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• Female mice prefer unfamiliar male songs: Females discern male mouse songs to avoid inbreeding
• How to tell when bubbly goes bad before popping the cork
• Strange marine mammals of ancient North Pacific revealed
• When cats bite: One in three patients bitten in hand hospitalized, infections common
• Faster professional cyclists are judged more attractive
• Sweat glands heal injuries, source of stem cells

Female mice prefer unfamiliar male songs: Females discern male mouse songs to avoid inbreeding Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:47 PM PST Female mice prefer songs of mice that are different from their parents when selecting a mate.

How to tell when bubbly goes bad before popping the cork Posted: 05 Feb 2014 08:34 AM PST In the rare case that New Year's revelers have a bottle of leftover bubbly, they have no way to tell if it'll stay good until they pop the cork and taste it at the next celebration. But now scientists are reporting a precise new way for wineries -- and their customers -- to predict how long their sparkling wines will last.

Strange marine mammals of ancient North Pacific revealed Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:37 AM PST The pre-Ice Age marine mammal community of the North Pacific formed a strangely eclectic scene, new research reveals. Studying hundreds of fossil bones and teeth excavated from the San Francisco Bay Area's Purisima Formation, scientists have put together a record of 21 marine mammal species including dwarf baleen whales, odd double-tusked walruses, porpoises with severe underbites and a dolphin closely related to the now-extinct Chinese river dolphin.

When cats bite: One in three patients bitten in hand hospitalized, infections common Posted: 05 Feb 2014 07:31 AM PST Dogs aren't the only pets who sometimes bite the hands that feed them. Cats do too, and when they strike a hand, can inject bacteria deep into joints and tissue, perfect breeding grounds for infection. Cat bites to the hand are so dangerous, one in three patients with such wounds had to be hospitalized, a study covering three years showed. Of those hospitalized, two-thirds needed surgery. Middle-aged women were the most common bite victims, according to the research.

Faster professional cyclists are judged more attractive Posted: 05 Feb 2014 04:58 AM PST A new study demonstrates a link between attractiveness and endurance performance, showing that successful Tour de France cyclists are more attractive. This preference for faster riders is particularly strong in women who are not using a hormonal contraceptive.

Sweat glands heal injuries, source of stem cells Posted: 04 Feb 2014 04:39 AM PST Our body's sweat glands are a source of stem cells particularly suited to healing wounds -- stem cells that form new skin cells and manage the healing process. They are not rejected by the body and can be obtained without a hospital stay.

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