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Wine Study Shows Price Influences Perception

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but slap on a hefty price tag, and our opinion of it might go through the roof. At least that's the case with the taste of wine, say scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Stanford University.
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Scientists measure flux of Antarctica's ice

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Science news // 13 January, 2008 12:01:26
 Increasing amounts of ice mass have been lost from West Antarctica and the Antarctic peninsula over the past ten years, according to research from the University of Bristol and published online this week in Nature Geoscience. Meanwhile the ice mass in East Antarctica has been roughly stable, with neither loss nor accumulation over the past decade.

Missing Link Between Whales and Four-Footed Ancestors Discovered

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Science news // 06 January, 2008 09:01:29
 Scientists have discovered the missing link between whales and their four-footed ancestors. The result is reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature. The research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Ant invaders eat the natives, then move down the food chain

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Science news // 01 January, 2008 09:01:29
 The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, is one of the most successful invasive species in the world, having colonized parts of five continents in addition to its native range in South America. A new study sheds light on the secrets of its success.

New plant study reveals a "deeply hidden" layer of the transcriptome

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Science news // 28 December, 2007 09:12:32
 Cells keep a close watch over the transcriptome – the totality of all parts of the genome that are expressed in any given cell at any given time. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of Missouri-Kansas City teamed up to peel back another layer of transcriptional regulation and gain new insight into how genomes work.

Subliminal messages can influence us in surprising ways

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Science news // 26 December, 2007 09:12:37
 Flag waving is a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance. Indeed, "rally 'round the flag" is a venerable expression of this phenomenon.

Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From the Ocean Floor

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Science news // 20 December, 2007 06:12:04
 Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is emitted in great quantities as bubbles from seeps on the ocean floor near Santa Barbara. About half of these bubbles dissolve into the ocean, but the fate of this dissolved methane remains uncertain. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that only one percent of this dissolved methane escapes into the air –– good news for the Earth's atmosphere.

Why diving marine mammals resist brain damage from low oxygen

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Science news // 19 December, 2007 11:12:31
 Weddell seals, animals that dive and hunt under the Antarctic sea ice, can hold their breath for as long as 90 minutes and remain active and mentally alert the whole time. The seals aren't fazed at all by low levels of oxygen that would cause humans to black out. What's their secret?

Squirrels Use Snake Scent

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Science news // 18 December, 2007 02:12:04
 California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chew up rattlesnake skin and smear it on their fur to mask their scent from predators, according to a new study by researchers at UC Davis.

Greenland's Melting is Accelerating

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Science news // 11 December, 2007 06:12:57
 The 2007 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet broke the 2005 summer melt record by 10 percent, making it the largest ever recorded there since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder climate scientist.

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