* Monkeys live longer after eating lighter: 
study
Cutting calories by 30 percent seems to have
remarkable effects, scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/090709_caloric


* A "theory of everything" is said to solve its first 
real-world problem:
String theory, which postulates extra dimensions,
has long been criticized for making promises that it
failed to live up to.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090707_string


* Could coffee reverse Alzheimer's?:
Studies with mice are suggesting surprising new
possibilities for treating the memory disorder,
according to researchers.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090705_alzheimers


* People only sometimes seek out opposing views, 
research finds:
People tend to avoid ideas they disagree with -- but
some factors can prompt them to seek out such points
of view, scientists report.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090702_opinion.htm


* Finding may help explain giant black holes:
Astronomers are reporting that they have discovered
a new class of black holes: mid-sized ones.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090701_blackhole


* Scientists look to bat caves for "fountains of 
youth":
Scientists are batty over a finding they say could
lead to a breakthrough -- significantly longer lifespans.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090701_tadarida


* Scientists report capturing first image of memories 
being made:
Researchers say they have captured the first image
of a mechanism underlying long-term memory formation.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090625_memory


* Flute said to be oldest handcrafted musical 
instrument:
Early modern humans may have been dancing to
bird-bone flutes as early as 35,000 years ago,
scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090625_flute


* Oceans in Enceladus? Scientists can't decide:
Two contrasting findings are leaving researchers
unsure whether a distant moon has underground
oceans.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090624_enceladus


* Need something? Talk to my right ear!:
Most of us prefer to be addressed in our right ear,
and are more likely grant a request when we hear it
from the right, an unusual investigation has found.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090618_hemisphere-bias



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