* Chimps found using spears:
Chimps in Senegal were reported making sharpened
sticks to hunt other, small primates.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070222_chimp-spears.htm
* Video games may boost surgical skill, tests find:
A small study has linked video game savvy to skill
in simulated laparoscopic surgeries.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070219_surgery.htm
* Story of first Americans being rewritten:
An anthropologist says new evidence could spell
the demise of traditional views on America's peopling.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070222_clovis.htm
* Birds found to plan future meals:
Western scrub jays seem to be acquainted with the
concept of diet planning, scientists report.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070221_scrub-jay.htm
* Genome scan finds new genetic links to autism:
The first results from a scan of the world's largest
collection of DNA from families affected by autism
point to two new genetic links.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070218_autism.htm
* Science in images: Cosmic fireworks, 20 years later
1987 saw one of the brightest exploding stars on
record. For its 20-year anniversary, astronomers
released a striking new image of the aftermath.
http://www.world-science.net
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