LATEST NEWS:

* Bush administration proposes listing polar bears as
threatened:
Environmentalists hailed the move as a possible
major shift in direction for U.S. policy on global warming.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061228_polar-bear.htm


* Even rats may dream in pictures, study finds:
Animals, like humans, appear to have sleep imagery,
researchers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061219_rat-dreams.htm


* Surprises in comet dust:
Dust gathered from a comet and brought to Earth
tells a tale of a solar system that partially turned
itself inside out, according to scientists.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061214_stardust.htm


* Mammals might have flown before birds, scientists
claim:
An ancient squirrel-like, gliding beast differed
from all known orders of mammals, a study suggests.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061213_antiquus.htm


* "Trust hormone" now tied to "mind reading" -- and
increasingly, autism:
An unusual hormone has a growing list of documented
powers, some of them surprising -- and intriguing to
scientists hunting autism treatments.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/061206_oxytocin.htm


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