* 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 professionals.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/120612_gospel


* First cosmic objects burned brightly, 
astronomers say:
A faint, lumpy glow from the first objects may have
been detected with the best precision yet.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120607_firstobjects


* Rats reported cured of spine injury paralysis:
Using a chemical cocktail and a robotic aid,
scientists say they've helped paralyzed rats train
themselves to become "athletes."

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120601_spine


* Causes of mammoth extinction resonate in 
modern realities, scientists say:
The pressures that finished off the woolly mammoth
are similar to those that are killing animals today,
a study suggests.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120612_mammoths


* Concept of "cool" has warmed, veered from 
its origins, study finds:
The popular concept of "cool" in some ways stands
for the near-opposite of what it used to mean, new
research concludes.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120608_cool


ADDITIONAL NEWS:

* Moral "taint" still seeps along blood lines:
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/120611_taint

* "Ring of fire" to offer clues about Venus, our 
hellish twin planet:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120605_Venus

* Can whole economies be psychoanalyzed?:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120606_creditcrisis

* Watching tiny living machines self-
assemble:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120611_proteins



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* Long-sought Higgs particle probably found, 
scientists say:
The long journey to detect a key subatomic particle
might finally have reached its goal, physicists
report.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120704_higgs


* Feathers may have been common on 
dinosaurs:
A newfound fossil suggests feathers might have
graced all predatory dinosaurs, according to
scientists.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120702_dinosaurs


* How tomatoes lost their flavor:
Breeders have unknowingly bred the flavor out of
tomatoes by favoring those with a nice uniform
color, researchers are reporting.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120629_tomato


* "Racial purity" DNA test slammed as perversion, 
but halting practice might not be easy:
A politician has sparked outrage after reportedly
taking a DNA test for a shocking purpose. But just
where the red line lies is not widely agreed upon.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/120618_dna


* Could Neanderthals have painted?
New date estimates on some ancient cave artworks
raise intriguing possibilities, scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120614_caves


* Life forms survive space exposure:
New research on the International Space Station is
helping to boost theories that life came from outer
space.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120625_lichens


ADDITIONAL NEWS

* Human ancestor ate bark, study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120627_A-sediba

* Much maligned, vultures now missed as Asia 
populations collapse:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120626_vultures

* Water ran deep on ancient Mars, scientists 
say:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120628_Mars

* In religion, It's the hell part that makes us behave, 
study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120622_hell

* In planetary odd couple, two worlds within 
plain sight distance of each other:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120621_planets

* Some "poor memory" might just reflect 
disinterest:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120620_memory

* Ancient effect harnessed to get electricity from 
waste heat:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120620_nanogenerator



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* Record-distance galaxy may confirm theories:
Leading cosmological theories hold that early, small
galaxies merged into the big ones of today.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120919_galaxy


* Ancient text said to suggest Christ was married:
Scholars are awaiting further test results on a
tantalizing papyrus fragment.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120918_JesusWife


* Study suggests people can reverse opinions in 
moments without knowing:
Using a mere trick adapted from stage magic,
scientists say they exposed a surprising flexibility
in human moral attitudes.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120920_moral


* Scrub jays found to react to their dead:
A small North American bird calls others to screech
over the body of a dead bird, though no one knows
quite why.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120913_scrubjays


* Most "junk" DNA not junk, studies find:
The vast majority of our DNA is active in at least
one type of cell, according to biologists who made
public a series of new studies.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120905_DNA


* Eating far less doesn't extend monkey lives, 
study finds:
A 23-year project was designed to show whether
effects found in rodents would extend to a species
more closely related to humans.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120830_CR


* Rover sends new images from Red Planet:
Curiosity's landing site is starting to come into
focus, NASA scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120806_curiosity



ADDITIONAL NEWS

* Arctic sea ice measured at record low:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120827_arctic

* Common chemical linked to nearly tripled odds 
of youth obesity:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120918_bpa

* Dad's advancing age gives newborns two extra 
mutations per year, study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120822_mutations

* New monkey species identified:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120913_monkey

* Friendliness to minorities may often be a 
performance -- a fragile one:
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/120815_overcorrection

* No shortage of dark matter in Sun's neighborhood, 
study claims:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120809_darkmatter

* Human lineage had diverse offshoots, research finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120808_diversity

* Global warming probably causing heat waves, 
study says:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120805_warming

* Why people participate in atrocities: mere 
obedience, or something more?:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120720_obedience

* Long-running Pioneer spacecraft mystery may 
be explained:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120718_pioneer

* Fifth Pluto moon found:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120712_plutomoon




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* Study: dogs link words to object sizes, not 
shapes:
Dogs relate words to objects very differently than
humans do, new research suggests.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121128_words


* That bird wants a word with you:
A study suggests some parrots' talent for imitating
sounds functions to let them address individual
parrots they encounter.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121125_parrots


* New type of bursting star may be a dud:
Some stars explode only halfheartedly, according
to new research.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121121_TypeIa.htm


* Gene that may have helped make people smart ID'd:
A gene known as miR-941 may have helped humans learn
to use tools and language, scientists claim.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121113_miR-941


