* Rats can reflect on their knowledge, study
finds:
New research was touted as the first to find this
ability in animals other than primates.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070308_rats.htm
* Robot walks and swims:
A new device demonstrates that nature often offers
the best solutions for robot design, researchers
say.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070308_salamander.htm
* Probe to explore deepest known sinkhole:
A robotic sub explores and maps unknown,
subterranean waters -- a possible prelude to a probe
on a distant moon.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070308_sinkhole.htm
* Little genomes for big dinosaurs:
They might be giants, but many dinosaurs apparently
had genomes no larger than that of a hummingbird.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070307_dinosaur.htm
* Unifying principle said to govern all galaxies:
The discovery could say something deep about the
cosmos, astronomers claim.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070306_galaxies.htm
* Therapy for traumatized Iraq vets: Iraq again,
virtually:
An unusual treatment has worked for a few troubled
war veterans, psychologists report.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070306_virtual-iraq.htm
* "Mafia" behavior noted in birds:
Researchers have found a new low in the ways of some
parasitic birds, which impose their progeny on other
birds.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070305_parasitic-bird.htm
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