News About The Human Species 18-JUL-08 en-us Bristol, UK (SPX) Jul 10, 2008 - The speed at which we react to threatening situations can have life or death implications. In the more primitive past, it could have meant escaping a wild animal; today it might mean swerving to avoid a head-on car crash.]]> ]]> Aachen, Germany (SPX) Jul 10, 2008 - When our PC goes on strike again we tend to curse it as if it was a human.]]> Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2008 - North-east India has always been a hotspot for population geneticists due to its unique, strategic geographic location and the presence of linguistically, culturally and demographically diverse populations practicing varied occupations (from hunter-gathering to settled agriculture).]]> Bloomington IN (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - An international team of researchers has created the first complete high-resolution map of how millions of neural fibers in the human cerebral cortex -- the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher level thinking -- connect and communicate.]]> ]]> London, UK (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 - A new publication answers centuries' old questions regarding the mechanism and function of humour, identifying the reason humour is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and its continuing importance in the cognitive development of infants.]]> Dallas (UPI) Jul 1, 2008 - A U.S. study has linked growth hormone to starvation in what scientists say might be a clue to increasing life span and developing diabetes treatments.]]> Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 - Scientists have determined that human cells are able to shift important gene products into their own mitochondria, considered the power plants of cells. The finding could eventually lead to therapies for dozens of diseases.]]> ]]> New York NY (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 - The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of New York University and Rutgers University neuroscientists has discovered.]]> Rome (AFP) June 30, 2008 - One of the last veterans of the First World War, Italian Francesco Domenico Chiarello, has died at the age of 109, the defence ministry said on Monday.]]> Washington (AFP) June 26, 2008 - The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that individual Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, ending a ban on owning handguns in the capital in its first ruling on gun rights in 70 years.]]> ]]> ]]> Evanston IL (SPX) Jun 27, 2008 - Northwestern University study finds that men are more likely to share their creative work online than women despite the fact that women and men engage in creative activities at essentially equal rates.]]> Pulborough, UK (SPX) Jun 26, 2008 - An archaeological excavation at a site near Pulborough, West Sussex, has thrown remarkable new light on the life of northern Europe's last Neanderthals. It provides a snapshot of a thriving, developing population - rather than communities on the verge of extinction.]]> Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2008 - Japan's Sony Corp. said Thursday that it would next month launch the world's first high-definition camcorder that records video while snapping smiling photos at the same time.]]> Advertise in Terra Daily and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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