* "Language gene" alters mouse squeaks:
Mice carrying a "humanized" gene can't talk, but
might tell us something about our evolutionary
past.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090528-foxp2


* Technique would detect watery worlds:
An Earth-like planet would appear in telescopes as
little more than a "pale blue dot." What could we
make of that?

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090527-water


* No enforcement, no trade -- not for chimps:
Scientists have managed to teach chimps to trade a
primitive "currency." But the creatures never quite
ran with the idea.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/090522-trade


* Green tea extract reported to show 
promise against leukemia:
Scientists are reporting positive results in early
clinical trials using a substance in green tea.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090526-gallate


* "Swine Flu" was circulating undetected, 
researchers say:
All segments of the virus originated in avian hosts
and began circulating in pigs at various times in
the 1900s, according to investigators.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090522-h1n1


* Earliest cells might have thrived amid 
asteroid pummeling:
The so-called Late Heavy Bombardment wasn't
necessarily the end of the world for ancient
microbes, scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090520_asteroid


* "Missing link" ancestor reported found:
A 47-million-year-old fossil connects humans, apes
and monkeys to other mammals, researchers
announced.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090519_ida




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