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Tiny amounts of alcohol dramatically extend lifespan of a wormLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2012 Minuscule amounts of ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, can more than double the life span of a tiny worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans, which is used frequently as a model in aging studies, UCLA biochemists report. The scientists said they find their discovery difficult to explain. "This finding floored us - it's shocking," said Steven Clarke, a UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry and the senior author of the study, published Jan. 18 in the online journal PLoS O ... read more |
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 Patterns of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Galapagos reptiles Land and marine iguanas and giant tortoises living close to human settlements or tourist sites in the Galapagos islands are more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria than those living in m ... more | .. |
 Advantages of living in the dark: The multiple evolution events of 'blind' cavefish The blind Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) have not only lost their sight but have adapted to perpetual darkness by also losing their pigment (albinism) and having altered sleep patterns. ... more | .. |
 Native forest birds in unprecedented trouble Native birds at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge are in unprecedented trouble, according to a paper recently published in the journal PLoS ONE. The paper, titled "Changes in timing, dur ... more | .. |
 Malaysia saves endangered pygmy elephant on Borneo Malaysian wildlife authorities said Monday they had rescued a pygmy elephant calf on Borneo island and expressed hope a planned sanctuary would provide protection for the endangered animals. ... more |
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 Juvenile predation preventing Steller sea lion recovery A new study suggests that the impact of predation on juvenile Steller sea lions in the Gulf of Alaska has been significantly underestimated, creating a "productivity pit" from which their population ... more | .. |
 Extremely rare turtle released into the wild The Wildlife Conservation Society, in conjunction with the Cambodian Fisheries Administration and Wildlife Reserves Singapore, has announced the successful release of a Southern River terrapin (Bata ... more | .. |
 Insects top latest inventory of newly discovered species More than half of the 19,232 species newly known to science in 2009, the most recent calendar year of compilation, were insects - 9,738 or 50.6 percent - according to the 2011 State of Observed Spec ... more | .. |
 Fruit flies watch the sky to stay on course Insects, equipped with complex compound eyes, can maintain a constant heading in their travels, some of them for thousands of miles. New research demonstrates that fruit flies keep their bearings by ... more |
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 Rhino poaching up in South Africa South Africa says it will put 150 extra rangers in the world-renowned Kruger National Park in response to record poaching of rhinoceros for their horns. ... more | .. |
S.Africa boosts efforts to protect Kruger rhinos South Africa announced Sunday it was beefing up the number of rangers in the world-renowned Kruger national park after an alarming jump in the number of rhinos slain by poachers for their horns. ... more | .. |
 Largest bird alters its foraging due to climate change Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due to changes in wind fields in the southern hemisphere during the last decades. Since winds have increased in intensity and moved to the south, th ... more | .. |
 New Information on the Waste-Disposal Units of Living Cells Important new information on one of the most critical protein machines in living cells has been reported by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Labo ... more |
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 Chinese arrive in France Two Chinese pandas left their breeding centre in southwestern China Sunday destined for a 10-year stay in France, in a loan sealed after years of top-level negotiations. ... more | .. |
 LSU professor discovers world's tiniest vertebrate LSU's Chris Austin recently discovered two new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which is now the world's tiniest known vertebrate, averaging only 7.7 millimeters in size - less than one-third ... more | .. |
 Warmer winds a boost to easy-rider albatross Stronger winds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica have helped the wandering albatross fly faster and breed more successfully, European scientists said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Early primate had a transitional lemur-like grooming claw Celebrities are channeling a distant relative with what Harper's Bazaar describes as the latest trend in nail fashion for 2012: claws. But this may not be the first time primates traded their nails ... more |
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 New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby star Capsule failure delays ISS crew mission U.K. study: Mars surface too dry for life Armadillo rocket flys high New Horizons Aims to Put Its Stamp on History NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadmaps Scientists help define structure of exoplanets Russia to Start Own Search for Extrasolar Planets Eight more Galileo navsats agreed Space Radiation Blamed for Phobos-Grunt Crash Final Call to Register and Win Suborbital Research Flight Radio Doppler Tracking Continues at Cape York A dark spot on Mars - Syrtis Major Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space Station | .. |
 Backing out of the nanotunnel In the world of biomolecules such as proteins and the hereditary nucleic acids DNA and RNA, three-dimensional structure determines function. Analysis of the passage of such molecules through nanopor ... more | .. |
 Fewer animal experiments thanks to nanosensors Experiments on animals have been the subject of criticism for decades, but there is no prospect of a move away from them any time soon. The number of tests involving laboratory animals has in fact g ... more | .. |
China to air-drop food over lake for hungry birds China will air-drop shrimps and maize over the nation's largest freshwater lake where hundreds of thousands of birds are at risk of hunger due to drought, an official said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
China launches operation to free pandas into wild China Wednesday released six young captive pandas into semi-wild enclosures as part of a project aimed at helping the endangered bears adapt to the wild and eventually go free. ... more |
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 Poll: U.S. pastors reject evolution America's Protestant pastors say they overwhelmingly reject the theory of evolution but are evenly split on the age of the Earth, a survey reported. ... more | .. |
 Simpler times: did an earlier genetic molecule predate DNA and RNA? In the chemistry of the living world, a pair of nucleic acids-DNA and RNA-reign supreme. As carrier molecules of the genetic code, they provide all organisms with a mechanism for faithfully reproduc ... more | .. |
Rare Sumatran tiger rescued from trap in Indonesia An endangered Sumatran tiger found with serious arrow wounds all over its body was rescued from a wire trap in protected Indonesian jungle, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Evolution of complexity recreated using 'molecular time travel' Much of what living cells do is carried out by "molecular machines" - physical complexes of specialized proteins working together to carry out some biological function. How the minute steps of evolu ... more |
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