http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/ World Science Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:02:24 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/268 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/268 * Dream-reading machine in the works?: Scientists have applied computer processing to brain scans to see what images pop up in sleeping people's heads. Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:16:28 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/267 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/267 * How one microscopic creature juggles seven sexes: Biologists say they have figured out how nature determines which of seven sexes a newborn Tetrahymena is Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:43:46 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/266 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/266 * Hidden stellar companions revealed almost next door: A pair of newly discovered stars is the third- closest star system to us, and it might harbor planets, Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:03:44 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/265 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/265 * Your brain cells may be capable of outliving you -- by a lot: New findings make scientists hopeful that if human lifespan is increased, brain cells will Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:10:48 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/264 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/264 * Astronomers find structure so huge it disrupts cosmic uniformity: New findings challenge a longstanding assumption among scientists. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:46:34 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/263 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/263 * Study: dogs link words to object sizes, not shapes: Dogs relate words to objects very differently than humans do, new research suggests. Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:38:38 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/262 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/262 * Nasty noises: Why do we recoil at unpleasant sounds? Nails scratching a blackboard and other disturbing noises trigger a seemingly primitive brain response, Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:44:10 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/261 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/261 * Record-distance galaxy may confirm theories: Leading cosmological theories hold that early, small galaxies merged into the big ones of today. Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:13:37 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/260 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/260 * Long-sought Higgs particle probably found, scientists say: The long journey to detect a key subatomic particle might finally have reached its goal, Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:39:21 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/259 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/259 * Gospel of Matthew linked to trail of bizarre self-mutilations: A set of verses from a book in the Bible has created consternation among some medical Thu, 31 May 2012 20:33:02 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/258 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/258 * Scientists: birds are just baby dinosaurs, in a way There might be a good reason birds are so much cuter and less threatening than their scary ancestors. Tue, 15 May 2012 01:55:19 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/257 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/257 * American heads have been changing shape, but why?: White people's heads in the United States have gotten taller and narrower since the days the steamship was Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:52:06 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/256 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/256 * Where's the dark matter? Not here, befuddled astronomers admit: Indispensable to modern physical theories, "dark matter" has turned up missing in our own Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:30:24 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/255 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/255 * After anesthesia, "primitive" consciousness awakens first: Brain structures that we share with many animals go into action first as awareness emerges, Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:17:30 GMT World Science http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/254 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldScience/message/254 Dear readers, We apologize: the correct link for the first article in the newsletter should have been: http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120322_vista.htm