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Friday, December 2, 2011

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Some atheist scientists with children embrace religious traditions, according to new research

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 10:25 AM PST

Some atheist scientists with children embrace religious traditions for social and personal reasons, according to new research.

Strange new 'species' of ultra-red galaxy discovered

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:53 AM PST

In the distant reaches of the universe, almost 13 billion light-years from Earth, a strange species of galaxy lay hidden. Cloaked in dust and dimmed by the intervening distance, even the Hubble Space Telescope couldn't spy it. It took the revealing power of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to uncover not one, but four remarkably red galaxies. And while astronomers can describe the members of this new "species," they can't explain what makes them so ruddy.

World's first captive breeding of Ozark hellbenders

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 06:47 AM PST

After a decade-long effort, conservation experts report that Ozark hellbenders have been bred in captivity -- a first! Endangered in the wild, this amphibian has fossil records dating back 15 million years. Today its numbers are rapidly declining.

Heart implant patients' fears about shock can lead to sexual dysfunction, research finds

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 08:18 AM PST

Adults with congenital heart disease and implanted cardioverter defibrillators often have a high level of fear and anxiety about the device delivering a shock during sex -- resulting in sexual performance problems, according to new research.

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