Shepherds whistle while they work and brains process sounds as language
...rds on one of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa. And the way the brain processes these whistles is similar to the way it goes about deciphering English, Spanish or other spoken languages, according to research being published in tomorrow's issue of the journal Nature . "Science has ...Malnutrition in early years leads to low IQ and later antisocial behavior, USC study finds
...n Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. The sample of boys and girls included children with Indian, Creole, Chinese, English and French ethnicities. Researchers assessed their nutrition at age 3, looking for four indicators in particular: angular stomatitis, or cracking in t...Taking apart a hurricane: Multi-sensor Envisat sees through Frances
...s, Frances was heading for landfall on the Florida coast some time on Saturday, and three quarters of a million Americans are in the process of evacuating their homes. To wait and watch for Frances might be suicidal for human beings, but space-based observers such as Envisat observe its passage without dan...Siberian forest fires partly to blame for Seattle area violating EPA ozone limit
...tected during a research flight off the Washington coast on June 2. Between May 27 and June 9, air quality monitors in British Columbia and Washington detected levels of ozone that were higher than average for that period. Previous daily data had been gathered from May through September in 1996 through 20...2004 Spring Allergy Capitals(TM) identified
...ea. Since allergies affect 35 million people from coast to coast, it is important for people to develop an Allergy Action Plan this spring." Here are how some 2004 Allergy Capitals TM compare with the 2003 rankings: - This 2004 spring allergy season will be much more severe in Austin, TX and Baltimore, ...HIV researcher at Rush awarded grant from Doris Duke Foundation
...Landay's team has selected Bali, a country off the coast of Australia. Many countries like Bali do not have the infrastructure to support more sophisticated HIV and CD4 cell counting technology -- the gold standard for such tests is the flow cytometer, which costs $150,000 and requires electricity and adv...NSF considers alternatives for treating ill South Pole worker
...ing to McMurdo Station, NSF's logistics hub on the coast of Antarctica, where it would meet the Twin Otter arriving from the Pole, some 1200 kilometers (800 miles) away. Simultaneously, NSF has requested through the New Zealand Antarctic Program to have C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Royal New Zealand Ai...European seal plague may threaten population survival
...ls in an intensive sampling program along the west coast of Sweden. They compared the 2002 findings to information obtained in the 1988 outbreak, and although the 2002 outbreak is still underway, predict that it will have similar impacts on the harbor seal population. Study authors Karin Harding and Tero ...Bangladesh flood and drought forecasting could bring farmers, cholera victims relief
...ater that causes "edge waves" to slosh up the east coast of the Bay of Bengal, flooding the Bangladesh delta on a time scale of about two years, said Webster. "The ocean rises up into the delta, retarding the outflow of water," said Webster. Most of the retarded outflow is floodwater from rainfall in majo...Minister Of Health launches Canadian Institutes of Health Research
...nking the findings and studies of researchers from coast to coast will allow us to focus on research challenges and opportunities relevant to all Canadians." The Cana......her buoys to be placed in the Gulf off Louisiana's coast ( http://erin.csi.lsu.edu ). He has designed the devices to measure wind and wave conditions, then to process that information and transmit it via satellite to a computer in his lab, where it will be analyzed and distributed through a network to th...