<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - biology</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/biology</link><description>Newsvine - biology</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 17:37:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:21 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>South Carolina Christian School Fourth Grade Science Quiz</title>
<description><![CDATA[What rates for science in this school.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18195972-south-carolina-christian-school-fourth-grade-science-quiz</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18195972-south-carolina-christian-school-fourth-grade-science-quiz</guid><category>evolution</category><category>test</category><category>religion</category><category>bible</category><category>christian</category><category>creationism</category><category>biology</category><category>fundamentalists</category><category>recommended</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 17:29:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>First biological evidence of a supernova</title>
<description><![CDATA[In fossil remnants of iron-loving bacteria, researchers of the Cluster  of Excellence Origin and Structure of the Universe at the Technische  Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), found a radioactive iron isotope that they  trace back to a supernova in our cosmic neighborhood. This is the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TheJack`el]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TheJack`el]]></source><link>http://thejackels-column.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18127495-first-biological-evidence-of-a-supernova</link><guid>http://thejackels-column.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18127495-first-biological-evidence-of-a-supernova</guid><category>life</category><category>science</category><category>biology</category><category>super-nova</category><category>organic-compounds</category><category>bio-genesis</category><category>cosmoslogy</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 18:07:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thejackels-column55E1789A-F97B-445A-7089-512785DDA123.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thejackels-column55E1789A-F97B-445A-7089-512785DDA123.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stem cells grow new windpipe for 2-year-old girl facing death - Washington Times</title>
<description><![CDATA[Doctors used tissue engineering with the girl's bone marrow cells to build her a windpipe.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coyoty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Coyoty]]></source><link>http://coyoty.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17990792-stem-cells-grow-new-windpipe-for-2-year-old-girl-facing-death-washington-times</link><guid>http://coyoty.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17990792-stem-cells-grow-new-windpipe-for-2-year-old-girl-facing-death-washington-times</guid><category>stem-cells</category><category>health</category><category>medical</category><category>medicine</category><category>biology</category><category>tissue-engineering</category><category>bone-marrow</category><category>windpipe</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 01:13:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coyoty84AEB87F-17CE-AAEE-D55C-E43789E32F29.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coyoty84AEB87F-17CE-AAEE-D55C-E43789E32F29.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sexiest men unshaven for 10 days, says University of New South Wales</title>
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According to research by the University of New South Wales, in Australia, women find a man more attractive if he has been growing his beard for ten days.

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The research featured in the journal Evolution and Human Behaviour.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17973031-sexiest-men-unshaven-for-10-days-says-university-of-new-south-wales</link><guid>http://benno.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17973031-sexiest-men-unshaven-for-10-days-says-university-of-new-south-wales</guid><category>health</category><category>men</category><category>psychology</category><category>biology</category><category>beard</category><category>human-behaviour</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:00:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno433E5ED3-1970-428F-80EA-C3ADF8F88E8F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=benno433E5ED3-1970-428F-80EA-C3ADF8F88E8F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Thousands of Giant Pacific Octopus Eggs Hatch at Alaska SeaLife Center - ZooBorns</title>
<description><![CDATA[A wondrous spectacle of nature began unfolding on March 6 at the&nbsp;Alaska SeaLife Center: LuLu, a Giant Pacific Octopus, has been tenderly guarding her brood of eggs, which she began laying in March 2012. Now, over a year later, tiny hatchlings known as paralarvae have begun t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></source><link>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17877626-thousands-of-giant-pacific-octopus-eggs-hatch-at-alaska-sealife-center-zooborns</link><guid>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17877626-thousands-of-giant-pacific-octopus-eggs-hatch-at-alaska-sealife-center-zooborns</guid><category>zoo</category><category>science</category><category>biology</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:12:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ivanE9E1E4C8-9F0D-DCEB-06EA-8921FA27699E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="167" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ivanE9E1E4C8-9F0D-DCEB-06EA-8921FA27699E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - Using tree food recipes to fight off malnutrition</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tis in part has been for Viewer in NV, asking "&nbsp;Eagle Averro #1.11&nbsp; OK no narcotics, and the seed is about antibiotics. &nbsp;But you are aware of the problems of overuse of antibiotics in people. &nbsp;And this of course also goes for animals. &nbsp;Beside narcotics, w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eagle Averro]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eagle Averro]]></source><link>http://eagleaverro.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17633237-bbc-news-using-tree-food-recipes-to-fight-off-malnutrition</link><guid>http://eagleaverro.