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Peasants
Pay With Blood to Save Mexico Forest
July
22, 2005
Reyna
Mojica saw her two boys shot to death just weeks ago, an attack she traces to a
vendetta she says began in 1998 when her family helped block hundreds of logging
trucks in Mexico's Sierra Madre. They call themselves the Peasant Ecologists of
the Petatlan Sierra and their fight to save a swath of forest near the Pacific
coast is among the world's most important struggles against deforestation,
Greenpeace says.
Source:
Environmental News Network
Has
Huygens Found Life on Titan?
July
23, 2005
The
chemical signature of microbial life could be hidden in readings taken by the
Huygens probe on Saturn's giant moon, researchers suggest.
Source:
NewScientist.com
How
to Beat Spammers at Their Own Game
July
24, 2005
A
new technique to reduce spam emails is to imagine that you are playing a game
against the spammers, with cash at stake.
Source:
NewScientist.com
Chocolate
'Gives You the Giggles'
July
25, 2005
Nitrous
oxide - laughing gas - is the best for creating the right-sized bubbles in
chocolate, a study says.
Source:
News24.com
In
the Red Over Strawberries
July
25, 2005
The
red in strawberries is responsible for the allergic reaction some people suffer
when eating the popular summer fruit, say Swedish researchers.
Source:
News24.com
Discovery
Blasts off From Florida
July
26, 2005
NASA
has launched its first manned space mission in two-and-a-half years. Space
shuttle Discovery blasted off on its 12-day flight at 1039 local time (1539 BST)
from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Source:
BBC News
Transplant
Surgery Revolutionized as Scientists Grow Bone Tissue Inside Body
July
26, 2005
Scientists
have grown bone tissue inside the body for the first time in a development that
could revolutionize reconstructive surgery using bone transplants.
Source:
Independent.co.uk
Rare
Island Birds Threatened by 'Super Mice'
July
27, 2005
"Monster
mice" are eating meter-high albatross chicks alive, threatening rare bird
species on a remote south Atlantic island seen as the world's most important
seabird colony.
Source:
Environmental News Network
Humans
Learn Without Explicit Thought
July
27, 2005
Humans
can learn skills without remembering what they have done, according to a study
of patients with severe amnesia. Such learning is seen in monkeys, but experts
were unsure whether humans retained this ability, because of our tendency to
think consciously about whatever we are learning.
Source:
Nature.com
Nanocell's
Double Hit on Cancer
July
27, 2005
A
nanocell that can burrow into a tumor, poison it and cut off its blood supply is
developed by scientists.
Source:
BBC News
NASA
Grounds Space Shuttle Fleet
July
28, 2005
NASA
has said it is grounding the space shuttle fleet as engineers investigate debris
which fell from Discovery's external fuel tank during launch. A spokesman for
the US space agency said big chunks of foam broke off the tank after Tuesday's
lift-off, but are not thought to have damaged the craft.
Source:
BBC News
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