About site: News and Media - Slashdot: Science

About site: http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience

Title: News and Media - Slashdot: Science Science news and discussion. [RSS]

Bulletin_Bibliographique_Speleologique Speleological Abstracts, an annual review of the world´s speleological literature.

ccProphet_Contact_Center_Simulation Tool for optimizing contact center performance. Allows the user to determine the consequences of center design and operating decisions before making them.

Rare_Breed_of_Australia This organisation the amalgamation of the Australian Rare and Minority Breeds Association and Rare Breeds Victoria. Site has breed profiles, events calendar, newsletter and educational project details

Genetics_of_Mental_Retardation_and_Cortical_Malformations Research group located in Marseille, France. Studying mental retardation and cortical malformations.

Huckell,_Bruce Brief profile of this University of New Mexico Research Assistant Professor. Research interests include Geoarchaeology, lithic analysis; Paleoindian and Archaic periods.

Ng,_Chung-Sang Doing theoretical plasma physics in Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.

Alexa statistic for http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience

Please visit: http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience

Related sites for http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience

Causes_of_color Explore the phenonmena that create our colorful world.

Givoli,_Dan Finite Element Methods, numerical methods for wave problems, numerical methods in nonlinear solid mechanics, problems in infinite domains, combination of numerical and analytical methods, analysis of

Anthropology_Department_-_Links A directory hosted by the University of Missouri that features journals, societies and funding agencies.

Spread_Spectrum_Scene Online-only magazine, published approximately twice-yearly. Technical articles, tutorials and discussions relating to RF and spread spectrum technology. US based

(Belgium)_University_of_Gent Clifford Research Group. Includes contact details and a list of publications.

Visual_Elements__Argon General and physical information, uses, key isotopes, and ionisation energies.

Sortedsums D. J. Bernstein's collection of tools for enumerating small solutions to certain types of equal sums of like powers.

Missouri_Corn Provides information on growing corn in Missouri. Also provides biotechnology con information, scientific research and educational information.

Bio-Microbics,_Inc_ Offers a variety of wastewater treatment products, including the StormTEE, FAST, BioSTORM, RetroFAST, FOG Hog, NitriFAST and LagoonFAST systems.

Sheehan,_P_ Geology, extinction of the dinosaurs (Milwaukee Public Museum; Interview).

Are_Men_Irrelevant? NPR Talk of the Nation audio discussion between anthropologist Lionel Tiger and psychologist Ronald Levant on the role of men in modern marriage.

Integral_Lifework_Center_of_San_Diego,_CA Collaborative, self-empowering, holistic approach to personal and interpersonal development and healing. Integral Lifework engages our physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual aspects to insp

Transcendental_Art Paintings by Reyna Aldrete that express the behavior of the subconscious, the transformation of personality and achievement of higher consciousness.

Research_Institute_of_Organic_Agriculture_(FiBL) Swiss based coordinating group of researchers for organic agriculture in Europe. Details of research, publications, services, and training.

The_Eastern_Chipmunk_(Tamias_striatus)_in_the_Home,_Yard,_and_Garden,_HYG-1034-99 Account of the problems caused by this mammal, and how it may be controlled and managed.

Radiochemistry_of_Osmium Full text of the monograph by G. W. Leddicotte (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee). [PDF] (October, 1961)

E-Journals_by_Subject__Allergy_and_Immunology A collection of links to clinical and basic immunology research journals. Compiled by the Frederick L. Ehrman Library of the New York University School of Medicine.

Calkin,_Neil Associate professor at Clemson University, with interests in combinatorial and probabilistic methods, particularly in number theory.

Gleiter_Group Oligomerization of cyclic alkynes-new phanes. Synthesis and reactions of electron-rich alkynes. Synthesis of p-prismands with N and P on the bridgeheads. Study of cage hydrocarbons.

SensorScope A new generation environmental measurement system centered on wireless sensor networks.

This is websites2007.org cache of m/ as retrieved on 2008.08.30 websites2007.org's cache is the snapshot that we took of the page as we crawled the web. The page may have changed since that time.

