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- Mind over matter: monkeys control robots with brain power
- PARIS AFP — Scientists have trained monkeys to manipulate a robotic arm solely with brain power, and could soon help amputees and paralysed stroke victims do the same, according to a study released Wednesday. Immobilised monkeys with electrode filaments inserted into their cerebral cortext learned in only days to...
- Research articles 2008-05-28
- Climbing just as easy as walking for some primates: study
- WASHINGTON AFP — Scientists have long thought that walking is easier than climbing for primates -- explaining why we humans ended up on our feet all the time. But researchers at two US universities have found that, at least for smaller primates like squirrel monkeys and lemurs, climbing is...
- Research articles 2008-05-15
- American parents
- MIDDLE-AGED American parents whose children have flown the nest are buying monkeys and treating them as kids. It's ga-ga. They're even pushing them around in prams. Don't be surprised if one ends up in the White House. Oh, right. He's already there - called Dubya.
- Research articles 2008-05-11
- Boys will be boys, even if they're monkeys: study
- PARIS AFP — The notion that children's taste in toys might somehow be genetically determined has long been disparaged by psychologists, pooh-poohed as unscientific, sexist or both. But a study by researchers in the United States suggests that when it comes to choosing between trucks and cuddly stuffed animals, chromosomes...
- Research articles 2008-04-07
- Indian cricketer Harbhajan cleared of racist gestures
- SYDNEY AFP — Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh was cleared here Monday of making racist gestures and spitting at fans during his team's one-day win over Australia on Sunday. Harbhajan was crucial in Sunday's victory that gave India a 1-0 lead in the tri-series finals, claiming the key wickets of...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- Sri Lankan monks battle monkeys to save Buddhism's holiest tree
- ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka AFP — Buddhism's holiest tree in Sri Lanka's ancient capital, tightly guarded by monks and security forces after Tamil rebels attacked it 23 years ago, is under threat again -- this time from monkeys. Pilgrims are frisked and scanned by metal detectors before being allowed to...
- Research articles 2008-02-25
- World briefs: Monkey magic
- A MENTAL arithmetic challenge between two monkeys and 14 university students almost ended in an embarrassing draw. The macaques were as quick at working out sums at Duke University tests in America.
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- World briefs: Monkey magic
- A MENTAL arithmetic challenge between two monkeys and 14 university students almost ended in an embarrassing draw. The macaques were as quick at working out sums at Duke University tests in America.
- Research articles 2007-12-18
- Pets the winners in US custody fight
- ROCKVILLE, Maryland AFP — A US pet owner, a primate and the new field of "animal law" were all winners when Armani the capuchin monkey returned home to this Washington suburb after a legal battle that fudged the differences between man and beast. "If he could speak, he would...
- Research articles 2007-12-17
- Monkey seizure overturned by Montgomery County Circuit Court judge
- Armani, an exotic pet monkey that authorities seized from a Rockville woman in May, will be home for Christmas. A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge on Monday overruled a county animal board, which had found that the seizure of the monkey was appropriate. Judge Terrence McGann ruled that the board...
- Research articles 2007-12-11
- Monkey seizure overturned by Montgomery County Circuit Court judge
- Armani, an exotic pet monkey that authorities seized from a Rockville woman in May, will be home for Christmas. A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge on Monday overruled a county animal board, which had found that the seizure of the monkey was appropriate. Judge Terrence McGann ruled that the board...
- Research articles 2007-12-11
- Monkeys invade Indonesian village: report
- JAKARTA AFP — Hundreds of monkeys have invaded houses and accosted villagers in Indonesia's East Java province after their habitat was cleared for commercial development, a report said Thursday. Sudarsono, a resident of Mangliawan village, told news website Detikcom that hundreds of macaques began swarming into the village from...
- Research articles 2007-11-22
- Equatorial Guinea bans hunting and eating monkeys
- MALABO AFP — Hunting, eating or keeping monkeys in Equatorial Guinea are forbidden as the government is taking pains to prevent the primates from becoming extinct, official media reported Wednesday. This enforcement measure will also "protect families" and guarantee human health, as "monkeys and other primates carry viruses and...
- Research articles 2007-11-07
- Indian capital can't cope with monkey menace, mayor says
- NEW DELHI AFP — The mayor of the Indian capital said Monday that authorities could not deal with the scourge of violent monkeys, blamed for the death of a top city official over the weekend. The danger posed by the estimated 10,000 monkeys that roam the city was brought...
- Research articles 2007-10-22
- 'Brilliant' minds think alike
- Their duties can sound ordinary until you look more closely: One dusts for footprints -- of black holes. Another is a cartographer -- using laser beams to map a rain forest. Another is an Internet repairman -- who actually is restructuring the Internet to protect websites from hackers. ...
- Research articles 2007-10-15
- Rock climber enjoys stadium work
- Jimmy Haden has climbed iconic rock walls, such as Yosemite National Park's El Capitan and Half Dome -- even scaling both on the same day. He's climbed in Patagonia, Alaska, Madagascar and has made it up France's Mont Blanc. In recent weeks,...
- Research articles 2007-10-05
- Bounty for 'gangster' monkeys terrorising tourists at Cambodian temple
- PHNOM PENH AFP — Cambodian police have put a 250-dollar bounty on the heads of several monkeys who have been terrorising tourists at a key temple in the capital and destroying nearby residents' laundry, officials said Friday. At least three of the large macaques, which have been biting tourists...
- Research articles 2007-09-28
- Albarn takes Chinese monkey show overseas
- PARIS AFP — After more than 15 years as one of the leading lights in British pop music, Damon Albarn is this week preparing for the international debut of his latest project. A founding member of leading Britpop band Blur and one half of revolutionary "virtual" group Gorillaz, Albarn...
- Research articles 2007-09-25
- EU lawmakers call for vivisection ban for primates
- STRASBOURG AFP — Lawmakers at the European Parliament called on Thursday for a ban against the use of primates for scientific experimentation. More than 400 of the parliament's 785 members supported a declaration urging the European Commission to include the ban in a revision of EU rules on the...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Fertility hope for cancer sufferers in ovaries breakthrough
- TOKYO AFP — Japanese researchers said Thursday they have successfully removed, frozen and put back the ovaries of monkeys in a process raising hopes women treated for cancer can still have a natural pregnancy. Adapting a freezing method which the Japanese use to preserve tuna, the researchers took out...
- Research articles 2007-08-23
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