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- NASA studying ways to make 'tractor beams' a reality
- Fruit fly intestine may hold secret to fountain of youth: Long-lived fruit flies offer clues to slowing human aging and fighting disease
- 'Saber-toothed squirrel': First known mammalian skull from Late Cretaceous in South America
- Rude people have better credit scores, study suggests
- Dirt prevents allergy, Danish research suggests
- Video game playing tied to creativity, research shows
| NASA studying ways to make 'tractor beams' a reality Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:08 AM PDT Tractor beams -- the ability to trap and move objects using laser light -- are the stuff of science fiction, but a team of NASA scientists has won funding to study the concept for remotely capturing planetary or atmospheric particles and delivering them to a robotic rover or orbiting spacecraft for analysis.  |
| Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:11 PM PDT One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are linked to longevity and offering clues to the effects of aging on stem cell behavior.  |
| 'Saber-toothed squirrel': First known mammalian skull from Late Cretaceous in South America Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:10 PM PDT Paleontologists have discovered two skulls from the first known mammal of the early Late Cretaceous period of South America. The fossils break a roughly 60 million-year gap in the currently known mammalian record of the continent and provide new clues on the early evolution of mammals.  |
| Rude people have better credit scores, study suggests Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:56 AM PDT Researchers have showcased the link between credit ratings and an individual's personality, and shown no connection between poor credit scores and theft.  |
| Dirt prevents allergy, Danish research suggests Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:56 AM PDT If infants encounter a wide range of bacteria they are less at risk of developing allergic disease later in life, new research from Denmark suggests.  |
| Video game playing tied to creativity, research shows Posted: 02 Nov 2011 09:53 AM PDT Both boys and girls who play video games tend to be more creative, regardless of whether the games are violent or nonviolent, according to new research.  |
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