July 2, 2007

Science Roundup - 1

1. Why Dutch women don't get depressed

2. Family dynamics, not biology, behind higher IQ

3. New Zealand scientists breed cows that produce low-fat milk

4. Scientists find drug to banish bad memories

5. Jets of matter clocked at near-light speed

6. Scientists have taken a first step toward making synthetic life by transferring genetic material from one bacterium into another, transforming the second microbe into a copy of the first

7. 13th century text hides words of Archimedes -The pages of a medieval prayer text also contain words of ancient Greek engineer Archimedes. It takes high-tech imaging to read between the lines.

8. Anthropology unites humankind rather than dividing it Only by understanding our cultural differences can we hope to get along on this planet, says Luke Freeman

9. Crater could solve 1908 Tunguska Meteor Mystery

10. Archaeologists let looters do some of the work

11. Researchers find what may be the first gunshot victim in the Western Hemisphere.

12. The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged two of the largest known asteroids, revealing craters and other features that will soon be the targets of close-up observations by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

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