ahar...@earthlink.net Interesting science stuff. Subject: World Science: Scientists create 'memories' in isolated brain slices
* Scientists create "memories" in isolated brain slices: Researchers say the effect occurred thanks to an obscure type of cell first described in 1893. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/091227_memory * Power promotes hypocrisy, study finds Behind 2009's scandal-ridden headlines lies a deeper psychological pattern, researchers claim. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/091229_hypocrisy * Collisions and "vampirism" may make stars look newly young: Two processes can make some stars look much younger than they really are, astronomers have found. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/091226_stragglers * Females may harbor biological "inner male": In female mice, switching off one gene seems to start turning the ovaries into testicles that produce male hormones, scientists report. http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/091222_foxl2 * First "super-Earths" found orbiting sun-like stars: Astronomers have reported finding as many as six planets, not many times heavier than Earth, orbiting two nearby Sun-like stars. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/091215_planets * Personalities judged by appearance alone in study: They say never to judge a book by its cover. But some aspects of a stranger's personality may be discernible from a photo. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/091211_appearance MORE NEWS * Moon like that in "Avatar" could be real: http://www.world-science.net/othernews/091220_avatar * For some stone-agers, home was where the hearth was: http://www.world-science.net/othernews/091217_homes * Violent conflicts fit into patterns, researchers find: http://www.world-science.net/othernews/091216_conflict * Second "Mozart Effect"? Premature babies may grow faster: http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/091214_mozart **************************************************** 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: 9.0.722 / Virus Database: 270.14.123/2592 - Release Date: 12/29/09 02:47:00
