two sticks of butter was a toothy hodgepodge equipped with fang-like canines to tear into small mammals, reptiles and insects, as well as flat molars for plant munching. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:30:01 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13634 Reuters - A rare juvenile skull of a 190 million-year-old dinosaur may help explain when an important group of plant eaters branched off from carnivorous cousins, U.S. and British researchers said on Thursday. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:29:58 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13640 AP - Time to update that old saying "cold hands, warm heart." New research shows touching something warm can make you feel and act more warmly toward others. Whether someone is deemed to have a "warm" or "cold" personality makes a powerful first impression. That led Yale University scientists to wonder if physical warmth could promote psychological warmth, by subconsciously priming people to think better of others. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:30:03 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13631 AP - Want to lose weight? Try eating. That's one of the strategies being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:30:02 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13622 AFP - OPEC ministers began arriving here Thursday on the eve of a key meeting at which the cartel is set to cut its oil output, to help lift crude prices hit by a drop in demand caused by an economic slowdown. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:29:54 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13625 AFP - India's first moon mission not only makes it a serious player in space exploration but also holds the prospect of a bigger slice of the lucrative satellite launch market, analysts say. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:29:56 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13621 HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified 26 genes associated with the most common type of lung cancer, adenocarcinoma -- more than doubling the number of genes known to play a role in the deadly disease. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:29:30 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13629 AP - A wood-devouring beetle has gained a foothold in New England, and authorities plan to cut down large numbers of infested trees and grind them up to stop the pest from spreading to the region's celebrated forests and ravaging the timber, tourism and maple-syrup industries. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:30:00 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13630 AP - Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape. It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays. The researchers even made an X-ray image of one of their fingers. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:30:01 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13626 AP - World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned Wednesday that Haiti is at a "tipping point" after a spate of destructive tropical storms, but offered no immediate debt relief for the chronically impoverished country. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:29:57 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13624 AP - Six farm employees were charged with animal abuse and neglect Wednesday in connection with a video obtained by an animal-rights group that showed workers abusing pigs. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:29:55 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13627 LiveScience.com - When a banana ripens, it turns yellow - unless you look at it under a black light, in which case, it appears bright blue, a new study has found. The banana's blue glow was discovered by scientists at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and Columbia University in New York, the first team to look for this phenomenon in bananas. ... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:29:58 -0700 http://www.sciencehound.com/science_project_community/node/13628 AP - British plans to allow scientists to use hybrid animal-human embryos for stem cell research won final approval from lawmakers Wednesday in a sweeping overhaul of sensitive science laws. The House of Commons also clarified laws that allow the screening of embryos to produce babies with suitable bone marrow or other material for transplant to sick siblings. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:29:59 -0700