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- Who knew? Fruit flies get kidney stones too
- Dairy cows have individual temperaments
- Archaeologists reconstruct diet of Nelson's navy with new chemical analysis of excavated bones
| Who knew? Fruit flies get kidney stones too Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:45 AM PDT Research on kidney stones in fruit flies may hold the key to developing a treatment that could someday stop the formation of kidney stones in humans, scientists have found.  |
| Dairy cows have individual temperaments Posted: 23 Mar 2012 10:45 AM PDT From a young age, dairy cows react differently from each other to stimuli from their surroundings. An animal's temperament determines how it reacts in stressful situations, but may also influence its general health. In the future, temperament could be bred as a selective trait to improve the robustness and well-being of dairy cows.  |
| Archaeologists reconstruct diet of Nelson's navy with new chemical analysis of excavated bones Posted: 23 Mar 2012 06:38 AM PDT Salt beef, sea biscuits and the occasional weevil; the food endured by sailors during the Napoleonic wars is seldom imagined to be appealing. Now a new chemical analysis technique has allowed archaeologists to find out just how dour the diet of Georgian sailors really was. The team's findings also reveal how little had changed for sailors in the 200 years between the Elizabethan and Georgian eras.  |
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