Slashdot: Science http://science.slashdot.org/ News for nerds, stuff that matters en-us Copyright 1997-2008, SourceForge, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2008-08-30T06:50:28+00:00 SourceForge, Inc. help@slashdot.org Technology hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 Slashdot: Science http://s.fsdn.com/sd/topics/topicslashdot.gif http://science.slashdot.org/ Rocket Racing League Flights With Armadillo Engine http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/378387346/article.pl Toren Altair mentions that the Rocket Racing League has video and pictures available from their recent flight tests of new Armadillo Aerospace liquid oxygen-alcohol engines. "Founded in 2005 by two-time Indianapolis 500 winning team partner Granger Whitelaw and X PRIZE Chairman and CEO Peter H. Diamandis, MD, the Rocket Racing League (RRL) is a new entertainment sports league that combines the exhilaration of racing with the power of rocket engines. To be held at venues across the country, the Rocket Racing League will feature multiple races pitting up to 10 Rocket Racers going head to head in a 4-lap, multiple elimination heat format on a 5-mile 'Formula One'-like closed circuit raceway in the sky."<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/29/1911211&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/29/1911211"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/29/1911211&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=2X8t60"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=2X8t60" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/378387346" height="1" width="1"/> ScuttleMonkey 2008-08-29T20:32:00+00:00 space now-with-more-cowbell science 65 65,61,49,33,11,10,6 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/29/1911211&from=rss Nuclear Decay May Vary With Earth-Sun Distance http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/378064425/article.pl KentuckyFC writes "We've long thought that nuclear decay rates are constant regardless of ambient conditions (except in a few special cases where beta decay can be influenced by powerful electric fields). So that makes it hard to explain two puzzling experiments from the 1980s that found periodic variations over many years in the decay rates of silicon-32 and radium-226. Now a new analysis of the raw data says that changes in the decay rate are synchronized with each other and with Earth's distance from the sun. The physicists behind this work offer two theories to explain why this might be happening (abstract). First, some theorists think the sun produces a field that changes the value of the fine structure constant on Earth as its distance from the sun varies. That would certainly affect the rate of nuclear decay. Another idea is that the effect is caused by some kind of interaction with the neutrino flux from the sun's interior which also varies with distance. Take your pick. What makes the whole story even more intriguing is that for years physicists have disagreed over the decay rates of several isotopes such as titanium-44, silicon-32, and cesium-137. Perhaps they took their data at different times of the year?"<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/29/1227239&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/29/1227239"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/29/1227239&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=KGshY3"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=KGshY3" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/378064425" height="1" width="1"/> kdawson 2008-08-29T13:03:00+00:00 science not-so-fast-there science 381 381,374,315,252,108,68,48 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/29/1227239&from=rss MIT Secretly Built Mega-Efficient Nano Batteries http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/377789883/article.pl mattnyc99 writes "There was plenty of chatter last week about an MIT announcement that researcher Angela Belcher had developed a way to create virus-based nanoscale batteries to power mini gadgets of the future. In a fascinating followup at Popular Mechanics, Belcher now says that her unpublished work includes full-scale models of the batteries themselves, and that they could power everything from cars and laptops to medical devices and wearable armor. Quoting: 'We haven't ruled out cars. That's a lot of amplification. But right now the thing is trying to make the best material possible, and if we get a really great material, then we have to think about how do you scale it.'"<a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/29/023229&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/29/023229"></a><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/29/023229&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=vWTwIr"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=vWTwIr" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/377789883" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-08-29T05:14:00+00:00 power used-to-power-the-black-helicopter hardware 192 192,183,148,113,50,36,21 http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/29/023229&from=rss Scientists Use Virus To Reprogram Adult Cells In Mice http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/377481305/article.pl n2hightech writes "Harvard University scientists figured out how to activate a trio of dormant genes that commanded non-insulin producing pancreas cells to switch to the Beta type insulin producing cells. The method uses an engineered virus to infect the cells and deliver special proteins that activate the dormant genes. This technology has the potential to make all stem cell based methods obsolete because it does not pose the risk of rejection and cancer associated with stem cells. A simple injection into the area where cells need to be reprogrammed is all that is required." Gospodin adds a link to coverage at the Washington Post.<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/2052207&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/28/2052207"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/2052207&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=OhB7eL"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=OhB7eL" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/377481305" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-08-28T21:04:00+00:00 biotech now-the-mice-hate-cocaine science 36 36,34,27,19,9,7,5 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/2052207&from=rss Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/377445473/article.pl An anonymous reader writes with this snippet from Wired: "After six Nobel Prizes, the invention of the transistor, laser and countless contributions to computer science and technology, it is the end of the road for Bell Labs' fundamental physics research lab. Alcatel-Lucent, the parent company of Bell Labs, is pulling out of basic science, material physics and semiconductor research and will instead be focusing on more immediately marketable areas such as networking, high-speed electronics, wireless, nanotechnology and software." Jamie points out this list of Bell Labs' accomplishments at Wikipedia, including little things like the UNIX operating system.