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		<title>Himachal may experience heavy snow, rain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh may experience heavy rain and snowfall in the next two days, a weather official said here Tuesday.

 &#8220;There are chances of heavy snowfall and rainfall at some places in Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu and Shimla districts till March 3,&#8221; meteorological office director Manmohan Singh told IANS.
 He ... Read more : <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/himachal-may-experience-heavy-snow-rain-32731/">Himachal may experience heavy snow, rain</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>14 tigers died in two months in India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - As many as 14 tigers have died in the country till February this year alone, including two due to poaching, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told Lok Sabha Tuesday. 

 Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Ramesh said 161 tigers - 51 due to poaching &#8212; have died since 2008.
 &#8220;About 14 ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/14-tigers-died-in-two-months-in-india-32730/" title="14 tigers died in two months in India">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nano tool inspired by silk moth antenna could aid Alzheimer&#8217;s research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The silk moth&#8217;s antenna has inspired researchers from the University of Michigan to develop a better nanotechnology tool that could help understand a class of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer&#8217;s.


Nanopores-essentially holes drilled in a silicon chip-are miniscule measurement devices that enable the study of single molecules or proteins. 

Even today&#8217;s best nanopores clog easily, .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/nano-tool-inspired-by-silk-moth-antenna-could-aid-alzheimers-research-32729/">Original source &nbsp;: Nano tool inspired by silk moth antenna could aid Alzheimer&#8217;s research</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The mere sight, smell of food hikes dopamine levels in binge eaters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A new brain imaging study has revealed that just the mere sight or smell of food elevates dopamine - a brain chemical linked to reward and motivation - levels in binge eaters.


The findings suggested that the chemical spike could explain compulsive overeating.

The researchers at the US Department of Energy&#8217;s Brookhaven National Laboratory looked .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/the-mere-sight-smell-of-food-hikes-dopamine-levels-in-binge-eaters-32728/">Original source &nbsp;: The mere sight, smell of food hikes dopamine levels in binge eaters</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lifestyle intervention helps women cut pregnancy flab</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A lifestyle intervention can help women control their weight gain during and after pregnancy, according to a new study. 


It will also help normal-weight, obese and overweight women return to pre-pregnancy weight after delivery.

&#8220;This study suggests that a lifestyle intervention can help women manage their weight during pregnancy, prevent health problems during pregnancy, .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/lifestyle-intervention-helps-women-cut-pregnancy-flab-32727/">Original source &nbsp;: Lifestyle intervention helps women cut pregnancy flab</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>How game of golf won &#8216;The King&#8217;s Speech&#8217; its Oscars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - It has emerged that British historical drama film &#8216;The King&#8217;s Speech&#8217; would have missed winning its Oscars had it not been for a game of golf.


Joan Lane, a theatrical agent, read the script in 2007 and was convinced that she had a hit play on her hands, but when she sent it to ... Read more <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/how-game-of-golf-won-the-kings-speech-its-oscars-32726/" title="How game of golf won &#8216;The King&#8217;s Speech&#8217; its Oscars">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Customized health messages help quit smoking in 4 months, says study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A new study has found that tailored health messages to those who smoke were more likely to kick the butt in four months.


Hannah Faye Chua at the University of Michigan and colleagues have also begins to uncover the underlying neural reasons why these individually tailored messages are so much more effective than a  [..] <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/customized-health-messages-help-quit-smoking-in-4-months-says-study-32725/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Now a billboard that profiles people, flashes ads as per their tastes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Advertisers are developing digital posters that will recognise people&#8217;s faces and respond by flashing ads that are according to their tastes.


The technology is so sophisticated that it could soon even be possible to link the posters to a store&#8217;s profile of each individual and display goods that would appeal just to them.

The posters ... Original article on  : <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/now-a-billboard-that-profiles-people-flashes-ads-as-per-their-tastes-32724/">Now a billboard that profiles people, flashes ads as per their tastes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New personalized therapy to &#8216;fool cancer cells into killing themselves&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher has developed a personalized therapy that will fool cancer cells into killing themselves.