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17633237-bbc-news-using-tree-food-recipes-to-fight-off-malnutrition</guid><category>nutrition</category><category>sustainability</category><category>biology</category><category>watch-bbc-future-smart</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 22:27:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=EagleAverro4342CBD1-C192-BC90-1A83-813B88E4A17B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=EagleAverro4342CBD1-C192-BC90-1A83-813B88E4A17B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why I Study Duck Genitalia</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the past few days, the Internet has been&nbsp;filled&nbsp;with&nbsp;commentary&nbsp;on whether the National Science Foundation should have&nbsp;paid for my study&nbsp;on duck genitalia,&nbsp;and 88.7 percent of respondents to a&nbsp;Fox news online poll&nbsp;agreed that studyi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17626710-why-i-study-duck-genitalia</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17626710-why-i-study-duck-genitalia</guid><category>science</category><category>wildlife</category><category>united-states</category><category>biology</category><category>federal-government</category><category>patricia-brennan</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 08:32:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf52702500-D62D-31E3-2952-272B259F69DA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="497" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf52702500-D62D-31E3-2952-272B259F69DA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stanford creates biological transistors, the final step towards computers inside living cells | ExtremeTech</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coyoty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Coyoty]]></source><link>http://coyoty.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17558530-stanford-creates-biological-transistors-the-final-step-towards-computers-inside-living-cells-extremetech</link><guid>http://coyoty.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17558530-stanford-creates-biological-transistors-the-final-step-towards-computers-inside-living-cells-extremetech</guid><category>science</category><category>computers</category><category>biology</category><category>transistors</category><category>circuits</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 00:50:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coyoty91AABE07-859B-86EC-8554-4B8238E19083.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="221" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=coyoty91AABE07-859B-86EC-8554-4B8238E19083.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Nature's Case for Same-Sex Marriage</title>
<description><![CDATA[
BIOLOGY has returned to the nation&rsquo;s highest court. It&rsquo;s not Darwin&rsquo;s theory of evolution on the docket this time, but the nature of sex. Defenders of Proposition 8, California&rsquo;s ban on gay marriage, base their case on what they call the &ldquo;objective&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17527958-natures-case-for-same-sex-marriage</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17527958-natures-case-for-same-sex-marriage</guid><category>nature</category><category>pope-benedict-xvi</category><category>chief-justice</category><category>biology</category><category>same-sex-marriage</category><category>procreation</category><category>alabama-supreme-court</category><category>home-garden</category><category>sexual-education</category><category>darwins-theory-of-evolution</category><category>proposition-8</category><category>william-blackstone</category><category>crime-against-nature</category><category>california-ban</category><category>roman-curia</category><category>new-philosophy-o-sexuality</category><category>roy-s-moore</category><category>violation-of-laws-of-nature</category><category>tennessee-legislators</category><category>objective-biological-fact</category><category>heterosexual-process</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:25:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB4BADB00-14EA-C6C3-17A2-068DE11B80E7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB4BADB00-14EA-C6C3-17A2-068DE11B80E7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws</title>
<description><![CDATA[
"Amphibian horror" isn't a movie genre, but on this evidence perhaps it should be. Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws.
Trichobatrachus robustus&nbsp;actively breaks its own bones to produce claws that puncture their way out o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17514485-horror-frog-breaks-own-bones-to-produce-claws</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17514485-horror-frog-breaks-own-bones-to-produce-claws</guid><category>science</category><category>wildlife</category><category>biology</category><category>frogs</category><category>amphibians</category><category>trichobatrachus-robustus</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:25:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf90C35444-4475-CEB3-4514-935E8F459FE9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf90C35444-4475-CEB3-4514-935E8F459FE9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Biobatteries catch breath</title>
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Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) in Warsaw developed an efficient electrode for the use in construction of biofuel cells or zinc-oxygen biobatteries. After installation in a cell, the new biocathode generates a vol&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></source><link>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17234282-biobatteries-catch-breath</link><guid>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17234282-biobatteries-catch-breath</guid><category>science</category><category>batteries</category><category>electricity</category><category>biology</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:58:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New form of animal communication discovered</title>
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Sniffing, a common behavior in dogs, cats and other animals, has been observed to also serve as a method for rats to communicate&mdash;a fundamental discovery that may help scientists identify brain regions critical for interpreting communications cues and what brain malfunctio&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></source><link>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17233837-new-form-of-animal-communication-discovered</link><guid>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17233837-new-form-of-animal-communication-discovered</guid><category>science</category><category>biology</category><category>communication</category><category>rats</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:25:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Baby Giant Armadillo Photographed—A First</title>
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The notoriously camera-shy giant&nbsp;armadillo&nbsp;(Priodontes maximus) has finally stepped into the spotlight&mdash;Brazilian researchers recently captured the first ever pictures of a baby giant armadillo.
