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2-Apr-2004
Prehistoric push-ups
Scientists reporting the discovery of the world's oldest known arm bone say that the first arms and legs developed for use in the water.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
26-Mar-2004
Can bacteria be real estate agents?
Scientists found a strain of bacteria that live inside the bodies of tiny sap-sucking insects and act, in a way, like real estate agents.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
19-Mar-2004
What caused the 1930s dust bowl?
A severe drought parched the Great Plains during the 1930s, driving farmers off their land in search of work.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
12-Mar-2004
Bacteria and ocean celebrities
If you were a marine biologist and hoped to learn how to protect coral reefs, whales and other "ocean celebrities," you'd need to study bacteria.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
27-Feb-2004
What languages will the world speak in 50 years?
In fifty years, you might be searching for the coolest new fonts for Mandarin, Hindi and Arabic so you can communicate stylishly with people speaking the world's most common native languages.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
20-Feb-2004
Empathy and pain
When your parents punish you and say, "this hurts me as much as it hurts you," they might not be making it up. Feeling empathy activates some, but not all, of the pain-processing regions of the human brain, according to a new brain-scan study in the 20 February 2004 issue of the journal Science.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
13-Feb-2004
The geometry of M&M's
If you had two containers, one filled with M&M's and the other filled with M&M-sized gumballs, which container would hold more objects?
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
6-Feb-2004
Catapults -- popular science in ancient times
If you're ever caught launching a spoonful of mashed potatoes across the dining room table, you might argue that you're following in the footsteps of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
30-Jan-2004
The not-so-big, bad Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
If you were a bacterium, you wouldn't want to meet Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in a dark alley.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
23-Jan-2004
Singing and dancing – cowbird style
Cowbirds may be the ultimate Broadway performers - they synchronize their song and dance - and during certain moves, dancing makes the singing easier.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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