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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Mosquitoes are more attracted to individuals infected with malaria. Malaria remains a devastating problem in Africa and understanding the factors affecting its transmission remains a crucial part of the effort to combat the disease. A new study published in the premier open access journal PLoS Biology conducted in Western Kenya by Jacob Koella and colleagues now reveals that mosquitoes [Biology News Net]
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India's smoking gun: Dino-killing eruptions. New discoveries about the timing and speed of gigantic, 6500-foot (2-km) thick lava flows that poured out of the ground 65 million years ago could shift the blame for killing the dinos. [Biology News Net]
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Freeze-dried mats of microbes awaken in Antarctic streambed. An experiment in a dry Antarctic stream channel has shown that a carpet of freeze-dried microbes that lay dormant for two decades sprang to life one day after water was diverted into it, said a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher. [Biology News Net]
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Two new lemur species discovered. The newly discovered Microcebus lehilahytsara is a distant relative of man's ancestors and therefore important to understanding human origins and evolution. Photo by Robert Zingg German and Malagasy primatologists have discovered two new species of lemurs, naming one of them after Steve Goodman, a Field Museum scientist who has devoted [Biology News Net]
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Flawed draft of Kansas standards out for review. August 10, 2005: As expected, on August 9, 2005, the Kansas State Board of Education voted 6-4 to send the latest draft of state science standards for external review. The latest draft, based on the so-called minority report composed with the aid of a local "intelligent design" group, the Intelligent Design Network, systematically deprecates the scientific statu ... [National Center for Science Education]
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Archaeologists seek buried NYC settlement. NEW YORK --Archaeologists are digging with electronic fingers into the soil of Central Park to learn more about Seneca Village, a vanished 19th-century settlement of poor folks -- blacks, Irish immigrants and ... [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Fisherman, Conservationists at Odds in Galapagos. In the Galapagos Islands, conservationists say marine life is being depleted while fishermen say their livelihoods are at stake. But a boost in tourism may provide a compromise. [NPR Topics: Health & Science]
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Podcast now officially in the Oxford English Dictionary. It's official - podcast is now a recognised word (as is chav for all you British diggrs out there!). [digg]
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Kalahari Bushmen were early cowboys. Known mainly as hunter gatherers, new evidence suggests that they were tending livestock almost 2000 years ago [New Scientist - Being Human]
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Tribal language has no words for colours. Consider a world without words for colour, numbers or tales about imaginary beings. A tribe in Brazil may already live in such a world [New Scientist - Being Human]
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