Canine Cancer Survivor Is Pet Therapist Helping Kids With Cancer
...rty hosted by staff andpatients replete with party hats and horns, a dog-bone-shaped cake and varietyof gifts. "If she smelled food inside the package, she just shredded the paper-- the kids really got a kick out of that," remembered Lauri. For both Lauri and Dani, the last year has been filled with trial...A Real Smart Asp: Snakes Show Surprising Ability To Learn
...surveyed by videocameras that can detect tiny foil hats fitted to the brightorange and red snakes, which can grow to lengths of four feet.The snakes can't be observed directly during experimentation,because the presence of a person might provide them a cue,disrupting the experiment. Researchers lurk just ...Bronx Zoo feathers help save rare birds half a world away
...nted turkey feathers that indigenous people use in hats and capes, as well as wear on their hands during dances. This was a cooperative effort involving 15 accredited zoos across the U.S. to help save these species, said Dr. Sheppard, the Bronx Zoos Curator of Ornithology. WCS will continue to work with...Gene trigger for pancreas formation identified
...m, for a limited time, a man gave away unique blue hats and asked people to wear them. "Now we can follow the people who got hats, no matter where they go," Wright said. "Whether they go to get a hot dog or leave the stadium entirely, we can find them." Using the technique, the investigators found and f...MITs smart surface switches properties reversibly
...e MIT engineers solved the problem by adding bulky hats to each molecule during the assembly of the SAM, creating the equivalent of a field of molecular mushrooms. By then removing the hats, we ended up with a low-density monolayer, Tran explained. The molecules now stood at the perfect distance from each...The science of summer haircuts
...d. This is why it's important for everyone to wear hats and earmuffs during the winter months. But when we don't want to get overheated, having less hair can make it easier for that heat to escape the head. Thick overlapping layers of hair "insulate the scalp," says Desmond Tobin of Bradford University...8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
...ity. Chavarria, a native of Costa Rica, wears many hats (as do conservationists in most developing countries): She is an expert in both insect and plant taxonomy and conservation biologist, as well as fund-raiser, organizer, educator, and administrator. For the past eight years she has been ACG's assistan...