TOP STORIES

* Ill-fated ice man may have suffered two
assaults:
Scientists say they've revealed a new chapter in a
murder case some 5,300 years old.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090128_otzi


* When a stone lands in water:
Physicists are clarifying how one of nature's most
beautiful spectacles unfolds: the dance of a watery
surface hit by a falling stone.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090129_stone


* "Alarming" bone deterioration after long
space flights:
Months spent in space may raise astronauts' risk for
fractures later in life, a study suggests.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090127_astronaut


* Mightier sperm in "cuckolded" species:
Where infidelity prevails, sperm evolve to be faster
and bigger to cope with the competition, researchers
claim.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090126_sperm


MORE NEWS:

* Schizophrenia reassessed as fixation on self:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090123_schizophrenia

* Micro-motors would fit to swim human arteries:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090120_microbots

* "Cannibalism" creates huge stars:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090118_stragglers

* Makings of a deadly brown cloud:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090122_brownclouds

* Evidence of ancient chemical warfare reported:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090116_chemical



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