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* Societies evolve a bit like creatures, 
study concludes:
Increases in political complexity are usually
gradual, as is the case with the complexity of
living things, researchers propose.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/101013_complexity


* Get them some sleep, scientists say of 
young delinquents:
Many high-school age delinquents get too little
snooze time, research suggests.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/101012_sleep


* Butterflies "treat" sick young:
Monarch butterflies seem to use plants to treat
their yet-unborn offspring for an infection,
biologists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/101011_monarch


* Falling U.S. life expectancy rank blamed 
on health system:
Smoking, obesity and murders don't explain the
United States' drop in global rankings of life
expectancy, scientists claim.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/101009_expectancy


* Could ingredients of life have formed over a 
moon of Saturn?:
The types of molecules necessary to build living
things could have formed in Titan's hazy atmosphere,
scientists say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/101007_titan


* Artificial white light may become eye-friendly:
Scientists aim to make the harsh, artificial-looking
light of today's energy-efficient light bulbs a
thing of the past.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/101006_whitelight


* Neanderthals had feelings too, researchers say:
Neanderthal people had a deep-seated sense of
compassion, their brutish reputation notwithstand-
ing, archaeologists claim.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/101005_compassion


* Marine census shows ocean life "richer" than 
expected:
The project also generated an array of beautiful
photographs of sea creatures, some of them new to
science.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/101004_census


* Did volcanoes wipe out Neanderthals?:
The stocky cave men may in large measure have just
been in the wrong place at the wrong time, a study
suggests.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/101001_neanderthals


* Many dinosaurs were taller than thought, 
study concludes:
Many dinosaur joints contained thick layers of
cartilage that haven't been accounted for, according
to some researchers.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/100930_dinosaurs



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