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Saturday, June 11, 2011

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Clever tool use in parrots and crows

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 10:19 AM PDT

The kea, a New Zealand parrot, and the New Caledonian crow are members of the two most intelligent avian families. Researchers have investigated their problem solving abilities as well as their innovative capacities.

Fighting oil-spills with air-bubbles

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 05:17 AM PDT

Curtains of air-bubbles are turning out to be a new method of fighting oil-spills. The bubbles gather up the oil efficiently, even in winds and strong currents, and keep it together in a "pool".

Non-alcoholic wheat beer boosts athletes' health, sport doctors say

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:29 AM PDT

Amateur athletes have long suspected what sports medicine researchers in Germany have now made official: evidence, gathered during the world's largest study of marathons, that consumption of non-alcoholic weissbier, or wheat beer, has a positive effect on athletes' health.

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