Mummy of female pharaoh uncovered

Egyptologists find remains of a mummy thought to belong to a queen who ruled 4,300 years ago, Egypt's antiquities chief announced.

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Poetry or science?

Is romantic love just a chemical cocktail?

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Panda bites his third tourist in two years at Beijing zoo

A panda at Beijing zoo bites a man for the third time in two years.

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Eat it or lose it - why centuries of crop diversity are at risk

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

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Ground-breaking new technique in stem cell science

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Venomous mammal caught on camera

Rare footage of one of the world's most strange and elusive mammals is captured by scientists.

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Zimbabwe troops 'eat elephants'

A Zimbabwean wildlife campaigner tells the BBC that soldiers are being given elephant meat to eat, as the economic crisis deepens.

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Tech fair offers greener vision

Analysts at the Consumer Electronics Show say green credentials of tech products will become critical to success.

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Holes give edge to new armour

Scientists from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) have devised ultra-hard vehicle armour to protect military personnel.

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Earth Watch

Why it is hard to predict sudden environmental crises

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US vows 'huge' marine protection

The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.

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Canadians claim South Pole record

A trio of Canadians claim a new record for the fastest trek across Antarctica to the South Pole.

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China alert over bird flu death

Chinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.

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Animal matters

Scotland's debate over tests on primates

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Body repair 'could be ramped up'

A combination of drugs could trick the body into sending its repair mechanisms into overdrive, say scientists.

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Heat may spark world food crisis

Half the world's population could face food crisis by 2100 as soaring temperatures cripple staple crops, scientists warn.

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A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has mirrors for eyes

A deep-sea fish caught in the Pacific has eyes which use mirrors as well as lenses, scientists discover.

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Beagle hunter

On a mission to find the most famous ship of science

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Our writers talk back

Some of the previous contributors to the Green Room respond to readers' questions and comments.

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Everest trip helps critically ill

Blood oxygen levels recorded on a trip by medics to Everest could help the treatment of critically ill patients.

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Mosquitoes make sweet love music

Sexy songs sung by mosquitoes in courtship could be key to curbing the spread of dengue fever, say scientists.

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First flight of algae-fuelled jet

Continental Airlines is the latest to test fly a jet biofuel, this time with a product derived partially from algae.

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Baby Jupiter's huge weight gain

The planet Jupiter must have gained mass fast during its infancy, according to astronomers.

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Black holes 'preceded galaxies'

Astronomers believe they have solved a cosmic chicken-and-egg question: what came first - black holes or galaxies?

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'Wolfman' returns

Explorer Jim McNeill tracks down Arctic wolves

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Behavior Analysis:

Animal Trainer's Guide to Operant Conditioning

Describes the science and terminology of operant conditioning and how it can be used in animal training. Explores the use of conditioned reinforcers and "clicker training", too.

http://www.wagntrain.com/OC/

Applied Behavior Analysis Resources for Recovery from Autism/PDD/Hyperlexia

Resources for behavioral intervention for autism: research, professionals, schools, support groups, curriculum materials, and special education and legal resources.

http://rsaffran.tripod.com/aba.html

Behavior Analysis

Tom's home page shows that a career in behavior analysis can get sidetracked by those seductive computers found in the behavior lab. But he's maintained an excellent webpage that links to Internet resources on behavior analysis.

http://www.mactom.com/BehaviorAnalysis/index.html

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Behavior Analysts, Inc.

Behavior Analysts, Inc., seeks to provide high-quality, effective interventions for children with developmental disabilities, and to provide training to other professionals in the delivery of these services.

http://www.behavioranalysts.com/

Behavioral Science Technology, Inc

Resource for people interested in behavioral safety, injury prevention, behavior-based quality and other applications of behavioral technology. News, results data, articles, discussion groups and listings of seminars and BST products.

http://www.bstsolutions.com/

Behaviorism Tutorial: Athabasca University

Free online introductory tutorial on Behaviorism. Focuses on the distinction between methodological and radical behaviourism.

http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/Behaviorism/

Behaviorists For Social Responsibility

Contingencies shape and maintain behavior that affects individual choices, social justice, and environmental protection. The search for contingencies that enhance these outcomes, instead of ignoring them, is a concern of this site.

http://www.bfsr.org/

Behaviour Analysis and Learning

Annotated list of behavior analysis resources.

http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/ba.shtml

Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies

Rich set of resources for research, professional advancement, and applications to education, industry, and special populations. Sections on aging, autism, parenting, behavioral safety, organizational behavior, pets and animals, and verbal behavior.

http://www.behavior.org/

Click-l

Companion website to the click-l mailing list. Clicker Training, based on Karen Pryor's book, "Don't Shoot the Dog", is about using a bridge (secondary reinforcer) to shape behavior. Check out "Gems" section in particular.

http://www.click-l.com/

Comprehensive Application of Behavioral Analysis to Schooling

This systems approach to schooling is a registered trademark developed and held by Dr. R. Douglas Greer of Columbia University Teachers College. The site provides information about a behavioral model of schooling that draws on the experimental and applied branches of the science of behavior. Information about the model and the schools offering it are available here.

http://www.cabas.com/

Glossary of Terms for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Glossary of basic terms of Behavior Analysis, plus definitional quotations from classic works.

http://www.psychology.uiowa.edu/Faculty/wasserman/Glossary/homepage.html

Joint Control

Abstracts of published articles and presented papers on joint control. Highly technical. Application of Skinner's concepts of verbal behavior to a rigorous, behavioral description of those human performances commonly ascribed to hypothesized psychological processes of perception, cognition, memory, problem solving, and goal orientation.

http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/zlowenk/

Los Horcones: A Walden Two community

A Walden Two community (after the book by Fred Skinner) founded in 1973. Los Horcones is an experimental culture. It functions as a social laboratory where cultural practices or macrocontingencies are scientifically studied from a behavioral analytic perspective.

http://www.loshorcones.org.mx/

Positive Reinforcement: A Self-Instructional Exercise

Online tutorial on positive reinforcement. Also serves as an example of the self-instructional "distance learning" exercises used in many Athabasca University (Canada) courses.

http://server.bmod.athabascau.ca/html/prtut/reinpair.htm

Reinforcing Behaviour Therapy

Individual research project explaining the effects of reinforcement on behavior.

http://rbt.tripod.com/index.html

Reinforcing Behaviour Therapy

Individual research project explaining the effects of reinforcement on behavior.

http://members.tripod.com/rbt/index.html

USF Behavior Analysis home page

University of South Florida's programs; resources in behavior analysis.

http://www.coedu.usf.edu/behavior/behavior.html

57 Years of Searching Among Behaviorisms: A Memoir

Paper given by Verplanck on his scientific career in various sorts of behavior analysis. Really interesting history.

http://web.utk.edu/~wverplan/biblio49.html