* Washington's doctors absolved:
The statesman was beyond help when his much-
maligned doctors found him one fateful morning,
a study concludes.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/080819_washington


* Computer helps reassemble a lost past:
Rebuilding shattered artifacts can be like solving
jigsaw puzzles of bewildering proportions.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080815_comp-archaeology


* Scientists: century-old drug might cure
Parkinson's, more:
A study with mice suggests a century-old drug could
slow or even cure Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
disease, researchers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080818_blue


* Stone-Age graveyard reveals life in a 
"green Sahara":
Scientists in Niger report having found the Sahara
Desert's largest known Stone-Age graveyard.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080814_sahara


* A bit of dazzle to throw off predators:
Bright patterns may really work to protect animals
from becoming a meal, researchers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080813_coloration


* Mass extinction going on, researchers say:
Great die-offs of amphibians are a sign that a
catastrophe is underway on Earth -- brought on by 
us, some scientists argue.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080812_extinction


* Pride and shame displays "universal":
In both victory and defeat, athletes blind from
birth behave much like their sighted counterparts,
psychologists have found.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080811_pride



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