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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:16:59 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Engineering and Music: A Powerful Duet for Art and Science
Engineering and Music: A Powerful Duet for Art and Science
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:00:00 -0500
These engineers and musicians are hitting just the right notes
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:12:12 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Awards Grant to Study Effects of Oil and Dispersants on Louisiana Salt Marsh Ecosystem
Gulf Oil Spill: NSF Awards Grant to Study Effects of Oil and Dispersants on Louisiana Salt Marsh Ecosystem
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:28:00 -0500
As oil and dispersants wash ashore in coastal Louisiana salt marshes, what will their effects be on these sensitive ecosystems?
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a rapid response grant to scientist Eugene Turner of Louisiana State University and colleagues to measure the impacts on Gulf Coast salt marshes.
The researchers will track short-term (at the current time, and again at three months) and longer-term (at 11 months) exposure to oil and ...
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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:12:56 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Study of Bonobos Offers Clues to What Makes Us Human
Study of Bonobos Offers Clues to What Makes Us Human
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:03:00 -0500
As humans, we have two closest living evolutionary relatives: the well known chimpanzee and the little known bonobo. While chimpanzees and humans have the potential for lethal violence, bonobos have never been observed to kill one another, and are even highly tolerant of strangers.
In his NSF Distinguished Lecture, Duke University anthropologist Brian Hare will share latest findings from his research comparing the psychology of our two closest living relatives, from their ability to ...
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