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Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Surprise for Linguists: Nouns and Verbs Sound Different
Subtle differences make a verb sound more like a verb and make noun more "nouny."
Cell Phones Automatically Monitored for Better Traffic Updates
A new service that measures radio signals beamed between your cell phone and cell phone towers could soon help speed up your commute.
Feds Lower Hurricane Forecast
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season should be slightly less active than originally predicted, but still above long-term averages.
Baby Bats Babble Like Human Infants
Add baby bats to the small but growing list of creatures that babble before they can fully communicate.
Sneaky Parasite Filmed While Infecting Blood Cells
The malaria parasite has dodged the human immune system for centuries. In a new video, scientists see why.
Globetrotting Birds Migrate 40,000 Miles
Sooty shearwaters ranged north to the Bering Sea, south to Antarctica, east to Chile, and west to Japan and New Zealand, all in 200 days.
Image of the Day: Climate Change in Bison Teeth
The fossil teeth of ancient bison can be used as a tool to reconstruct historic climate and vegetation changes in the Great Plains.
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