Developed by Karli Rosner, assistant professor and director of Research in the Department of Dermatology, the treatment uses genetic constructs that contain a genetically modified enzyme to seek out and destroy cancer cells. ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/new-personalized-therapy-to-fool-cancer-cells-into-killing-themselves-32723/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : New personalized therapy to &#8216;fool cancer cells into killing themselves&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Junk DNA makes humans so different from primates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Repetitive stretches of &#8220;junk&#8221; DNA may partly explain why humans are so different from primates.

 Medical researchers at the University of Iowa found that when a particular type junk DNA segment, known as an Alu element, is inserted into existing genes, they can alter the rate at which proteins are produced. 
 &#8220;Repetitive .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/junk-dna-makes-humans-so-different-from-primates-32722/">Junk DNA makes humans so different from primates</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>E-books on the rise with sales of digital books growing 18-fold in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The sale of e-books is on the rise, with Bloomsbury, the publisher of the Harry Potter books, saying its digital book sales grew 18-fold in 2010.


Now e-books account for 10 percent of Bloomsbury print sales as more customers download titles to read on iPads, Kindles and other hand-held devices.

The publishing house said revenues .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/e-books-on-the-rise-with-sales-of-digital-books-growing-18-fold-in-2010-32721/">Read the original article &nbsp;: E-books on the rise with sales of digital books growing 18-fold in 2010</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>French team unearths Maurya dynasty wall in Bangladesh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - A French excavation team dug out a wall belonging to the Maurya dynasty at Mahasthangarh archaeological site in Bogra recently.


It also found a huge number of Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW) and Barind soil layer along with other objects, said team members.

A Bangladeshi excavation team also dug out brick-built structures of Muslim dynasties.

The .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/french-team-unearths-maurya-dynasty-wall-in-bangladesh-32719/">French team unearths Maurya dynasty wall in Bangladesh</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Protein pathway find may help solve Parkinson&#8217;s disease</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Iowa State University researchers have discovered a protein pathway that may hold the secret to understand Parkinson&#8217;s disease.


Anumantha Kanthasamy, a distinguished professor of biomedical sciences and the W. Eugene and Linda R. Lloyd Endowed Chair in Neurotoxicology at the ISU College of Veterinary Medicine, believes this recent discovery offers hope for the cure.

Parkinson&#8217;s ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/protein-pathway-find-may-help-solve-parkinsons-disease-32718/" title="Protein pathway find may help solve Parkinson&#8217;s disease">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Most lottery winners choose to save money than squander it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A new thesis shows that in most cases, lottery winners prefer to save up the money won than squandering it for short-term comforts.


&#8220;It&#8217;s common for people to say that &#8216;they are who they are&#8217; as an explanation for why they do not change more,&#8221; said University of Gothenburg researcher Anna Hedenus.

She surveyed 420 ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/most-lottery-winners-choose-to-save-money-than-squander-it-32717/">Read : Most lottery winners choose to save money than squander it</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Team achieves record 1 trillion bits per second speed on single chip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A development team at at Infinera Corp. in Sunnyvale, Calif. Has achieved a record one trillion bits per second (1 Terabit/s) speed on a single integrated indium phosphide chip.


&#8220;Traditional transponder-based system architectures are inflexible and costly and time-consuming to upgrade,&#8221; said Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, research fellow at Infinera and a senior member of ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/team-achieves-record-1-trillion-bits-per-second-speed-on-single-chip-32716/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Team achieves record 1 trillion bits per second speed on single chip</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In the blind, brain parts used for vision can help understand languages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A new study claims that in blind people, the parts of brain that are used for processing vision, are recruited for language processing.


The find by MIT neuroscientists shows that the visual cortex can dramatically change its function and disproves that language processing can only occur in highly specialized brain regions that are genetically .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/in-the-blind-brain-parts-used-for-vision-can-help-understand-languages-32715/">Source &nbsp;: In the blind, brain parts used for vision can help understand languages</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lottery winners remain unchanged after windfall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - We often hear about lottery winners who have squandered all their prize money, incurred debts and become lonely and unhappy. However, the bulk of winners claim to carry on living normally, according to a German study. 

