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* Richest biological zones found to suffer most wars: More than four in five wars in recent times arose in areas identified as the most biologically diverse, a study indicates. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090221_war * "Green Comet" visits neighborhood: Astronomers are keeping a close eye on a greenish comet fast approaching Earth's vicinity. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090220_lulin * Collective rituals spur support for suicide attacks: researchers: A new study proposes that acts of war by self- destruction are part of a larger psychological phenomenon. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090219_suicide * Running hamsters, tapping fingers tapped for energy: A rodent may be doing its own small part to provide a renewable electricity source. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090217_energy * Cosmologists aim to reveal time's first moments: Scientists want to test whether random, microscopic fluctuations in the fabric of space and time spawned the universe. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090216_origins * HIV gene therapy trial results seen as positive: A new treatment appeared to safely boost the number of immune system cells of a type normally attacked by HIV, according to researchers. http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/090215_oz1 **************************************************** World Science homepage Don't forget to visit our homepage for Science In Images; links to top science news from other publi- cations; and other recent World Science stories! http://www.world-science.net World Science archives To new readers especially: you need not miss our ex- citing past stories, though they won't appear in future newsletters. See archives for any year by typing that year after the homepage address: for example, http://www.world-science.net/2007 Invite friends to join World Science! Click here to open an invitation email you can send friends and colleagues so they can join you in sub- scribing to World Science at no charge. Feel free to change the email text (although you might want to leave the subscription instructions unchanged.) More information This is the World Science newsletter. To cancel your subscription, please reply to this email address with "cancel" in the subject line. To subscribe, write to this email address with "subscribe" in the subject line. To change the address where you receive the newsletter, simply subscribe the new address and cancel the old one. Any World Science article may be reproduced on another website, on condition that it is reproduced along with a link to the World Science homepage, http://www.world-science.net. Linking to the page of the original article is optional. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.2/1965 - Release Date: 02/21/09 15:36:00
