Wednesday, August 18, 2010

World Science: 'Psychedelics' could find new lease on life - in doctor's office

* "Psychedelics" could find new lease on life -- 
in the doctor's office
:
Sometimes touted as spiritual aids, certain illegal,
hallucination-inducing drugs are now being discussed
as potential medicines.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100818_psychedelic


* Earliest signs of tool use, meat eating ID'd 
among human forebears
:
A new find could rewrite the history of the human
lineage, researchers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100811_afarensis


* Watery moon claims off base, study claims:
Recent studies purporting to reveal unexpectedly
high lunar water content are mistaken, a research
group says.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100806_moon


* What hit the Moon? New crater makes a splash:
NASA scientists are avidly studying a new crater
that formed on the Moon within the past 39 years, as
photographs show.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100803_crater


* Men, not just ladies, in red may gain allure:
New research has documented a "red effect" that
works in a direction opposite to that typically
expected.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100802_red


* Tracks may tell tale of reptilian land conquest:
Scaly pioneers were the first to inhabit continental
interiors, some scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100730_reptiles


ADDITIONAL NEWS

* Solar activity seen restarting after long lull:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100814_aurora
* Adolescent obesity may finally be sliding, but 
not for all groups
:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100815_obesity
* Battle against barnacles goes genetic:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100816_barnacle
* Robots designed to develop emotions 
through relationships
:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100810_robots
* Company floats giant balloon concept as 
solution to space mess
:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100804_spacejunk
* Planets found sharing strange dances:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100729_planets
* "Best-ever" Mars map online; public invited to 
work on it
:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100724_mars
* Exiled stars may have merged to form 
speeding giant
:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100723_stars



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