* Stray stars may haunt vastness between galaxies:
A faint glow of infrared light detected across the
sky may emanate from stars that galactic history
left behind.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121024_straystars


* It's true: cooking may have given us our big brains, 
study says:
New data support a theory that the invention of
cooking almost two million years ago enabled humans
to get smarter.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/121022_cooking


ADDITIONAL NEWS


* Deadly heat baked pre-dinosaur world: study:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121019_triassic

* Can you literally throw out unwanted thoughts?:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121126_thoughts

* Happy kids found more likely to get rich:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121120_happiness

* Sadness can hit your pocketbook, study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121115_sadness

* Scientists try to measure animal boredom:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121116_boredom

* Einstein's brain gets a new look-over:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121116_einstein

* Are people getting dumber?:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121113_intelligence

* "Boom times" in star birth gone, never to return, 
study suggests:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121108_StarFormation

* Bird wasn't supposed to make tools, but he did:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121105_cockatoo

* Comet collisions every 6 seconds by distant star?:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121109_49Ceti

* Astronomers tally leftover light from dead, living 
stars:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121102_EBL

* Could dinosaurs have shaped the way mammals see 
the world?:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121101_vision

* Quitting smoking may extend life 10 years:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121028_smoking

* Resveratrol found to fall short in health benefits:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121024_resveratrol

* Did some Neanderthals learn advanced skills 
from "moderns"?:
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/121030_neanderthal

* Summer babies found less likely to be CEOs:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121023_CEOs


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* Astronomers find structure so huge it disrupts 
cosmic uniformity:
New findings challenge a longstanding assumption
among scientists.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130111_LQG


* What moons might harbor life? Scientists 
get down to nitty-gritty:
The factors that might make a moon habitable, or
not, turn out to be more complex than you might
expect.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130110_exomoon.htm


* Toe tracks said to come from many little, 
swimming dinos:
Modern methods of analyzing ancient track marks in
3D are yielding sometimes surprising results,
according to researchers.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130107_LarkQuarry


* Ancient bird's teeth really stood out:
A newly discovered bird of the dinosaur age had some
of the most elaborate teeth of any bird, scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130107_Sulcavis


* Egyptian king had throat slashed, study finds:
An old papyrus document describes a plot that shook
ancient Egypt, but exactly how things turned out has
been uncertain.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121218_ramesses.htm


* "Epigenetics" proposed to underlie homosexuality:
Temporary "switches" influencing gene activity in
our cells could solve an evolutionary riddle,
scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121212_epigenetics


ADDITIONAL NEWS


* "Basic" personality traits may not be 
universal:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130103_personality

* Newfound mechanism behind aging called 
a "surprising" advance:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121228_aging

* Drug found to reverse "Alzheimer's" memory 
loss in mice:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130102_alzheimers

* Enjoy the beach: global jellyfish boom not 
evident, scientists say:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121231_jellyfish

* 25,000 harmless bugs may inhabit your 
average Christmas tree:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121226_bugs

* Fluctuating environment may have spurred 
human intelligence:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121224_olduvai.htm

* Rock/pop stars going solo found more likely 
to die young:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121220_elvis

* Possibly "habitable" world called smallest 
yet found:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121219_planet

* Music and movement might share common 
structure:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121217_music

* Elephant fiasco seen as sign moving truck no 
"panacea" for wildlife troubles:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121213_elephant

* "Right" words found to inspire environmental 
care in conservatives:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121210_environment

* Newfound protein linked to big, strong muscles:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121207_muscles

* Did huge caverns swallow up the Martian water?:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121205_mars

* 75% of African lion habitat gone, study says:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121204_lions.htm

* Cleaner air seen continuing to boost life 
expectancy:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121203_airpollution

* Grand Canyon dates to dinosaur era, study says:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121129_canyon.htm

* Too-big black hole flummoxes scientists:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/121128_blackhole



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* 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 cooperate
and live longer accordingly.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/130225_brain


* Humans may be "upside-down" with respect 
to jelly ancestors:
The evolutionary origin of the head is traceable to
a structure usually considered the "foot" of
jellyfish-like creatures, scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130222_anemone


* Tiny planet found:
A planet estimated as being about the size of
Earth's moon was identified using NASA's Kepler
spacecraft.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130220_kepler-37b


* Extra spatial abilities in males may be 
hormonal "side effect":
There is no deep evolutionary significance to the
male edge in spatial navigation skills, a study
proposes.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130219_testosterone


* Can too much TV lead to criminality?:
Youths who watch a lot of TV are more likely to
exhibit antisocial and criminal behavior as adults,
new research indicates.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130218_TV


* "Mr. Mom" is not so much Mr. Bedroom, study 
suggests:
Married men who spend more time doing traditionally
female household tasks report having less sex than
other husbands.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130130_GenderRoles


* For signs of life, some strange planetary systems 
may be most promising:
Atmospheric chemicals betraying the presence of
alien life might be detectable around white dwarf
stars, a study says.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/130125_whitedwarf


ADDITIONAL NEWS

* Russia meteor unrelated to asteroid flyby, 
NASA says:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130215_meteor

