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If You Want More Babies, Find A Man With A Deep Voice:

Men who have lower-pitched voices have more children than do men with high-pitched voices, researchers have found. And their study suggests that for reproductive-minded women, mate selection favours men with low-pitched voices.

Spaceflight Can Change Bacteria Into More Infectious Pathogens:

Space flight has been shown to have a profound impact on human physiology as the body adapts to zero gravity environments.

Making Bicycles That Balance Better:

For nearly 150 years, scientists have been puzzled by the bicycle. How on earth is it possible that a moving bicycle can, all by itself, be so stable? Researchers of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), working with colleagues from Cornell University and the University of Nottingham, UK, believe they have now found the ultimate model of the bicycle.

How Does The Brain Develop During Embryogenesis?:

One of the great questions of neurobiology, how the brain is built up during embryonic development, could be resolved by a young French scientist in an award winning project organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Heads of Research Councils (EuroHORCS).

Controlling For Size May Also Prevent Cancer:

Scientists at Johns Hopkins recently discovered that a chemical chain reaction that controls organ size in animals ranging from insects to humans could mean the difference between normal growth and cancer.

New Dinosaur Species Found In Montana:

A dinosaur skeleton found 24 years ago near Choteau has finally been identified as a new species that links North American dinosaurs with Asian dinosaurs. The dinosaur would have weighed 30 to 40 pounds, walked on two feet and stood about three feet tall. The fossil came from sediment that's about 80 million years old.

Hormone Therapy Boosts Sexual Interest But Not Memory, Study Suggests:

Hormone therapy in early post-menopause increases sexual interest, but does not improve memory, according to a new study. "Contrary to what we predicted, hormone therapy did not have a positive affect on memory performance in younger mid-life women," said Pauline Maki, associate professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who led the study.

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