The science thread

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Dogs domesticated in Middle East, not Asia
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62G4AQ20100318?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&rpc=69
Well, that doesn't surprise me, since some of the first civilizations were in Mesopotamia.

Hobbit ancestors once colonized Indonesia island
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62G3QE20100317?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&rpc=69
Hehe, Nili, this is for you. ;D

Battle Over Ivory, Tuna Expected At Wildlife Meeting
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124592439&ft=1&f=1025
I say they shouldn't be traded.

"From switching to energy-efficient light bulbs and appliances, to collecting rainwater and installing photovoltaic panels, how are experts making buildings that use less energy and generate less waste? Ira Flatow and guests explore the latest in green materials and design."
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124618568&ft=1&f=1025

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Scientists hide gold with 3D "invisibility cloak"
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62H43N20100319?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&rpc=69
Up next: The Invisible Man ;D

A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday.
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62H1PU20100318?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&rpc=69

Nevada Officials Hope Bald Eagles Draw Tourists
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124628594&ft=1&f=1025

Synthetic Biology: Engineered Bacteria
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100317231614.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

Deep Brain Stimulation Reduces Epileptic Seizures in Patients With Refractory Partial and Secondarily Generalized Seizures
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100318082016.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

What Makes You Unique? Not Genes So Much as Surrounding Sequences, Study Finds
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100318141536.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

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The world's only immortal animal
green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_bloggers/26/the-world-s-only-immortal-animal.html

Anthony Atala on growing new organs
www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue.html
How cool is that?!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest]

Earth




Earth and Mars



Mars

[Guest]

Jupiter




Saturn: The planet with ears

[19101989]

all of them are stunning. especially the one with the beginning of the Earth formation.

[Doubar]

Love the very first one with the sunset/sunrise.

[Bryn]

I like all of the jupiter ones ;D

[Guest]

Aye, Jupiter, the King of Gods. ;D

@doubar: Did you see the making of a heart? Cool stuff.

[Doubar]

The making of a heart? You mean an artifical heart or what?

[Guest]

Mar 19, 2010 17:21:46 GMT -5 Doubar said:

The making of a heart? You mean an artifical heart or what?

Yeah, the link I recently posted.

[Doubar]

*points at "horses" thread* Unfortunately I stopped reading up on this one here as well. I only stop by once in a while when I got time. But mostly I neglect this thread because I haven't got the muse to read all those articles you post anyway.

[Guest]

Mar 19, 2010 17:28:02 GMT -5 Doubar said:

*points at "horses" thread* Unfortunately I stopped reading up on this one here as well. I only stop by once in a while when I got time. But mostly I neglect this thread because I haven't got the muse to read all those articles you post anyway.

Can you at least skim through the headlines.

[Doubar]

I did but didn't find it... *looks again*

[Doubar]

Hum, you mean that growing new organs thing?