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    Why We Are All Insane (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - Natural selection wants us to be crazy - at least a little bit. While true debilitating insanity is not nature's intention, many mental health issues may be byproducts of the over-functional human brain, some researchers claim. -- read full article
    Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:10:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Monkeys reward friends and relatives (AP)

    A monkey peers through a fence in his enclosure at the Belgrade's zoo during a heatwave in Serbia's capital August 21, 2008.  REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic (SERBIA)AP - For capuchin monkeys, it seems, it's better to both give and receive, than just to receive. At least, that's what researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta have found.


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    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:01:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Cows seem to know which way is north (AP)

    In this April 17, 2008 file photo, cows are seen grazing on the farm near Rio, Wis. Do cows have a compass? Somehow, cattle seem to know how to find north and south, say researchers who studied satellite photos of thousands of cows around the world. Cattle that were grazing or resting tended to align their bodies in a north-south direction, a team of German and Czech researchers reports in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)AP - Talk about animal magnetism, cows seem to have a built-in compass. No bull: Somehow, cattle seem to know how to find north and south, say researchers who studied satellite photos of thousands of cows around the world.


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    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:02:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Giant Galaxy Cluster Seen in Early Universe (SPACE.com)
    SPACE.com - Astronomers have glimpsed the largest cluster of galaxies ever seen in the distant, early universe. -- read full article
    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:15:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Fay's remnants spread rain, storms across South (AP)

    Joe Mezzina removes a bike from his flooded bike shop, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, in Tallahassee, Fla.  Rain from Tropical Storm Fay caused his shop to flood when a nearby lake overflowed.(AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind as forecasters warned of possible flash flooding and tornadoes from Louisiana to Georgia.


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    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:27:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Survey: Women Leaders Smarter, More Honest (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - In a finding that will be bittersweet for Hillary Clinton supporters, a new Pew survey finds that when it comes to honesty, intelligence and a handful of other key traits valued in leaders, the public rates women as superior to men. -- read full article
    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:16:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Research aims to put tongues in control of devices (AP)

    In this photo released by Georgia Tech Maysam Ghovanloo, a Georgia Tech assistant professor,  points to a tiny magnet on graduate student Xueliang Huo's tongue Tuesday, June 9, 2008 in Atlanta. The device will turn Huo's tongue into a joystick that controls a wheelchair and the team hopes it could help the disabled gain more mobility. (AP Photo/Georgia Tech, Gary W. Meek)AP - The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad.


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    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:13:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    First mass U.S. crossing for hydrogen cars completed (Reuters)

    A hydrogen refueling station is pictured in Burbank, California June 11, 2008. (Fred Prouser - UNITED STATES/Reuters)Reuters - Hydrogen fuel cell cars from nine automakers completed a 13-day cross-country trip this weekend, in the first such mass U.S. crossing for vehicles powered by a zero-emission technology still in its infancy.


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    Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:16:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Three pandas born during final weekend of Olympics: reports (AFP)

    A giant panda at Beijing Zoo. Three giant pandas have been born in southwest China, bringing the total number of new arrivals of the endangered species this year to at least 19(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Three giant pandas have been born in southwest China, bringing the total number of new arrivals of the endangered species this year to at least 19, state media reported.


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    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:24:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    US-Russia chill threatens NASA space program (AFP)

    A Soyuz spacecraft blasts off. The chill left on US-Russian relations by Moscow's military incursion into Georgia could spell problems for future US access to the International Space Station, US experts said. NASA will become dependent on flights to the ISS by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft when it retires the shuttle fleet that has long ferried US astronauts into space in 2010.(AFP/File/Alexander Nemenov)AFP - The chill left on US-Russian relations by Moscow's military incursion into Georgia could spell problems for future US access to the International Space Station, US experts said.


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    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:06:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Despite Fla. floods, some hoping for Fay's rain (AP)

    A road sign warns motorists of flood water from Tropical Storm Fay on a street in St. George Island, Fla.,Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. The storm began wrapping up its disastrous slog across Florida on Saturday by making a record fourth landfall on the Panhandle's coast. (AP Photo/Phil Coale)AP - Tropical Storm Fay may be gone but the rain remains.


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    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:30:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Small Packages Trick People to Eat More (LiveScience.com)
    LiveScience.com - If you think buying junk food in small packages will help you eat less, look out -marketers know the truth. -- read full article
    Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:51:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Pelosi says case needed for U.S. offshore drilling (Reuters)

    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pictured in the Capitol in Washington in this May 20, 2008 file photo. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that expanded oil drilling in federal waters could be included in a broader energy bill if advocates can prove its viability as a solution to America's energy problems.


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    Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:04:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    Tropical storm Julio heads for Baja California (Reuters)

    A graphic showing the location of Tropical Storm Julio at 10:44 PM, August 23, 2008. (NOAA/National Hurricane Center/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Tropical Storm Julio strengthened over the Pacific ocean on Sunday, moving closer to the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.


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    Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:39:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
    QinetiQ says it has broken unmanned flight record (AP)

    Undated handout photo issued by QinetiQ  of  QinetiQ's Zephyr solar powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). in flight in Arizona  made available Sunday Aug. 24, 2008. The ultra-lightweight plane built from carbon fiber and powered using paper-thin solar panels has broken the world record for longest-lasting unmanned flight, its manufacturer claimed Sunday. QinetiQ Group PLC said its propeller-driven 'Zephyr' aircraft flew for 83 hours and 37 minutes, more than doubling the official world record set by Northrop Grumman's 'Global Hawk' in 2001. (AP Photo/ QinetiQ/HO)AP - An ultra-lightweight plane built from carbon fiber and powered using paper-thin solar panels has broken the world record for longest-lasting unmanned flight, its manufacturer claimed Sunday.


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    Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:27:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Science News
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