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Biological Basis of 'Bacterial Immune System' Discovered
Science & Tech  (tags: science, health, immune system, bacteria, research, study, discovery, medicine )

Dee
- 1 hour ago - sciencedaily.com
Nov. 28, 2009- Bacteria don't have easy lives. In addition to mammalian immune systems that besiege the bugs, they have natural enemies called bacteriophages, viruses that kill half the bacteria on Earth every two days.
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Wide Heads Give Hammerhead Sharks Exceptional Stereo View
Science & Tech  (tags: science, Sharks, Hammerheads, depth perception, discovery, research, study, interesting )

Dee
- 2 hours ago - sciencedaily.com
Hammerhead sharks are some of the Ocean's most distinctive residents. "Everyone wants to understand why they have this strange head shape," says Michelle McComb from Florida Atlantic University. One possible reason is the shark's vision.
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Puffer Fish Russian Roulette Ends as Scientists Breed Non-Lethal Version
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, science, NewTechnology, pufferfish, humans )

Simone
- 11 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
The fugu is one of the world's most dangerous foods, thanks to a concentration of anhydrotetrodotoxin 4-epitetrodotoxin in the liver or ovaries that is 1,200 times more lethal than cyanide.
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'All Seeing' Hammerhead Sharks Could Have the Best Vision in Animal Kingdom
Science & Tech  (tags: hammerhead sharks, research, study, discovery, best vision, animal kingdom )

Simone
- 11 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
Researchers have found that the odd shape of the head allows the sharks, which can grow up to 20 ft long, to have a 360 degree field of vision in all directions. Not only does it have front, back and side vision it can also see vertically and judge
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Hammerhead Sharks See 360 Degrees in Stereo
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, scientists, study, hammar head sharks )

CA
- 17 hours ago - news.yahoo.com
Scientists have long wondered why the hammerhead shark has such a strangely shaped head, one that looks like two heads of a hammer protruding from the sides of the shark's snout, with an eye at the outer edge of each protrusion.
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Food Banks Go High-Tech to Feed the Hungry
Science & Tech  (tags: activists, americans, children, child, culture, environment, ethics, family, freedoms, goodnews, government, humans, interesting, health, internet, news, philanthropy, rights, society, computer, internet, NewTechnology )

CA
- 1 day ago - news.yahoo.com
Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods.
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Sinking Life In Shallow Seas
Science & Tech  (tags: History Of Life! )

Ingrid
- 1 day ago - terradaily.com
For many years, paleobiological researchers interested in the history of biodiversity have focused on charting the many ups (evolutionary radiations) and downs (mass extinctions) that punctuate the history of life.
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Lunar Water Probably Came From Comets
Science & Tech  (tags: Lunar Water! )

Ingrid
- 1 day ago - moondaily.com
In a discovery that may solve the mystery behind the source of moon's water, an evidence from NASA's LCROSS mission suggested that much of it was delivered by comets that slammed into the Earth's satellite billions of years ago.
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Aliens? They're Already Living Among Us, Claim Bulgarian Government Scientists
Science & Tech  (tags: Aliens! )

Ingrid
- 1 day ago - dailymail.co.uk
Aliens are already among us on Earth, say Bulgarian government scientists who claim they are in contact with them.
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Fossils of Martian Bugs Found on Meteorite That Landed on Earth 13,000 Years Ago
Science & Tech  (tags: fossils, martians, Meteorite, Earth, research, interesting )

Ingrid
- 1 day ago - dailymail.co.uk
New evidence has made it more likely that remnants of Martian microbes were transported to Earth in a meteorite.
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Cavemen Roasted Birds, Too
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 1 day ago - news.discovery.com
Early modern humans and their predecessors in Europe were mostly big game hunters, but a pile of well-nibbled bird bones suggests that at least some prehistoric European cavemen enjoyed small prey too, according to a new study.
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Museum Is Displaying Treasures of the Other Evolution Pioneer
Science & Tech  (tags: evolution, discovery, Alfred Russel Wallace, natural selection, darwin )

Nancy
- 2 days ago - nytimes.com
One day in spring 1979, Robert E. Heggestad walked into a small antique shop in Arlington, Va. Mr. Heggestad, a young lawyer from Iowa, was looking for Chinese carpets. The selection of rugs in the small back room was disappointing,
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1,500-Year-Old Girl Is Reconstructed
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, discovery )

Marty
- 2 days ago - joongangdaily.joins.com
She was probably 16 years old and had a wide, flat Asian face, a long neck and a slim figure. The girl died 1,500 years ago. But now she's reborn - well, partially, at least.
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Fears Over Future of Wikipedia as 49,000 Volunteers Leave Site
Science & Tech  (tags: Wikipedia, Science, free internet encyclopedia, Website, Technology )

Alisa
- 2 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Fears are rising that the usefulness of Wikipedia could be undermined as thousands of volunteer researchers abandon the site.
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50 Best Science Sites for the Average Joe
Science & Tech  (tags: Science, Research, Students, Web, Information )

Sophie
- 2 days ago - x-raytechnicianschools.org
Searching for scientific topics of research and discussion can lead to an endless list of websites. Though some sites can be very informative, they can also be filled with misinterpretations.
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