TOP 100 SCIENCE SITES
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| Scientists develop self-healing rubber Scientists have developed a kind of rubber that when snapped into two can heal itself back into a stretchy piece of rubber again. The self-healing rubber was built up from simple starting materials -- fatty acids from vegetable oil ... english.people.com.cn |
Books of The Times: Heard the One About the Farmer’s Ethanol? Robert Bryce mounts a savage attack on the concept of energy independence and the most popular technologies currently being promoted to achieve it. nytimes.com |
Scientists Unveil Prehistoric Crocodile RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Pointy-nosed crocodiles may have joined sharks as the dominant predators in the world's oceans some 62 million years ago, according to Brazilian scientists who on Wednesday unveiled one of the most complete skeletons found yet of the prehistoric animals.... hosted.ap.org |
John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term ‘Black Hole,’ Is Dead at 96 Mr. Wheeler helped invent the theory of nuclear fission, gave black holes their name and argued about the nature of reality with Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr. nytimes.com |
How do baby birdies learn to sing? By babbling WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baby birds babble much like human infants do, and they have their own special brain circuits to do it, researchers reported on Thursday. feeds.reuters.com |