<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/209220&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/28/209220"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/209220&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=vKQHPx"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=vKQHPx" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/377445473" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-08-28T20:19:00+00:00 business having-solved-all-the-really-important-problems science 446 446,442,367,293,96,56,42 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/209220&from=rss Rover Exiting Crater To Continue Martian Marathon http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/377217978/article.pl Riding with Robots writes "The robotic geologist Opportunity has nearly reached the rim of Victoria Crater, which it is leaving after a year of exploration inside. Rover handlers decided to abandon attempts to approach the crater's cliff walls when they saw a power spike similar to the one that preceded a broken wheel on its twin, Spirit. Opportunity is already making do with a stuck robotic arm. The mission's manager said, 'Both rovers show signs of aging, but they are both still capable of exciting exploration and scientific discovery.' Opportunity is set to continue trekking across the Meridiani Plains of Mars, even though its wheels have already seen 10 times the use they were designed for. Meanwhile, Spirit has survived yet another harsh Martian winter to produce another striking panorama." Adam Korbitz notes other Mars-related news that funding has been approved for the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genomes (SETG) Project. The project was one of 15 selected to receive funds through a NASA research opportunity program. The stated goal of the proposal is to "develop a PCR detector for in situ analysis on other planets, most immediately, Mars. This instrument is so sensitive it should allow the detection very low levels of microbial life on Mars, and will determine its phylogenetic position by analysis of the DNA sequence of the genes detected in situ."<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/1435236&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/28/1435236"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/1435236&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=YHIXhP"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=YHIXhP" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/377217978" height="1" width="1"/> Soulskill 2008-08-28T15:27:00+00:00 mars keep-on-truckin' science 146 146,145,123,104,34,19,12 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/28/1435236&from=rss New Map From Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/376717186/article.pl I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "NASA has received interesting results from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, originally known as GLAST, which has allowed them to create new map of the gamma-ray sky. The secret to its ability to resolve gamma-rays is that they use layers of tungsten interleaved with silicon detectors. When a gamma-ray strikes tungsten, it produces an electron/positron pair due to the photoelectric effect, which cascades as it goes through further layers of tungsten. Meanwhile, they record which silicon detectors had electrons or positrons pass through them to determine the direction of the source and they also record the total energy of the electron/positron pairs to calculate the wavelength of the gamma-ray using Planck's Law. The data gathered in just its first few hours of operation is reportedly comparable to the data from the Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope, which gathered data for nine years back in the 1990's and there are hopes that it could detect dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs)."<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/2229219&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/27/2229219"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/2229219&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=XkEyQW"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=XkEyQW" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/376717186" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2008-08-28T02:02:00+00:00 space the-incredible-telescope science 34 34,25,17,15,8,8,5 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/2229219&from=rss 45th Known Mersenne Prime Found? http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/376644315/article.pl An anonymous reader writes "The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has apparently discovered a new world-record prime number. A GIMPS client computer reported the number on August 23rd, and verification is currently under way. The verification could take up to two weeks to complete. The last Mersenne prime discovered was over 9.8 million digits long, strongly suggesting that the new value may break the 10 million digit barrier — qualifying for the EFF's $100,000 prize!"<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/2220226&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/27/2220226"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/2220226&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=uJsRG3"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=uJsRG3" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/376644315" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2008-08-28T00:18:00+00:00 math really-big-number science 392 392,388,285,206,89,67,57 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/2220226&from=rss Space Cube – the World's Smallest Linux PC http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/376199738/article.pl Barence writes "Meet the Space Cube — the world's smallest fully functional PC. Primarily designed for use in space, it somehow manages to cram a working PC with USB ports, card readers, audio outputs and proprietary interfaces into a tiny cube chassis measuring just two inches square. It runs a basic Linux front-end, which the blogger takes a look at, and there are some great photos of the device being loomed over by everyday objects like coffee mugs and cellphones. It has connections for controlling various electronics used by ESA, NASA and JAXA, but it will also apparently be for sale to the public soon, for use by amateur engineers and robotics clubs."<a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/1334214&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/27/1334214"></a><a href="http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/1334214&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=R9UD0J"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=R9UD0J" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/376199738" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-08-27T13:47:00+00:00 portables not-time-cube-note mobile 265 265,259,207,153,57,38,23 http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/1334214&from=rss Computer Virus Aboard the ISS http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/376164042/article.pl chrb writes "BBC News is reporting that laptops taken to the International Space Station by NASA astronauts are infected with the Gammima.AG worm. The laptops have no net connection; officials suspect the worm may have been transferred via a USB flash drive owned by an astronaut. NASA have said this isn't the first time computer viruses had travelled into space."