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Posted on: December 17, 2007 6:00 PM, by Greg Laden

Global warming may soon see Santa don shorts from PhysOrg.com
If the most dire climate forecasts come true the tourism industry in Europe's far north, already feeling the effects of global warming, may find itself promoting a Santa in shorts and a camel-drawn sleigh.

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Disgraced cloning scientist seeks comeback: officials from PhysOrg.com

Disgraced South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk is part of a team seeking government approval to resume research into stem cells, officials said Monday.

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Neuronal circuits able to rewire on the fly to sharpen senses from PhysOrg.com
Researchers from the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC), a joint project of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, have for the first time described a mechanism called "dynamic connectivity," in which neuronal circuits are rewired "on the fly" allowing stimuli to be more keenly sensed. The process is described in a paper in the January 2008 issue of Nature Neuroscience.

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