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What It's Like To Be A Bat

21:47 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

Not many people think about what it's like to be a bat, but for those who do, it's enlightening and potentially groundbreaking for understanding aspects of the human brain and nervous system.

Canine Tooth Strength Provides Clues To Behavior Of Early Human Ancestors

21:47 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

Measuring and testing the teeth of living primates could provide a window into the behavior of the earliest human ancestors, based on their fossilized remains. New research takes us one step closer to understanding the relationship between canine teeth, body size and the lives of primates.

Algae From The Ocean May Offer A Sustainable Energy Source Of The Future

21:47 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

New research could help with the large-scale cultivation and manufacturing of oil-rich algae in oceans for biofuel. Algae are a diverse and simple group of organisms that live in or near water. Certain algal species are high in oil content that could be converted into such fuels as biodiesel, according researchers. Algae also have several environmentally-friendly advantages over corn or other plants used for biofuels, including not needing soil or fresh water to grow.

Discovery Of Lyme Disease Bug Clone May Explain Disease Spread

21:47 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

Scientists have discovered that a certain clone of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease, appears to be the most common strain causing Lyme disease in North America and Europe, and may account for the increase in cases for the past 20 years.

Huge Genome-scale Phylogenetic Study Of Birds Rewrites Evolutionary Tree-of-life

21:47 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

The largest ever study of bird genetics redraws the avian evolutionary tree, challenges current classifications, alters our understanding of avian evolution, and provides a resource for future studies. Early Bird, centered at the Field Museum, examined DNA from all major living bird groups. Scientists built and analyzed a dataset of more than 32 kilobases of nuclear DNA sequences from 19 locations on the DNA of each of 169 species -- equivalent to a small genome project.

Canine Tooth Strength Provides Clues To Behavior Of Early Human Ancestors

21:45 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com

Measuring and testing the teeth of living primates could provide a window into the behavior of the earliest human ancestors, based on their fossilized remains. New research takes us one step closer to understanding the relationship between canine teeth, body size and the lives of primates.