* Mood-changing drugs enter waterways, 
affect fish, study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130214_fish

* Face structure may predict expressions of 
prejudice:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130213_fwhr

* Mom's obesity may affect unborn child's brain:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130211_obesity

* Cupid's arrow: research aims to illuminate 
laws of attraction:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130208_cupid

* Small insect-eater gave rise to today's mammal 
diversity, study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130207_placental

* Are super-Earths really mini-Neptunes?:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130206_Earths.htm

* Bones of King Richard III "confirmed" found:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130204_RichardIII

* Plants help their own, too, study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130201_corn

* Domestic cats seen as major killers of wildlife:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130129_Felis

* Birdsong changes much like language, study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130129_sparrow

* New figures suggest global warming not so 
hopeless:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130127_warming

* In kids' world, bullying makes you cool, troubling 
findings suggest:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130125_bullying

* Men may commit more research fraud:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130122_fraud

* "Green-eyed monster" may stalk Facebook -- 
and users' lives:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130121_facebook

* Power linked to tendency to punish harshly:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130118_power

* Linkage between pot, low IQ "premature," 
study says:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130116_marijuana

* Fame as peace-lovers off-base for ancient 
Minoans, scholar says:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130115_minos

* Chimps found to play fairness game like 
people:
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/130114_fairness


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* 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.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130404_dreams


* 3-D view inside proton may be coming into 
focus:
Physicists are measuring how the most basic known
particles -- quarks -- are arranged to make up
pieces of the atomic nucleus.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130404_quarks


* Simulations may reveal how galaxies become 
spiral:
How galaxies like ours get and maintain their
characteristic arms has proved to be an enduring puzzle.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130403_spiral


* Buddhists are right: meditation makes you kinder, 
scientists say:
Meditators in a controlled study were found more apt
to become that nice stranger who steps forward to
help when no one else will.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130402_meditation


* Scientists use robots to replicate ant colony 
behavior:
New experiments show that ants don’t need great
smarts to navigate efficiently, researchers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130401_robot


* A new way to lose weight?:
Mice were found to quickly shed weight when
implanted with gut microbes from other mice that had
undergone gastric bypass.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130328_microbes


* "Near-death experience" memories found to 
share qualities with true ones:
The mystical, meaningful experiences sometimes
described by survivors of close brushes with death
have long fascinated scientists.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130328_NDE



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* Does your physical strength influence your 
politics?:
Men's upper-body strength predicts some of their
political views, according to new research.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130519_politics


* NASA planet-hunting telescope breaks down:
A NASA spacecraft designed to hunt for Earth-like
planets has broken, and agency scientists don't know
whether they will be able to fix it.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130515_kepler


* Cotton may offer "eco-friendly" way to clean up 
oil spills:
A cheap form of raw cotton reportedly can sop up
more than 30 times its weight in oil.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130515_cotton


* New principle may help explain why nature is 
quantum:
Like children, scientists are always asking "why?"
One question they've yet to answer is why nature
picked quantum physics.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130514_quantum


* Study may overturn thinking on human intellect:
The human edge in intelligence isn't due mainly to
the large size of the front part of our brain, new
research indicates.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130513_brain


* Killed twice in 1600s, hoax "dragon" slain again -- 
in creationism dispute:
Scientists say they've proven what some suspected
three centuries ago: the swamp dragon from Rome was
a hoax. And maybe now it matters more.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/130506_dragon


* DNA similarities increasingly seen in different
cancers:
A large study of endometrial cancer hints at new
ways to classify tumors that might aid treatment,
scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130501_endometrial


* "Earth-like," possibly habitable planets
identified:
Researchers say they have identified the first
fairly Earth-sized planets in a Sun-like star's
"habitable zone."

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130419_planets


ADDITIONAL NEWS

* Stacking 2-D materials leads to surprises:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130517_graphene.htm


* Anti-cocaine vaccine getting ready for prime time:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130512_cocaine


* Moon, Earth water traced to same source: ancient 
meteorites:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130510_chondrites


* Scientists boost cellular "trash collection" to gives 
flies extra life:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130506_parkin


* Stem cells found to cure epilepsy in mice:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130505_epilepsy


* Blocking single gene makes cancer cells nicer, 
study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130501_HMGA1


* Stunning new view of Saturn storm shows eye 
about the size of India:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130429_Saturn


* To understand far-off worlds, astronomer looks 
closer to home:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130426_Mdwarf


* Carrying baby leads to comfort -- from mice to 
people, study says:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130423_calm


* Bacteria may help pummel one of toughest cancers:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130423_pancreatic


* Depression-like symptoms seen in flies:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130422_depression


* DNA of "living fossil" decoded:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130417_coelacanth


* "Tantalizing hint" of dark matter particles:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130416_darkmatter


* Inedible plant material may be convertible to food:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130416_plant


* NASA plan to grab asteroid could spur other 
technologies, too:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130412_asteroid


* Laziness genes possibly found:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130410_laziness


* Yes, gentlemen, size matters -- but something else 
matters more, study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/130408_mating


* New heart disease-red meat link also involves 
popular supplement:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/130407_carnitine




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