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* Study turns pigeons into "art critics": A Japanese researcher is reporting that he has trained birds to tell apart "good" and "bad" children's paintings. http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/090618_pigeons-art * Giant black holes found to be even heavier than thought: New findings may affect the way astronomers theorize about galactic evolution. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090607_blackholes * "Guilty look" in dogs mostly owners' fantasy, scientists say: People may see "guilt" in a dog's body language when they think the dog did something wrong - even if it didn't. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090615_dog * Researchers find "a touch of glass" in metal: Metals and ceramics have more in common with glass than has been previously recognized, a new study indicates. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090618_polycrystal * Lion tamers step aside: beasts could be tamed through genes Recent research raises the prospect that humans could tame "untameable" species in new ways. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090612_tameness * Brain energy use proposed as key to under- standing consciousness: Some researchers are proposing a new approach to understanding a mysterious state of being. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090617_energy * Birds didn't come from dinosaurs, study suggests : New findings about bird breathing abilities challenge entrenched ideas, some scientists say. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090610_dinosaur **************************************************** 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.
