Science News http://www.news-spider.com/Technology/Science/index.html Latest Science News from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us Copyright (c) 2010 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:04:25 GMT Arctic animals doing better, but not close to pole http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873621 AP - The overall number of animals in the Arctic has increased over the past 40 years ago, according to a new international study. But critters who live closest to the North Pole are disappearing. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873621 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:52:28 GMT New Toyota Troubles: Copycat Complaints? http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873624 LiveScience.com - In the latest chapter of the runaway Toyota mystery, a man namedJames Sikes claimed that the accelerator on his 2008 Prius got stuck onMarch 8, at times reaching nearly 100 mph befor ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873624 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:06:24 GMT Smithsonian opens $21M human evolution hall http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873631 AP - Hundreds of early human fossils, artifacts and forensically recreated faces of our prehistoric relatives went on display Wednesday, exploring 6 million years of evolution at the National Museum o ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873631 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:54:50 GMT NASA Shows Ireland From Space for St. Patrick's Day http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873627 SPACE.com - If wearing green and watching a parade isn't enough for youthis St. Patrick's Day, NASA has unveiled the emerald day's Irish homeland asit appears from space. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873627 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:46:07 GMT New Finding Puts Dog Origins in Middle East http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873643 A discovery strengthens the link between the first animal to enter human society and the subsequent invention of agriculture about 10,000 years ago. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873643 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:31:53 GMT New Cancer Approach: Fast, Cheap, and Radical http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268866851 Frustrated by the cost and the dead-slow pace of drug development, a group of... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268866851 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:26:34 GMT Ghastly Slaughter of Research Monkeys Prompts Calls for Oversight http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873752 Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on. Two others w ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268873752 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:24:36 GMT Scientists transform protein into glass http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268866930 DURHAM, N.C., March 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have devised a method to dry and preserve proteins in a glassified form that seems to retain the molecules' properties. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268866930 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:17:04 GMT Research monkey deaths prompt calls for crackdown http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268866381 AP - Workers at a Nevada research lab were checking on a primate room when they came across a ghastly sight: Thirty dead monkeys were essentially cooked alive after someone left the heater on. Two oth ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268866381 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:14:05 GMT Spitzer views two unusual black holes http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268866931 PASADENA, Calif., March 17 (UPI) -- U.S. astronomers say they have identified what appear to be two of the earliest and most primitive supermassive black holes ever seen. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1268866931 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:12:13 GMT