mel | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 22 2007 | research, babyQuoted: Babies are good judges of character long before they learn to speak, according to a new study. Infants as young as six months preferred characters which helped rather than hindered others in a simple puppet show.
- mel | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 08 2007 | health, environment, research
Quoted: Deaths caused by shipping emissions are focused in Europe, Asia and the Eastern US (Image: ACS)
- mel | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 06 2007 | science, research, baby
Quoted: The association between breastfeeding and intelligence has been hotly debated. Fatty acids uniquely present in breast milk were thought to be behind why children who are breastfed as babies do better in IQ tests than those not given breast milk.
- Moose use 'human shield' to avoid hungry bears - earth - 10 October 2007 - New Scientist Environmentmel | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 10 2007 | wildlife, research
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Quoted: Why did the pregnant moose approach the road? To give birth away from hungry grizzly bears, according to researchers who say expectant moose have learned that roads provide a relative safe-haven for their new-born calves.
- mel | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 04 2007 | chicken bones, research, discovering America, controversy
Sure, sure -- the age-old Columbus debate. But the real controversy is over the chickens!
Quoted: Prehistoric Polynesians beat Europeans to the Americas, according to a new analysis of chicken bones.
The work provides the first firm evidence that ancient Polynesians voyaged as far as South America, and also strongly suggests that they were responsible for the introduction of chickens to the continent - a question that has been hotly debated for more than 30 years.
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