ahar...@earthlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: World Science To: emailn...@world-science.net Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:04 AM Subject: World Science: Monkeys live longer after eating lighter, study finds
* Monkeys live longer after eating lighter: study Cutting calories by 30 percent seems to have remarkable effects, scientists say. http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/090709_caloric * A "theory of everything" is said to solve its first real-world problem: String theory, which postulates extra dimensions, has long been criticized for making promises that it failed to live up to. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090707_string * Could coffee reverse Alzheimer's?: Studies with mice are suggesting surprising new possibilities for treating the memory disorder, according to researchers. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090705_alzheimers * People only sometimes seek out opposing views, research finds: People tend to avoid ideas they disagree with -- but some factors can prompt them to seek out such points of view, scientists report. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090702_opinion.htm * Finding may help explain giant black holes: Astronomers are reporting that they have discovered a new class of black holes: mid-sized ones. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090701_blackhole * Scientists look to bat caves for "fountains of youth": Scientists are batty over a finding they say could lead to a breakthrough -- significantly longer lifespans. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090701_tadarida * Scientists report capturing first image of memories being made: Biologists say they have captured the first image of a mechanism underlying long-term memory formation. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090625_memory * Flute said to be oldest handcrafted musical instrument: Early modern humans may have been dancing to bird-bone flutes as early as 35,000 years ago, archaeologists say. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090625_flute * Oceans in Enceladus? Scientists can't decide: Two contrasting findings are leaving researchers unsure whether a distant moon has underground oceans. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090624_enceladus * Need something? Talk to my right ear!: Most of us prefer to be addressed in our right ear, and are more likely grant a request when we hear it from the right, an unusual investigation has found. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090618_hemisphere-bias **************************************************** 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: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.8/2227 - Release Date: 07/09/09 05:55:00
