Let's ask Betsy Dresser, the senior vice president of research at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species in New Orleans, who has raised several litters of small African wildcat clones. "Oh yes, the clones are very much wild animals with wild instincts,"
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Dogs can already sniff out drugs, diabetes, cancer and explosives, and new research suggests they could also be trained to sniff out
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The best way to enjoy a national park, in my opinion, involves little more than a tent, hiking boots and a hydration pack - the only gadgetry I bring is a digital camera. This Luddite sensibility is not shared by many of my fellow park-goers, of course. As
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Remember earlier this month when the government said it thought only a quarter of the oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster was still in the water? Think again. Two new studies conclude things are still quite dire in the Gulf, estimating not only that 79 percent of
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Researchers at GE Global Research are working with DARPA funding to tap butterfly tech to make a new breed of sensors that could detect everything
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A molecule-mapping method developed by IBM researchers has unveiled the structure of a deep-sea compound, and the process could lead to faster drug development, according to a new study.
Using atomic force microscopy,
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Though artificial-joint tech is pretty advanced these days, with titanium hips and knees built to last a decade or more, they won't last forever -- and ageing patients will have to go back under the knife for upgrades. Naturally
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UK researchers seeking to cut back on greenhouse gases have found a deliciously potent weapon for fighting agricultural methane emissions: curry. It turns out two spices customarily used to season curry dishes -- coriander and turmeric -- have an antibiotic effect in
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Schwarzenegger's Terminator memorably thrashed and crawled onward towards its victims even after its robotic limbs had been mutilated by explosions and crashes. Now, a German research team is trying to bring that ability to the robots of today, looking at how three-legged
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Environmental monitoring has come a long way since the proverbial canary in the coal mine. Now we use bees.
Airports in Germany are using honeybees as "biodetectives," regularly testing their honey for a suite of pollutants, the
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Capture a terrorist, eat a fish: it's all in a day's work for the US navy's latest terror-fighting weapon.
Specially trained marine mammals were the star attraction in a Governor Schwarzenegger-initiated anti-terrorist training session held at ports throughout California this week. One
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Diagnosing racing thoroughbreds can be like diagnosing an engine problem in a car; it starts with a vibration that might be imperceptible, but unchecked it can become a serious mechanical problem. It's very hard to tell if a horse has a slight hitch in its gait, but Danish
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Steve Jobs promised us the iPad would change our lives, and while it hasn't been all things to all people - what about that front-facing camera, Steve? - the beauty of such a device is that developers (to the extent that Apple will allow them, anyhow) are free to get as creative as they want
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UK researchers seeking to cut back on greenhouse gases have found a deliciously potent weapon for fighting agricultural methane emissions: curry. It turns out two spices customarily used to season curry dishes -- coriander and turmeric -- have an antibiotic effect in
Read more...
Remember earlier this month when the government said it thought only a quarter of the oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster was still in the water? Think again. Two new studies conclude things are still quite dire in the Gulf, estimating not only that 79 percent of
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Dogs can already sniff out drugs, diabetes, cancer and explosives, and new research suggests they could also be trained to sniff out
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Cocaine is a hell of a drug, but getting shocked with a Taser while riding high on methamphetamines probably beats any white-knuckled cocaine experience hands down. And that's exactly what happened to some lucky sheep in a new study that tested the effects of Tasers on meth-addled targets,
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The best way to enjoy a national park, in my opinion, involves little more than a tent, hiking boots and a hydration pack - the only gadgetry I bring is a digital camera. This Luddite sensibility is not shared by many of my fellow park-goers, of course. As
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Science has recently confirmed what many women may have long suspected: the male habit of comparing attributes to impress a potential sexual partner can be traced to the Stone Age and beyond.
Several prehistoric creatures, including one of our own distance ancestors, developed elaborate
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A swarm of buzzing dragonfly bots passes overhead. Suddenly, they make a kamakaze dive toward a nearby tree--but wait a minute, instead of crashing and careening to the ground, they're sticking to the tree. Resting, recharging, waiting for orders. All thanks to Mirko
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Steve Jobs promised us the iPad would change our lives, and while it hasn't been all things to all people - what about that front-facing camera, Steve? - the beauty of such a device is that developers (to the extent that Apple will allow them, anyhow) are free to get as creative as they want
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There's been a lot of rather vague back and forth regarding the magnitude of the Gulf oil leak -- it's worse than the Exxon Valdez, but not as bad as 1979's Ixtoc I leak, but worse than the Pittsburgh Pirates, etc. etc. Now researchers have qualified
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Top threats include toxic contamination, loss of wildlife habitat and invasive species
Pollution
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Dengue fever, a painful and potentially deadly virus that causes joint pain extreme
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There?s not a whole lot to we can say to preface this photo except yes, it is
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Earth lacks a living neural network that connects all living things, as seen in Avatar's Pandora.
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Bark beetles plague the forests of Canada so furiously you'd think rivers of blood and the
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Boldly taking turtles where few turtles have gone before, Iran launched
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If algae can do it, why can't we?
Scientists still struggle to understand and harness
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A snail might not sounds like an ideal inspiration for a defense system, but one unique, deep-sea
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