* Tiny genome may be melting away, study suggests:
Researchers have identified the smallest known
genome, and say it may suffer a strange fate.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061012_tiny-genome.htm
* Strongest evidence yet that planets form from
"disks":
The philosopher Emmanuel Kant got it right
200 years ago, researchers proclaim.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061009_planet.htm
* Earth's wobbles may explain some extinctions,
research finds:
Wobbles in Earth's orbit may explain a puzzling
cycle of extinctions, scientists say.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061011_orbit.htm
* For ants, one playbook fits many situations:
Scientists are interested in the "algorithms," or
step-by-step rules, by which organisms make
decisions.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061009_ants.htm
* Fitness, childhood IQ may affect old-age brain
function:
Mental function in old age depends more on fitness
than on childhood IQ, a study has found.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061009_fitness-brain.htm
* Computers help churn out new cancer remedies:
Scientists are working on ways to make computers
churn out cancer remedies, with no need to figure
out how they work.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060927_cancer.htm
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