One of the world's most elusive animals, almost nothing is known ab&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></source><link>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17220302-baby-giant-armadillo-photographeda-first</link><guid>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17220302-baby-giant-armadillo-photographeda-first</guid><category>science</category><category>armadillo</category><category>biology</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:22:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ivanDE8A254B-8AA9-F7B2-0171-2F30B008D54B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="120" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ivanDE8A254B-8AA9-F7B2-0171-2F30B008D54B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ancient DNA solves 320-year-old mystery: Origins of now extinct Falkland Islands wolf</title>
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University of Adelaide researchers have found the answer to one of natural history's most intriguing puzzles -- the origins of the now extinct Falkland Islands wolf and how it came to be the only land-based mammal on the isolated islands -- 460km from the nearest land, Argentin&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></source><link>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17220095-ancient-dna-solves-320-year-old-mystery-origins-of-now-extinct-falkland-islands-wolf</link><guid>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17220095-ancient-dna-solves-320-year-old-mystery-origins-of-now-extinct-falkland-islands-wolf</guid><category>evolution</category><category>science</category><category>dna</category><category>biology</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:08:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The giant cockroach genus Pseudophoraspis expands to the north with 3 new species</title>
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Cockroaches (Blattodea) are an insect order remarkable in their biodiversity and distribution, with more than 4500 species known and great geographical reach. Cockroach fossils date back around 400 million years, which testifies to their great adaptability and endurance that pu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></source><link>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17144365-the-giant-cockroach-genus-pseudophoraspis-expands-to-the-north-with-3-new-species</link><guid>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17144365-the-giant-cockroach-genus-pseudophoraspis-expands-to-the-north-with-3-new-species</guid><category>science</category><category>biology</category><category>cockroach</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 10:39:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BBC News - Thriving cancer&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;chaos&amp;#039; explained</title>
<description><![CDATA["The research team identified three genes often lost in diverse bowel cancer cells, which were critical for the cancer suffering from DNA replication stress. All were located on one region of chromosome 18.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eagle Averro]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eagle Averro]]></source><link>http://eagleaverro.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135712-bbc-news-thriving-cancers-chaos-explained</link><guid>http://eagleaverro.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135712-bbc-news-thriving-cancers-chaos-explained</guid><category>cancer</category><category>science</category><category>world-health-organization</category><category>biology</category><category>telomerase</category><category>health-share</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:51:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=EagleAverro3739C620-3144-CA9E-1437-0817B233C900.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=EagleAverro3739C620-3144-CA9E-1437-0817B233C900.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Brains of rats connected allowing them to share information via internet | Science | guardian.co.uk</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The US team fitted two rats with devices called brain-to-brain interfaces that let the animals collaborate on simple tasks to earn rewards, such as a drink of water.
In one radical demonstration of the technology, the scientists used the internet to link the brains of two rats&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ivan Pavlov]]></source><link>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17133303-brains-of-rats-connected-allowing-them-to-share-information-via-internet-science-guardiancouk</link><guid>http://ivan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17133303-brains-of-rats-connected-allowing-them-to-share-information-via-internet-science-guardiancouk</guid><category>science</category><category>computers</category><category>brain</category><category>biology</category><category>neuroscience</category><category>rats</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:42:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Close Your Eyes And Imagine A Protein. See Anything? A Housefly, Maybe? : Krulwich Wonders... : NPR</title>
<description><![CDATA[
They have no "face," no image that ordinary people recognize. But as they become more newsy &mdash; Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type-2 diabetes are all caused by defective proteins &mdash; you will be seeing them on front pages, TV, magazine covers. Proteins are about to get much&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sally]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sally]]></source><link>http://sally.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17118265-close-your-eyes-and-imagine-a-protein-see-anything-a-housefly-maybe-krulwich-wonders-npr</link><guid>http://sally.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17118265-close-your-eyes-and-imagine-a-protein-see-anything-a-housefly-maybe-krulwich-wonders-npr</guid><category>science</category><category>biology</category><category>protein</category><category>shape-of-protein</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:39:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Freakishly large goldfish found in Lake Tahoe; Researchers worry about impact on native species</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A gigantic goldfish has been found in Lake Tahoe, according to LiveScience. Deep down in the depths of Lake Tahoe, researchers trawling the freshwater lake discovered a goldfish that was approximately 1.5 feet long and 4.2 pounds. The discovery has biologists in the area concer&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17074799-freakishly-large-goldfish-found-in-lake-tahoe-researchers-worry-about-impact-on-native-species</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17074799-freakishly-large-goldfish-found-in-lake-tahoe-researchers-worry-about-impact-on-native-species</guid><category>usa</category><category>science</category><category>nevada</category><category>biology</category><category>goldfish</category><category>lake-tahoe</category><category>carp</category><category>fish-story</category><category>big-fish</category><category>giant-goldfish</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:27:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BBC News - RSPB Ham Wall &amp;#039;slime&amp;#039; baffles experts</title>
<description><![CDATA[""In records dating back to the 14th Century it's known variously as star jelly, astral jelly or astromyxin," Mr Whitehead said.
