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10.30.09 140 Million Year Old Spider Webs Discovered

Donna Fontenot to geology — Tags: amber, fossil, Geological Society, Martin Brasier, Spider, spider web, University of Oxford

10.24.09 Clean Scents Unconsciously Promote Ethical Behavior

Donna Fontenot to psychology — Tags: Adam Galinsky, Brigham Young University, Chen-Bo Zhong, Cleanliness, ethical behavior, morals, Northwestern University, Odor, Olfaction, security systems, sharing, University of Toronto

10.22.09 Brain Neurons Create Timestamps To Keep Time and Control Actions

Donna Fontenot to human mind — Tags: Brain, Cerebrum, Dezhe Jin, Japan's RIKEN Brain Science Institute, MIT, Neuron, Parkinson's disease, Penn State University, prosthetic devices, Striatum

10.15.09 You Smell Funny

Donna Fontenot to chemistry — Tags: Brian A. Eckenrode, disease, FBI Academy, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Counterterrorism & Forensic Science Research Unit, Florida International University, Kenneth G. Furton, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Odor, Olfaction, Quantico

10.14.09 Vegetable Lamb Plant, Holder of Myths and Osteoporosis Treatment

Donna Fontenot to health — Tags: American Chemical Society, Bone, folk medicine, Osteoblast, Osteoclast, osteoporosis, Skeletal system, treatment for osteoporosis, Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, Vegetable Lamb plant, Vietnam

10.08.09 Analysis of Dinosaur Footprints Shows How They Coped With Slippery Slopes

Donna Fontenot to paleontology — Tags: Argentina, Dinosaur, Iziko South African Museum, Jeff Wilson, Lesotho, paleontology, Paleozoology, South Africa, the PLoS ONE, the University of Michigan, Theropoda, Universidad de Buenos Aires

10.06.09 Discovering How To Silence Cancer Cells Without Affecting Healthy Cells

Donna Fontenot to health — Tags: Cancer, Cancer treatments, Chemotherapy, Health_Medical_Pharma, Jo Milner, Oncology, Radiation therapy, radiotherapy, RNA interference, Shafiq Ahmed, University of York

10.01.09 New Human Ancestor Discovered – Ardi is Lucy’s Ancestor

Donna Fontenot to paleoanthropology — Tags: Apes, Aramis, Ardipithecus, Bipedalism, Ethiopia, Hominidae, Human evolution, Lucy, Science Magazine, Transitional fossil