<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/1231224&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/27/1231224"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/1231224&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=DOtm3V"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=DOtm3V" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/376164042" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-08-27T12:54:00+00:00 space like-a-little-piece-of-home science 287 287,282,221,143,45,30,16 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/1231224&from=rss First Oort Cloud Object May Have Been Discovered http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/375964858/article.pl SpuriousLogic alerts us to the discovery of what may be the first object ever discovered from the inner edge of the Oort cloud. 2006 SQ372 was found on images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Its discoverers theorize that this comet-like object and the planetoid Sedna, first spotted in 2003, might be Oort denizens. Sedna is in a stable orbit but 2006 SQ372 has been perturbed by the gravity of Uranus and/or Neptune, simulations suggest, so its orbital history is unknowable. 2006 SQ372 will travel out to 1,600 AU on this orbit, making it the most distant solar-system object yet found. The Oort cloud is believed to extend ten times that far, or about a quarter of a light-year. "Theoretical models of the formation of the Oort Cloud predict that it should also host a massive inner part, but comets from this region never make it near Earth. To see the long-period comets from the inner region of the Oort Cloud requires observing comets whose orbits always stay well outside Saturn's orbit — like 2006 SQ372."<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/005200&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/27/005200"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/005200&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=jtSEpm"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=jtSEpm" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/375964858" height="1" width="1"/> kdawson 2008-08-27T07:26:00+00:00 space lands-where-the-jumblies-live science 110 110,104,94,71,25,16,10 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/005200&from=rss "Shimmer Vision" Scopes See Better Using Heat http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/375877551/article.pl holy_calamity writes "New Scientist reports on a neat DARPA idea that uses the shimmer of heat haze to allow binoculars to see further. It works by exploiting the fact that some distortions from heat haze actually magnify objects behind them. The binoculars collect a series of frames when that is occurring to boost magnification by 3 times. The design goal is to be able to present one image a second, and to enable facial recognition at 90% accuracy at a distance of 1 km. The scopes could be on the battlefield inside of 3 years."<a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/021244&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/27/021244"></a><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/021244&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=clpzwH"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=clpzwH" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/375877551" height="1" width="1"/> kdawson 2008-08-27T05:06:00+00:00 military coco-bop tech 147 147,141,114,88,36,19,14 http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/021244&from=rss Scientists Discover Cows Point North http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/375421413/article.pl Dr Sabine Begall and colleagues from the University of Duisburg-Essen have discovered that cows tend to point north. The researchers studied deer in the Czech Republic and looked at thousands of images of cattle on Google Earth. The animals tended to face north when eating or resting. "We conclude that the magnetic field is the only common and most likely factor responsible for the observed alignment," the scientists wrote in an article. I guess cows will become the must-have item for long-distance hikers now. Having an edible compass would come in handy if you get lost.<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/26/1514226&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/26/1514226"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/26/1514226&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=PuCD55"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=PuCD55" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/375421413" height="1" width="1"/> samzenpus 2008-08-26T17:44:00+00:00 science throw-away-your-compass science 554 554,548,405,301,91,71,50 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/26/1514226&from=rss New Evidence Debunks "Stupid" Neanderthal http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/375314229/article.pl ThinkComp writes "In what could possibly be a major blow to a scientific consensus that has held for decades, recent research suggests that the traditional conception of Neanderthals being "stupider" than Homo sapiens may in fact be misleading. As articles about the research findings state, 'early stone tool technologies developed by our species, Homo sapiens, were no more efficient than those used by Neanderthals.' The data used in the study is available on-line along with a visual description of the process used."<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/26/1524214&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/26/1524214"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/26/1524214&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=Fj4DxQ"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=Fj4DxQ" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/375314229" height="1" width="1"/> timothy 2008-08-26T15:30:00+00:00 science new-yorker-redrawing-decades-of-cartoons science 501 501,488,394,285,86,61,40 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/26/1524214&from=rss LHC Fully Documented Online http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/374871970/article.pl Physicser writes "Want to read every single technical detail of the design and construction of the Large Hadron Collider and its six detectors? The whole shebang — seven reports totaling 1600 pages, 115 MB, with contributions from 8000 scientists and engineers — has been published electronically by the Journal of Instrumentation, free to read without a subscription."<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/26/0028205&from=rss"><img src="http://science.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/08/26/0028205"></a><a href="http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/26/0028205&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot. <a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?a=2BG6Kf"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotScience?i=2BG6Kf" border="0"></img></a><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~4/374871970" height="1" width="1"/> kdawson 2008-08-26T03:51:00+00:00 internet twenty-seven-kilometers-of-documentation science 238 238,232,184,128,57,42,35 http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/26/0028205&from=rss Search Slashdot Search Slashdot stories query http://science.slashdot.org/search.pl

Science	news	and	discussion.
[RSS]

http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience

Slashdot: Science 2008 August

dvd rental

dvd

Science news and discussion. [RSS]

Rules

Recommended Sites: 1. Arts - Business - Computers - Games - Health - Home - Kids and Teens - News - Recreation - Reference - Regional - Science - Shopping - Society - Sports - World Miss Gallery - Top Anime Hentai - DVD rental by mail - Home Loan - MPAA - Remortgages - Credit Counseling - Payday Loans

2008-08-30 03:08:41

Copyright 2005, 2006 by Webmaster
Websites is cool :) 252Hotel Granada - Katalog Firm - Klimatyzacja Poznan - �ysienie - Kominki