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science experiment stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - Scientists have combined spider silk with metal atoms to boost web strands' already-phenomenal strength, reports Ars Technica. The breakthrough experiment advances the science of creating ever-stronger materials, as well discovering a successful method to bond metal to biological material. Experiments are already under way to make chicken eggs stronger. More »

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science • web • steel • science experiment • heavy metal • spiders • spider silk • biochemistry • arachnid

'Dead Water' May Explain Drownings

Wave phenomenon
that slows ships may affect humans, too

Dec 18, 08 4:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Swimmers sometimes complain that water can be “evil,” but water is water, right? Wrong. So-called dead water—a naval phenomenon that happens when waves form between layers of warmer and cooler water, reducing a ship’s speed—may affect swimmers too, the New Scientist reports. And it might... More »

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water • science • swimming • drowning • science experiment

 Dogs Get Jealous: Study 

But canine envy is simpler than that felt by primates

Dec 8, 08 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Dogs can indeed get jealous, a new study shows. While it’s known that other primates feel envy, the report offers the first evidence of the green-eyed monster in canines. Dogs were paired up and commanded to put their paw in an experimenter’s hand, and then given unequal rewards:... More »

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experiments • canine behavior • science experiment • primates • dog • canines • envy

'Biohackers' Push DIY Science in the Basement

Movement aims to capitalize on American passion for invention

Sep 15, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just as individual computer experts can create new programs and technological movements from home, a new generation of scientists wants to make do-it-yourself biology a household activity. Sessions such as those teaching laypeople how to extract DNA show "how much science can be about duct tape and having a... More »

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science • MIT • biology • hackers • science experiment

 An Other-Worldly Brew on Tap 

Japanese brewery to craft beer whose barley comes from space-traveling seeds

May 31, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Want to try a heavenly lager? Come November, you might get a chance. Japan's Sapporo Breweries is harvesting barley this weekend from seeds that spent 5 months aboard the International Space Station, the AP reports. It then plans to brew 100 bottles of space beer, though it hasn't figured out... More »

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beer • deep space • International Space Station • Russian Space Agency • science experiment • seeds

Baby Birds' Babbling Suggests Intricate Brain

How our feathered friends learn, play back song may hold answers for human speech

May 5, 08 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Being bird-brained might not be much of an insult: New MIT research paints a more intricate portrait of how songbirds learn to sing, with one part of the brain used for learning and another for singing itself. Rather than maturing from babbling to birdsong, the independent but overlapping pathways work... More »

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science • birds • brain • neuroscience • language • science experiment • speech

Japanese 'Frankenwhale' Experiments Slammed

Scientists say whale research is bizarre, useless

Mar 8, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists have reviewed the research Japan uses to justify hunting whales, and they've concluded that it is mostly useless—and very weird, Sydney's Daily Telegraph reports.   Researchers tried to fertilize cow and pig eggs with whale sperm, and to create test-tube whales from frozen sperm.  "It's totally... More »

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environment • Japan • whale • science experiment • minke • Japanese whale hunt • whaler

2007's Top 10 Scientific Findings

Dec 30, 07 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - What were the most important scientific findings of 2007? LiveScience gives you the top 10:
  1. Climate change: The IPCC issued its strongest warning yet that humans are causing global warming.
  2. Arctic melting: Two studies found retreating arctic ice.
  3. Extreme weather: Global warming is contributing—specifically hurricanes and
... More »

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list • heat wave • science experiment • scientific discoveries

Most Bizarre Science Projects

Elephants on acid, fake plane crashes among the worst

Nov 3, 07 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ever see an elephant on acid? The Guardian rounds up the most bizarre science experiments of all time, courtesy of New Scientist. Among them: a researcher who injected an elephant with LSD, via rifle, to see if the drug induced aggressiveness. The elephant died. Another involved telling plane passengers they... More »

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science experiment • LSD • New Scientist

Twins Split by 'Science' Reunite

Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein raised in different families as part of scientific study

Oct 1, 07 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three decades into a bizarre nature-versus-nurture experiment, Elyse Schein abruptly discovered she and a twin sister had been separated at birth and adopted into separate homes—all in the name of science. They eventually found each other in 2004, and now talked with CBS about their new memoir, Identical ... More »

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ethics • twins • science • science experiment • nature vs. nurture • separated at birth

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