| EU tightens rules on lab animals The EU agrees on new rules to reduce the number of animals used in lab experiments and tighten controls over such procedures. bbc.co.uk |
Natural gas may have jump-started oil eating bugs By 2010-09-16T18:03:39ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Those oil-eating bacteria that suddenly flourished in the Gulf of Mexico following the oil spill may have gotten a jump start from natural gas, scientists say.... hosted.ap.org |
Smarter Than You Think: Aiming to Learn as We Do, a Machine Teaches Itself Researchers are fine-tuning a computer system that is trying to master semantics by learning more like a human. feeds.nytimes.com |
Q & A: Stone Power If a penny dropped from the Empire State Building can kill someone, what about hail falling from much higher? feeds.nytimes.com |
Observatory: Mammal Growth Spurt After Dinosaurs Died Mammals exploded in size after dinosaurs went extinct and continued to grow for about 25 million years, according to a new study. feeds.nytimes.com |