"In folklore it is said to be deposited in the wake of meteor showers."
Mr Whitehead added: "It's great that in this day and age that there are still&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eagle Averro]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eagle Averro]]></source><link>http://eagleaverro.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17021790-bbc-news-rspb-ham-wall-slime-baffles-experts</link><guid>http://eagleaverro.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17021790-bbc-news-rspb-ham-wall-slime-baffles-experts</guid><category>mystery</category><category>science</category><category>astrobiology</category><category>biology</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:32:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=EagleAverro2AADD79D-A965-7C57-4E39-57F66B393C85.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=EagleAverro2AADD79D-A965-7C57-4E39-57F66B393C85.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - Lab rats acquire sixth sense;</title>
<description><![CDATA[US researchers have effectively given laboratory rats a "sixth sense" using an implant in their brains.
An experimental device allowed the rats to "touch" infrared light - which is  normally invisible to them.
The team at Duke University fitted the rats with an infrared detecto&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Lemert Whitmer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[J. Lemert Whitmer]]></source><link>http://lem4546567.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16961618-bbc-news-lab-rats-acquire-sixth-sense</link><guid>http://lem4546567.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/14/16961618-bbc-news-lab-rats-acquire-sixth-sense</guid><category>science</category><category>biology</category><category>neuro-science</category><category>sixth-sense</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:22:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Lem4546567DBC34C51-9760-657C-D503-9F93B1E512B1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Lem4546567DBC34C51-9760-657C-D503-9F93B1E512B1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Religion As A Function Of Sentience....... Where The God Gene Lies</title>
<description><![CDATA[We are constantly arguing about existence, god, and the nature of belief. Those who are religious don't understand what drives the non-believer and those who are non-believers frequently are mystified by those who are certain that god exists. The argument has persisted throughout&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16954547-religion-as-a-function-of-sentience-where-the-god-gene-lies</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16954547-religion-as-a-function-of-sentience-where-the-god-gene-lies</guid><category>religion</category><category>biology</category><category>anthropology</category><category>atheism</category><category>sentience</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:19:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sea Slug Has Disposable Penis</title>
<description><![CDATA[A sea slug's unusual mating behavior -- it discards its penis after copulation, grows a new one, and has sex the next day -- is reported in the latest issue of Biology Letters.
The sea slug,&nbsp;Chromodoris reticulata,&nbsp;is a type of soft-bodied marine mollusk, and its dispo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Digits]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Digits]]></source><link>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953670-sea-slug-has-disposable-penis</link><guid>http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953670-sea-slug-has-disposable-penis</guid><category>animals</category><category>odd-news</category><category>discovery</category><category>biology</category><category>penis</category><category>animal-behavior</category><category>mating</category><category>sea-slug</category><category>penis-falls-off</category><category>chromodoris-reticulata</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:27:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sea slug able to regrow penis</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Scientists have reported on the bizarre sex life of a sea slug that discards its penis after copulation, and then grows a new one.
Dubbed Chromodoris reticulata in Latin, the red-and-white slug - technically a shell-less mollusc - inhabits warms waters in South East Asia.
"No&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></source><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16945021-sea-slug-able-to-regrow-penis</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16945021-sea-slug-able-to-regrow-penis</guid><category>science</category><category>wildlife</category><category>biology</category><category>penis</category><category>sea-slugs</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:32:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf778C31E7-3A9F-4EBB-2BE1-D863713CF4A9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redwolf778C31E7-3A9F-4EBB-2BE1-D863713CF4A9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Creepy! Watch as thousands of spiders literally 'drop in' on stunned partygoers (Video)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;
In the strange but true department, Brazilian news-site G1 is reporting that web designer Erick Reis, 20, filmed this shuddersome 'spider shower' last Sunday at a party he was attending in Santo Antonio da Platina, a small town in the southern state of Parana.
Reis told G&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16913744-creepy-watch-as-thousands-of-spiders-literally-drop-in-on-stunned-partygoers-video</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16913744-creepy-watch-as-thousands-of-spiders-literally-drop-in-on-stunned-partygoers-video</guid><category>brazil</category><category>odd-news</category><category>video</category><category>spiders</category><category>insects</category><category>videos</category><category>biology</category><category>weird</category><category>strange</category><category>entomology</category><category>arachnids</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:18:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjtdwcseT1Q" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/vjtdwcseT1Q/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>