It’s nearly the weekend, the Beijing Olympics is in full swing, and I’m up for some games - so what happens if you mix a Chinese theme with long-term telly addiction?
As a special tribute to the Olympics, this week, I thought we should try and create a complete Chinese zodiac but entirely made up of [...]
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Animal ethics advisors say 246,667 animals were “manipulated” in experiments and other research, and teaching last year.
This was 22.6 per cent fewer than in 2006, but the National Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) said today figures over a three-year period show this is only a blip in cycle of reports on animal use.
“A rolling average shows [...]
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Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered a type of gene regulation never before observed in mammals — a “ribozyme” that controls the activity of an important family of genes in several different species.
The findings, published July 9 in the journal Nature, describe a new and surprising role for the so-called hammerhead [...]
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Fifteen years ago, the discovery of adult neurogenesis (the production of new neurons) in the highly static, non-renewable mammalian brain was a breakthrough in neuroscience. Most emphasis was put on the possibility to figure out new strategies for brain repair against the threath of neurodegenerative diseases. Yet, unlike lower vetebrates, which are characterized by widespread [...]
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New research led by Dr Melanie Massaro and Dr Jim Briskie at the University of Canterbury, which found that the New Zealand bellbird is capable of changing its nesting behaviour to protect itself from predators, could be good news for island birds around the world at risk of extinction.
The introduction of predatory mammals such as [...]
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Ecological and conservation groups are praising a move by the Environmental Protection Agency to impose new restrictions on rat poisons to help reduce the threat of accidental exposure to children and wildlife.
“We are very happy that the EPA has done all it can to get these products off of the consumer market,” said Michael [...]
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Rats housed in standard conditions show a stronger response to the loss of an expected food reward than those housed in enriched conditions, perhaps indicating a more negative emotional state, according to new research by scientists at Bristol University Veterinary School, published recently in Royal Society Biology Letters.
The researchers have developed a new approach to [...]
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Yeah, zoos are fun. So are cartoons. And I certainly see the appeal of a teddy bear.
But why are kids so over-the-top crazy about animals? I am especially struck by the fact that some of the most popular cartoon and children’s-book animals are among the least appealing animals in real life. Mice, for instance. [...]
[...] After being alerted by neighbors, Thurston County animal control officials served a search warrant on April 9 at the residence of Michele Diller, 64. They found that pet rats had ruined the house, chewing through walls, cupboards, drawers and wires, soaking carpets with urine and covering floors with feces. The officials removed a cat, [...]
