World Science: DNA-like molecules said to self-assemble

* Search suggests no one from future lives 
amongst us:
If time travel is ever to be invented, shouldn't
somebody from the future be among us now?

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/140106_timetravel.htm


* "Impossibly" large stellar blasts find explanation:
A newly identified type of stellar explosion breaks
all the old rules—and records—for such explosions, a
study has found.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131219_supernovae.htm


* Microbe sex gets crazy, too:
Researchers have watched mating in the microbes that
cause African sleeping sickness.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/140103_trypanosomes.htm


* An evolutionary role for "Jackass"-like 
stunts?:
Risk-prone people are perceived as larger and
stronger, new research finds.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/131227_CrazyBastard.htm


* DNA-like molecules said to self-assemble in lab:
New findings may hint at how life originated.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131223_RNA.htm


ADDITIONAL NEWS


* Vitamin E may lessen Alzheimer's symptoms:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/140101_VitaminE.htm

* Earlier brain "pruning" may explain girls' faster 
maturation:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131219_brain.htm

* An apple a day really does keep the doctor away, 
scientists say:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131217_apple.htm

* Medical costs rise steadily with any excess weight, 
study finds:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131216_BMI.htm


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