 &#8220;It&#8217;s common for people to say that &#8216;they are who they are&#8217; as an explanation for ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/lottery-winners-remain-unchanged-after-windfall-32714/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Lottery winners remain unchanged after windfall</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jumbos kill 116 in Chhattisgarh in five years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RAIPUR - As many as 116 people were killed by elephants in Chhattisgarh in the past five years and government paid Rs.1.40 crore (Rs.14 million) compensation to their families, state&#8217;s forest minister Vikram Usendi told the state assembly Tuesday.

 Replying to Congress member Premsai Singh Tekam, the minister said wild jumbo menace was on the .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/jumbos-kill-116-in-chhattisgarh-in-five-years-32713/">Source article &nbsp;: Jumbos kill 116 in Chhattisgarh in five years</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-tumor drug that also fights flu virus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Scientists have found that a drug, called DMXAA, originally developed as anti-tumor agent, also enhances the ability of flu vaccines to ward off this deadly virus.


Their study suggests that DMXAA could assist flu vaccines by causing the body to produce its own antiviral proteins, called interferons, which interfere with the virus&#8217;s ability to .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/anti-tumor-drug-that-also-fights-flu-virus-32712/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Anti-tumor drug that also fights flu virus</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Parts of brain can switch functions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Evidence is mounting that brain regions can take over functions they were not genetically destined to perform, says a new study.

 When your brain registers the aroma of your morning coffee or the sound of a honking car, that input gets shuttled to the appropriate brain region for analysis. The coffee aroma goes ... Read : <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/parts-of-brain-can-switch-functions-32711/">Parts of brain can switch functions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>40-million-year-old mating mites reveal sex role reversal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - New research from the University of Michigan and the Russian Academy of Sciences describes an extinct mite species in which the traditional sex roles were reversed.


The evidence comes, in part, from 40 million-year-old mating mites preserved in Baltic amber.

&#8220;In this species, it is the female who has partial or complete control of mating. ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/40-million-year-old-mating-mites-reveal-sex-role-reversal-32710/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : 40-million-year-old mating mites reveal sex role reversal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Oz firms develop first beer that can be consumed in space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Two companies in Australia have developed a beer that can be safely consumed in space.


With space tourism preparing to take off as early as next year, Saber Astronautics Australia and the Four Pines Brewing Company came up with the thirst quenching beer.

Jaron Mitchell, the founder of Four Pines, said the creation of space  [..] <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/oz-firms-develop-first-beer-that-can-be-consumed-in-space-32709/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mums, not dads, pass on Alzheimer&#8217;s risk: Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A new study has suggested that a person is more likely to inherit Alzheimer&#8217;s disease from his/her mother than his/her father.


In general, people who have first-degree relatives with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease are four to 10 times more likely to develop the disease than people with no family history of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, according to researchers ... Read more <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/mums-not-dads-pass-on-alzheimers-risk-study-32708/" title="Mums, not dads, pass on Alzheimer&#8217;s risk: Study">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Soon, nasal spray vaccine to fight Alzheimer&#8217;s, stroke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Tel Aviv University researchers are working on a nasally delivered vaccine that promises to protect against Alzheimer&#8217;s as well as stroke.


The new vaccine repairs vascular damage in the brain by using the body&#8217;s own immune system and, in addition to its prophylactic effect, it can work even when Alzheimer&#8217;s symptoms are already present.

&#8220;Using .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/soon-nasal-spray-vaccine-to-fight-alzheimers-stroke-32707/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Soon, nasal spray vaccine to fight Alzheimer&#8217;s, stroke</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Make important life decisions when you really have to pee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - What should you do when you really have to pee? Take important life decisions, perhaps, suggests a new study.


The research has found that controlling your bladder makes you better at controlling yourself when making decisions about your future.

