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Fossil Fuels And Nitrogen Fertilizers May Be Slowly Reducing The Number Of Plant Species Globally, Study Says ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2008) The number of plant species worldwide may be dwindling from the effects of chronic low levels of nitrogen on more >>

Science, Not Romance, Controls Mating At Smithsonian's National Zoo ScienceDaily (Feb. 14, 2008) This Valentine's Day, Cupid won't be making a stop at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. Unlike the spontaneous attraction that most humans equate with love and more >>

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I am loving this. Scientists and engineers have collaborated on a system which can give real-time information on incoming solar flares , blasts of radiation that can harm astronauts and even incur damage on Earth. > The Sun has a magnetic field which is more >>

Oldest Australian Crayfish Fossils Provide Missing Evolutionary Link ScienceDaily (Feb. 12, 2008) Crayfish body fossils and burrows discovered in Victoria, Australia, have provided the first physical evidence that crayfish existed on the continent as far more >>

ATLANTA For most of her life, Georgia State University doctoral student Erin Harper thought of herself as African-American with French ancestry. But through a DNA analysis project in her biopsychology class last spring, Harper learned her ancestors more >>

Genetic Breakthrough Supercharges Immunity To Flu And Other Viruses ScienceDaily (Feb. 14, 2008) Researchers at McGill University have discovered a way to boost an organism's natural anti-virus defences, effectively making its cells immune to influenza more >>