World Science: Candidate 'habitable' planet described as most promising yet

* Candidate "habitable" planet described as most 
promising yet:
Two other candidates were possibly too cold and too
hot, but this one seems just right, astronomers claim.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100929_planet


* Just bad boys, or malfunctioning brains?:
Antisocial boys who abuse drugs, break laws and act
recklessly aren't just "bad," according to a new study.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100926_badboys


* Over a fifth of plant species may face extinction
threat:
Plants are at risk globally, mainly because of
human-induced habitat loss, scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100928_plants


* Gorillas may have given us malaria:
A scourge of warmer parts of the world, the microbe
that causes malaria evolved from a gorilla parasite,
new research concludes.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100923_malaria




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