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* Materials for "Earths" may be common in universe: New findings suggest rocky planets are a normal occurrence, astronomers say. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090105_planets * Using light beams to grab molecules: Researchers say they've created a trap that can capture DNA molecules and other tiny objects. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090101_nanoscale * Competition, not climate, killed Neanderthals: study The stocky breed of early humans couldn't hold its own against more modern populations, scientists claim. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081228_neanderthal * Life grew in two, millionfold leaps, researchers report: Earth's creatures come in all sizes, yet scientists believe they all descend from the same single-celled organisms. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081226_leaps * Ancient African exodus mostly involved men, geneticists find An ancient migration out of Africa is thought to have led to most human populations outside the continent. http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/081221_exodus * Still today, most will torture if ordered: study Scientists say they have replicated an experiment in which people would obediently give painful shocks to others when prompted. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081219_milgram **************************************************** 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 - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1876 - Release Date: 1/5/2009 9:44 AM
