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The common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) is a species of primate in the family of apes (Hominidae).
Chimpanzees   Natural World   Photos   Primatology   Wikipedia: Chimpanzee  
 The Independent 
Chimpanzee gestures deciphered in 'world first' after scientists decode foot stomps and hand flings
Fri 4 Jul 2014
Scientists have deciphered as many as 66 chimpanzee gestures, which they say are used intentionally by the apes and which provide a potential link with the early development of the human language. | F... (photo: Creative Commons / Bhringer)
Insecure attachments and emotional eating: Childhood obesity and unhealthy foods
Behavioral Pediatrics   Childhood   Photos   Unhealthy foods   Wikipedia: Childhood obesity  
 The Examiner 
Insecure attachments and emotional eating: Childhood obesity and unhealthy foods
Fri 4 Jul 2014
There's an association between the parents' insecure attachment and their child's consumption of unhealthy foods. Could your relationship with your mom increase your child's chances of obesity? Perhap... (photo: WN / Emico Silalahi)
A woman harvests magic mushrooms in a grow room at the Procare farm in Hazerswoude, central Netherlands, Friday Aug. 3, 2007.  Baltimore Sun  Thu 3 Jul 2014
Scientists find how magic mushrooms alter the mind
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists studying the effects of the psychedelic chemical in magic mushrooms have found the human brain displays a similar pattern of activity during dreams as it does during a mi... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong)
Brain   Drug   Photos   Psychedelic Chemical   Wikipedia: Psilocybin mushroom  
Giraffes - Animal - Environment / Wam2  BBC News  Thu 3 Jul 2014
Giraffe legs' strong, skinny secret
Scientists have worked out the anatomical secret to giraffes' long and spindly - but strong - legs. | Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) of London found that a supportive ligamen... (photo: Creative Commons / Luca Galuzzi)
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 Human eye about 1 week after a Cornea transplant.  (js1) BBC News Wed 2 Jul 2014
Scientists use stem cells to regenerate human corneas
Scientists have developed a new technique to regrow human corneas. | Using key tracer molecules, researchers have been able to hunt down elusive cells in the eye capable ... (photo: GFDL File / David Robinson)
Blindness   Human Eye   Limbal Stem Cells   Photos   Wikipedia: Cornea  
In this Oct. 18, 2011 released by the Puntacana Ecological Foundation, a healthy coral grows in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Guardian Wed 2 Jul 2014
Caribbean coral reefs ‘will be lost within 20 years’
Major report warns that loss of grazing fish due to pollution and overfishing is a key driver of region’s coral decline | A coral deadzone in Bonaire, 2013. Photograph:... (photo: AP / Puntacana Ecological Foundation, Victor Manuel Galvan)
Coral Reefs   Environmental Degradation   Marine Pollution   Photos   Wikipedia: Environmental issues with coral reefs  
An undated photo provided by NOAA shows a shallow-water coral reef with sea fans, soft corls, and boulder starcoral in the Florida Keys. Despite BP siphoning some of the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, worries escalated about the ooze reaching a major ocean current that could carry it through the Florida Keys and up the East Coast. BBC News Wed 2 Jul 2014
Caribbean coral reefs 'could vanish in 20 years'
Many of the Caribbean's coral reefs could vanish in the next 20 years, according to a report published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUC... (photo: AP / NOAA, Mike White)
Caribbean   Marine   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Coral reef  
Young driver restrictions win public backing The Daily Telegraph Wed 2 Jul 2014
Young driver restrictions win public backing
Related Articles | Ministers have 'stalled' on young driver safety 29 Jan 2014 | Driving age 'could rise to 18' 10 Oct 2013 | Almost one in eight of all injuries and deat... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Driving License   Photos   Roads Safety   Wikipedia: Driver's license   Young  
A Kashmiri girl sorts through walnuts for the domestic and overseas market banks of Dal Lake in  Srinagar on September 3, 2011. Each year, fresh and dry fruits including walnuts are exported from the Himalayan region with horticulture now representing the bulwark of its rural economy with annual revenues in excess of 500 million INR (10.7 million USD). The Times Of India Wed 2 Jul 2014
8 healthy foods every woman must eat
Essential nutrition for good health | While eating healthy is essential for both the sexes, men and women have different dietary requirements. Here are some foods that ev... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Health   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Food   Woman  


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