* Fingers originated in fish ancestors: study
Previous findings on the subject were mistaken, a
report claims.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080921_digits


* "Smoothest" mirror could lead to new 
microscopes:
Physicists say they have created unusual surfaces
that could help image biological samples more
precisely without destroying them.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080922_mirror


* Demystifying spider sex cannibalism:
There's no deep, complex reason why females eat the
males -- they're just hungry, two researchers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080914_spider


* World's largest study of near-death experiences 
to start:
New research aims to establish whether people may
have thoughts for a time while clinically "dead."
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080911_neardeath


* Sensitivity to sudden noises may predict your 
politics:
Our political views come from places deeper inside
of us than many had suspected, a study suggests.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080917_physiology


* "Relic" ant said to hail from lost past:
A bizarre predatory, blind, underground ant probably
descends almost straight from the first ants,
scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080916_ant



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