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Human language born from ape gestures
"Human language may have evolved from the use of gestures by our ape ancestors, and not just from primitive vocalisations, according to a new study." - 2
Empathy
Science fictional story by Chris Lawson about animal uplift at Cosmos magazine. Link via Sentient Developments. - 3
Invisible erotica gets attention
"...invisible erotic information can either attract or repel observers' spatial attention depending on their gender and sexual orientation - In other words, sex sells - even subconsciously." - 4
Rich should pay for forests: World Bank
"Global warming caused by rapid deforestation could be curbed if developing countries were paid the proper rewards for maintaining their forests, according to a World Bank report." Do the Wo - 5
Battle for supremacy made us intelligent
"...research supports the 'Machiavellian intelligence' hypothesis, which suggests that competition at a social level - and the ability to manipulate others for personal gain - is what drove an ex - 6
Lost Moon landing tapes discovered
"They were nearly thrown out with the rubbish. But a last minute search instead has scientists in Western Australia dusting off several boxes of 'lost' NASA tapes which record surface conditions - 7
Humans and Neanderthals interbred
"...a team of European researchers report a "mosaic of modern human and archaic Neanderthal features" in 30,000 -year-old human fossils from Romania." - 8
Scientists slow light, speed up Internet
"Light is usually the fastest thing in our universe, able to travel to the moon and back in less than four seconds. But not in the physics labs at Sydney University, where it is forced to travel - 9
Money makes us fly solo
"Money makes us more likely to work and play alone and less likely to offer help to others, U.S. researchers say." Interesting bit of research, though I've no idea how scientifically sound t - 10
Space junk rules relaxed
"After years of debate on how to dispose of rubbish from the International Space Station, the U.S. space agency will allow crew to send certain items of excess or broken equipment into orbit...&q - 11
Mars probe lost in space
"The Mars Global Surveyor is probably lost in space according to NASA scientists who have tried unsuccessfully to contact the probe over the past two weeks." Bad news, but ten years is a goo - 12
Teeth regrown for the first time
"For the first time researchers have been able to induce the growth of replacement teeth in mammals. Unlike other vertebrates, mammals normally lose the ability after they replace their milk teet - 13
Meteorite older than Solar System
"Samples taken from the Tagish Lake meteorite, discovered in 2000, have revealed evidence of organic matter that predates our Sun and Solar System..." - 14
Galactic 'nature versus nurture'
"Charting remote parts of the universe revealed that the distribution of galaxies has considerably evolved with time, depending on an individual galaxy's immediate surroundings." - 15
Bad moods assist attention
"If attention is like a spotlight, then a good mood will widen that spotlight, while a negative mood will focus it very tightly..." - 16
Beam him up, Scotty!
"The world needs an icon to rekindle our flagging fascination with manned spaceflight - and Captain Kirk should step up to the plate." I'm not sure if this is a p*ss-take or not - 17
Women prefer men desired by others
"Just having a few women smile at a man in public is enough to make other women consider him much more desirable, according to researchers." Suddenly, my problems become clear. - 18
A picture is worth a single photon
"A single photon has been used to create and store a nearly perfect copy of an entire image at a U.S. laboratory, in an important step toward light-based data storage." Quantum behaviour has - 19
Alcoholics can't take jokes
"Problem drinkers often don't know how to take a joke or understand a punchline, according to German researchers." Interesting - personal observational experience seems to back this one up. - 20
A siesta a day keeps the doctor away
"A regular afternoon nap might be one of the best defences against heart disease, according to a new study." Try telling your boss that, though. - 21
Time ripe to search for life on Europa
"Life on Jupiter's moon Europa is just as feasible as life on Mars and worthy of NASA's attention, scientists have argued." Unfortunately it's a somewhat bigger distance away, too. - 22
Nova Swing
"On Saudade, anything is possible." M. John Harrison's tricky novel get reviewed on an Aussie science webzine. Looks like they like it a lot, too. - 23
Most babies watch TV, despite warnings
"About 40 per cent of three-month-old babies and 90 per cent of two-year-olds regularly watch television or videos and the median age for introducing babies to television was nine months." B - 24
Anti-superbug weapon developed from wallaby milk
Good candidate for headline of the month. - 25
In Wikipedia we trust?
"An increasing number of academics ... are concerned that Wikipedia is becoming a stronghold for cranks: people who anonymously submit and edit entries on pet subjects to bolster the credibility - 26
Green nuclear power coming to Norway
"...a reactor fuelled entirely by thorium would have significant advantages over conventional uranium or mixed-fuel reactors." They're a smart bunch, those Scandinavians. - 27
Quantum communication breaks distance record
"Quantum communication has been sent across a record 144 km using a process that could one day be used to send messages across space with absolute secrecy..." Sure ... it'll *never* be hacke - 28
Cloning advances may defuse ethical hurdles
"Four new studies in mice report advances in making cloned stem cells which - if successful in humans - would sidestep some of the major ethical barriers to their use." - 29
Potential cure for HIV discovered
"A customized enzyme that effectively excises integrated HIV-1 from infected cells in vitro might one day help to eradicate (the) virus from AIDS patients ..." Fingers crossed. - 30
Lost in space - autonomous robot satellites
"Two robots hang suspended in space, nose to nose. One reaches out an arm and attends to the other. Fuel is exchanged, a battery replaced; servicing complete, they silently drift apart. This isn'