* NASA announces lunar base plan:
The space agency has announced plans to build a
permanent lunar base by 2024.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061204_lunar-base.htm
* City birds sing their own tune:
Members of a bird species that have adapted to city
life sing a shorter, sharper, faster song than their
forest kin, a study has found.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061204_city-bird.htm
* Hard, brutal lives for Neanderthals:
Neanderthal remains from Spain speak of malnutrition
and possible cannibalism, researchers report.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061204_neanderthal.htm
* Gene "archaeology" sheds light on male pregnancy:
A gene might help explain why males get pregnant
among members of the seahorse family, according to
biologists.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061203_male-pregnancy.htm
* Oldest known ritual: python worship, archaeologist says:
Snake-worship in Stone-Age Africa might have been
the first human ritual, if new findings are correct.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061130_python.htm
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