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Boiling point
— McDonald's recalls Shrek glasses due to potential cadmium risk — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced…
— Hogchoker - the new Internet star — A small flatfish living along the coast of North America is the…
— Cancer deaths are projected to double by 2030 — Cancer deaths are projected to double in the next two decades.…

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— Wasps clock faces like humans — Face recognition in golden paper wasps may be an adaptation to…
— Entangled diamonds vibrate together — Objects big enough for the eye to see have been placed in a weirdly…
— How animals predict earthquakes — Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur…
— New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact — Hundreds of metres under one of Iceland's largest glaciers there…

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News | Archive (27 February 2007)

Archived news stories published on 27 February 2007 [chronologically, reverse order]
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Record cosmic explosion brightens student's first day
Record cosmic explosion brightens student's first day — Adam Goldstein's first day on the job tending the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) instrument on NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space…
Injections of licorice ingredient show promise as treatment for cocaine addiction
Injections of licorice ingredient show promise as treatment for cocaine addiction — An ingredient in licorice shows promise as an antidote for the toxic effects of cocaine abuse, including deadly overdoses…
100 m virtual telescope captures unique detailed colour image
100 m virtual telescope captures unique detailed colour image — 'This is one of the first images made using near-infrared interferometry,' says lead author Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin. Interferometry…
Air-filled bones helped prehistoric reptiles take first flight
Air-filled bones helped prehistoric reptiles take first flight — New international research involving the University of Leicester published today sheds new light on how prehistoric reptiles…

Unusual call of rare Sumatran ground cuckoo recorded for first time

— 22:42 GMT | Biology

A team of biologists with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have recorded for the first time the call of the extremely rare Sumatran ground cuckoo, found only on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia…

Nectar is not a simple soft drink

— 22:42 GMT | Biology

The sugar-containing nectar secreted by plants and consumed by pollinators shares a number of similarities to fitness drinks, including ingredients such as amino acids and vitamins. In addition to these components, nectar can also contain secondary metabolites such as the alkaloid nicotine and other toxic compounds…

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