* Communing with nature less and less:
People are losing interest in the outdoors, and it
bodes ill for health and the environment,
researchers warn.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080204_nature


* Particle smasher may reveal extra 
dimensions:
Physicists have big hopes for the world's most
powerful particle accelerator, to start up this
summer.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080201_dimensions


* Severe stress in pregnancy may be tied to
children's schizophrenia:
The popular notion that a your state of mind can
affect your unborn baby seems to have some truth,
scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080204_schizophrenia


* A common ancestor for all blue-eyed people:
Everyone with blue eyes can trace their lineage to
one person who lived around the late Stone Age,
researchers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080131_blueeyes


* Surprises from the smallest planet:
A spacecraft has given scientists a totally new look
at Mercury, NASA reports.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080129_mercury



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