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* Science gives beauty some of its mystery back -- for now: There may be more to good looks than averageness after all, new research suggests. http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/071222_beauty.htm * Small asteroids may do major damage: A new look at a 1908 event suggests disaster from space could be more common than once thought. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/071221_tunguska.htm * Is humor tied to male aggression?: A doctor's hobby of unicycling turned into a study of human nature, that offers a new perspective on why we joke. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/071221_humor.htm * Whales evolved from raccoon-sized creature, study finds: The "missing link" for whales and dolphins was a small hoofed mammal, researchers say. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/071219_indohyus.htm * Galaxy seen blasting neighbor: A jet from a galaxy's giant, central black hole is pummeling a nearby galaxy, according to astronomers. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/071217_beam.htm **************************************************** Invite friends to join World Science! Do your friends or colleagues a favor. Just click here to open an invitation email you can send them so they can join you in subscribing to World Science at no charge. Feel free to change the email text (although you might want to leave the subscription instructions unchanged.) 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 article on the World Science site 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 Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1189 - Release Date: 12/18/2007 9:40 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
