Rats might hold clues to ancient migration: study
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Research into the common rat has revealed how people and certain diseases migrated around the ancient world, Australian scientists said on Friday. feeds.reuters.com
Are fat mums to blame for fat kids?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British researchers who tried to show why overweight mothers tend to have overweight children said on Monday they had filled in one small piece of the puzzle. feeds.reuters.com
Male Amazon river dolphins strut their stuff
Male Amazon river dolphins make themselves attractive to the opposite sex by carrying a branch or similar piece of flotsam in their mouth as an attention-getter, the first such behavior documented in aquatic mammals, researchers discovered. ... english.people.com.cn
Lab for "red tide" research opens in Shanghai
A key lab that will monitor China's eastern coast for "red tides" -- outbreaks of algae in organic matter -- was dedicated in Shanghai on Wednesday. China has a coastline of 18,000 kilometers, and red tide outbreaks have become more ... english.people.com.cn