* Premature babies feel pain -- but fetuses don't, reports say: Two new papers shed light on some of the latest thinking on a charged question: whether the...
* Birds grasp key rule of grammar, study finds: The European starling has an unsuspected ability to pick up "human-only" language skills, researchers suggest. ...
* Studies find logic lurking in madness: A widespread suspicion that insanity and rationality are related is not without its basis, researchers have found. ...
* Race of tiny people didn't exist, scientists say: More and more researchers are disputing a 2004 study concluding that miniature humans evolved on an island....
* Researchers trace origin of an "altruism gene": Probing an evolutionary mystery, scientists say they have penned the first history of a gene for cooperation....
* Fish may avoid "sexual harassment," researchers say: Female guppies seem to risk their lives to flee a barrage of male advances, scientists have found. ...
* Ego traps us in costly, losing battles, study finds: Failure. Why does it happen? A common thread runs through many of our most painful, drawn-out fiascos, ...
* Startling variety in planetary birthplaces: Astronomers once thought the dusty clouds that spawn planets all looked pretty much the same. But no more. ...
* Sites under review for telescope that could detect alien TV: Astronomers are working to choose a site for a giant telescope that could read TV signals from...
* Stupendous crash proves "dark matter" exists, astronomers claim: The most forceful known collision in the universe has torn apart normal and dark matter,...
* Green tea may save lives, researchers say: A Japanese study links the beverage to lower death rates. http://www.world-science.net/index-test.htm * Baby bugs...
* "Lucy's baby": pre-human fossil dazzles scientists: Human-like below the waist, ape-like above, an ancient child is stirring up the study of our origins. ...
* Burglars found to be as skilled as pilots: Burglars are so good at robbing houses, they should be regarded as experts in their field, two psychologists say. ...
* Underworld microbes raise hopes for alien life: Bacteria found deep in a gold mine rely on energy from radioactive uranium to live, scientists say. ...
* Almost no more seafood after 2048 if trends continue, study predicts: Seafood will be all but a memory if fishing and pollution go on at current rates, a...
* Monkeys using perfume? Study investigates: Some wild spider monkeys dab on a chewed-leaf paste that may act as a sort of cologne, researchers say. ...
* Pot may be good and bad, researchers propose: The truth about marijuana might be more complex than either its opponents or its champions suggest, some ...