Sexual excitement, hunger, thirst-psychological scientists have found that activation of just one of these bodily desires .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/make-important-life-decisions-when-you-really-have-to-pee-32706/" title="Make important life decisions when you really have to pee">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Copying strategies best for your genes: Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A new study has suggested that blindly copying what your parents did - no matter how stupid it may seem - could be the best strategy for the long-term success of your genes.


The research by Universities of Exeter and Bristol has shown that apparently mindless survival strategies-such as the long-distance migration of many ... Read more : <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/copying-strategies-best-for-your-genes-study-32705/">Copying strategies best for your genes: Study</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Movement to save the Yamuna gains momentum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AGRA/GOKUL - A movement launched by the ascetics and Sri Krishna devotees of the Braj Mandal to save the Yamuna river from pollution is now gaining momentum. 

 Hundreds of ascetics and activists have reached Sangam (confluence) at Allahabad from where a long march to New Delhi is to start Wednesday. 
 Chief organisers Radha .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/movement-to-save-the-yamuna-gains-momentum-32700/">Original source &nbsp;: Movement to save the Yamuna gains momentum</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gut bacteria can control functions of organs: Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A new research has found that bacteria in the human gut may not just be helping digest food but also could be exerting some level of control over the metabolic functions of other organs, like the liver.


These findings offer new understanding of the symbiotic relationship between humans and their gut microbes and how .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/gut-bacteria-can-control-functions-of-organs-study-32698/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Gut bacteria can control functions of organs: Study</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>No kids &#8216;the secret to marital bliss&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON - Want your marriage to work? Then don&#8217;t have kids, according to a major UK study.

The research has found the magic formula for happiness in a relationship - and it doesn&#8217;t include kids, reports Stuff.co.nz.


As part of the study, researchers at the Institute for Social and Economic Research asked both people in a couple .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/no-kids-the-secret-to-marital-bliss-32697/">Source article &nbsp;: No kids &#8216;the secret to marital bliss&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Old bones being used in development of new treatments for modern back pain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Scientists are using the bones of people who died up to a hundred years ago for the development of new treatments for chronic back pain. 


The work is bringing together the unusual combination of latest computer modelling techniques developed at the University of Leeds, and archaeology and anthropology expertise at the University of ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/old-bones-being-used-in-development-of-new-treatments-for-modern-back-pain-32696/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Old bones being used in development of new treatments for modern back pain</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Meteorites &#8216;may have sparked life on Earth&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A meteorite discovered in Antarctica could strengthen the argument that life on Earth might have been kick-started from space, claim scientists.


Chemical analysis of the meteorite shows it to be rich in the gas ammonia. It contains the element nitrogen, found in the proteins and DNA that form the basis of life, as we ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/meteorites-may-have-sparked-life-on-earth-32695/">Meteorites &#8216;may have sparked life on Earth&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Water demand will exceed supply by 40pc within 20 yrs, warn scientists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Scientists have warned that water demand in many countries will outstrip supply by 40 per cent within 20 years due to the combined threat of climate change and population growth.


Experts said a new way of thinking about water is needed as looming shortages threaten communities, agriculture and industry, reports the Daily Mail.

In the .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/water-demand-will-exceed-supply-by-40pc-within-20-yrs-warn-scientists-32694/">Water demand will exceed supply by 40pc within 20 yrs, warn scientists</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Human stem cells from fat tissue successfully fuse with rat heart cells and beat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Scientists have successfully fused human stem cells derived from subcutaneous adipose (fat) tissue with muscle cells from rat hearts.


And, not only did these cells &#8216;talk&#8217; to form new muscle cells altogether, but they actually beat, said researchers.

&#8220;Recovery of regenerative cells located in the stromal vascular fraction of a patient&#8217;s own subcutaneous tissue is  [..] <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/human-stem-cells-from-fat-tissue-successfully-fuse-with-rat-heart-cells-and-beat-32693/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Acupressure effective in helping to treat traumatic brain injury</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that an ancient form of complementary medicine may be effective in helping to treat people with mild traumatic brain injury.


