* WIPED OUT: Global warming sowing disease, 
extinction, researchers say
Climate change is promoting diseases that have 
killed off dozens of amphibian species, and such
illnesses could affect humans, findings suggest.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060111_warmingfrm.htm


* Ants teach each other to find food, study finds:
Scientists say they may have the first documented 
case of teaching among non-humans.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060111_antteachfrm.htm


* Songbirds remember dad's tunes:
Researchers say they have learned which brain area 
zebra finches use to remember what their fathers 
sang.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060110_finchfrm.htm


SPECIAL REPORT: Galaxies & Black Holes
Some findings announced by astronomers at this
week's annual meeting of the American
Astronomical Society.


* Milky way "vibrating like a drum":
Our galaxy is warped, and vibrates like a drum 
playing three deep, deep notes, a study suggests.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060110_drumfrm.htm


* Unsuspected violence in the hearts of galaxies:
Supermassive black holes are wreaking havoc in 
galaxies that look peaceful, astronomers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060110_ellipfrm.htm


* Galactic mergers feed growing monster black
holes: study
Mergers of galaxies provides a feast for giant black 
holes lurking in them, astronomers have found.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060110_mergefrm.htm


* Black hole "dents" space and time:
Researchers report evidence that a black hole is 
bending space and time, as Einstein predicted it 
should.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060110_dentfrm.htm