Spiders Fat From Cool Summer Raise Midwest Alert
Field Museum entomologist Petra Sierwald notes a bumper year for garden and window spiders across the Midwest as cooler wet weather boosts insects. Experts say spiders are abundant yet hard to count, with many females preparing to lay 50 to 1000 eggs before winter.
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Calif. stem cell funding drives ballot measure
Silicon Valley donors Nobel laureates and Hollywood figures back Proposition 71 to authorize 3 billion in state bonds for 10 years of human embryonic stem cell research including cloning for research only. The plan aims to place California at the forefront, sparking debate with the Church and conservatives over embryo use while President Bush and John Kerry clash on federal funding.
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Revenge fuels pleasure says brain scan study in Science
Swiss researchers using PET scans show planning revenge activates the dorsal striatum, predicting how much money a person will spend to retaliate. The study analyzes deliberate double crosses, costs of punishment, and links this satisfaction to social cooperation and economic behavior.
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