* "Ongoing galaxy formation" detected: Astronomers report finding a blob of gas around a spiral galaxy, evidence of the galaxy formation process. ...
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Feb 8, 2006 8:12 pm
* T. Rex "granddaddy" described as vicious little monster: Fossils suggest Tyrannosaurus Rex's earliest known ancestor was a fierce hunter who wore a crown for...
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Feb 14, 2006 8:13 am
* Race matters to 3-month-olds, study finds: Early in life, many of us start to prefer faces of people from our own race to others, according to researchers. ...
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Feb 17, 2006 4:40 am
* Rats found to understand cause and effect: The discovery contradicts common assumptions among scientists, according to researchers. ...
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Feb 21, 2006 9:52 pm
* "Backward evolution" spawns ape-like people: A newfound mutation is reported to make people walk on all fours and mouth a primitive language, possibly...
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Feb 27, 2006 9:43 am
* Claim of reversed human evolution sparks skepticism, interest: Scientists' reactions have ranged from deep doubt to curiosity over last week's report of a...
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Mar 3, 2006 1:56 am
* Misconduct claim fuels clash of "wrist-walker" researchers: The already bizarre case of a syndrome whose victims walk on all fours has taken a surprise turn....
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Mar 8, 2006 1:29 am
* Pompeii destruction wasn't worst Vesuvius had to offer: study Thousands of footprint trails attest to a mass flight from a prehistoric village, geologists...
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Mar 15, 2006 5:52 pm
* Hormone inspires animal "babysitting": Researchers have long turned to animals to study how cooperation evolved. New findings highlight the role of hormones,...
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Mar 21, 2006 10:35 pm
* Space rock risk underreported, researchers say: Growing numbers of astronomers are questioning traditional estimates of how often comets or asteroids hit...
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Mar 26, 2006 6:23 am
* Can mice succumb to Mozart?: Few if any people would claim that rodents like Mozart. But three research groups say this much: his music seems to do something...
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Mar 30, 2006 10:22 pm
* One universe or many? A panel debates: Physicists brawled over a question that's nearly unanswerable, yet somehow very alive in science today. ...
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Apr 5, 2006 5:22 pm
* "Missing link" walking-fish fossils awe scientists: Paleontologists say a newly discovered organism could become an evolutionary icon. ...
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Apr 14, 2006 12:35 pm
* Premature babies feel pain -- but fetuses don't, reports say: Two new papers shed light on some of the latest thinking on a charged question: whether the...
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Apr 19, 2006 8:46 pm
* Wall of galaxies tugs on us, astronomers find: Researchers say they're closing in on an understanding of the long-sought "Great Attractor." ...
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Apr 27, 2006 1:34 am
* Birds grasp key rule of grammar, study finds: The European starling has an unsuspected ability to pick up "human-only" language skills, researchers suggest. ...
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May 6, 2006 1:16 am
* Studies find logic lurking in madness: A widespread suspicion that insanity and rationality are related is not without its basis, researchers have found. ...
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May 8, 2006 8:27 pm
* Dolphins may "name" themselves, study finds: Some dolphin whistles appear to convey information revealing their identity, scientists claim. ...
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May 15, 2006 3:43 am
* Another universe may have preceded ours, study concludes: Physicists say they have calculated what might have happened before the Big Bang. ...
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May 18, 2006 8:49 pm
* Race of tiny people didn't exist, scientists say: More and more researchers are disputing a 2004 study concluding that miniature humans evolved on an island....
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May 30, 2006 4:11 am
* Researchers trace origin of an "altruism gene": Probing an evolutionary mystery, scientists say they have penned the first history of a gene for cooperation....
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Jun 9, 2006 12:49 pm
* Fish may avoid "sexual harassment," researchers say: Female guppies seem to risk their lives to flee a barrage of male advances, scientists have found. ...
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Jun 16, 2006 1:12 am
* Ego traps us in costly, losing battles, study finds: Failure. Why does it happen? A common thread runs through many of our most painful, drawn-out fiascos, ...
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Jun 22, 2006 6:19 pm
* Oldest known beads reported found: The finding may change scientists' views of how human culture emerged, researchers claim. ...
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Jun 28, 2006 7:22 am
* Startling variety in planetary birthplaces: Astronomers once thought the dusty clouds that spawn planets all looked pretty much the same. But no more. ...
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Jul 12, 2006 8:16 am
* Sites under review for telescope that could detect alien TV: Astronomers are working to choose a site for a giant telescope that could read TV signals from...
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Jul 27, 2006 4:11 pm
* Call for proposals to help save Earth: A group is offering grants to amateur and professional astronomers to help find errant asteroids. ...
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Aug 11, 2006 9:21 pm
* "Toxic environment" making kids fat, study claims: Unhealthy, addictive food is behind today's obesity epidemic, a scientist says. ...
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Aug 21, 2006 6:58 pm
* Stupendous crash proves "dark matter" exists, astronomers claim: The most forceful known collision in the universe has torn apart normal and dark matter,...
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Aug 30, 2006 2:45 am
* Bird attacks a force in human evolution?: Prehistoric raptors may have routinely targeted our ancestors for meals, scientists say. ...
