* Where's the dark matter? Not here, befuddled astronomers admit: Indispensable to modern physical theories, "dark matter" has turned up missing in our own...
* After anesthesia, "primitive" consciousness awakens first: Brain structures that we share with many animals go into action first as awareness emerges,...
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 ...
* New wide image of universe called unprecedented: A panoramic image is the most detailed picture taken of a region large enough to be representative of the ...
* Mom's mood may affect developing fetus: Depression in a pregnant woman can change how the baby develops after birth, research suggests -- but the effect is...
* An artwork by... a sea monster? A bizarre theory proposes that a gigantic, prehistoric octopus found a grisly hobby -- whose material was the bones of other...
* First planet with two suns reported found: The existence of a world orbiting two stars, as portrayed in the "Star Wars" more than 30 years ago, is now...
* Could simple anger have taught people to cooperate? <http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/110620_cooperation> ... New research challenges one of the...
* Giant storm grips Saturn as scientists get unprecedented view: European and American astronomers have teamed up to study a rare storm on the ringed planet in...
* Newfound asteroid is companion to Earth, scientists say: An asteroid has probably been following Earth around the Sun for over a quarter of a million years,...
* Tiny bugs have own personalities despite being clones, scientists say: Tiny green insects known as pea aphids have individual behavior patterns, or...
* Possible Earth-sized, habitable planets found: A NASA telescope seems to have discovered five planets that are about the size of Earth and could support...
* Thunderstorms produce antimatter, scientists find: Scientists using a NASA instrument have detected beams of a rare, mirror-image form of matter above storms...
* Sticks appear as "dolls" in hands of chimps: Some chimpanzees have been sighted playing with sticks in a manner reminiscent of doll play, scientists are...
* "Forests" detectable even in distant solar systems, scientists suggest: Once humans start imaging Earth-like planets in other solar systems, tree-like life...
* "Liberal gene" identified: People with a specific gene variant tend to develop into liberals if they also have many friends as teenagers, a study suggests. ...
* Societies evolve a bit like creatures, study concludes: Increases in political complexity are usually gradual, as is the case with the complexity of living...
* Candidate "habitable" planet described as most promising yet: Two other candidates were possibly too cold and too hot, but this one seems just right,...
* Bizarre dinos found: A fossil with a stupendously multi-horned face and another likened to a giant rhino with a supersized head have reportedly turned up in...
* Drug-resistant germs found to help their brethren through the attack: Confronting assault by antibiotics, some bacteria help each other out, researchers say....
* "Psychedelics" could find new lease on life -- in the doctor's office: Sometimes touted as spiritual aids, certain illegal, hallucination-inducing drugs are...
* Drug said to thwart mental decline, grow brain cells in rodents: Research has turned up clues to a mechanism that could lead to a for Alzheimer's disease...
* Scientists report first cell made with artificial genes: Their "synthetic genome" is a near-copy of a natural one, but researchers say their method can be...
* Scientists explore whether some apes shake heads for "no": Preventing an action by someone else may be one purpose for which bonobos shake their heads, a...