The study involved a treatment known as acupressure in which one&#8217;s fingertips are used to stimulate particular points on a person&#8217;s body - points similar to those stimulated with .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/acupressure-effective-in-helping-to-treat-traumatic-brain-injury-32692/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Acupressure effective in helping to treat traumatic brain injury</a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/acupressure-effective-in-helping-to-treat-traumatic-brain-injury-32692/</link>
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		<title>Dogs were seen as thinking, social beings 7000 years ago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Experts have found 7000-year-old remains of a Husky-like dog in Siberia that suggest that people saw it as a thinking, social being.


They believe it probably lived and died similar to how humans did at that time and place, eating the same food, sustaining work injuries, and getting a human-like burial.

&#8220;Based on how northern ... Read more <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/dogs-were-seen-as-thinking-social-beings-7000-years-ago-32691/" title="Dogs were seen as thinking, social beings 7000 years ago">>>></a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/dogs-were-seen-as-thinking-social-beings-7000-years-ago-32691/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Hopping&#8217; bot to explore Moon valleys, hilltops by firing rocket nozzles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Charles Stark Draper laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., are developing a new robot rover that would move on the Moon by firing downward and sideways-facing rocket nozzles.


Current stationary landers or slow-moving rovers have been trudging along due to the rough terrain of surfaces on Moon or planets ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/hopping-bot-to-explore-moon-valleys-hilltops-by-firing-rocket-nozzles-32690/">Read more : &#8216;Hopping&#8217; bot to explore Moon valleys, hilltops by firing rocket nozzles</a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/hopping-bot-to-explore-moon-valleys-hilltops-by-firing-rocket-nozzles-32690/</link>
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		<title>Google accidentally wipes accounts of 150,000 Gmail users</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Search giant Google has confirmed that about 150,000 Gmail users around the world have had their accounts, including every email, application, contact and calendar information, deleted. 


The problem first arose on Sunday when thousands logged onto their accounts, only to find all their personal information had been erased, reports the Daily Mail.

Many found ... Read : <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/google-accidentally-wipes-accounts-of-150000-gmail-users-32689/">Google accidentally wipes accounts of 150,000 Gmail users</a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/google-accidentally-wipes-accounts-of-150000-gmail-users-32689/</link>
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		<title>Genes associated with binge drinking identified</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Scientists have identified two genes associated with binge drinking that may open doors to new, more effective treatments for excessive alcohol drinking.


University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers found that manipulating two receptors in the brain, GABA receptors and toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), &#8220;caused profound reduction&#8221; of binge drinking for two weeks in ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/genes-associated-with-binge-drinking-identified-32688/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Genes associated with binge drinking identified</a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/genes-associated-with-binge-drinking-identified-32688/</link>
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		<title>Cloudy day in Delhi, rains expected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - It was a windy and cloudy morning in the capital Tuesday with the weather office predicting rain and thunderstorm later in the day. 

 Delhi recorded a minimum of 11.3 degrees Celsius &#8212; a notch below the average for this time of the season. 
 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast .... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/28/cloudy-day-in-delhi-rains-expected-2-32687/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Cloudy day in Delhi, rains expected</a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/28/cloudy-day-in-delhi-rains-expected-2-32687/</link>
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		<title>Discovery astronauts complete &#8216;textbook&#8217; spacewalk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Two space shuttle Discovery astronauts moved a failed ammonia cooling pump during a more than six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

 NASA officials called Monday&#8217;s work a &#8220;textbook&#8221; spacewalk, after overcoming a problem with the station&#8217;s robotic arm that left astronaut Steve Bowen holding the weightless pump for a bit longer than ... <a href="http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/28/discovery-astronauts-complete-textbook-spacewalk-32686/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Discovery astronauts complete &#8216;textbook&#8217; spacewalk</a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://science.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/28/discovery-astronauts-complete-textbook-spacewalk-32686/</link>
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